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1082761723[/unixtime]][br]More better spells don't make the Sorcerer better relative to the Wizard.[br] [br]Sure they do. A wizard wants to be able to do certain things. Teleport, see invisibility, buff, and kill stuff. If a sorcerer has 2 swiss army knife spells that do all of those, then there's ...

1082752571[/unixtime]][br]Bullshit.[br][br]The Wizard is paying more to be able to transform the Fighter into Giant Size. So the Fighter should be getting more out of it because the party is spending more to get that ability.[br] [br][br]Yeah, well if I'm buying a magic item, they cost the exact sa...

OK, feats you take because you want to improve some aspect of yourself. How well you trip people, how well you grapple, your ability to move around in combat without taking AoOs, the ability to fight multiple opponents better... whatever.[br][br]The point is that a character build, especially a figh...

1082750966[/unixtime]][br]As such, the really "overpowered" Tactical feats like Elusive Target are actually spot on correct for what a feat should provide . [br] [br]That diverting defense ability of Elusive target is just plain bad game design. Anything that makes something always miss i...

1082749905[/unixtime]][br]Not just "per level" - but overall . When the Wizard turns all giant it had better be better in every way than the Cleric doing the same thing because he's worse in every way until he does.[br] [br][br]The wizard himself sure... but if he's turning a fighter into...

1082685131[/unixtime]][br]Four: Balancing things against Righteous Might is a waste of your time.[br] [br]If you want to create a polymorph based on granting bonuses, I think RM is the perfect place to start, and here's why...[br][br]A) It changes your shape and makes you tougher.[br]B) It's 5th le...

1082684555[/unixtime]]Unless and until the designers can finally decide what Charisma is supposed to do, it will never really have a place in game.[br] [br][br]CHarisma's problem is that it's a stat that does nothing for most people and everything for others. If you have a class that empowers it, l...

I like most of your stuff. I'd recommend simply lumping the endurance benefit into toughness, becuase endurance is just crap, and there's no problem with just making it one feat.[br][br]Not sure about your item creation feats.. honestly nobody is going to bother taking craft magical items. Wondrous ...

Well if you can make a full attack right after a dimension door, then you can use anything that would substitute for an attack action, this includes grappling, tripping or just normally hitting the guy with your sword.[br][br]With standard teleport, since it doesn't have the "no actions afterwa...

How I handle things like this in my games... [br][br]Grappling: I wouldn't say you could grapple, due to the "you can't take any actions until your next turn" clause. This to me means that you could not ready an action to grapple, which is what you'd need to do, because you start falling i...

1082652110[/unixtime]]What is a CDG?[br] [br]Coup de Grace.[br][br] [br]With three quarters of a million GP as a standard for equipment, and the fact that a single Ring of Wishes(100 K-ish) can net you items of well nigh godlike power(or Epic) if you are willing to burn the XP, the fighter can do t...

1082623534[/unixtime]]Extending (yep, pun intended :)) this conversation, what about Improved Metamagic from the Epic Level Handbook? Do you think that reducing the level of a metamagiced spell by 1 is viable for an epic feat. [br]Personally, I'd rather have Improved Spell Capacity. [br][br]Well, i...

1082599406[/unixtime]][br]I disagree about the con bonuses. It affects a lot of things - saves, the poison DC, a lot of conditions. I don't want it to affect HP - and only HP.[br] [br]Just manually increase the poison DC, you set it at a flat 14+con anyway. So make it 18+con if that's your intentio...

Ok first, you should probably specify a bonus type, size bonus is probably the one you want because that's what enlarge uses. This prevents it from stacking with righteous might and other growth spells. [br][br]Second, I'm not sure I understand exactly how your bonus abilities like flight work... do...

1082592277[/unixtime]][br] relative to the entity whose free will is being questioned. The ant in the maze doesn't have free will because the operator of the maze dictates their every action.[br] [br]Sure he does. He can choose to explore the maze or not to, turn left or turn right. [br][br] [br]Th...

1082587643[/unixtime]][br]Druids work conceptually because the thing they draw power from - Nature - doesn't care what you do. Paladins work conceptually because the thing they draw power from - Good - isn't all powerful.[br] [br]If it does't care then why is it granting him powers? If it's powerle...

1082582277[/unixtime]]What DR? Even if its 15 points, the fighter can put out more damage. After the cleric has all his weapons Sundered, he's going to have a bit of trouble fighting back.[br] [br][br]He's going to win the opposed rolls how again?[br][br]the cleric has righteous might: +8 strength,...

I really don't care much about weight in the D&D system... so far everything that tries to use it doesn't work.[br][br]Falling object rules utterly suck and do huge amounts of damage. Enlarging and encumbrance isn't consistent as you pointed out... Really they don't work at all.[br][br]I'm all f...

1082579645[/unixtime]][br]By having the gods even be there the DM is saying "Play nice or I'll hit you with my giant penis again!"[br] [br][br]A DM doesnt' need gods to do this. If he doesnt' like what you're doing and wants to hose you, then he can. [br][br]He has infinite power, and any...

1082575787[/unixtime]]RC, you do see that polymorph grants an almost unlimited buff to strength, dex, and con, right?[br][br]That's why a +16 just doesn't bother me. If a wizard can get a +27 to strength, a +16 to a fighter seems OK. [br]Yes, the current polymorph does do that.... and I'm rewriting...

1082552484[/unixtime]][br]As for Batman... I'd say Batman could take a 20th level wizard, IF he knew he was going to fight one. Pretty safe bet that stoneskin wouldn't be much use against missles and lasers. [br][br]Well yes, batman could win if he had knowledge of his opponent and the wizard didn'...

1082567805[/unixtime]]Having gods in low level games is like having 28th level Wizards in low level games [br][br]Exactly, and you still have these characters in low level games. They may not make an appearance for low level characters, but somewhere in your world they exist, or at least in the pla...

IMO the only metamagic effects that should exist are empower and maximize. [br][br]Heighten spell should be something you can do normall ywhen you prepare a spell in a higher level spell slot, charging people a feat to do that is stupid. [br][br]Extend and persistent shouldn't exist at all. Doubling...

1082566301[/unixtime]][br]The best Strength buff in the game is Polymorph Any Object, which sets your strength permanently to 43 all by itself.[br] [br]You're using circular logic here. You're using a spell which we both agree is broken, one that uses stat replacement (which you totally abhor), to ...

1082528844[/unixtime]][br]Of course not. The gods are basically stupid. If they are really as powerful and knowledgeable as the game would have us believe, then we have Forgotten Realms Syndrome all over the place. Why isn't Pelor just doing this crap for us? [br] [br]There can be lots of good role...