Recent content by quetzyl

Immunity is a problem My issue with swarms is that they are totally immune to certain attacks, while being very vulnerable to others. This means their challenge is very party dependant, and can shift dramatically if circumstances change. I think this problem could be solved with a general rule...

I have already used the wizards site for a list of spells from the PH and SC, what I wanted was a list including other books. this place is excellent, and has most of what I needed, though if anyone knows a site with better formatting for printing out a spells known list that would be great...

Does anyone know of a source for complete spell lists for the various classes, ideally including all the core books + eberron or FR? Cheers, quetzyl

Wizard 5/Incatatrix 4 in the World's Largest Dungeon. He occasionally has to take the meatshield role, and so concentrates quite hard on his AC, since he only has 35 Hp. Dex +4 (Gloves +2) Greater Mage Armor +6 Buckler +3 (+2 Buckler, has a 5% spell failure chance) Amulet of Natural Armor +4...

If you are worried about the mummy, give them some clues that they need oil or flaming weapons to face it. The challenge of any encounter depends on the circumstances. Also be careful with the cube, as if it manages to engulf several party members they may die before the rest of the party can do...

Exotic Weapon Master can gain a +2 on trip checks if they take the appropriate special ability and apply it to an exotic weapon that can already be used to trip with. Cheers, quetzyl

It seems to me that giving an archer the option of trading a full attack or a manyshot for a single attack with power attack is fair enough. At say level 6, the archer can choose between 1 shot at -6 to hit for an extra 12 points of damage, 1 shot at -4 for double normal damage (using manyshot)...

It varies a lot. One game I run the PC's are part of the crew of a ship, so they have 25 regular NPC crewmembers accompanying them at all times. Recently they recruited an extra 60 Orc Berserkers for a dangerous assault on an enemy base. The player of the captain in particular is constantly...

I have found that simply capping PA in the same way as combat expertise, so no more than +/- 5, is a simple and effective way to restrict the power of the feat. I even allow an improved PA feat that allows unlimited modifiers, as I think that for 2 feats that is not unreasonable. Cheers...

Everyone seems to be ignoring the most important actor in this drama: the orc! It seems to me that the orc must have been given some reason to believe that it would survive, otherwise why would the orc have told them anything. That means either the party tricked the orc into giving up...

I use (Con+lvl)*2 for massive damage saves, and additionally have attacks which do more than Con+Lvl but less than massive damage deal a d4 ability damage to a random ability score. I find Con+Lvl works quite well. Cheers, quetzyl

This is a 19th level psion ability. By 19th level, there are numerous ways high level spellcasters can be practically indestructable. This power cancels all buff spells, uses up a lot of power points and prevents him doing anything for half the time. I just don't see this tactic being a problem...

Spontaneous Cleric I have been using the spontaneous cleric from UA in my game, with 1 less spell known at each level, automatically knowing their domain spells and no spontaneous healing, and I have found that it both reduces the cleric's overall power and makes them much more thematically...

Sounds fair if..... As I understand the death attack rules, the assassin has to succeed on his attack roll, and then the target gets a fort save. Both those rolls have a chance to fail, so this isn't an unavoidable instant death. Basically I as a player would find this sort of thing fairly...

The justification for freedom of movement On the other side of the coin, there are plenty of creatures that have +60 grapple modifiers (eg collosal monsterous scorpion +58, CR 12). A 20th level 1/2 orc barbarian with maxed out str and improved grapple will have a grapple bonus of +41 when...