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Old 11th January 2010, 03:05 AM   #1 (permalink)
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How many nipples does a shifter have ?

Yesterday, I was playing Ja'akkar Kruger, Shifter Paladin of the Raven Queen, a masochistic freak who trained under the Shadar-Kai of Letherna.

My paladin is designed to use temporary hit points to attract attacks from the enemy so I roleplayed him as someone who enjoys pain.

EVerytime an enemy crits me, I say the old Monty Python favourite "My nipples explode with delight !"

When I was critically hit the third time. Firelance remarked that I had no nipples left. To which I argued that Longtooth shifters are modelled after wolves and had at least six nipples.

So how many nipples does a shifter have ?

( I ended the game with zero healing surge, BTW )

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Old 11th January 2010, 03:23 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Clearly, when a shifter uses his racial power, extra nipples burst forth from his torso. It's not in the PH2 explicitly, but it's implied. There are nipples all over that book.

EDIT: also, you could just consult the Nipples Table on the DM screen.

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It is an absolute fact that a shifter has more nipples than a dragonborn.

Most of the time.
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Old 11th January 2010, 03:42 AM   #4 (permalink)
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It depends, did you take the Improved Nipples feat? If so, it increases your nipples from 6 to 8.
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Old 11th January 2010, 03:52 AM   #5 (permalink)
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What a waste of time.

This question is absolutely rediculous, and should not have a place on these forums... I am appalled...


...clearly as a masochist you're more interested in the load limit of your nipples post piercing than how many you might have, which is based on your Endurance.


Bah. Nub.
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Old 11th January 2010, 04:11 AM   #6 (permalink)
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It depends, did you take the Improved Nipples feat? If so, it increases your nipples from 6 to 8.
I don't know if that's balanced. In 4e, I think it'd be better if you could get 1 extra nipple for one encounter per day. Maybe if you hit a milestone you'd get a 2nd extra nipple.
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It depends, did you take the Improved Nipples feat? If so, it increases your nipples from 6 to 8.
I think you mean the extra nipples feat. the improved nipple feat increases nipple size.
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I think it is 1d6 nipples at heroic, 2d6 at paragon tier and 3d6 at epic.
There is also a feat to get 1d8 nipples per tier instead.
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Well, I'm going to take this question seriously and scour through shifter lore to find out the average size of a shifter litter.

'cos the # of nipples a mammal has is equal to 2x the average size of a litter.
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Old 11th January 2010, 12:16 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Well, I'm going to take this question seriously and scour through shifter lore to find out the average size of a shifter litter.

'cos the # of nipples a mammal has is equal to 2x the average size of a litter.
Really?

I came up with two.

Cause... they only have two breasts.
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Eh, as a reference point, there aren't any other mammals irl (apart from humans) that have bloated mammary glands without having had offspring.

Just saying ... chimps for instance, aren't sexually attractive when they don't have flat chests.
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Well not sexually attractive to you anyway.

But what about other chimps? ;-)
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Well not sexually attractive to you anyway.

But what about other chimps? ;-)
Careful, now. We don't want to get off topic here. This is a very important, serious question facing us all.

I couldn't sleep not knowing what the rule is on the nipple question.
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True, true. It's 2am here and I am still reading this thread!
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Yesterday, I was playing Ja'akkar Kruger, Shifter Paladin of the Raven Queen, a masochistic freak who trained under the Shadar-Kai of Letherna.

My paladin is designed to use temporary hit points to attract attacks from the enemy so I roleplayed him as someone who enjoys pain.

EVerytime an enemy crits me, I say the old Monty Python favourite "My nipples explode with delight !"

When I was critically hit the third time. Firelance remarked that I had no nipples left. To which I argued that Longtooth shifters are modelled after wolves and had at least six nipples.

So how many nipples does a shifter have ?

( I ended the game with zero healing surge, BTW )

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Why would the exploding nipples be rendered useless? Can't they recharge?
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