Adventuers Valt Q&A

[Shroomy]

ORNITHOPTERS!

Hmmm, I think that my eladrin artificer will soon be buying one of these; it would be a handy back-up for our airship campaign.

 

[Atlatl Jones]

So a tempest fighter can still use Tide of Iron? That's pretty cool.

That's an awesome observation!

 

[comrade raoul]

I think it's lame how the double sword is strictly better than a rapier. Now rogues who want to use them will take a significant mechanical penalty.

 

[Atlatl Jones]

I think it's lame how the double sword is strictly better than a rapier. Now rogues who want to use them will take a significant mechanical penalty.

Double swords don't give much to a rogue other than +1 to AC (from the defensive property), because they don't have any two-weapon fighting talents.

With a rapier, you can still wield a dagger in your other hand, for when you need that extra +1 to hit, or when you need a ranged weapon.

Edit: Actually, the fact that the double sword is a heavy blade as well as a light blade does give an added bonus: the rogue can take the Heavy Blade Opportunity feat, to use his rogue at-will powers for OAs. But rogues don't get OAs very ofteh, so I don't know how useful that is.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

I see that double bladed sword being used for rogue/ranger multi class

 

[Phaezen]

Well Drek!

My wife is gonna desperately want to be a "Dwarven Defender" style tempest fighter with an Urgosh, as soon as we can figure out what the actual rules for applying the templates are. I guess we'll have to wait until November.

I mean, there's gotta be a downside, or penalty, or some sort of funnel for sticking the template on your fighter, or is there?

Can we just start test-driving the tempest/urgosh combo now?

Tempest is previewed in this months Ampersand http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dramp/20080905 and by the looks of things the Earthheart Defender PP from the frpg will complete the paragon tier

Phaezen

 

[comrade raoul]

The AC bonus is nontrivial. The rapier just went, I think, from the rogue's main larger alternative to the dagger to a fringe alternative to the double sword.

(IMC, I'd make the rapier both heavy and light, and the double sword purely heavy.)

 

[Gloombunny]

With a rapier, you can still wield a dagger in your other hand, for when you need that extra +1 to hit, or when you need a ranged weapon.

You can do that with a double sword too, if you have Quick Draw.

 

[Mithreinmaethor]

Here is a question. Would Eladrin get the Greatspear as part of their Elardrin Soldier feat? Unless it says it doesnt specifically I would say that it does.

 

[BarkingDeathSquirrel]

Here is a question. Would Eladrin get the Greatspear as part of their Elardrin Soldier feat? Unless it says it doesnt specifically I would say that it does.

IIRC, Eladrin Soldier applies to all spears. So, yeah, that would apply to the "Greatspear" (bleck on the name!) too, unless for some reason it isn't classified as a spear