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Also, I don't think you got around to making fun of the Weapons of Legacy. [br][br]Do I look like some kind of masochist?[br][br]I took one look at them, and decided they wern't even the time to make fun of. They're just silly, bad ideas, that were bad when they were first introduced, and are still...

Are they worth it, though? You need PP and manuevers. If you're primarily a psychic warrior, you're probablly better of just spending your feats on stuff like Improved Disarm, Cleave, Leap Attack, and what-not. If you're primarily a Warblade (or, whatever) you're going to need to take a level in a p...

[br] But seriously, random ability choicces every turn? As in, you "draw cards" to determine wat's in your "hand" every turn? [br][br]Pretty much, yes, only it's WORSE than that. This is for the defensive specialist class. A defensive class needs reliability - you need to know th...

This is the final installment of my review.[br][br] Feats [br][br]I'm going into earlier on in the book to go over the feats, now.[br][br][br]Adaptive Style: You can ready manuvers and change your currently prepared manuvers as a full-round action. Almost useless for Crusaders and Warblades, an abso...

Shadow Hand: Swordsage manuvers about stealth, deception, ambush, and what-not. Roguey stuff.[br][br]Assassin's Hand (3, Stance): Now we're talking! You get +2d6 sneak attack. I'm sure you can find some way to try and abuse a PrC requirement that's not actually any good, but hey, this stance isn't ...

More manuvers![br][br] Devoted Spirit Toughness, endurance, counters, and alignment-specific abilities usable only by Crusaders. There are a LOT of abilities that give you a bonus to AC, saves, or healing.[br][br]Aura of Chaos (6, Stance): Whenever you roll maximum damage on a die, you get to reroll...

Desert Tempest- Point taken about tumble. But is it really as useful as similiar hoard-breakers at that level? But coolness is high.[br][br]Distracting Ember- Yes, it is good for rogues sneak attacking... but with things like wands of grease, rings of blinking, etc, that can last multiple rounds, it...

God, there are a lot of manuvers in this book. I'm still slogging my way through. I should have the rest of the manuvers down tonight...[br][br]While I've heard about Adaptive Style, it still requires a full round action. So you're still not pulling off your best abilities rapid-fire, and you're goi...

This is a book of nine swords review. Duh. For those who don't know, this book introducers 'manuvers', that are like spells for warrior-types, except they refresh after every encounter. To explain the terminology, a manuver is like a spell - readying a manuver is like preparing your spells, except y...

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Or do Tomes characters get full Str bonus for offhand attacks?[br] [br][br]To quote Two-Weapon Fighting:[br][br] You suffer no penalty for doing things with your off-hand [br][br]I took this to mean it got full bonuses... but looking at it, I guess it could ALSO mean you only get 1/2 str, or even s...

Of the three classes so far, this one is the simpliest... but still raises a question. How exactly does DR stack? Do multiple sources of DR just use the highest one applicable in the situation?[br][br]Grathor the Fierce [br]Flemereza'Ket Barbarian 12[br]Chaotic Evil[br][br]Str 19 +4 23 +6[br]Dex 16 ...

Here's another character, this time a Knight. This one turned out the total opposite of the Samurai - little in the way of damage, but good luck trying to hurt her! Build-wise, it probablly would have been a better idea to have gone with Chaos Knight and bought a magical armor, to give her a slightl...

I had to join in on the fun... here's an NPC from my homebrew (homebrew ECL +1 race, but he gets an HD from it). He was built on 34 point buy with standard PC gold.[br][br]One thing that maybe Frank or K could clear up... how does Two-Weapon Fighting work with Iaijutsu, Whirlwind, and Cleave?[br][br...

Not his braaaain...[br]http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=681572[br][br]I've got to say, it's going to be a shame to see both you and K banned from the WOTC boards, Frank. However, things seem so much different with the posting of the tomes - like the idiots have been thinned down, and ther...

I've been working on my SAME WC and I've hit a snag. There are two main abilities that I simply don't know how to handle: summoning and cohorts. I'm listing this here beacuse I'm pretty sure it's going to take a lot of tweaking to get right, but anyway...[br][br]In Warcraft, Warlocks and Hunters wil...

Mage Class [br][br][br] Arcane Discipline (Mage) [br][br][br] Amplify Magic [br] Action: Attack[br] Range: 25m[br] Effect: The character amplifies magic against one target. The target suffers a -1 penalty on all elan-based soak rolls, but heals one more wound wound, including mental and DOTs, from ...

Conceptually I'm not quite so sure about having plate armor require 7 strength is such a good idea. [br][br]Thinking about it, I agree. I'm thinking what I might do is give a list of armor abilities that you can choose for free. Similiar to the priest Inner Fire ability, for example. I'll think on ...

Priest Class [br][br][br] Discipline Discipline (Priest) [br][br][br] Dispel Magic [br] Action: Attack[br] Range: 75m[br] Effect: The character chooses one spell currently affecting the target to remove.[br][br] Divine Spirit [br] Action: Attack[br] Range: 25m[br] Effect: The character removes 3 me...

I've got crap to contribute here, as I don't watch TT, buuuut...

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[br] Heal: The character can heal the wounds of a single ally. Roll a d20 and add your Elan and your Rank, and subtract the rank of the target. Divide the result by two, round down, and heal that many levels.[br]Range: ACM[br]Counters: None. [br][br]Quick comment... by the looks of it, this would me...

Warrior Class [br][br][br] Arms Discipline (Warrior) [br][br] Charge [br] Action: Full[br] Range: Minimum of 10m up to 20m[br] Effect: The character charges toward the target, moving adjacent to it and making one melee attack at +2 damage.[br][br] Hamstring [br] Action: Attack[br] Range: Melee[br] ...

Weapons and Armor [br][br][br] [br]P is the amount of Physical Resistance an armor provides.[br]M is the movement penalty applied to skill checks that would be hampered by heavy armor.[br][br]Armor......P...M[br]Leather....2...0[br]Mail.......3...1[br]Plate*.....4...2[br]Shield.....1**.1[br][br]*Pl...

I hope you don't mind Frank, but I had to get in on the fun. SAME design by Frank Trollman, Warcraft by Blizzard Entertainment, the combination by myself. These are some basic ideas so far, and I'll begin working on the real meat (class abilities) later. Flavor text will likewise be added as I have ...

That you need to charge directly toward the enemy. Then, how are you going to get past? You can't overrun on a charge in 3.5... that leaves very few options, which doesn't seem to be design intent.