In Dungeons and Dragons 3rd edition and higher, additional properties of a character chosen from a wide list which grant small bonuses in specific circumstances.
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Do I lose access to a feat if ability drain results in no longer meeting the prerequisite?
Do curses or ability damage/drain cause a character to be unable to use his feats?
For example, a Ranger with 20 Dex who has two-weapon-fighting feats and is using two weapons gets cursed or ability ...
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Build Advice For Pathfinder Oracle
I've made an Oracle, 1st level, Mystery of Lore, Haunted Curse, and I took Sidestep Secret as my first revelation. I'm trying to decide if I should focus on melee combat and take relevant feats for ...
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Can a Dungeons and Dragons 4e character take D&D Essentials feats?
In Heroes of the Fallen Lands many of the core feats have been streamlined, some paragon feats have become available to all levels.
Before that feats were tiered by level: heroic, paragon, epic.
Can ...
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What's the difference between “Ability to cast arcane spells” and “Arcane spellcaster”?
The prerequisite for Arcane Strike is "[the] ability to cast arcane spells." The prerequisite for Arcane Shield is "arcane spellcaster" and a specified caster level.
What's the difference? Is anyone ...
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Does a Pacifist Healer using a non-damaging attack who crits with a magic implement… do damage? Does he have to?
Pacifist Clerics (and anyone who takes Astral Seal, for example, but there are other powers- Hymn of Resurgence, for example that do no damage) can use their magic holy symbols to augment their attack ...
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Pathfinder and the Leadership feat
The feat Leadership has changed considerably since 3.X days and has brought up a few debates at my table.
The specific debate is not over cohorts, but over followers. Let's say my level 7 Pathfinder ...
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Question regarding Sneak of Shadows feat
My question is when you use the multiclass feat Sneak of Shadows for the 1/encounter sneak attack damage, does it increase by tier like the rogue class feature Sneak Attack, Heroic: 2d6, Paragon: 3d6; ...
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Does “Grit” give temporary hit points for heals that say “as if you had spent a healing surge?”
My question is about the interaction of a feat called Grit and effects like the daily item power on Dwarven Armor.
Grit: When you spend a healing surge to regain hit points, you also gain ...
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Does multi-classing into a martial class make you a member of martial class?
A character who has taken a class-specific multiclass feat counts as a member of that class for the purpose of meeting prerequisites for taking other feats and qualifying for paragon paths.
As a ...
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What are the implications of the Dual Implement Spellcaster feat?
What exactly are the implications of this feat?
Do the item enhancement bonuses from two implements stack?
Do the properties/critical bonuses stack?
Is there a 'catch' at all with this feat?
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Greater Feint Clarification
I don't understand the benefits of Greater Feint feat in Pathfinder.
Its Benefit states:
Whenever you use feint to cause an opponent to lose his Dexterity bonus, he loses that bonus until the ...
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Can one multiclass into the same second class twice?
I know there is an answer similar to this at Is there a limit to the number of times you can multiclass?, but I want to know if one can multiclass twice in the same class. The rules seem weird to me; ...
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How does off-hand spellcasting with two implements work?
With the Dual Implement Spellcaster feat, you can add the off-hand implement's enhancement bonus to damage rolls.
1) What if you cast a spell with the off-hand implement? Do you get nothing from the ...
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Can a player use feats from a campaign setting book that is not being used for the game
Should a player identify a feat from an Eberron Campaign book while playing Dark Sun, and that feat is not environment - campaign race - or setting specific, can the player import the feat and use it ...
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Can you stack Combat Expertise and Power Attack?
Are you allowed to stack the feats of Power Attack and Combat Expertise in a single round?
