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So's I figured that Maximize and Empower only increasing the damage of the original spell would sensibly mean that other Metafeats would only increase the damage of the original spell. Little did I know.

Frank is right.. again... 2008 FAQ, pg 37-38

Standing corrected

An incantatrix could cast a maximized empowered energy admixtured twinned repeat persistent acid arrow, and make the enemy take 96 damage per round for the rest of the day. That would actually be 7d4+8 for the next few rounds. Sorry. It bugs me when when people make the Metamagic stacking mistake. ...

So... there you go, the fighters weapons gain XP when he fights with them, as does his armors, bit by bit. This is represented by a pool of nice things that do the same shit that mjolnir, menginjora, and jarngriepr could do. Though instead of getting shitty static bonuses like the Belt of Giants st...

As a thread necromancer: does the DA Super-AC build Frank mentioned just consist of "Lesser Aasimar Wizard 3 with Otherwordly" or am I missing something? Yeah, pretty much. Go stack Monk and Mystic Wanderer on there too. Yada, Yada.. Super AC build. Stacking armor and nat armor can swing ...

For the cleric, the issue of large spell lists also looms large, but I'm also annoyed by the lack of focus - I was thinking that instead of X spells / level +1 domain spell, clerics could cast 1 spell per level + X domain spells. So the cleric could do many domain-relevant spells per day, but only ...

How about Justice vs Mercy.

The Arch-criminal Hitler asks the Eladrin for sancuary. The Archons have tried him and his sentence is death. The Eladrin can't release him to be killed.

Ok then, it looks like we have 3 basic problems. 1) Dumpster-Diving Taking up too much game time to figure out what to change into. 2) Implementation Taking up too much game time to convert to your new stats 3) Overpowered Power level increase is too good This is pretty much what I thought it would ...

OK, let's triple down.

What do you do when your chocolate gets into your peanut butter? When your Game (TPK) gets in the way of your Cooperative Storytelling?

The biggest potential problem I see in PF are the Trap Options. There are so many bad feat choices and archetype choices that if one player doesnt do his homework he could end up too far behind the rest of the party. I think there is errata on the Paladin smite that makes it a bit more sensible. Be ...

you were talking like No one was "talking like". Someone was writing something specific. You further added "And that's a silly perspective", not toward something someone else said but about how you "thought" someone was "talking like". All without bothering t...

DSMatticus wrote:Apparently, you don't understand

Why would you intentionally quote someone out of context who was making the point better than you were in a fraction of the time? Just like to argue?

Troll is Troll I guess..

Is it a Game or is it a Cooperative Roleplaying Experience? This is what all of this boils down to. If you ask the question that way the answer is clear: Of course it's a Game, read the rules, take too much damage and you're dead. It's always been a game going back old-school. Now of course it was t...

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Magical Tea Party

As for PAO, PF, suggestions and all the rest. Im just trying to establish what the actual, honest-to-god problems with the polymorph spell are and I only got one brain and 50 brains is better than one so im askin you guys. My plan is this: 1) Establish problems with the Polymorph spell. Ask the Den....

PoliteNewb mentioned turning the fighter into a Troll. I'd think this would be a problem IF the result was significantly better than using another really good buff spell. Say.. Greater Heroism. Does polymorph give you more than +4 attack, damage, saves, checks and a few HP? Another one to run the ma...

I got constrict and improved grab. Thats it.

ISBN-10: 0-7869-2893-x
ISBN-13: 978-0-7869-2893-4

Weird...

Per the Choker: Ive got my MM 3.5 here in front of me. 2003, first printing. No 'quickness' on the Choker. Went to WOTC errata 2006. No changes to the Choker. I still love Jans Carton for the SRD.. Per the Hydra: Im getting about 90 damage to each other with the 12th level hydra and the 12th level f...

2. Turning into a Choker or a Ravid or something gives you monster powers that were never balanced for or even considered as player character powers. 3. The rules for how Polymorph works, what it changes and what it doesn't are a badly written and confusing tangle of references to other spells. Whi...

1. By being able to turn into a Troll, Elephant or Giant Scorpion, the caster of Polymorph can spend a single spell slot to become a better fighter than anything the actual fighter class gives you. Im not seeing it. I have the 7th level fighter dealing more damage than the Troll. I have the 10th/11...

Im writing up my final rules for 3.5 and I cant put it off any longer. Ive hit Polymorph.

Ive seen much eye-rolling and shrugging at the mention of the spell but what are the actual, honest-to-god problems with Polymorph?

Not looking for solutions yet, just problems. Need to know what to fix first.

Irks the table? I think 2-4 may irk the DM but not players. 1 may irk both. I think the type of MMaxing that irks people the most is when one player out-jobs another players character concept. I see it most often when a Cleric starts out-meleeing the fighter-types and sometimes when the Wizard is us...

On the Nat 1 thing.. Was hard up for a game a few years ago and I went to Game Parlor on a random Monday to see if anyone had a game going. I talked to Brandon at the counter and he said there was one game in the back room but I wouldn't want to join that one. Me: Why not? Brandon: It's the weird Mo...

It's how a Ftr 15 and a Wiz 15 fare comparably against, say, a truly horrid umber hulk (CR 14). Just had this exact situation in my current game. The beatstick did fine (Monk 13 actually). Killed it and took about half damage. The Ftr 15 would have just killed it faster. Maybe you're wrong. ~ To th...

Anyone that your group wants to be the focus of attacks is going to be the guy no one wants to attack, and vice versa, assuming your enemy has a decent int score. The only way I can think to avoid this is to have a category of Great-in- combat-but-otherwise-useless and another of Good-in-combat-and-...

virgil wrote: Wouldn't irony be where many people gathered to respond to that post [/snark]?

I will stand corrected.

I would have responded in that post but it would have ruined the point.