DM-Rocco
Explorer
Calamar awaits to hear from the Lady Fant about whether or not we are getting 50 gold or 200 gold. He sits silently, taking mental notes of the conversation.
OOC Damn, the DMG 3.5 page 25 and 26 suggests that you do not allow players to ready actions out of combat, but it is up to the DM.
1) there is no preparing of an alchemists fire, it is either in your hand or not, it is like drawing a weapon, you don't really need to ready it by lighting it of fire or anything, you just need it handy, I was merely saying that I had one in hand, so I didn't have to take a standard action looking (or drawing) one.
2)the initial casting of Prestidigitation is a standard action
3)The duration to Prestidigitation is 1 hour, in that hour you can change the trick as much as you want as a free action, that is what the spell does. If I was to use it in someway to make an attack or distraction, then it would be considered a standard action. Spells like hypnotic pattern have a duration of concentration +2. When you have a duration of concentration, you must concentrate on a subject or object and that is a standard action. Again, the reading of the alchemist fire is free since I already have the fire in my hand.
4) see above
Hope that helps. I have been DMing for 23 years, mostly anyway
Don't worry, someday we will get to it, this was far more stylish.
OOC Damn, the DMG 3.5 page 25 and 26 suggests that you do not allow players to ready actions out of combat, but it is up to the DM.
Okay, after looking it up I think it would go like this:
1) Ready alchemists fire (standard action)
2) Cast Prestidigitation to slide door bolt(standard action)
3) Redirect Prestidigitation to produce balls(move equivilent action)
Ready alchemists fire again (standard action)
4) Redirect Presidigitation to levitate ball slowly (move eq action)
Ready alchemists fire again (standard action)
1) there is no preparing of an alchemists fire, it is either in your hand or not, it is like drawing a weapon, you don't really need to ready it by lighting it of fire or anything, you just need it handy, I was merely saying that I had one in hand, so I didn't have to take a standard action looking (or drawing) one.
2)the initial casting of Prestidigitation is a standard action
3)The duration to Prestidigitation is 1 hour, in that hour you can change the trick as much as you want as a free action, that is what the spell does. If I was to use it in someway to make an attack or distraction, then it would be considered a standard action. Spells like hypnotic pattern have a duration of concentration +2. When you have a duration of concentration, you must concentrate on a subject or object and that is a standard action. Again, the reading of the alchemist fire is free since I already have the fire in my hand.
4) see above
Hope that helps. I have been DMing for 23 years, mostly anyway
Don't worry, someday we will get to it, this was far more stylish.