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Multiple fiery enhancement does not stack. The rule isn't listed at the weapon enhancements and I can't not remember where it was, but it went like this "Multiple sources of the same (energy) damage type (ie.fire), do not stack". And as Meikle put forward, after psionics, you had collision...

It seems rather unbalanced to me, but I am speaking from normal D&D perspective, and as a normal player. As I can see it, we have a sorcerer/wizard combi with an "unlimited" spell list that can cross over to and mix arcane, divine and any other spellpower sources, unlimited casting of ...

Looking at the mindspace variant ,after visiting another thread (Deep Impact).

I dont really see a limit in how much it can cast per day/encounter/minutes. Does the warlock have a limit, or can he continous cast a spell that is part of his mindspace?

I like the idea of a lower-powered Tome variant. I also understand it wont be made so easily (as mentioned by previously by others). I do like the mind-space idea, wether it is the correct implementation or not. Mindspace feels more for psionics, in which they used their most powerfull powers as spa...

We use that xp is really a measurement of your soul. (Which kinda fits with D&D own standard explanation of dying and being resurrected, losing a level as your soul weakened through resurrection). Except that after level 5, your soul get bigger then your physical power, allowing you to the funky...

Scar has no or light armor, so yeah, D12 is fine. What you say is contradictionary anyway. Seems you dont know which opinion to follow. Yeah, hitpoints has less of an impact at higher level as you get fucked by spell saves. But it can save you a bit more at lower levels like against orcs. And yes yo...

Mguy, in general, people on the gaming den (and I assume anywhere else) would like their class to be usefull and atleast not *too* low in power. Giving class abilities based on feats is very low in power and usability. Basing class abilities on spell effects, is much more usefull. I read FMA, so I a...

I kinda like this as well. Instead of using pionic spells (or powers), they have the powers ingrained into themselves. A wizard need to prepare using formulas, psions simply do stuff ..they might use their mind for it, but they are not thinking about it (like with spell formulae), they just let it h...

Okay, cool. So, for example, we have a [Melee] tag, a [Range] tag, a [Stealth] tag, and a [Magic] tag. If you get say, 4 ability slots at start, 2 [Melee] gets you Warrior, 2 [Range] gets you Archer, 2 [Stealth] gets you Rogue, and 2 [Magic] gets you Mage. Second tier: Warrior/Mage = Eldrich Knight...

You could simply take 10 (which is your average roll, so how well you do normally). If take-10 is not enough, you can take a d20-roll to see if you can exert yourself above your normal average. Or just be lucky where you place your foot on the door as you kick it. Exerting yourself cost a bit more e...

A few threads that debated various topics made me think about Winds of Fate and how to adjust it. Points of discussion were things such as "spamming your biggest attacks first", "rolling dice to random to determine actions is bad",etc So here is a variant of WoF, it is untested a...

Alright, I'm not familiar with Shadowrun or Exalted. On the other hand, I did look at the whole unified soak rolls thing, and wasn't terribly enthusiastic about it. What are these other alternatives that people are suggesting to the HP system? The alternative that are actually used in publications ...

I assume you talk now specifically about the 4th edition?

Also what do you mean a fixed healthmeter? Fixed from level 1 to 30 (100 at level 1, 100 hp at level) , of fixed for each level for each class?

Psychic Robot, what Frank and Lago means, that if you are level 11 you can case two level 3 or one level 6 spell (max) for the same power points so you make a decision on that choice (use PP for 2 lower powered spells, or 1 maximized augmented spell) A psion who is in battle loses NOTHING for using ...

Funny enough, Tome of Battle has a maneuver called "Finishing Move", which act like the typical media finishing move. It does pitiful damage if the target is at full health, small damage if the target is damaged. Bigger damage if the target is at half hp and huge damage if has even less hp...

Never played a psion, I only played a psychic warror twice. But I never felt monotonomous with my powers. Well, the psychic warrior has little in the way of direct damage ofcourse. I normally use if for special buffs and movement. But I kinda like how I can shift my power points around to what i nee...

Big HP pools are just abstraction to show the difference between a low and high level characters/monsters, but it is a bit screwy for commoners, cats and mice. As for all SoD effects being damage. That can be done, if it is done through other means then hitpoints. Death attacks might do damage on yo...

Then don't have tiers. Just play your character differently. The whole point of a tier is to go 'level 4 is more different from level 5 than level 10 is from level 11'. If you can't explain why 4 to 5 is more different then don't put it in your game. I do, I just play differently. But for people th...

1-5 can be natural power, 6+ is all supernatural, wether you have supernatural powers through magical items or pure mental energy or your soul overflows from your body is besides the point really. You still have a "power" behind you that propels you beyond humanity limits. Then there are ...

I play my character differently at level 4 then at level 8. And differently again if I am 14 or whatever arbitrary number you want. How I roleplay my combat and physicals skills is certainly subject to change. Going from grim realistic to wuxia to sephiroth (Finalfantasy version). Do I change instan...

The only "hard" tier in D&D is between level 1-5 and 6+. But rather then power scaling, it more based on what power supports you. Assuming that you want an explanation why you can suddenly go beyond human limits. 1-5 can be natural power, 6+ is all supernatural, wether you have superna...

It is true that psionic focus is rather "alien" in D&D, as no other subsystem works that way. And psionic focus as it is by itself is rather wasteful. The only thing that gets close to it, is the refreshment mechanism of ToB. Except that takes action investment but not a skill-check lu...

Are we talking about these tiers ? Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww No, ,not class power tiers. Although I do not understand why there is an "ewwww" reaction either. No, I am talking about the power tiers based on character level. Level 1 to 5: Realistic Level 6 to 10: Heroic Level 11 to 15: Supernatural...

Dungeon crusade is nice, but it doesnt feel like D&D 3.5 to me anymore. The classes are too short (3 levels) only, so it feels more like that FF-tactics thing Frank told about before. Classes should have minimal of 5 levels in 3.5 to represent tiers. Also, I do not want a complete rewrite of the...

I read a little, and it was about genesplicer, so I thought it was some kind of warhammer remake 8)