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Nahameth 06-16-06, 06:41 AM	hi there. at the moment i play a hexblade with a blink dog familiar. there are some question to the SU-Abilities "Blink" and "Dim. Door". 1.: Can a blink dog activate or deactivate blink more than once per round? 2.: Can a blink dog move, attack and then teleport after attacking, or the other way round (teleport, attack and then move) ? 3.: Can i give magic items to a familiar (e.g. an amulet or special ring? The rules say: "Blink (Su): A blink dog can use blink as the spell (caster level 8th), and can evoke or end the effect as a free action. Dimension Door (Su): A blink dog can teleport, as dimension door (caster level 8th), once per round as a free action. The ability affects only the blink dog, which never appears within a solid object and can act immediately after teleporting" thankx for any ideas :)
Leaf_Mage22 06-18-06, 02:17 PM	Your Hexblade sounds awesome, especially with a blink dog familiar, kewl. From what the rules say, and from what your wanting to acomplish it looks that way. Your familiar should be able to teleport and attack or take some sort of movment. Remember he can do these abilities at will, they are spell-like, but he dosn't have to use sematic, or vocal components like a mage would. So in turn I think he should be able to teleport somewhere and attack a foe, or stop his blinking when he chooses, I mean they use these abilities when they hunt, when they flee from danger, etc....... So yeah I say go for it.
Golem011 06-18-06, 02:33 PM	Using a supernatural ability is a move action.
GhostStepper 06-18-06, 03:05 PM	Using a supernatural ability is a move action. Actually its a standard action unless otherwise noted. The exact quote is:"Using a supernatural ability is a standard action unless otherwise noted" (Monster Manual page 315, under "special abilities") 1.: Can a blink dog activate or deactivate blink more than once per round? You answered your own question with the rule quote you presented. It says its a free action and since you can take more than one free action per round the answer is yes. 2.: Can a blink dog move, attack and then teleport after attacking, or the other way round (teleport, attack and then move) ? You can take a free action before, during or after other actions during your turn, so yes on both counts. 3.: Can i give magic items to a familiar (e.g. an amulet or special ring? This is probably up to the DMs discretion. Ive read in some books descriptions of how certain types of non-humanoid monsters can wear magic items but no universal rules that apply to all monster types. If there is such a rule im not aware of where it is.
Golem011 06-18-06, 03:07 PM	Mech. Pretend that was prefaced by an 'IIRC', please. I feel so stupid when I do stuff like that. I MEANT standard action. :D
Perun 06-18-06, 03:21 PM	1.: Can a blink dog activate or deactivate blink more than once per round? "Blink (Su): A blink dog can use blink as the spell (caster level 8th), and can evoke or end the effect as a free action. Technically, yes. Whether this was the intent is debatable. From the D&D Glossary (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/glossary) over on the main WotC site:Free actions consume a negligible amount of time, and one or more such actions can be performed in conjunction with actions of other types.Emphasis mine. 2.: Can a blink dog move, attack and then teleport after attacking, or the other way round (teleport, attack and then move) ? Dimension Door (Su): A blink dog can teleport, as dimension door (caster level 8th), once per round as a free action. The ability affects only the blink dog, which never appears within a solid object and can act immediately after teleporting" Yes and yes. 3.: Can i give magic items to a familiar (e.g. an amulet or special ring? Yes (whether he can use them is another matter :)) Regards.
Lord Ian Stark 06-18-06, 03:22 PM	Supernatural Abilities (Su) Supernatural abilities are magical and go away in an antimagic field but are not subject to spell resistance, counterspells, or to being dispelled by dispel magic. Using a supernatural ability is a standard action unless noted otherwise. Supernatural abilities may have a use limit or be usable at will, just like spell-like abilities. However, supernatural abilities do not provoke attacks of opportunity and never require Concentration checks. Since both supernatural abilities are "noted otherwise" then it goes by the creatures description. Therefore... 1.: Can a blink dog activate or deactivate blink more than once per round? Since the Dimension Door specifically states in his description, "once per round as a free action" that is obvious. However the Blink ability is a free action and only one person can decide how many times that can happen in a round. Your DM. The game where I'm not a DM, my DM allows me to either activate or deactivate the blink in any one round. Not both. 2.: Can a blink dog move, attack and then teleport after attacking, or the other way round (teleport, attack and then move) ? Yes, and this is exactly how my Blink Dog familiar does touch attack spells that I cast through him. ;) 3.: Can i give magic items to a familiar (e.g. an amulet or special ring? I see no reason why they couldn't by RAW. I may have missed something though. No matter what the DM has the final say so you should ask him/her.
Nahameth 06-20-06, 12:13 PM	thank you all for the replies ind ideas. Will suggest my DM to allow me multiple blink on offs, because the attack of the blink dog isnt that strong. ;)