Recent content by Tyrloch

Hey all, I've been playing D&D since the mid 70's, and in recent years we had switched over to Pathfinder. The current group is beginning to fizzle out due to other commitments. So now here I am in search of a new group. I'm located in Bergen County, and I'm willing to travel as long as it's...

I called it 2 weapon fighting as sort of a blanket statement to cover escrima stick-fighting, sword & dagger, Sword & flail, sword & shield (bashing), and 2 swords (Florentine). It helps that not only am I lefty & close to being ambidextrous, but also the 2-handed whip routines really get that...

It's not a strictly historical campaign, but close to it. It's probably about 80% human, with a few humanoid races and there was one dragon encounter. But it was a very rare thing -- not commonplace like in a normally run 3.5 game. Not one of the core members ever liked the concept of the monk...

Actually, convincing the DM is the easy part -- it's one of the players that is a rules-lawyer, and bitches & moans if he doesn't like something, like a house-ruling. Would anyone here consider an opponent with a whip or rope wrapped around his legs to be entangled? Or am I doing it again...

I probably should've added that the trip attack was to be made with a bullwhip. I then could've argued that the opponent is not only prone, but also entangled, since the whip is wrapped around his legs... My build was going to be a fighter-rogue with 2-weapon fighting (whip & short sword?)...

I guess in a way, you're right -- I was looking for an answer outside the RAW, since nowhere in the book does it explicitly state that you can or can't do it. I'm defining "unable to effectively defend oneself one way, and others are defining another. My feeling is that this phrase, since it...

I probably should've mentioned up front that we only use the 3 core books, so feats from all those other books, some of which are really ridiculous, are out. I think that some here are confusing unable to effectively defend oneself with being helpless, whether it's accidentally or on purpose...

Sorry for the semi-sarcastic reply, but I sort of expected civil answers, even if they disagreed with me. Some of those here think that they will win the argument just by getting smug. To me, it seems like a case of "telephone tough-guy" syndrome -- these same guys wouldn't speak that way to...

I suppose that we have a different view of injecting a bit of realism into a fantasy game. Following the flow of this debate, I would assume that this crowd thinks it's completely feasible that a Monk's unarmed attacks would not only affect opponents in full plate, but also creatures that may...

But the rules don't state that the goblin gets a -4 to AC. Again, you're attempting to find it verbatim in the book that you can't do this -- it's not in there. Without a specific rule, you're trying to make it sounds as if you can't do it, and I'm trying to make it sound as if you can. Without...

Quote: The penalty for being prone does have a lot to do with being less able to dodge blows, but also it's because you are in a physical position where armor simply will not provide the same protection as it would if you and your opponent were both standing. The blows will come from directions...

I don't think I'm twisting the rules, I feel that a lot of you are misreading the passage under Rogue as a definition of Unable to Defend Yourself, when it isn't a full definition. If it was, then it wouldn't use the vagueness of the word "basically", it would have read, "To be unable to defend...

I was aware of those other AC bonuses, but Size, Magical, etc, don't apply here -- that's why I stated 'basically 4 types.' And the reason for a +4 against ranged attacks while prone is because you're a smaller target -- it's akin to trying to hit a garbage can at 30' or a soda can at 30': lying...

Actually, it doesn't. That isn't the definition of "unable to effectively defend himself", those are just examples. I think you're looking for it to be spelled out in the rules -- it isn't. Nor is it specifically forbidden -- it is something that is up to interpretation. What you have to do is...

Okay, as far as I'm aware there are basically 4 types of bonuses to AC: Dex, Armor, Natural Armor & Dodge bonuses. If a Prone defender suffers a -4 penalty to AC, what type of penalty is he receiving? It can't be an Armor or Natural Armor penalty, unless his protection was made of glass and...