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by Essence
Tue May 04, 2004 11:22 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Is there any reason for layered spell saves?
Replies: 22
Views: 5991

Re: Is there any reason for layered spell saves?

This effectively quadruples the useful spells of a spellcaster, which are limited mostly by spell DC. Hold person remains a save or die spell forever, instead of getting replaced by actual save or die spells. [br][br]Depends on your definition of "useful". We still rarely if ever see lowe...
by Essence
Mon May 03, 2004 6:30 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Metagaming...
Replies: 52
Views: 14297

Re: Metagaming...

Another example to stack onto the pile:[br][br]I'm a 6'1", 300 lb man with training in Tae Kwon Do, Ninjitsu, Escrima, Shotokan Karate, Iaido, Kobujitsu, and a smattering of Bok Shaolin Eagle Claw Kung Fu. I'm pretty strong, moderately fast, pretty tough, and can make almost any weapon I pick u...
by Essence
Sun May 02, 2004 10:56 pm
Forum: It's My Own Invention...
Topic: Basic Feat Design Rules
Replies: 80
Views: 16517

Re: Basic Feat Design Rules

Lets not forget annihilating strike... now shall we? That wyrm is so screwed. [br][br]Thor can easily decline to use annihilating strike. That wyrm is just fine.[br][br][br] [br]It's an automatic miss. An that IS guaranteed. No magic armor does that, no defensive spell does that, nothing does that....
by Essence
Sun May 02, 2004 8:11 pm
Forum: It's My Own Invention...
Topic: Basic Feat Design Rules
Replies: 80
Views: 16517

Re: Basic Feat Design Rules

Thor and his pet Great Wyrm Silver Dragon flanking the 5th level Fighter with Elusive Target:[br][br]Thor wins init; Thor attacks 5th level Fighter. Thor hits; Thor crits; Thor rolls max damage. 4d8+84 x3=348 damage.[br][br]Fighter uses Elusive Target to deflect this attack to the Great Wyrm. The Gr...
by Essence
Fri Apr 30, 2004 4:17 am
Forum: It's My Own Invention...
Topic: Basic Feat Design Rules
Replies: 80
Views: 16517

Re: Basic Feat Design Rules

There's no reason you should ever be attacking one at a time when you can totally surround a guy and gangbang him, the only reason you wouldn't be doing that is if you had metagame knoweldge. [br][br]What if a group surrounds the guy, and he manages to use their positions to divert their attacks at...
by Essence
Fri Apr 30, 2004 4:12 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Metagaming...
Replies: 52
Views: 14297

Re: Metagaming...

I agree with the Guest. Anytime your character takes an action because of knowledge the player had and the character did not, the player is metagaming. [br][br]This does not, however, include the Elusive Target trick. Frank already explained the flavor text behind that in another thread; I won't rep...
by Essence
Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:22 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: The Truth about D&D!
Replies: 9
Views: 2444

Re: The Truth about D&D!

Grapefruit-like? Isn't that a rather...bad thing? I know I prefer my breasts more like...I don't know, marshmallows, or perhaps hot water bottles. But grapefruit?

Maybe if they were really ripe...
by Essence
Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:20 am
Forum: In The Trenches
Topic: Most interesting plots, npcs, etc
Replies: 6
Views: 2303

Re: Most interesting plots, npcs, etc

I think one of the most memorable semi-recurring NPCs in my games is Darian Kain, a Telepath/Soulknife who is very prone to solving every problem my stabbing you in the head with an unresistable Lesser Domination. Including problems like "she looked at me funny" and "my favorite cafe ...
by Essence
Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:13 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Non-Combat Spells
Replies: 12
Views: 3991

Re: Non-Combat Spells

[action]pulls the plug from his Decanter of Endless Water[/action]

And now, p--poor world, watch as the tide of your d--doom begins! Soon the en--entire world will be flooded by my wr--wrath!


Oh...sorry.
by Essence
Thu Apr 29, 2004 2:08 am
Forum: It's My Own Invention...
Topic: Ess' Project Class #12: The Greenbond
Replies: 0
Views: 2130

Ess' Project Class #12: The Greenbond

Here's Monte Cook's druid variant, the Greenbond, given shape. THe only thing to notice here is that this Geenbond gains the same level of spellcasting that a Wizard or Sorcerer does (complex), putting him quite a step above the Druid in spellcasting ability. [br][br][br] GREENBOND [br][br] Alignmen...
by Essence
Thu Apr 29, 2004 1:33 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Feat chains rob people.
Replies: 61
Views: 12031

Re: Feat chains rob people.

I agree with Desdan Mervolam. It sucks the hind tit that Whirlwind Attack requires Dodge when the two aren't related in the slightest. Heck, Whirlwind Attack isn't mechanically related to anything, and it really should just have a straight BAB +11 prereq and nothing else.

by Essence
Thu Apr 29, 2004 1:28 am
Forum: It's My Own Invention...
Topic: Basic Feat Design Rules
Replies: 80
Views: 16517

Re: Basic Feat Design Rules

OK, R.C., your reasoning is so bad I don't even know where to begin. [br][br] But when the PCs have the ability, the monsters aren't necessarily going to be able to adapt. Monsters for one, don't necessarily have intelligence, meaning they can't necessarily adapt at all. [br][br]Exactly. A melee-onl...
by Essence
Wed Apr 28, 2004 6:34 pm
Forum: It's My Own Invention...
Topic: Basic Feat Design Rules
Replies: 80
Views: 16517

Re: Basic Feat Design Rules

With karmic strike you're blindsided. You have no idea you're provoking an AoO by hitting the enemy. That's a huge difference. [br][br]Not really. You hit him, he takes an AoO. Maybe he hits you; maybe he doesn't. Either way, you measure by your opponent's level of success at his counterattack whet...
by Essence
Wed Apr 28, 2004 6:26 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Giving more skill points: Constitution.
Replies: 3
Views: 2312

Re: Giving more skill points: Constitution.

Heck, why not gain a seperate pool of SP from each stat, and be able to spend SP from that stat's pool on skills with that stat as a key attribute?
by Essence
Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:49 am
Forum: It's My Own Invention...
Topic: Basic Feat Design Rules
Replies: 80
Views: 16517

Re: Basic Feat Design Rules

A disadvantageous situation should never be better than a more advantageous one, because players and NPCs rely on those advantageous situations to determine their tactics. [br][br]If your normal tactics don't work, and you don't have any other tactics to fall back on, you're losing D&D . I've s...
by Essence
Tue Apr 27, 2004 6:33 pm
Forum: It's My Own Invention...
Topic: Basic Feat Design Rules
Replies: 80
Views: 16517

Re: Basic Feat Design Rules

In ninjitsu, there is an entire class of maneuvers called Yubi-Jitsu. Some of these maneuvers can be used during a stand-up fight, but the vast majority of them require you to be grappling -- and, in fact, require your opponent to be (apparently) winning the grapple. If your arms are busy attempting...
by Essence
Mon Apr 26, 2004 6:12 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Miasma isn't really THAT broken.
Replies: 21
Views: 5566

Re: Miasma isn't really THAT broken.

The problem is that the "fairly unreliable chance" you mention...isn't. A 13th level Druid can Chain Miasma the entire party, preventing anyone who doesn't have a Silenced Greater Dispelling from saving anyone -- and that that caster can only attempt to save one person.
by Essence
Mon Apr 26, 2004 4:19 am
Forum: It's My Own Invention...
Topic: Ess' Project Class #11: The Fop
Replies: 0
Views: 1839

Ess' Project Class #11: The Fop

This is designed to be D'Artagnan or Athos. 'Nuff said.[br][br] FOP [br] Alignment: Any.[br] Hit Die: d8. [br] Class Skills : (6+Int)[br]The fop’s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Appraise (Int), Bluff (Cha), Diplomacy (Cha), Disguise (Cha), Forgery (Int), Gather Information (Ch...
by Essence
Sun Apr 25, 2004 10:53 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Charisma Druid?
Replies: 5
Views: 2825

Re: Charisma Druid?

Don't leave off the fact that the Druid gets Charm Person or Animal, meaning that they can force themselves into the face roll even if they don't have skill points in Diplomacy.
by Essence
Fri Apr 23, 2004 6:30 pm
Forum: It's My Own Invention...
Topic: Fixing some of the sorrier feats in the PHB.
Replies: 33
Views: 7653

Re: Fixing some of the sorrier feats in the PHB.

Are we totally ignoring the +1 skill point/level for the purposes of this conversation? Because most people I've asked consider that +1sp/lvl to be, on it's own, worth a feat.[br][br]Also, the bonus feat a human gets is selectable. Few characters are going to be built to take full advantage of every...
by Essence
Fri Apr 23, 2004 2:42 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Houserule This! The Falling Fighter Dilemma
Replies: 9
Views: 3276

Re: Houserule This! The Falling Fighter Dilemma

Ah, my mistake. I looked under Falling, rather than Flying. Silly me. :tongue:
by Essence
Fri Apr 23, 2004 2:39 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: The Totally Insane Initiate of Mystra Feat
Replies: 78
Views: 20667

Re: The Totally Insane Initiate of Mystra Feat

With a Ring of Spell Storing, a quickened Enlarge is only half the capacity. Add the 10 ft reach from the Enlarge to a 10 ft reach weapon, and he has 20 ft(Who cares about your Widen now?). I can’t think of a single reason why any adventuring fighter wouldn’t want one of these as standard equipment...
by Essence
Fri Apr 23, 2004 1:46 am
Forum: It's My Own Invention...
Topic: Fixing some of the sorrier feats in the PHB.
Replies: 33
Views: 7653

Re: Fixing some of the sorrier feats in the PHB.

The boost to weapon spec is waay out of line with what a feat should provide. +2 to damage is totally fine on it's own; if you want to (for some reason) make it even better, it should be a very minor extra benefit, like a +2 bonus to confirm criticals.
by Essence
Thu Apr 22, 2004 6:15 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Houserule This! The Falling Fighter Dilemma
Replies: 9
Views: 3276

Re: Houserule This! The Falling Fighter Dilemma

Except that, in D&D, objects fall instantaenously, all the way to the ground. There are no rules for how far you fall in a round; you just hit the ground. Teleporting/DDooring into the air just means you hit the ground effectively the instant your spell completes it's effect. I'd allow a readied...
by Essence
Thu Apr 22, 2004 6:11 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: The Totally Insane Initiate of Mystra Feat
Replies: 78
Views: 20667

Re: The Totally Insane Initiate of Mystra Feat

Quick sub-note: The Cleric doesn't even have to have the Widen Spell feat to pull this off, because whenever he needs to cast AMF, he's definitionally not IN one, which means he can use the Widen Rod to full effect here, and save himself a feat to put into archery practice.