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Nevermind. I had the scatter-brained expectation of...


I dunno what I was thinking. I've been up for about 17 hours straight. Thinking must be happening somewhere.

Cielingcat at [unixtime wrote:1203996364[/unixtime]]Yes.

I concur.

Also, lasers should be of a brand called Kil-O-Zap.

1203977347[/unixtime]]One of the most important things that power sites do is that spending an unspecified period of time studying them and training in them makes you a bad ass.[br][br]This is an important plot point, and it allows you to handwave away the existence of numerous villains.[br][br]-Us...

If you're going to do a version suitable for printing, maybe you should break it down into the original Tomes, for easier and less wading through all of Frank and K's huge amount of output.[br][br]If you want the dissertation about dungeon designs and the insanity of Gygaxian traps in a dungeon, you...

It's an interesting point to be begin from, and I think it raises some questions...[br][br]--These sites, from your examples, obviously align to some sort of point on the Occult Compass. How can you tell them apart? Is there/will there be a list of all the alignments?[br][br]--It runs pretty logical...

Dammit. You still retain your Dex bonus against someone you are grappling. That's a shame. The Gauntlet of Inflicting Light Wounds would be a pretty good weapon against heavily armored grapplers, otherwise.[br][br]On the plus side, however:[br][br]-You can always use the gauntlet, even if you're bei...

Well, that's something.[br][br]It doesn't say you can't use spells, just that a ranged sneak attack has to be within 30 feet.[br][br][br] Sneak Attack[br]If a rogue can catch an opponent when he is unable to defend himself effectively from her attack, she can strike a vital spot for extra damage. [b...

1203928394[/unixtime]]I'm trying to find a way to hit touch AC with a melee rogue. The DM thats gonna run the campaign has a hard-on for heavily armored improved graplers. Alchemists acid is a no go in that case. My D&D-foo produced nothing. Help? [br][br]I'm inclined to tell you to get a magic...

1203932339[/unixtime]]I think laser weapons should fire thin red beams. The sound should probably be a crack, as it travels at the speed of light, burning the air and causing more to rush in to fill its place.[br][br]Or something to that effect. They should also be 2/3 useless unless attached to a ...

1203940539[/unixtime]] It needs a better level 0 benefit. Keep in mind that any character can be proficient with any weapon if they spend enough time with it. [br][br]I thought that was just Fighters.[br][br]Game On,[br]fbmf [br][br]Fighters can learn a new weapon as a result of spending a day tryi...

Bigode at [unixtime wrote:1203807986[/unixtime]]Steam powers, and thus the classes that use it, since they get pretty much nothing else.

I've always found steampowers tough to judge, because of the creativity you have to use in making them do stuff. But got any specific examples?

Bigode at [unixtime wrote:1203802679[/unixtime]]Actually, I meant that steam's hideously weak, not strong. It defeats nonmagic characters if used (very) creatively, but that's it.

Alright, which aspects of steam are weak? The weapons? The mechs? The classes that use it? The steam powers?

1203759168[/unixtime]]Ohhhh no wonder..[br][br]Well in any case, that's an easy fix. Cut out that line you bolded and it doesn't seem to interrupt anything else.[br]I've never seen any previous wording of Enhancement bonus increasing BAB, and this isn't a good place to start doing so. [br][br]I'm a...

1203735545[/unixtime]]Thank you very much.[br]And for a very funny followup, I had saved BlainTog's class when it arrived but forgot about it completely. -_-[br]Never played a Soulknife for more than a few hours, but this is what I would use.[br][br]As for Soulbow wording, I can't even find the fea...

1203732805[/unixtime]] 1203731416[/unixtime]]By both game rules and by personality description it would seem like Kender should be extinct a long time ago.[br]Do they have more gods than other races? Or just the favor of the authors (and thereby the fans)? [br][br]Kender use the same crappy set of ...

1203725804[/unixtime]]Maxus, thanks. I might as well point out (having read the book) that the only thing that might be keeping me from having a new favorite setting's the fact that the new classes are so ... unconcerned with balance and unshowing of signals of actually having been played in their ...

1203707560[/unixtime]] 1203631596[/unixtime]] 1203630398[/unixtime]]So being a cleric is a race against time. Either you level sufficiently that your Wisdom becomes huge (and auto-win the check), or you are never able to cast spells again. [br][br]No, there's a check each day to see if you get your...

1203660179[/unixtime]]Shifters are so weak they make me weep.[br]And I had to explain to the player of a Changeling that she is immune to hostile polymorph (Shapeshifter subtype grants the ability to resume normal form as a standard action).[br]It's a fucked up setting, what with robot Ninja Turtle...

1203685444[/unixtime]]Another alternative is to have it provide certain spellcasting limitations as part of the deal - "You are the Master Wall Mage. You gain (bonuses related to creating wall effects, mists, fogs and spiky ground). On the other hand, you cannot summon living creatures or cast...

That's pretty close...

1203640295[/unixtime]]Yeah, its just a some times you don;t have spells today thing, but thats slightly annoying as that makes you an NPC warrior. [br][br]I'd probably scrap that rule, or change it so you lose your domain spells or something. [br][br]The mech construction rules are annoying in a fe...

Exercising my Googling skills, I came across this.[br][br]http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=805764[br][br]Someone decided to make the Pyrokineticist.[br][br]As a base class.[br][br]Okay, can't fault them, I'd be inclined to try that out myself...[br][br]...If Frank hadn't already made the F...

1203632315[/unixtime]]What you are after is Divine Metamagic because it is both game-breaking and awesome. Essentially, you can use your Turn Undead in the place of Metamagic Spell Slot. So, if you can swing 6 Turn Undead attempts, then you can be a kick-ass fighter via Persistance Divine Power. Yo...

1203630398[/unixtime]]So being a cleric is a race against time. Either you level sufficiently that your Wisdom becomes huge (and auto-win the check), or you are never able to cast spells again. [br][br]No, there's a check each day to see if you get your spells. The base DC is 6. And you can do stuf...

1203564408[/unixtime]]For those without access to Sword & Fist , it says:[br][br]Third Arm:[br][br](Range on all uses of THIRD ARM is 15 feet)[br][br][*] Punch a button, snuff out a candle, flick a coin along the ground, etc. as a MEA with an attack roll vs. AC 15.[br][br][*] Retrieve an unatte...