Recent content by LowSpine

~politically charged comments removed PS~ Wizards are a threat to the free people of Faerun. Their arcane weapons of mass spell-plague destruction must be stopped at all costs. I think I might use that, in essence.

Minions should, probably, only die on a direct hit, but auras should kill them - but probably only a static aura where the minion is pushed or walks into it. Otherwise you could light some incense and run around like an undead minion fumigator/lawnmower (or hippy - they do that you know -...

Makes sense, in real life I think it is only Bishops that can consecrate/deconsecrate holy ground. I may be wrong, but I am pretty convinced. I would put Bishops in the paragon tier.

I don't mean to criticize 4E, but having all this stuff missing (with years to put it in) is why when I first read it the system felt really hollow. Anyway - no point being negative now. We could do with a ritual Consecrate Ground involving incense and holy water to make the surfaces and air...

Yes, and seeing as holy water should do no damage other than to creatures with radiant weakness, it makes sense to be 0, as Oldtimer put.

Holy Water Vial 0 Radiant Burst 1 Range 3/6 Dex vs Reflex Holy Water Sprinkler 0 Radiant Close Blast 1 Dex Versus Reflex Holy Incense 0 Radiant Aura 1 The list goes on. How about ongoing damage for holy water as well. It makes sense, even if the price of it goes up and/or it...

I think it is going to be your job as DM to make this backstory an issue. Create a plot that makes it important. Bring in some other members of the family. Make the PCs make a difficult choice over the fact that they are related to one another and related to some NPCs in the plot. Grind...

There has been a massive surge of threads about stealth lately because of the confussion over the descriptions in the core rules and the later, some say contradictory, entries in the online compendium. I have started this thread to ask how stealth should work. This is not a discussion of what...

Do it either way. It doesn't really matter. The player gains no advantage or disadvantage either way so it is completely up to you. Keep the player sweet or tell him no if you can think of a good reason. If in the future you get some official info use that, or not.

Striker. Mobility - jumping around, flipping, running up walls. Split the tree - flying double kick, etc. Death Touch. Massive striker damage. (Wish they'd get rid of the monk name and call it a pugilist or something else. Monk pigeon holes too much. It doesn't stop a pugilist from being a...

I think the whole trouble with the stealth skill is it is treated like an attack versus a perception defence. It would work better if a PC using stealth just turned it on. Then they would have a Stealth Defence score - not neccessarily rolled - like a Passive Stealth. This defence may be...

Yes - it was when I suggested it a few weeks ago in a different thread. To be fair the radiant damage not allowing them a save has been added and I suggested it based on someone else saying that zombies should(*cant remember exactly - it was a bit sillyish but the beginnings of a good idea.)...

Coup de grace doesn't auto kill any more, however, so it is not quite as powerful as you might think. Because of the way saves work they will probably not sleep very long either. A powerful enemy sleeped will take the damage dished out, on average, and wake up to keep fighting - for how long...

Just because some schmuck pays another schmuck money and they all pat each other on the back and tell each other how clever they all are does not necessarily make it so. Saying that - they are okay at their jobs. Are they the best at what they do? No. I am sure there are others out there that...

You could just make it a save in the same way things get a save when they potentially fall to their death when pushed over the side of a cliff. This gives them a better than 50% chance of survival for each hit (in my opinion that is what zombies are all about and don't forget a critical, head...