Recent content by chris.crouch

AFAIK, the Tempest would be Fighter(Tempest) - the Weaponmaster is only the PHB1 fighter. So we have Fighter (Weaponmaster) (or Weaponmaster Fighter ), Fighter (Tempest) , Fighter (Battlerager) , Fighter (Slayer) and Fighter (Knight). So they should have introduced the new terminology with...

If you use inherent bonuses, he could just buy lots of pistols.

I really like the idea. One point is working out how much damage powers should do for the different roles. In Gamma World, pure damage, single-target powers (eg Pyrokinetic?) do 2d8+stat+2*level, so this seems like a good baseline for strikers. Plenty of other GW powers do 2d6 or 1d10...

Some terminology changes that might catch you out: 1) "Saving Throw" means "roll a 10 or more on a d20" - nothing to do with Fort/Ref/Will 2) Fortitude, Reflex & Will are static defences like AC. You never roll your Fort, Ref or Will, the enemy just has to beat your value on their attack 3)...

About a month before, for the core 3 According to someone earlier in the thread, within a few hours of the release of the book. They'll be out within days I'd guess, but the quality of the PDF will be poorer. Probably will be a poor scan, and no OCR so no searching. I'm an Aussie, and I've...

This is what I'd do: If it's meant to be a deadly threat, I'd look at the "Fall Severity by Character Level" table, DMG p44, to get a feel for how much damage a deadly threat could do. If it's meant to be dangerous but not deadly - if I thought there was a good chance of one of the PCs ending...

This is all pretty much how I'd do it. I'd double action points: start with 2 after a rest, get 1 after every encounter, and can spend 2 per encounter. Ability scores: Not increasing them is workable, but significantly limits what class combos are workable. I wouldn't increase them much...

I've been thinking about this a bit, and I think a way to do it would be "Elite PCs": Have a character class as normal, then apply one of the Class Templates from the DMG for your second class. Change action points so that you get 2 after an extended rest, 1 after each encounter, and you can...

I tend to use 16 14 14 13 10 8 as my "default" array - that extra 13 to start with can qualify for more feats right from the start. Chris

To me, a "stealthy" attack is a sleight-of-hand ie calls for a separate Thievery check. Chris

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OO Calc fixes I love your sheet! I've had a go at getting it to work better with Openoffice Calc. Pretty much all of the problems stem from OOCalc being fussier about the distinction between an empty cell and a 0, false or empty string. 3.0 Beta only needs 2 changes on the "Armor _...

Now THAT'S what I want FR to be! Post-Apocalyptic! Seriously, it's an idea that's been going through my mind for a few weeks now. Burn it all down, and let the players loose on it. Lets me use anything that I or the players think is cool, and get rid of the rest. In my Mad Max FR, Elminster is...

EtCR or ST I'm running Red Hand of Doom at the moment, and it'll probably take until the end of the year to finish it. I figure I can write adventures as easily for 4E as 3E, so the stuff that I might like to run under 3E is published adventures. Maybe Expedition to Castle Ravenloft or Savage...

Pretty much, although I was adding in the idea of getting a bonus feat every level, so something like: 1000 bonus feat 2000 Level 2 4000 (level 3 feat) 6000 Level 3 9000 bonus feat 12000 Level 4 16000 bonus feat 20000 Level 5 25000 (level 6 feat) 30000 Level 6 (numbers just made up - I'd...