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Wow.

Did I seriously just watch RC disregard all of the very-real costs taken to hit the field in heavy armor...and then say there were no costs?

I'm calling shenanigans!

So this is what they came up with?[br][br]That stupid Thought Bottle still lets you reset your XP. That Precocious Apprentice feat in one of the sidebars still lets you get the "2nd-level spell prereq" that a lot of Prestige classes have.[br][br]Overall, I have to wonder what was the point...

I'd also just like to see some of these +10 or +20 or whatever Tumble items I'd like to hear about.

I'm not saying they aren't out there, but I'd like to know what, exactly, it is that you're talking about, RC.

Overall, my favorite bands are Bush, K's Choice, Alice in Chains, and the Screaming Trees.[br][br]Here's some other bands I like, in quasi-alphabetical order:[br]*Slipknot (I was surprised by this, too)[br]*countless video game themes[br]*Muse[br]*Black Lab[br]*Chalk Farm (Live Tomorrow is a very ex...

So RC, you still have a problem on scaling buffs, and you just sorta accidentally typed "psionics" instead of "scaling buffs" a few posts ago. Repeatedly. Gotcha.

[br]Game balance is a good reason. That's the same thinking the designers made when they created the animates shield, and allowed clerics to fight better than fighters. [br][br]No, your thinking is the thinking that keeps the fighter types on a different, weaker level of power from the casters.[br]...

It's. Still. Cross. Class.[br][br]Bards, Monks, and Rogues are the only classes that can Tumble as a class skill.[br][br]You realize that you're making a mountain out of a molehill, right? The situation where we remove that stupid restriction is not tremendously different from the current situation....

1110589808[/unixtime]]IF you're a fighter, do you seriously have anything better to get? [br][br]You might be talking about the Fighter class. Its skill list is so laughably horrid that yes, you might as well take Tumble. Or any of the other dozen or so good skills. Tumble, though, sure. Why not?[b...

RandomCasualty at [unixtime wrote:1110587680[/unixtime]]Psionics has always sucked, regardless of edition. I dont' really conisder 3.0 psi much better. And while 3.5 psi is clear of some of the infinite power combos, it's still crazy overpowered.

No more so than magic.

No, really, I'm pretty sure it's not armor-related. As in, I've seen people in light (or no) armor not take the skill because cross-class skill spending sucks.[br][br]I even stated that in the post you just read.[br][br]Blowing skill points on cross-class skills is such a pain, that lots of people d...

1110555962[/unixtime]][br][br]Well I think its needed, otherwise everyone would take tumble. Right now the only thing that prevents a tumbler from existing is the fact that they wear heavy armor. [br][br]What the fug?[br][br]You and I playing different games?[br][br]Tumblers in the games I see are ...

If a guy can wear really heavy armor without being slowed down at all, I don't see why it's a stretch to assume he can tumble in it, too.

I'm checking out the Tumble rules on page 85, and I don't see anything to stop the Dwarf from tumblin' in full plate. I mighta missed something, though.

Congrats, Neeek! You do get a custom avatar out of the deal.

So I don't feel like I wasted my time placing my last-second vote on that thread.

1110417086[/unixtime]][br]Kudos to Oberoni and Zherog for doing just that in some of the recent controversial posts there.[br][br]Sincerely, [br]The "Anonymous" Jackass. :lmao: [br][br]Awwww, thanks.[br][br]Seriously...just reading the tiniest snippets of that thread are scaring me. Since...

And him calling others a coward is pretty pointless.

Having 99% of the conversations we have on message boards is pretty pointless.

So, what's your point?

1110328712[/unixtime]][br]My attitude couldn't care less about what role Mr. Gygax actually played in the history of the game of D&D. My attitude stems directly from the fact that Mr. Gygax, like my father-in-law, seems to be one of those people who - regardless of actual accomplishment - is st...

If this is the garbage he inspires, he is no one I'd want to hang out with. [br][br]Since you're posting on a primarily D&D-related message board, it's safe to say that some of the "garbage" he inspired is whatever version of the game you're currently playing.[br][br]I have no problem...

RC summed it up pretty well.

I respect Gygax for, you know, being one of the pioneers of the hobby. I respect his accomplishments.

What he did to Dave Arneson was cold.

(cross-post from Nifty)[br][br]Here's some ways I can think of. I will strive to list only the methods that will not rob you of your sweet, sweet levels to that demonic bandit known as ECL.[br][br] Be a frog: The Planar Handbook, and perhaps some other sources, have ECL 0 races like these frog guys....

[br] Anyone else want Elan to experience extreme pain? [br][br]Oh, heck no. He cracks me up, and he plays into so many bard stereotypes. It's nice to see the same perspective of bards that my group has actually be almost universal, now.[br][br]That said, I certainly wouldn't want someone to play Ela...

This is easy enough.[br][br]They left that "if you lose the requisites for a prestige class you lose also every class ability provided by the class" part of the rules out of the 3.5 core books.[br][br]Possibly an oversight. Actually, it's probably an oversight.[br][br]They have not put it ...

You know, if we were actually cranking out a game book, it wouldn't be hard to have capless as the default, and include a sidebar for how to implement a cap.

Pretty easy.

That way, everyone can play the type of game they want.

How do you not use DC++?

If I were using it, I imagine that I could send files pretty easily, but would have trouble finding them. Does anyone know how to hypothetically do this, or what my imaginary problems are?

So K, I think we all have found something we like about your idea, but we're of different mind on the particulars of it.

At any rate, good job.