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At high levels of play, there is alot of research of opponent's games to find info about their tendencies. And at that level, someone who has studied their opponent will have a great advantage over someone who just comes in with good strategy.

1126013010[/unixtime][br] [br]For instance, you say wargamers want everything to be even from the beginning, and have no "loser characters". Well, using the chess example (which is horrible, but whatever) you are trying to make the case that "wargamers" want a move such as a2-a3...

This whole concept of three types of gamers is inherently stupid. Repeatedly saying "wargamer" "deckbuilder" and "roleplayer" doesn't make the terms any more valid-all they are is your personal rationalizations for what you do and do not like in a game.[br][br]For insta...

I have to agree completely with PhoneLobster. Anyone who has played any card game competitively knows just how much players want balance. It is usually players who call for bannings/errata/restrictions far before any official body does for particular cards. They probably complain about balance MORE ...

The reason I suggest to go with spring attack and two handed fighting is so that you aren't stuck in combat getting thrashed. Sure, two weapon fighting gets you more sneak attack in theory, but how often would you want to stand base-to-base for an extended period of time with anything that has any m...

As for skill selections, I pretty much agree with everyone above. But I would personally stay away from two weapon fighting, as your to hit is gonna be low anyways. I would also seriously consider a 1 or 2 level dip in fighter to help round out your combat abilities. Also, i'd go high str and use a ...

The way I see classes is as largely a package of abilities, and not as some involved backstory. And trying to use class as a defining characteristic becomes increasingly ridiculous with free multiclassing and when someone chooses to take 1-3 level dips in 5 different classes. To make there be some g...

1123564492[/unixtime]] 1123560783[/unixtime]][br]And a duergar is a dwarf, and a drow is an elf, and a tallfellow is a halfling. And a beholder is a beholder.[br] [br][br]But under your system, a beholder isn't a beholder, it's just a plain old aberration, since there is no beholder subtype. [br][b...

1122439495[/unixtime]] 1122274704[/unixtime]]White is always assumed to have the advantage, because they get the first move and hence initiative. So even in chess "character creation" ensures that one side is suboptimal (the side that gets black). [br][br]This is so absurd that my mind is...

1122251596[/unixtime]]Chess is a balanced game. Not because you can't screw everythign up and lose your queen without accomplishing anything, but because everyone starts with the same position.[br] [br][br]Actually, that's wrong. White is always assumed to have the advantage, because they get the f...

1122167335[/unixtime]] People want two things:[br]1. They want to know what a race/class means when you say it. If I said Halfling Rogue 4, then everyone knows what that class/race combo does and generally knows what you did with your skill points (max Hide, Dex fighter with Finesse or ranged sneak...

1122190206[/unixtime]]PS, you do know there is two translated TV series of One-Piece running concurrently, right? Shonen Jump's One Piece is random segments from 'their adventures' and is a different series than the One Piece which we get in two pieces (ironic, yes?) on Cartoon Network, yes?[br][br...

Why do you think they turned out so crappy without her in that "future without Starfire" episode? Beastboy and the mech dude had no confidence, Raven was insane, and Robin was totally dark and filled with rage (Blackguard levels, anyone?).[br] [br][br]Based on what I've seen of the show (...

New Venture bros. was confirmed awhile ago, iirc. And I saw the christmas special, I think it wasn't a part of the "official" story of the show, from what I remember it was very surreal. Never a big fan of teen titans, and personally I wish they would've just done more Justice League inste...

Haven't posted much, but have lurked alot. I've been DM'ing a game for awhile, and all games i've tried to play in have broken down quick recently, so if there's a spot open I would definately be up for it, as long as the level is 7+.

1116847775[/unixtime]] If Disney produced and bankrolled Lolita 2, ...blah blah..., I am still going to sneer at them and call them deviants. [br][br]Hey, whats with the sudden Kubrick slur?[br][br]I haven't even watched the entire film and I knows it ain't what you seem suggest it is.[br][br]Why d...

I just went and looked again at the entries. I also noticed that the current winner has 10 levels of Dread Pirate. It seems that they have some confusion about the definiton of "optimization".

1109296757[/unixtime]]Now all up I agree that we'd be better off with more selectable abilities and no fixed race packages. Which we don't have.[br][br]This difficulty satsifying pre existing concepts though... well they still wrote up the human, elf, dwarf, gnome and halfling. Breaking with expect...

MrWaeseL at [unixtime wrote:1108989717[/unixtime]]I dislike catfolk simply because of all the furry fanboys.

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1109006854[/unixtime]] 1109005039[/unixtime]]FIGHTERZ RUL U SUCK!!!!!11 [br][br]C'mon Obe, you can do better than that. Where's the "teh"? No "!!!11!eleven!!1"? And you didn't even insult me in a non-game context, other than by hurting my eyes by abusing caps and the English lan...

And be a 3-d trapezoid with the weight clearly marked on it.

1107791699[/unixtime]] 1107755791[/unixtime]]What's the problem with staying between levels 1 and 5?[br][br]Just slow down XP gain, keep the monsters reasonable...seems fine to me. [br][br]Because you can't fight shit. I mean seriously I want PCs to be able to fight armies of orcs Aragorn style. I ...

Best thing I could think of with Shades is the Draconic binding out of Draconomicon, which unless they errata'd it online, is still Conj (Creation). IIRC, Shades duration is the same as the original spell, and the original lasts as long as the dragon is doing your task. Normally, a dragon can just f...

Was I the only one who noticed that they now claim that you only gain XP for a trap by discovering and disarming it? Oddly enough, it seems something like that should be in errata, not a FAQ as the DMG makes it clear that surviving the damage a trap deals is a valid way of overcoming it's challenge ...

If I were able, I would make all classes similar to hulking hurler/master thrower/exotic weapon master; they would be very few levels, and most (if not all) would have choices for abilities. Or you might have base classes be around 5 levels, and PrC's be 3 with class features chosen from a group. I ...