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1196460552[/unixtime]]And that's fine, under the BoG rules, you can totally do that; it'll just be slightly less effective than a vorpal sword. [br]Yeah, because it really improves the game when a character using a cloak of speed, an amulet of fire breathing, and bracers of flight is considered equ...

Koumei at [unixtime wrote:1196421971[/unixtime]]
The Eldritch Glaive...

Unresistable damage touch attack with reach and a save or die thrown in for good measure? I think that might be just a little overboard.

1196443426[/unixtime]]If its a codpiece of eyebeams, people aren't really going to figure that out, while if it's a helmet of swiftness, the wizard's gonna put it on thinking "swift thinking". [br][br]It doesn't matter how much NPC items cost. Those costs only matter for PC-created items,...

Fuzzy_logic at [unixtime wrote:1196391697[/unixtime]]From "Unsorted Material"...but if he tried to use two at a time with Two-Weapon Fight (for example: to benefit from qualities like Defending), then one of those daggers is not working and is basically a non-magical dagger.

Well shit...

For character differentiation on a very coarse-grained level, take a look at the 4-stat system.[br][br]* Characters with max Moxie & Elan and min Agility & Strength are strongly encouraged to use mental attacks.[br][br]* Characters with max Agility & Strength and min Moxie & Elan are...

Iconic locations are worthless.[br][br]There's no game-mechanical reason to make every character have a health item on his neck and an offensive item on his groin. It just forces you to kill good ideas in the name of 'appropriate flavor'. Why a character shouldn't be allowed have a Codpiece of Healt...

Koumei at [unixtime wrote:1196387063[/unixtime]]There's one Aberration that turns into a swarm and helps people, I think.

Yeah, one.

It's also really a type of fey. The "aberration" type on the sheet is a typo which caused it to be accidentally shoved into LoM as an afterthought.

1196385372[/unixtime]] The matrix is reachable by anybody with a data jack, or you can forgo the VR and just use a computer. [br][br]In 4e at least, having a datajack is basically like implanting a memory stick in your head. It does nothing useful except store data which you can access if you plug ...

1196372488[/unixtime]]Item Spotlight: Weapons[br][br]This section is currently incomplete, but I do have a question: Why do magic weapons take up one of our 8 item slots? Considering that fighting characters need a weapon and casters have no use for one, it seems like blatant favoritism to wizard,s...

1196348017[/unixtime]]I'd put a general "minimum level" thing up, but the only people who will see it are here, and you guys know the idea is to get them in the later game. [br]One way to do this is make it not-quite arbitrarium. For example, have the wight gloves kill anyone of X level o...

1196346177[/unixtime]][br]- Acid Body: The Acid Mage can alter their body's own makeup to make themselves acidic. This lasts for one minute per character level. Any weapon that pierces or slashes the Acid Mage's body take 1d6 acid damage (ignoring hardness), any creature that hits with a natural cl...

1196315235[/unixtime]]The problem is, if you have a classless system where you can, in theory, do anything, but can't do everything, you have to stick in arbitrary restrictions that just say, no, you can't do that.[br][br]You actually have to force someone to not optimize. Even if you juggle all th...

1196286760[/unixtime]][br]Desert doesn't mean sandy or maybe rocky wasteland. It means less than 250 mm of average rainfall per year, and that is all that it means. [br]Whether that is true or not depends on whether you're talking about a scientific desert or a 'desert', the linguistic/cultural con...

Voss, that's great! If that article is actually accurate, there is hope yet for 4e!

1196282317[/unixtime]]Just one question: What's Wisdom of the Samurai? [br][br]It's ineffable. It allows you to come up with quotes like "You know, in ancient cultures, bears were considered equal with men." and "Our bodies are given life from the midst of nothingness. Existing where...

1187655416[/unixtime]][br] Anansi [/size][br]" Don't throw me in the briar patch! "[br][br]An Anansi adult stands 1.4m tall and its skin is covered with stripes, dots, and more amorphous contrast markings in brown and pale cream. Anansi can secrete their choice of sticky and non-sticky we...

1196275402[/unixtime]]Sure, you can make a Druid PrC based on moving into a city and becoming Lord of the Pigeons, but I doubt anyone would take that. [br][br] Lord of the Pigeons [br]"According to what one of the elders said, taking an enemy on the battlefield is like a hawk taking a bird. Ev...

It's basically saying 'We have no design paradigm'.[br][br]If you wanted to generate a design paradigm for a D&D-esque game, you would probably want feats to represent abilities which should be generally independent from class (because they're binary and class independent). Basically, if you don...

Performing thread resurrection because I have an unrelated SR question...[br][br][br]Will having a cybernetic prosthesis always raise red flags if you're not poor? Is it somehow more acceptable if it's smaller or more hidden (i.e. a cyber foot rather than a cyber arm)?[br][br]I just got done reading...

Are you seriously saying that Dao are grounded at first level?

Also based on "plane of origin" do you think it would be reasonable to let a steam mephit take Ifrit traits at first level, Djin traits at 5th, and Marid at 14th?

For ease of use, I'd just call a 7 HD steam mephit a 'level 7 mephit'. You might be better off just taking the size feat though.

The weapons could be more explicitly magical versions of normal weapons.[br]Tamed lightning is a spear (as you say, dealing piercing or lightning damage -- but why extra damage to [water] creatures?), a mirror shard is a small sword, giant sea-scorpion claws should be morning stars (piercing and blu...

So would the 'Subtle spell' metamagic still and silence your spell with a swift action, or would it be some other kind of feat?

There was a spontaneously casting cleric class in Dragon a while back which picked up domains like candy. That's probably a better way to get spells known than the Favored Soul. Unfortunately, having too many domains kinda muddles things. Another way of looking at a 'favored soul' type-class would b...

1196049677[/unixtime]]I'm not sure. If 80% of people think candidate A is the best thing since sliced bread, but 90% say candidate B is a bit of a wanker but we could put up with him, you lose great candidate for the limp wristed one. [br][br]You loose a great candidate for an acceptable one. The r...