#DCOMMAND WORD AN ACTION DOWNLOAD#

So, I really think this indication is for introducing something funny and/or heavily story bounded. You can insert a lot of fluff in this area. Maybe a ring of fly require you to flap your arms as standard action to activate. It could be done, and it has be done, thanks to the extreme vagueness of what kind of thing you need to do.

#DCOMMAND WORD AN ACTION DOWNLOAD#

If you download the Kencyclopedia, at the and there are some magic items created by kenders as experiments, like a music box of invisibility that must be played to take effect, or a sppon that produces one fresh egg per day, or similar funny things. There's another thing that let me tend toward this reading: the rules on the command word, and in general on the activation of magic items let's a really open field on what the method require you to do. I really think this frame is here to let the DM insert some funny or story-bounded object that has an activation word that rather common, and could (and hopefully for everyone's fun will :)) be speaked during the out of combat scenes. I mean, when you start the combat you don't speak about the time, or what you take for dinner, or the tavern's maid you see two days ago. The point, IMVHO, is the underlined text: you cannot do a 'normal conversation' while in combat. I FAQed this thread, but from my point of view there's a simple way to handle it:Ī command word can be a real word, but when this is the case, the holder of the item runs the risk of activating the item accidentally by speaking the word in normal conversation. In short, how does the accidental activation rule supposed to interact with the limited actions per round rules? It is 'assumed' that this is self explained in that you only get 1 Standard Action per round but unless #3 is fluff, #3 breaks that rule. So RAW this should work (unless you specify that #1 and #2 should have some additional text like 'Only one item can be activated per round' which it does not). You are 1) spending a Standard Action, 2) activating an item with a command word 3) accidentally activating another item. Paraphrased from another thread for FAQing:Ĭan you create two +1 flaming longswords that have the same command word and use your Standard Action to activate one of them, but 'accidentally' activate the other one to have both ignite in one round?Īlternatively, could you do this with a +1 flaming frost shock longsword, where all of the weapon properties have the same command word? The spells detect magic, identify, and analyze dweomer all reveal command words if the properties of the item are successfully identified. If that check is failed, succeeding on a second check (DC 25) might provide some insight into a clue. A successful check against DC 30 is needed to come up with the word itself. The Knowledge (arcana) and Knowledge (history) skills might be useful in helping to identify command words or deciphering clues regarding them. Occasionally, it might be hidden within a pattern or design engraved on, carved into, or built into the item, or the item might bear a clue to the command word. Sometimes the command word to activate an item is written right on the item. Activating a command word magic item is a standard action and does not provoke attacks of opportunity. More often, the command word is some seemingly nonsensical word, or a word or phrase from an ancient language no longer in common use. No other special knowledge is needed.Ī command word can be a real word, but when this is the case, the holder of the item runs the risk of activating the item accidentally by speaking the word in normal conversation. Command word activation means that a character speaks the word and the item activates. Excerpt from the Core Rulebook's Magic Items chapterĬommand Word: If no activation method is suggested either in the magic item description or by the nature of the item, assume that a command word is needed to activate it.

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