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I think this conversation really won't be solved without really breaking it down. I know you all know how dependencies work, and we know the writers really didn't. So intent is pretty much out the window.[br][br]What we have is a problem with 'Polymorph Any Object is like Polymorph is like Alter Sel...

Honestly, Frank and the Count's readings are the simplest - that Bonus Feats are just that: Bonus and you get them and get to use them when you get them, not when the arbitrary Feat rules apply.[br][br]Really, like the Count said, it's a smaller change to say there's a missing line in the Rogue's de...

Oooo. Spike. He's alot cuter than Bruce.

...Tho, Bruce is an independently wealthy game designer.

Choices, choices.

-Crissa

Hmm, a friend of mine was asking to room, so I dunno yet. Lemme see if this date next week works out first before I condemn myself to a weekend with him ^-^

-Crissa

Did they sneak in a word-change between printings, then?

Grr.

Why is it the Erratas make less sense than the FAQs, which already make so little sense...

-Crissa

1079023212[/unixtime]] So, your players are powerplayers.[br]If they retire a character for being 2 levels lower, then fair enough, ban level loss from your games. Or more simply, make level draining creatures, spells and items diminishingly rare in your games. [br][br]Nobody wants to retire belove...

I like solution #2, myself, though #1 would be the easiest on the players...[br][br]#2 could be a shelf of rules for making #3 happen; a set of basic balances which allow you to take the parts you need... X bonus for diguise, vs Y bonus to act, etc. Still alot of work, but it'd disengage polymorph f...

It's illegal because they say so?

...I fail to parse.

-Crissa

Frank, I think the construct you wrote would be easier to parse if you did not include the Tiamat statement unless you have a results matrix stating the actual results.[br][br]-Crissa[br][br]PS: I certainly think the logical discussion wasn't going anywhere, but another thread for them to hash it ou...

Contraposition isn't automatically false, but because it's contraposition doesn't mean it's not false.[br][br]Bah.[br][br]Anyhow, what about the Game Mechanic of being able to tell if something is an outsider/template/silly Alter Selfing by using Polymorph to turn into a copy of them?[br][br]What's ...

...I guess that means that the Jackie Chan school of combat is allowed? Hoo-Hah - chair parry! That does seem like a basically good idea.[br][br]One thing I was wondering, though; what effect does that initial shot check/initiative/saves have to do vs CR of a critter?[br][br]Some critters can be chu...

Well, there is that part of versatility where you want Feat A at level 3, but you still get suck with Still Mind, no matter how useless it is to your character at that level...[br][br]...So there is a manner of versatility you are losing.[br][br]-Crissa[br][br] [Edit: I meant 'stuck' instead of suck...

I think Frank is incorrect in this assertion...[br][br]...Because he always rules on what is and isn't available. You check the books at the door, and if he doesn't find it balanced, he'll come up with a solution.[br][br]However, the goldfish metaphore is really only useful for teaching DMs that the...

Changing rules mid-game, while 'flavourful' for environmental rules... Don't do this without telling your players ahead of time.[br][br]Changing the classes or mechanics the players are depending upon their characters to use is not good.[br][br]Doing this results in things like the Fighter of the pa...

Hmm. I always jockey for situational modifiers...

Anyhow, when are you going to playtest on this side of the hill, Frank?