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Dream Stride - 1/Day
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You fall asleep projecting an image of your subconscious into the world. For the next hour you lose access to all utility talents  and are under the effects of the Phase Step and Haste utility talents. You cannot be seen by anyone physically but may be detected by magic. When this spell ends you return to the point of casting. You may end this effect at any time.

1) How much interaction does Dream Stride allow, physically? Can you touch or carry objects in dream-form (akin to a ghost)?
2) Can your allies see you in any way (e.g. with Magical Attunement)?
3) Can one vocalize/speak with your dream form?
4) Can the dream image be "harmed" in any way, or forced to end early, and would such interactions or damage affect the caster's body?
5) Does the effect end, or is the user notified/informed if something interrupts or otherwise affects their actual body whilst in dream form? For instance, someone decides to stab/awaken your body whilst Dream Striding - what happens then?
6) Can you still "hear" with your body whilst dream striding?

Quick question on companions. What happens if you give companions Specialist(1)?

Interesting thought.  I'd assume it would mean the pet could have a 10, 4, 3, 3 spread of their attributes.

Expansion Pack 7/19/13 wrote:Mystic Sheath - 2500 Gold
Trinket
Once per battle, you may use the following combat talent
Call to Arms - Free Utility [1/Battle]
Choose a Conjure Weapon talent you brought into battle with you. You may reduce the cost of that talent by 7 energy and use it immediately. This cannot reduce the cost to below 0.

Um... Doesn't this thing allows one to use a Conjure Weapon talent for free without spending a minor action?

Essentially.

Hayatecooper wrote:Quick question on companions. What happens if you give companions Specialist(1)?

Exactly what it sounds like. You've suddenly got a lot of points to play with.  

Here's an interesting question, can you use your Companion as the target for the Dynamic Duo destiny?

Absolutely, but you won't get as many benefits out of it as if you chose another player. Your companion might not have destinies or utility talents or skill trainings to share with you. However, if you just want the world's best companion - dynamic duo could work well.

I expect to see a destiny show up specifically for having an awesome companion too. Sometime in the future.

Pretty sure it's deliberate but just making sure; The Companion doesn't get a free training in any of its skills and thus has to spend for it, correct?

Correct.

You can choose to fizzle them if they have no legal targets, if you just want the pips.

I believe that last I checked that getting mroe then one type of Half-Damage effects Stacks, right? And Insitive Bonusi also stacks... So um why isn't it in black and white that they do in the rules?

To confirm, if I've targetted myself with the confuse talent and use thunderstorm, any bolts which lose the flip target a random enemy instead of a random creature?

Talent for Reference:

Could "target" get a little definition?
Do you count as a target of a talent if the talent affects you at all?
Do talents that cause effects to yourself count you as a target, or is that just a part of the talent?

Fury of the Tempest wrote:Can I ask people here for help on a dragon-based RPG I'm brewing? Its similar to Pony Tales, but with significant differences.

Well, this is the Simple Questions room, so I don't know if it exactly is the right place...

If you want to send me a PM to talk though I'll see if I will be able to lend a hand...

I believe you'd need to put such a topic about that type of thing in Off-Topic area, like how Ramsus' Tier System is stuck in there too.

Simple Answer: No, off-topic stuff for other systems and games belongs in the off-topic thread. You'll notice that even my other projects are relegated to the appropriate forums (off-topic for Spelltacular and art for the art request for the comic). You can, however, post links to the threads in your signature.

You can discuss your system to your heart's content - but only in off-topic and PMs. I'd personally be interested to see what you're working on. There's several things in particular that I'd change if I were to do Pony Tales over again.

Xel Unknown wrote:I believe that last I checked that getting mroe then one type of Half-Damage effects Stacks, right? And Insitive Bonusi also stacks... So um why isn't it in black and white that they do in the rules?

Quietkal wrote:Could "target" get a little definition?
Do you count as a target of a talent if the talent affects you at all?
Do talents that cause effects to yourself count you as a target, or is that just a part of the talent?

bumping due to distractions

I think "target" as it is used only counts for single creatures that are selected, not determined by random. For AoE effects like "deal damage to all enemies", those hit are not "targets"- but, for a multi-target effect, that specifically tells you to select multiple creatures, then those creatures do count as targets. Also, I would venture that for effects that activate on adjacent creatures, the primary target is the only target for that effect, EXCEPT when the adjacency effect makes you select a specific adjacent enemy ("up to two adjacent creatures" are targets, "all adjacent creatures" are not).

Basically if you have to pick which creature is hit, then that creature is a target. If you don't pick, then there is no target.