u/eCyanic

Despite the card itself having an odd mv ({X}{R}, which just counts as 1), since its mana value on the stack is now even (2), does Obosh no longer double the damage it deals?

I don't think so, because it's specified within the fly action itself that it (counts as) difficult terrain flying upward.

But I just wanted to make sure, since it's another instance of vertical movement

If not, larger leap actions have some decent synergy with flyers!

EDIT: thanks for the help and answers, my thinking that big leaps and high jumps synergize with flying was kinda correct since if you can do a large upward motion, it avoids the upward difficult terrain, and then once there, you can start flying, so that's a cool interaction and a cool visual

Teakettle Form is an ancestry feats that one lets you change into an object up to 1 Bulk. I'll be looking into it to see how far you can push this very cool and unique feat.

Presumption: The feat even says you function as that object, and provides an example that the tools/objects you change into can mechanically affect the world, such as becoming a Crowbar to help an ally dodge the pry open penalty.

Assumption: An ally carrying you does not need to use the Riding PCs rules. So you should likely be able to turn into sword if your ally lost theirs for some reason and they can fight as well with you as they would with a normal sword.

Teakettle form also has the clause

>You can speak while in object form, but you can’t attack, cast spells, or move except to Crawl.

We can take that to mean no spells, and actions that act like spells (like Kineticist impulses)/require Cast a Spell. No actions with the Attack trait. No actions with the Move trait (except crawl).

Presumption: If that's the only limits, that means we can still take actions, since notably, they don't use the Stunned, Paralyzed, or Unconscious wording of "Can't act", so you can definitely still perform some actions as long as they don't have the traits listed above.

Though reasonably presumably, we likely don't have hands in this form, so can't perform Manipulate, or carry items (and our gear assumably melds with our general form like every other polymorph ability) At least, this way, it's easier to put a restriction on ourselves and find out that restriction doesn't exist, rather than the other way.

We'll also be using the PFS ruling, which are in my opinion closest to actual Paizo-written errata, and help shore up any rules-holes Paizo might have missed.

>PFS Note While several tanuki feats allow characters to disguise themselves as inanimate objects, doing so does not change a character’s mechanical statistics, such as AC or defenses.

This means a Tanuki who has heavy armor proficiency and is in plate armor, carries over their decently high AC as an object. But this presumably means that they continue to be a creature due to keeping their stats, rather than an object. (so can't be targeted by Invisible Item) but you can also semi-reasonably assume they count as both a creature and an object, and can be targeted by effects that target either. (so can be targeted by Invisible Item).

With all of that preamble, what can we do?

• Seek, Recall Knowledge, and other standard actions
• be carried by a faster ally
• a Barbarian Tanuki can Rage in teakettle form, with no base benefit (since no Strikes)
• a Champion Tanuki can perform Champion reactions (besides Justice Cause, since you can't Strike)
• a caster Tanuki could have casted any duration spell or Sustain spell, and then gone Teakettle form, and could still continue to Sustain or maintain the spell
• Commander Tanuki can use tactics (that don't require a banner) since you can still explicitly speak
• can command animal/construct companions or familiars
• an Investigator Tanuki can Devise a stratagem, though can't take advantage of it to Strike
• can use some skill actions that don't require Move, Attack, or Manipulate like Demoralize or Bon Mot skill feat
• a Guardian tanuki can both Taunt, and Intercept Attack (as long as they don't use the optional Step)
• a Kineticist tanuki can't cast impulses, but active duration impulses stay while teakettled, including armor impulses
• a Summoner tanuki can relegate all actions to the Eidolon, but more importantly can still Act Together (in a limited way)

With a small amount of fiat from the GM, you could straight up narratively play as a magic item rather than a Tanuki

These are just the bigger things you can do, but this isn't an exhaustive list, it'll just hopefully get the theorycrafting and/or rules gears turning.

Note: This should (presumably) also extend to Yaoguai's Immobile Form, which have the same restrictions, or other turn-into-an-object feats

if you cast [[abigale eloquent first year]] targeting a [[skullbriar walking grave]], which removes its abilities, and then adds a few keywords, then the skullbriar dies, does it get to keep the keyword counters abigale put on it while in the yard, or does it lose both the keyword counters and the no-ability since it died while having no abilities?

I'm sure it would have something to do with layers, but I can't parse how layer rules work just yet, so would anyone be to help with this interaction?

I have [[Herald of the Host]] in my [[Isshin]] deck, and her mana means she's a pretty slow mid-game piece in a deck that likes to be fast

4/4 flying myriad is still nice, but otherwise she seems just ok rather than great. I don't have really any way to ramp well, and no way to cheat her out. And I feel like I want my 5+ drops to have some impact the turn they come out like [[Thalisse]] or big threats that need to be answered immediately

she seems straightforward, but I wanted to ask here in case I missed something that makes the card actually better

[[Thalisse Reverent Medium]]

For example:

in my 1st main phase, Thalisse is still in hand. I make 10 tokens from spells and token generators like the mobilize keyword.

I cast Thalisse in my 2nd main phase.

At the end step, does Thalisse still make 10 spirit tokens despite not having been on the board when I made the first 10 tokens?

Played a level 2 oneshot last weekend with a GM and group that I didn't know. My character had the Glad-Hand feat. The opening hour was the party mingling in an aristocrat gathering, so I asked if I could do some preemptive smooth-talk. GM asked for a diplomacy roll, and I asked if this might be Make an Impression and I could use Glad-Hand.

They said no because the nobles in this culture didn't do handshakes, and it would be considered offensive to suddenly grab their hand.

I asked that the feat didn't seem to mention that, and the GM said the word "Glad-Hand" originates from handshake, so if I couldn't shake their hand, I couldn't use the feat.

I also asked after session with an "oh I didn't know Glad-Hand needed you to do a handshake?" the GM confirmed and added you also couldn't use something like Confabulator to reduce the penalty to Create a Diversion if you use the gesture/trick version rather than verbal lies since Confabulator has the text that it's about piling on lies, which only works with the linguistic version.

I didn't push the issue for both since this was a oneshot, but their ruling seemed incorrect?

EDIT: thanks for the answers! Seems they were incorrect, probably same with the Confabulator ruling too. Either way I agree that I probably wouldn't want to play with them if they held a longer campaign, but it was a oneshot, so I'm not in contact with them anymore.