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by Maxus
Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:37 pm
Forum: It's My Own Invention...
Topic: Sig's Bloodline Feats
Replies: 10
Views: 2119

Re: Tome-like Bloodline Feats Test

Combat feats scale with BAB[br]Skill feats scale with skill ranks[br]Magic feats should scale with caster level (when someone gets around to inventing them based on the F&K guidelines to scaling feats)[br]So, logically, bloodline feats should scale with character level.[br][br]The catch is, you ...
by Maxus
Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:54 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Check this race out...
Replies: 37
Views: 4964

Re: Check this race out...


Judging Eagle wrote:Intimidate, b/c it makes sense since I see them as scary, not as mountaineers.


I second. I also say you should just go ahead and toss in Craft...In case it ever comes up. Like impressing Beardy McBeerstein the master blacksmith.
by Maxus
Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:31 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: The inability of RPGs to allow excellence.
Replies: 20
Views: 3588

Re: The inability of RPGs to allow excellence.

[br] Also, I do find somewhat weird the idea of "PCs are special and antagonists aren't". [br][br]I really think the idea is: "PCs are special, mid-to-high ranked bad guys are, too."[br][br]You could make an argument for there being three levels of Speshulness for people in DnD r...
by Maxus
Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:24 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Check this race out...
Replies: 37
Views: 4964

Re: Check this race out...



Koumei wrote:BAB +1:


Awesome feat. Just if it's a racial feat, why does it scale by BAB and not character level? Kinda shafts the Medium BAB Tieflings/half-fiends out there...
by Maxus
Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:24 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Best of Dumpster Diving
Replies: 3
Views: 692

Re: Best of Dumpster Diving

I have no idea in what area this is on Planewalker...[br][br]http://www.planewalker.com/entry.php?intEntryID=10341[br][br]But THIS is some good stuff...[br][br]http://direpress.bin.sh/tools/[br][br]Fractal World Generator (Waste hours of time playing God with continental drift)[br][br]Power Attack C...
by Maxus
Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:59 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Best of Dumpster Diving
Replies: 3
Views: 692

Re: Best of Dumpster Diving

Now that my grade is secured...[br][br]For a while I was working on a Soulknife character, and Google turned up a lot of homebrew stuff. I combined a couple of them, took a Kalashtar racial feat, and had a decently fun character while the adventure lasted (a few sessions playing a character who quic...
by Maxus
Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:26 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Best of Dumpster Diving
Replies: 3
Views: 692

Best of Dumpster Diving

On my home computer, my favorites list takes more than ten seconds to scroll through by holding one of the arrow buttons.[br][br]An important fraction of that is DnD stuff I've found online through Google-fu. And if I find something that looks interesting, I'll save it because it might be useful lat...
by Maxus
Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:52 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: The inability of RPGs to allow excellence.
Replies: 20
Views: 3588

Re: The inability of RPGs to allow excellence.

I can see the point of this, because I was thinking the same thing myself. Look at fiction. Some of the really memorable good guys/bad guys have abilities that others don't.[br][br]More specifically, look at Drizzt.[br][br]Yes. I know. Drizzt. [br][br]But, really, Drizzt can't be reflected in the Dn...
by Maxus
Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:47 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Races of War
Replies: 563
Views: 287570

Re: Races of War

I think that's a weakness of the feats/combat system.[br][br]They're all things that individual people can do.[br][br]Fighting in tandem with someone else is...poorly defined. And you can't have "Party Feats" like being able to funnel three bottles of fine dwarven whiskey or apply Planeshi...
by Maxus
Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:12 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Check this race out...
Replies: 37
Views: 4964

Re: Check this race out...

Holy shit... Kyton Bracers rock. I want some on my Tome series Tiefling True Fiend/Fiendish Brute/Monk for the game with Calibron! [br][br]If you think that's cool, check out the Cape of Chains.[br][br]Here's the link to overall page.[br][br]http://planewalker.com/snail/equipment.php[br][br]Unstatt...
by Maxus
Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:55 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Check this race out...
Replies: 37
Views: 4964

Re: Check this race out...

Here's an idea: take all that, put it in a feat for devilish half-fiends and tieflings. [br][br]Sounds pretty sweet, actually.[br][br]I showed it to my off-and-on DM, and he was under the impression that half-kyton was an LA +0 template.[br][br]My further dumpster diving in that site has revealed u...
by Maxus
Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:15 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Found a solution for the Frank Cheat
Replies: 4
Views: 825

Re: Found a solution for the Frank Cheat

[br] If you adventure for 4 hours, cast your spells and then rest for an hour with the bag, you don't get shit back. [br][br]My main point is that bolded statement seems to imply that you prepare spells, use them, and as long as you don't cast anything and rest for 8 hours, you get them back. And th...
by Maxus
Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:31 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Found a solution for the Frank Cheat
Replies: 4
Views: 825

Found a solution for the Frank Cheat

Seems like Frank's right about spells per day. [br][br]I just leafed through a friend's copy of Complete Mage and found this item, and just had to write it down.[br][br]Heward's Fortifying Bedroll[br]3,000 GP[br]Activation: Climb in it (1 move action), and spend 1 uninterrupted hour resting.[br]Effe...
by Maxus
Sat Dec 01, 2007 2:27 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Check this race out...
Replies: 37
Views: 4964

Re: Check this race out...


sigma999 wrote:Some being, somewhere, sometime, had sex with a kyton. Think about that.


Yeah, nice one, Sig. Now I'd like to go soak my brain in acid...

by Maxus
Sat Dec 01, 2007 2:15 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Check this race out...
Replies: 37
Views: 4964

Check this race out...

I was just dumpster-diving through Planewalker.com, and came upon this...[br][br] Half-Kyton [br][br] Medium-size: As medium-sized creatures, half-kytons get no special bonuses or penalties due to their size. [br]Half-kyton base speed is 30 ft. [br] Half-kytons are proficient with chains, whips, and...
by Maxus
Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:52 pm
Forum: It's My Own Invention...
Topic: Major Weapons
Replies: 77
Views: 17694

Re: Major Weapons

I wasn't talking about Orcus' scepter. I was speaking about the personification of Death in a book series, and the sword he wears to be used on royalty (because they outrank the scythe). [br][br]Anyway. Death is sorta in an other category than gods and demon lords and what have you. *Nothing* works ...
by Maxus
Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:37 pm
Forum: In The Trenches
Topic: Replacement character decisions...
Replies: 22
Views: 4797

Re: Replacement character decisions...

PULPO!

Call yourself El Pulpo!

Or...Al Pulpo. Or Make up an elven definite article. Anything.

Pulpo is Spanish for 'octopus'.
by Maxus
Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:32 pm
Forum: It's My Own Invention...
Topic: Major Weapons
Replies: 77
Views: 17694

Re: Major Weapons

[br][br] 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. [br][br]Aw, that's nothing. When I saw this, I started wondering about Death's Sword from the Discworld novels, and found myself contemplating what would ...
by Maxus
Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:49 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Races of War
Replies: 563
Views: 287570

Re: Races of War

So by that logic, Longswords would be Small, Greatswords medium...

Greataxes/clubs would likewise be Medium.

Short swords would be....actually, would they be Small?

I assume daggers are Tiny. Or Diminutive.

It seems like it works.
by Maxus
Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:26 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Energy Mages
Replies: 40
Views: 11698

Re: Energy Mages

I dunno. I suppose you could make up an ability based around making stuff go kaboom.

Like...You spend a move action to make a handheld into a bomb, chunk it, it lands, does damage based on its size, or heaviness. Or something.
by Maxus
Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:04 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Energy Mages
Replies: 40
Views: 11698

Re: Energy Mages

Poison is a super-strong spell, and this is an at-will SoD for a goodly number of levels.[br] [br][br]Holy crap, you're right. I just checked the damage die on Poison. 1d10...Dang.[br]I thought it did...lower than that, anyway.[br]Any suggestions for the amount? 1d4, maybe increases to 1d6 and then...
by Maxus
Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:34 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Energy Mages
Replies: 40
Views: 11698

Re: Energy Mages

Because I'm in a lull between classes, I've been working more on the energy mages.[br][br]Sonic would be fun...Here's the abilities I'm tinkering with...[br][br]-Class level as a bonus to Sing checks.[br][br]-sound-based spell-like abilities (ghost sound, ventriloquism (ventro as an extraordinary ab...
by Maxus
Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:22 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Energy Mages
Replies: 40
Views: 11698

Re: Energy Mages

Okay, I'm trying to write up an Acid Mage class (except it needs a catchier name) based upon the rough format of the previous two--Resistence, Magic, Extra Damage, and a targeted/area ability at first level, Resistence/Hardness/Immunity partial bypass at 3rd, Acid immunity at 4th...Acid Arrow and Ac...
by Maxus
Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:11 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Energy Mages
Replies: 40
Views: 11698

Re: Energy Mages

[br] So you can rip holes through arbitrarily thick and durable containers as long as there's a piece of ferrous metal trapped inside? Handy. [br][br]Oh, it's not a fixed mount? I had an image of a wall when you said that.[br][br]Okay. Then it drags it if it's light enough, or if it's just[br]too he...
by Maxus
Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:38 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Energy Mages
Replies: 40
Views: 11698

Re: Energy Mages

[br] [br]Telekinesis[br]Transmutation[br]Level: Sor/Wiz 5[br]Components: V, S[br]Casting Time: 1 standard action[br]Range: Long (400 ft. + 40 ft./level)[br]Target or Targets: See text[br]Duration: Concentration (up to 1 round/ level) or instantaneous; see text[br]Saving Throw: Will negates (object) ...