Discussion - General Discussion Thread '09

[Trouvere]

Oh right. I guess I should do that, huh?

[Theroc]

Question:
Does En-World's campaign allow the Unearthed Arcana's LA buy-off rules? If not, is that something that could be suggested, or would it be rejected out of hand?

[Theroc]

Are the LEW homebrew weapons the Shortscythe and Halfscythe trip weapons like the Scythe?

It's not mentioned anywhere, but aside from that they're rather identical to the 'pick' weapons, so I was wondering.

[Knight Otu]

Originally Posted by Theroc

Question:
Does En-World's campaign allow the Unearthed Arcana's LA buy-off rules? If not, is that something that could be suggested, or would it be rejected out of hand?

I'm pretty sure those rules aren't available, and I think they wouldn't be particularly useful here anyway - races with LA are rather rare to begin with since you're retiring another character to gain access to them, and chances are that if you do that, the character's level would be either past the point where you are eligible to take the buy-off (and the XP cost makes it a bit messy to apply it at character creation in that case), or too far away to matter much (unless you retire characters strategically). Now, it wouldn't be useless, but I suspect it would turn out uneven among characters

Originally Posted by Theroc

Are the LEW homebrew weapons the Shortscythe and Halfscythe trip weapons like the Scythe?

It's not mentioned anywhere, but aside from that they're rather identical to the 'pick' weapons, so I was wondering.

I've checked, and that's how the original creator intended them to be. Though to be honest, I wasn't even aware that the scythe was a trip weapon in 3.5 - it's more famous in these parts for setting the damage record.

[Theroc]

I realized the part with the LA buyoff, I was just asking because I myself had been considering a couple of those races in the future should something happen to a character of mine and they were killed in such a way as they couldn't be revived.

Additionally, because I've always liked the idea of a lycanthrope, but from what I understand the LA scores actually hurt a character more than the benefit they provide, leading one to be less effective in the long run.

And thanks about the scythe, I was curious about them as the scythe was always a fun looking weapon mechanically. Especially if you can push a high critical chance.

[Theroc]

Hm... I'm currently having trouble with my email address... as in I can't recieve messages.

I believe I managed to send one to Trouvere earlier, and hopefully he can confirm here whether or not he received it(as I got no error message).

Since my first character is approved, will it be possible to participate in an adventure here so long as I make sure to check the board fairly frequently? (I already do sit with a few Enworld tabs open for at least 4 hours a day...) My time schedule is very free at the moment and so I tend to check my forums frequently.

Just wondering if my technical difficulty will prohibit me from trying to get into the adventures despite my high activity.

[Theroc]

My email appears to be working, but in the offchance this happens again, an answer would be awesome.

Another question:
Would a Wizard possessing the LEW homebrew feat "Arcane Spontaneity"(Which allows a wizard to convert prepared spells into the selected spell and cast spontaneously) allow said wizard to fulfill the Dragon Disciple's requirement of casting arcane spells spontaneously?

[Erekose13]

Constant email access is not required or enforced in anyway. It is a request to facilitate easy communication should a DM need to get a hold of you but lacking one will not prevent you from playing. In general it will not be used (in 6 years, I've never had a DM contact me via email).

Regarding Arcane Spontaneity, yes that was intentional. It also works for one of the LEW homebrew PrCs (whose name I'm blanking out on).

[Theroc]

Learner is the PrC. It's so special it gets it's own page.

Thanks for the info. Knowing that almost makes me liable to choose a wizard over a sorcerer, as it allows me to be more of a skillmonkey, lol.

[Theroc]

I've been working on a Wizard character, and discovered that you have a fairly decent amount of material describing what goes on at the Academy, in such a way that it almost sounds as if a player could attend after character creation.

How would one go about doing this? (I think it would make for interesting play to attend the school and playing it out... though I'm not sure how one would adventure while attending, since it is an Arcane School which means very little 'tanks'.)

If it isn't played out, how does all the scholarship stuff and etc... work?

[Rae ArdGaoth]

Judge needed to approve the awards at the end of Blind Watchers of the Sylvan Shard.

Theroc: If you can get a DM to submit an adventure involving your character at the Academy, that would be very interesting. But you'll have to find a DM first.

Otherwise, you can make up whatever character history you want. A first level wizard learned magic somewhere, right? So fashion as detailed a history you want, and use as much source material on the Academy from around the forum as you like to integrate better with Enworld. But ultimately, your wizard will still be a level 1 wizard.

[Heckler]

Where did di Senzio's shop go to? I can't seem to find it.

[Rae ArdGaoth]

It's still on the first page: Last page of di Senzio's.

[Heckler]

Originally Posted by Rae ArdGaoth

It's still on the first page: Last page of di Senzio's.

Odd. I can see it now that I've posted in it, but it was definately NOT there before. The last thread I can see is the "Occupants of the RDI". I also don't see a way to get to page two (I'm assuming there is a page two.)

edit: Nevermind, I got it. For some reason my "Display Options" were changed to only show the past month.

[Heckler]

Curiouser and curiouser. My Display Options keep defaulting back to only showing threads from the last month. Not a big deal, I suppose, I can change it manually if I need to dig up an old thread, but still...

[Rae ArdGaoth]

You might want peek in the Meta forum and see if the problem is there. If not, you could always make a bug report.

[covaithe]

Rae, did your adventure have a judge assigned, who ought to be looking at your xp awards, or is it just whoever gets to it first?

[Knight Otu]

Originally Posted by Heckler

Curiouser and curiouser. My Display Options keep defaulting back to only showing threads from the last month. Not a big deal, I suppose, I can change it manually if I need to dig up an old thread, but still...

Out of curiosity, were you changing the display options on the bottom of the forums page?

[Rae ArdGaoth]

Covaithe: Initially, it was Rystil. Nobody ever really stepped in, since he never officially left, but I think Trouvere has been following along.

Trouvere approved the rewards already, but if you also want to take a look, it certainly wouldn't hurt. =)

[Heckler]

Originally Posted by Knight Otu

Out of curiosity, were you changing the display options on the bottom of the forums page?

Yes, it kept happening in the LEW forum. I tried it in the general forum as well and the same thing happened.