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Murtak's spell system variant reminded me of a system I was tinkering with some time ago, so I went and dug it back. [br][br]It's still a rough draft, but it sould be enough to understand what I'm striving at; so here it is for anyone to dissect:[br][br] spellcasting is spontaneous for all classes, ...

Manshoon is 100 times cooler than Mordenkainen. Hands down.

Frank wrote:So he's a member of the Circle of Eight,

Oh no, it's actually worse than that: he's above the Circle of Eight and, obviously, resurrected them all when they were all slain and rescued them all when they were all captured and...

This is a pic of him just to get an idea of his appearance:[br] http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/EPIC_Gallery/Gallery7/44185_CA2_Mordenkainen.jpg [br][br]Mordenkainen is a real SOB who will go any lenght to keep the balance on Greyhawk. Let's say we have two conflicting forces (good and evil, law a...

I was reading the Morphing weapon ability, which lets you change your weapon to anything vaguely in the same "size" category, and the example specifies you can change a longsword into a composite longbow. Then something occurred to me: Morphing clearly alters the very matter of the weapon....

Note, the 3.5 Whip is a melee weapon, but has the special rule that it doesn't threten squares, which means that it can't ever flank. Of course, that's retarded. I honestly don't see what the big deal is with people taking a weapon that threatens a lof enemies. It's virtually useless for anything e...

For reference, a Brown Bear conjured by Mia averages 75 hp, AC 22 with fast healing 3 and DR 10/magic and slashing. It grapples at +28 and has a full attack of 2 claws at +20/1d8+13 and 1 bite at +15/2d6+6. That's not in the league of a real PC fighter, [br][br]That's far beyond what the poor fight...

It occurs to me that hitting stuff is lots of fun, but Kirin will hit stuff [br][br]I sure will (at least, I sure hope so), but it works better if I actually get someone to pair up with for flanking purposes (3.5 whip is a melee weapon, after all, and I get to deal an extra 1d6 of damage while flan...

1) Hitting stuff in any conceivable way, be it in melee or at range (i guess I'll get some ranks in fletching, unless someone will be able to Fabricate a few arrows every now and then).[br][br]2) Tripping and generally cramping down the opposition, disarming and snatching stuff from their hands or b...

She will be able to cast Chained GMW on every goddamn weapon, missile & melee, that the party owns. More than once per day, assuming Frank gets generous with enemy Dispel Magic (which I assume he will) :) . [br][br]That's great, but until you hit level 13 you can use that only via Divine Metama...

Wrenfield wrote:Bard (I'm not kidding!)

Lemme guess... Snowflake Wardancer?

I think I've made up my mind: my character's name will be Tecpatl Coatl.

Has anyone else already chosen his character's name?

BTW, Frank, can you give me your impression on my character's build (a couple of posts above)? How do you feel about those tweaks?

MrW wrote:How will we handle dice rolling?

With a dicebot that logs our rolls, I suppose.

Anyone knows of a good one? What about the dicebot used in LotXC?

Here's the latest version of my character's build[br][br]lvl 01 - Kensai Fighter 1 - Whip prof., +1 hit and dam (Whip) / WF: Whip, Dodge[br]lvl 02 - Kensai Fighter 2 - Combat Expertise[br]lvl 03 - Kensai Fighter 3 - / Mobility[br]lvl 04 - Kensai Fighter 4 - WS: Whip[br]lvl 05 - Kensai Fighter 5 - +2...

Anyway, Vermin Keeper does require Iron Will, which is pretty worthless, but I think it offers full caster progression. [br][br]Yup. And It's hands down several times better than Vermin Lord.[br][br]At any rate Iron Will is pure gold compared to Vermin Friend... So, yeah, good choice.[br][br] The m...

As for characters: first off, I am very happy to get advice from the rest of y'all, since my min/max-fu is not really all that strong. So please feel free to offer suggestions as seems appropriate. [br][br]Looks to me you've have got pretty much the gist of it, actually. All the min/max you ever ne...

Rolling dice is unfair because PCs have different stats, and one player can be like another except that they have biger numbers.[br][br]Point Buy is completely ass because it horrendously rapes people with Multiple Attribute Dependency as taking even small bonuses in tertiary attributes has a very ...

Coming to think of it, my character could impart the Kensai bonuses to each arrow he uses. If that's right, then I can cover ranged combat in a half-decent way, too.

Not much of a power-up, but still worth considering. [br][br]You odn't have to short-sell it to me. It's a total power-up. [br][br]Compared to the PHB fighter? No shadow of a doubt. But compared to some Fighter rewrites I've read on TGD or Nifty? Not really.[br][br] But yeah, I remember reading tha...

I don't have DM 310, that was the one in which they made a bunch of variant Fighters that were all better than regular Fighters, right? I approve. Basic Fighter is asstastic, so a powerup, and more importantly a utility up, is a virtual requirement. [br][br]Yes, it's the issue in which they present...

In case I turn out to be a player, I was tinkering with a simple 10th level Kensai build: Kensai Fighter 5 / Exotic Weapon Master 1 / Kensai 4. [br][br]The Kensai Fighter is the Kensai variant Fighter presented in DM310, while the PrCs are from CW. I still don't know if the Kensai will be allowed an...

One nomenclature has the drawback of having advanced things serving as prereqs for basic things. [br][br]That's hardly a drawback. Option 1 is the way to go, expecially if you plan to add other "layers" further on. In such a case, in fact, option 2 would force you to come up with more and...

I could spend that much (and I did) in no time at all. A friend of mine and I every now and then brainstorm and generate up to 60th level characters just for fun.

MrWaeseL wrote:at higher levels, buying equipment for newly created characters is a major pain in the ass.

Wrenfield wrote:For those co-DM candidates with time issues, it might help to state what kind of posting rate the game will run at. This will help determine if they can manage the time commitment.

I agree.

It could also be of help knowing what exactly Frank expects his co-DM to do.