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Dude, i get all that. My question is, if my DM says I can't make Blue Mages cause the FAQ blah blah blah, what do I say?

"Yes, Master"
or
"Dude, the FAQ can go fuck itself, it has no power to contradict rules"

DM's should take care lest the Archivist destroy the delicate balance of power.

1182167572[/unixtime]]FAQ only explains difficult rules, it can't change them. If the rules say no, the FAQ can't change it to yes, you need something like an errata to do it. [br][br]Well, about half the answers in there would disagree with you. That's all i'm saying. I think the FAQ can go take a...

When you cast polymorph* twice in succession on the same target, does it keep any of the abilities gained from the first spell’s form? [br] No. This falls into the category of “one effect makes another irrelevant” (see page 172 in the Player’s Handbook). A polymorphed elf wizard who then casts shap...

1182136830[/unixtime]]Perhaps I'm kinda dumb here, but what's wrong with Occult Slayer? The prereqs are tough for a noncaster, but free action spell turning and the bonus to saves is nice. Nothing else worth mentioning from the class except the Mind Blank at level 5.[br][br]Yes, of course it's weak...

1182075213[/unixtime]]Whatever was the award for stupidest class ever, this guy wins: http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=868384 . [br][br]:wtf:[br][br] At first glance, the lightning warrior looks like a weaker version of the wizard, due to the fact that it lacks a familiar and can’t speci...

fbmf at [unixtime wrote:1182072198[/unixtime]]Yeah, I don't know what happened there. If it bothers anyone I'll move it. If not, fvck it.

Game On,
fbmf

I don't mind, I just read it and went "buh?"

1182022867[/unixtime]]The best part is the school where I'll be teaching is open to the idea of a gaming club. Now, I will be teaching in a middle school, so it'll probably CCG's, but I thought I would try it.[br][br]Game On,[br]fbmf [br][br]I've had a lot of success with Munchkin . Very easy, enjo...

Or you can play a Cleric. You'll be a powerhouse, you can get the Summoner Domain which is awesome and anything else because you really don't care. You can't buff Outsiders as well as a Druid can buff animals but whatever. You also have the awesome Summon Undead spells from Libris Mortis which can c...

1182031653[/unixtime]] 1181836620[/unixtime]]OK. The Other Threads That Make Us Cry merging with the original I can understand. What is the New Archmage doing here? :wtf: [br][br]Huh?[br][br]Game On,[br]fbmf [br][br]Page 26, posts #6 to #8 from the top. Their titles are "New Archmage, still wo...

1182020026[/unixtime]]In any case, in a group of 50-ish regular players over the last 7 years, not a single one of the "spell-casting" characters has decided to pick up both essense/void in a balanced fashion.[br][br]So, either they're lazy or it's really hard. [br][br]They're lazy. From ...

1182012209[/unixtime]][br] ah,the joys,the unfailing logic of anecdotal evidence[br]and hasty generalization.......... [br][br]Compared to, say, sarcasm? ;)[br][br][br]The problem of getting good teachers is a version of Ye Olde Inspiration Problem, ie how to get people to care about their job and ...

1182014811[/unixtime]]http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=867619[br][br]I might not have answered as thoroughly as the people here would have, but I thought I had good advice. At least, better advice than all the people telling the OP to play an occult slayer. [br][br]Occult Slayer?!?!?! :w...

I really like double progressions. And the fact that they suck makes me sad. So, in my quest to make double progressions viable, I stumbled upon the FAQ on Polymorph. Apparently, any ability that is not Ex, Su or Sp is considered natural and you totally get to keep it. So what you want to do is POA ...

1181975041[/unixtime]]The Golems or Zombies would have to be animated/programmed with that kind of behaviour, but it is perfectly functional for it to have been done. [br][br]Zombies, not really. Ant behavior is determined by a set of simple rules interacting with each other and the environment. Th...

1181953106[/unixtime]]Nice second guess, I'm the frog guy. What gave it away? Logic? [br][br]I'm really good at intuition and pattern recognition. So after I got over the "obvious" solution, it just hit me. You totally fit the conversational style of people around here. "Read the cru...

1181973640[/unixtime]]Am I a psycho for being confused as to why a scorpion/spider/bug is given the [Mindless] tag? [br][br]Not really. Apparently, anything that is of low intelligence and should be unaffected by mind-influencing effects automatically becomes mindless.[br][br]There is no reason for...

1181932539[/unixtime]]I'm also transposing (probably?) most/all of D&D spellcasting in. That fixes a lot of slow healing. As to diseases, well, while there aren't "exalted" per se, PCs/the NPCs I care about will definitely count as them rule wise (no stupid diseases/can't use mook cha...

1181929018[/unixtime]]...How fvcking stupid am I? [br][br]Not much. Don't worry about it.[br][br] 1181929018[/unixtime]]...Any obvious pitfalls in this approach? [br][br]Incredibly slow healing. We are talking about weeks of downtime between battles here.[br]Diseases. Non-Exalted can die from fucki...

technomancer at [unixtime wrote:1181919305[/unixtime]]Interestingly enough, no.

Damn. Hmmm. Second guess would be the frog guy.

Btw, who is the guy who linked here?

1181913413[/unixtime]]Reserve Feats are overpowered!!!1![br][br]http://p222.ezboard.com/fokayyourturnfrm14.showMessage?topicID=5372.topic[br][br]At one point, the OP actually says he doesn't care what anybody says, he's already made up his mind. I'm not sure why he opened up with "I'd like you...

1181896488[/unixtime]]I'm still baffled. I don't see how it's that high! The Ur-priest description says: "To determine the caster level of an ur-priest, add the character's ur-priest levels to one-half of his levels in other spellcasting classes."[br][br]The caster level of the ur-priest ...

1181868825[/unixtime]] 1181835725[/unixtime]] [br][br]As for Amra's question:[br][br]From memory, the best I can think of is the is the Beholder Mage1/Ur-Priest1/MyTh10/True Necro8[br][br]If it wasn't broken for the crazy CL on the whole of the Wizard and Cleric Spell Lists, it would be for the abi...

"Realism" in games like D&D or Exalted

Social Interaction Rules. Do I need to explain?

1181848639[/unixtime]]It's difficult for me to see how one would interpret this in any way other than "ranged touch attacks are a kind of touch attack". [br][br]Couldn't have put it better myself.:thumb:[br][br][br] Rogues: As far as I am concerned, Rogues have two class features that mat...