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1202432940[/unixtime]]I looked at this and couldn't resist replying...[br][br]Human Wizard (Conjurer), conjurer variant: rapid summons[br]Get Augment summoning at lvl 1[br]SM1 - Celestial badgers become a 1 shot nuke that's better than even the barbarians[br]2 claws +6 melee (1d2+1) and bite +1 mel...

It's nice to have the rules for the monster right in front of you, but it's also nice to have consistent powers with consistent names so that an experienced DM can easily keep track of what a stat block means.

If you're unwilling to play in a game where sad things happen, by all means make and RPG where they don't (or give up RPGs entirely). If you abhor any randomness or chance of things going against your plans, write stories instead of cooperatively story telling.[br][br]There are a lot of things I lik...

I'm thinking of creating a 'talk' page on the wiki, because unfortunately there don't seem to be 'talk' pages for each entry (as in Wikipedia). Would that be alright, or do you want to keep discussion here?

1202071722[/unixtime]]Actually, yes Catharz. I do expect better of a multibillion dollar entertainment company. Yeah, I'm sure Wizard's D&D group's excellent playtesting and R&D could only improve if they were spending 5k an illustration. And, of course, it would certainly be in the best in...

Ah shit, I missed it again

Makes me wish I was Jewish to be more effective at killing White supremacists.

Because each sphere would be thematically distinct, and it makes using dragons simpler. Although I'd probably only make chromatic spheres, and have good dragons distinguish themselves some other way.

The defender is supposed to get 'Hero, come and kill me!' abilities.

1202002306[/unixtime]]Yeah... good point. And I'm considering just playing Sorcerer anyways.[br]But really, the Sorcerer sucks. If it must be so limited in spell selection, might as well give them more frequent abilities than x/day, like free bonus heritage, metamagic and Reserve feats all in the s...

1201902771[/unixtime]]They are not contradictory. Take, for example, E6. Characters gain more abilities (Sculpt Spell) while not advancing raw numbers (Caster level). [br]Except characters do advance raw numbers, which is direct evidence that the design goals are hard to achieve at the same time.

1201884368[/unixtime]][br]- dead [br]Yeah, although this is probably just the end state of the 'wounded' condition track.[br] 1201884368[/unixtime]][br]- paralyzed (and/or petrified) [br]Really weakened, really slowed.[br] 1201884368[/unixtime]][br]- stunned [br]That's another interesting one. What...

1201866175[/unixtime]]Oh, we probably want ranges/areas to scale by some small amount, probably via a stat. Just so it's automatic, and the huge dragon or tiny drake has a level/size appropriate weapon. Or character. Nothing says growth like being able to pimp out some silly ability... And it also ...

Wow, I was thinking the exact same thing. 'On Fire' could be changed to 'Burning'; it could include 'covered in acid' and other ongoing caustic damage that can be washed off.[br][br]Or you could not deal with how you get rid of it in the effect, and have it include all ongoing damage. At the same ti...

1201812286[/unixtime]] 1199987347[/unixtime]]PC classed enemies are 'monsters' with CR equal to their level. [br][br]I believed this lie too, in 2003. Now, every thing's changed. [br]No. The CR is defined to be such. This may mean that CRs are inconsistant, but if you want to use them as a balance ...

1201810984[/unixtime]]Close? How in the fvcking hell isn't it (way) better, if it's 10L to a rogue's 1.75L? [br][br]In theory a high-level rogue doing the sneak attack gets ~6 per round. going by pure SAD (3.5*level/2), that's about L*3.5*3 = 10.5L.[br][br]You can get more attacks, but none of it i...

I do agree that the idea of Great Heroes having Epic Battles that destroy worlds and last for days works great in stories.[br][br]However, to work in a game you'd need a very different combat scale so that players don't just say 'Alright, I'll use Summon Banshee Whale until he dies from the baleful ...

Bigode at [unixtime wrote:1201718084[/unixtime]]...and, more hilariously, what he's ever done) other than this

I would guess that he pulls stuff out of his ass that seems balanced without playtesting it as well.

1201747598[/unixtime]]But even if you rejigger the abilitiesw to generate custom powers for the demons in your campaign, it's extremely important that the players *know what those powers are* [br][br]Maybe. If iRed K'zidtho secretly knows 'five pointed palm exploding heart', it should probably be p...

That's a great overview, and for the most part I agree with you.[br][br]However, I do want to know .[br]If I run in to a pit fiend, I want to be able to assume that his flaming aura will burn me and the acidic green goo dripping from his fangs is poison. I want to be able to assume that a heavily ar...

So will I

NoDot at [unixtime wrote:1201667633[/unixtime]]I'm curiousl; would a Defense Bonus, Armor as DR only, and only having a "Reflex Defense" instead of Touch AC, Reflex, and AC help? (It probably won't.)

Help what?

1201660890[/unixtime]]Is it just me or does(did) wizards seem to have a past time of giving warlocks and kobolds the shaft? A kobold, with Races of Dragon-fucking, can be a dragon, even being able to fly. But all he gets is the dragon type(in place of humanoid) and a flight speed of 30'(av.) after ...

1201661054[/unixtime]]I didn't get the joke either Koumei. It was a Knight's move thinking process.[br]I would phrase the joke as "I mean, it's illegal to move your King into Czech." [br]Check is a state the king is in. Referring to the king being in check is redundant; I think that refer...

1201636927[/unixtime]]I don't know. Carrying capacity has never really been muhc of a problem in D&D, so I doubt the Diablo system would work well in pencil and paper. When you've got anything like shrink item or bags of holding, how much you can carry becomes moot. [br][br]So long as spells li...