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[Kadzar]

The lack of weight, and low cost of soap and candles appeal to me. What can I do to use 150 soap, and 300 candles? Can I use the soap like ball bearings?

You can have a super-relaxing bath!

But, seriously, I have heard of people using soap in-game to either make surfaces slippery or make it easier to move through tight spaces. You'll probably also need water, of course.

Candles could be used to make molds of things, and maybe used to seal letters and such, though presumably sealing wax is preferred for the later for some reason, so candles may not be the best for it.

In the same vein of low cost and negligible weight, there's also chalk! Use it to mark passages you've been down in a maze, grind it into dust to blow into your enemies' faces, make your hands less sweaty for your Acrobatics roll, leave hints to future adventures about the boss that's about to kill you, play hopscotch in the dungeon, etc. The sky's the limit with chalk!

[wierd]

Chalk is awesome.  Somebody can see the amazing magical portal door, but nobody else can? Give them the chalk, and tell them to draw a box around the door. Voila, now everyone can use the door.

Soap is useful for removing contaminants, along with water. (you DO carry water skins, right? RIGHT?) It is also useful for "not really alchemy" if you have GM approved skill use for that. (sodium palmitate, what you get when you turn palm kernel oil into soap, can be mixed with various ratified hydrocarbons without water, to make napalm, for instance. )

Soap is also amusing to use on bad-mouthed NPCs during interrogation scenes. (Just like mother used to do!)

[Egan_BW]

Candles can also be used for lighting, obviously. Might end up being more efficient than other options if you want to keep a whole room lit for awhile?

[wierd]

Lantern is more economical for light. Can  be directed, does not blow out as easy, can pour the oil out of it and light that on fire to make an instant hazard for chasing baddies, etc.

It is best to carry a bullseye lantern and oil (until you can afford something like a belt of light or some such) and maybe 2 or 3 candles for various wax related shenanigans.

Soap in a sock shouldnt be overlooked as a fun makeshift toy though.

[Trekkin]

Candles are also useful if your GM uses a more logical version of the lighting rules that doesn't stop you seeing them 6 ft away in a dark room. If you need to figure out the relative positions of things in the dark (to track which tunnels in a cave system you've gone down, for example), having many small light sources is a good alternative to one big one. They're also a handy way to make a clock.

[BlackHeartKabal]

Soap in a sock shouldnt be overlooked as a fun makeshift weapon though.

ftfy

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I would say you could use a pot of boiling candle wax as a weapon, but it's really better as a torture device since you can just boil oil instead, which is way more deadly.

And then throw a waterskin into it for an instant bomb.

[wierd]

No, candle is a fantastic torture device.

Stake the torture victim down on the ground spread eagled, and strip them of their clothing. Place a single candle on their chest, and light it. It will slowly dribble hot wax onto them, and as the wick burns down, will seriously burn them, but in a non-lethal way.

Lantern works better for "hot seat" though. (tie to metal chair. Place lantern underneath chair.)

[pikachu17]

So, as a human with 14 intelligence, How many total languages do I get? Common, one extra from race, maximum two from background, and two from intelligence?

[Harry Baldman]

So, as a human with 14 intelligence, How many total languages do I get? Common, one extra from race, maximum two from background, and two from intelligence?

Humans don't get a racial language, their racial language is Common (unless you're doing that admittedly fun situation where there's a lot of human languages instead).

[Criptfeind]

In 3.5 you'd get 3, 1 from being human (common) and 2 from int, which could be chosen from the human bonus list (which is "any"). In 5E I think you'd get 2 from being human (common+1 choice) and then any from your background, but higher int doesn't give more languages.

[GiglameshDespair]

No, candle is a fantastic torture device.

Stake the torture victim down on the ground spread eagled, and strip them of their clothing. Place a single candle on their chest, and light it. It will slowly dribble hot wax onto them

Don't threaten me with a good time.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

It depends on the kind of wax, as it so happens. One kind of wax melts at a temperature that scalds you but doesn't do any real damage, the other kind melts hotter and can cause second-degree burns. Not such a good time.

[Jimmy]

No, candle is a fantastic torture device.

Stake the torture victim down on the ground spread eagled, and strip them of their clothing. Place a single candle on their chest, and light it. It will slowly dribble hot wax onto them

Don't threaten me with a good time.

Don't forget the ball gag and leather gimp suit.

So, the group's spent the night in the extraplanar dragon's castle, but the dragon's got a hard-on for sexing the party cleric. I plan to have him try to bluff the group that she decided to stay in the castle to enjoy his library, but anyone else have ideas for other fun shenanigans I could pull on the group too? Assume the dragon has access to 5th level Sorcerer spellcasting and 75,000 gp of wealth in various forms such as items. System is Pathfinder.

[wierd]

Does our dragon count (dracula? Nawww.. too cliche! ) get any special abilities via his control over the McGuffin?