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Who is the/a DM I can refer my questions about the "Sword Coast Trading Company" to?

Anyone. Preferably someone who's been in the team at least 2 years +, since they would know better about it.

I are noob!

Where did you see that referenced?

There's a sign about them in the lesser traveled places by Guldorand, across some big bridge. I can't recall the area name off the top of my head, though.

DerkDerkistan wrote:

There's a sign about them in the lesser traveled places by Guldorand, across some big bridge. I can't recall the area name off the top of my head, though.

Ohhhhh I remember that. I saw that a loong time ago haha.

Not me since I refuse working with rapier scoundrels!

Yossarin wrote:

Where did you see that referenced?

Skull Crags: Ragged Cliffs. At the mouth of the broken bridge going to the ruins of what I think was the Banite HQ.

The sign says, "Sword Coast Trading Company, coming soon!" or something. I PM'd Bobo about it.

It was a sign meant to deter people from entering and seeing that it was a castle devoted to Bane being constructed. A cover. If you will.

Hahaha, oh that's crafty :3

Not really.

Another "General Question."

Can anybody give me a hint as to where this item comes from? The bio references Cordor's fields, but I've been all through Cordor North and Western Outskirts to the best of my ability, and haven't found anything pertinent. The text isn't in the orange font that would suggest a job system item.

I also have a general question for the dms. I have a Palemaster whom I'm most likely going to take the Mummy Dust feat on. I want to request a VoidWraith at some point, which is basically an undead air elemental. Do I take the Evo feats, and pick the elemental based mummy dust, or do I take the mummy dust for undead? I'd probably want the air elemental base most likely if I can, since it's air stun aura thing is kind of similar to the suffocation one might need to go through when going up against a voidwraith.

ILoveIceCream wrote:

I also have a general question for the dms. I have a Palemaster whom I'm most likely going to take the Mummy Dust feat on. I want to request a VoidWraith at some point, which is basically an undead air elemental. Do I take the Evo feats, and pick the elemental based mummy dust, or do I take the mummy dust for undead? I'd probably want the air elemental base most likely if I can, since it's air stun aura thing is kind of similar to the suffocation one might need to go through when going up against a voidwraith.

Well I'm not a DM however generally desired creature type determines EMD base. Voidwraith is undead so you would have to pick the undead one.

I would think you'd be better off picking elemental as its mechanical traits better represent the Voidwraith. Namely the use of a creature weapon versus a dire mace.

Mechanically undead suits better, as type counts for a lot in terms of immunities/vulnerabilities etc. I can't see how the weapon dealy (or even the aura thing) is significant enough to override that.

Lizzie wrote:

Can anybody give me a hint as to where this item comes from? The bio references Cordor's fields, but I've been all through Cordor North and Western Outskirts to the best of my ability, and haven't found anything pertinent. The text isn't in the orange font that would suggest a job system item.

But where do the goods from the fields go when they are being sold? :wink:

serbiris wrote:

ILoveIceCream wrote:

I also have a general question for the dms. I have a Palemaster whom I'm most likely going to take the Mummy Dust feat on. I want to request a VoidWraith at some point, which is basically an undead air elemental. Do I take the Evo feats, and pick the elemental based mummy dust, or do I take the mummy dust for undead? I'd probably want the air elemental base most likely if I can, since it's air stun aura thing is kind of similar to the suffocation one might need to go through when going up against a voidwraith.

Well I'm not a DM however generally desired creature type determines EMD base. Voidwraith is undead so you would have to pick the undead one.

99% sure it's this based on what I've seen said in the past. If a creature is undead, why wouldn't you pick the undead? It needs to have the undead traits I would think.

It would be undead.

thanks for the quick responses guys

Lizzie wrote:

Another "General Question."

Can anybody give me a hint as to where this item comes from? The bio references Cordor's fields, but I've been all through Cordor North and Western Outskirts to the best of my ability, and haven't found anything pertinent. The text isn't in the orange font that would suggest a job system item.

This was used way back in the day for entry or trade privileges in uh... that old drow settlement where the Beholders and Illithids are. It's not worth anything anymore, as far as I know. Just a relic from when the settlement wasn't a ruin. You can buy them in Cordor South, though, at the market.

Ah, missed that question. Yeah, it used to be sold by the food guy in Cordor in the old days, back when surfacers could go to Udos Dro'xun. Normally, you couldn't use the merchants down there, but if you gave them some food/water, then for that conversation you could access the store.

Should have removed the items a long time ago!

PaladinOfSune wrote:

...back when surfacers could go to Udos Dro'xun. Normally, you couldn't use the merchants down there, but if you gave them some food/water, then for that conversation you could access the store...

Weird O_o

Are the Hide and Move Silently Skills capped at 90? I can't seem to go beyond this number.

no, it's capped at skill + feats +dex+50 from items so people can get around 110ish depending on your race and stuff.

Murex wrote:

Are the Hide and Move Silently Skills capped at 90? I can't seem to go beyond this number.

You need to RP to go beyond that. I always type
*tunes his body to blend with the pure darkness of his soul*
and suddenly I'm at 110! I think they're looking for keywords, though, because
*body darkness dark sneak blend shadow* takes me to 150.

Seriously, though, why would it be capped at that and what makes you think that it is? You probably know that every skill is capped at base skill + ability modifier + feat modifiers + 50 (from gear, spells, etc), but I'm not sure if that cap is even shown on the char sheet.

Ts

PS: ninjaed ...

So +50 from gear is the cap then? I've been mythaling items that have higher bonuses than +5 on them in either Hide, or Move Silently.

If you want to go higher, you'll need Epic Skill Focus. 33 Skill Ranks, a total of +50 Item/Spell bonus, an Epic Dodgers Dex Mod of 14 and an Epic Skill Focus feat will give you ...I think that adds up to 107. You can go even higher if you pick up regular skill focus and Stealthy feats.

Murex wrote:

So +50 from gear is the cap then?

Note that it's +50 from gear and other effects (mostly spells) combined. With +50 on gear, the camouflage spell wouldn't help you at all, for example.

For hide/move specifically, there should be discussions in the build thread on how to get to the more extreme skill levels. There are a few feats that help independent from this cap, small size adds to stealth (indirectly), etc.

Ts

Quick question to the dms. It's usually okay to put a little flavor to your stuff. Would it be too much flavor to say my "listen" skill wasn't exactly "hearing things" but like "sensing things" like spider's have tremorsense, they feel the vibrations on the ground ect. ?

Erm.. kinda, ya. I can't think of any of the PC races or sub-races that would have Tremorsense or anything of that sort so, if you don't have it, you don't have it. Perhaps if you gave a specific example I could give a specific answer (feel free to PM if you don't want something in the open forums) but without further information the answer would be:

Listen is Listen.

well let's say I can hear an sd around the corner. instead of saying "hey guys I hear an sd around the corner" "I feel something around the other corner"

Erm... no, not really. If you hear something, you hear it. How would your character "feel" a presence?

ILoveIceCream wrote:

well let's say I can hear an sd around the corner. instead of saying "hey guys I hear an sd around the corner" "I feel something around the other corner"

Admit it, you just want to say 'My spider-sense is tingling!' :3

vibrations on the floor. well if that's the answer that listen has to be just listen then that's cool too. he can have good hearing

ILoveIceCream wrote:

vibrations on the floor. well if that's the answer that listen has to be just listen then that's cool too. he can have good hearing

At least with that, you can assume it to be the floor creaking under their feet or the way their passage sounds close to a wall (a body moving in an open space as opposed near an object has a different sound, as I think most people who have ever played games of 'stalk the other person' may be able to attest with me). Theoretically you could also rationalize it as hearing their breath, although if they're a race that doesn't breathe (like Air Genasi) then that's right out.

But the point being you have a good amount of elbow room for what Listen does include by itself, and it's not like your character can't hear something, then say, "I feel the pulse of their movement through the ground..." or something. :wink:

Hearing them walk is one thing, but tremor sense is not something any races played by PCs possess. You can say you have it, but you don't actually have it.

Gunz wrote:

Hearing them walk is one thing, but tremor sense is not something any races played by PCs possess. You can say you have it, but you don't actually have it.

what about Umber hulk polymorph self spell that gets Bio trueseeing, its tremor sense is it not?

corypx wrote:

Gunz wrote:

Hearing them walk is one thing, but tremor sense is not something any races played by PCs possess. You can say you have it, but you don't actually have it.

what about Umber hulk polymorph self spell that gets Bio trueseeing, its tremor sense is it not?

That's a different story and you know it! lol
Umberhulk is not a PC race, even if you polymorph into it ;p

Because one totally plays a badger PC when they are a level 5 druid...

ILoveIceCream wrote:

Quick question to the dms. It's usually okay to put a little flavor to your stuff. Would it be too much flavor to say my "listen" skill wasn't exactly "hearing things" but like "sensing things" like spider's have tremorsense, they feel the vibrations on the ground ect. ?

You know, along this vein...

I see people tend to use Spot and Listen in the absence of Sense Motive, as a sort of discern lies. What's the stance on this?

Well not a DM but generally no player is forced in general to accept player rolls on skills if he/she does not want to unless a DM says to make the roll or says to accept and play along with a roll. So it likely depends on the situation, the players involved and the DM if one is there. I don't think there is a general rule here but its rather individual and situation dependant.

As a basic rule Listen and Spot have been used to substitute for Sense Motive. However, Amarice is correct. No player has to accept a roll on a social skill from another player if they don't want to. The exception to this is when a DM says that the roll must be accepted.

Alright, thanks! Was just curious if that convention had changed since it'd been a while since I saw anything about it and a lot of other things had changed.

Can the Evil version of Turning/Rebuking be done in NWN?

Command seems like it would be relatively easy, but the Dispelling Turning an Bolstering effects seem more tricky to achieve...

You can do a lot with it. It's just a matter of scripting it.

I recall that we discussed this before. I had no problem.

Oh. Maybe I should have posted that in IA, then. Is this something that Amia might see in the future?

You can if you like. We have a hundred far more important things on our plate but if you want to open a deeper discussion than the General Questions thread, have at it.

So is there a Jeweler job? I did not see in list and therefore I assume there is not.

However, what would be closest to a jewelr job, gem cutter? (For some reason I am thinking that one of my chars were jeweler.. but it might be back in the day when I played WoW.. >.<' )

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