Garthanos
Arcadian Knight
@Tony Vargas What were the other items you thought needed some adjustable levels/sliders on? The other item you mentioned was Shapechanging? what caliber of shapechange are you thinking?
D&D 4E Martial Flight - Making the Melee Warrior Fly - sort of.
Focusing on only "you are a melee character and the enemy can fly, how not be useless":
"See it Coming" -- mostly nullify long range attacks, mixed with "Olympic Leaps" -- jump extra far and "Ride'm Cowboy" -- grab a hostile creature, and if it is larger than you you "ride on it".
The three of them together (a) forces the foe to close, then (b) lets the hero engage if they do come close.
Being vulnerable, or less invulnerable, to close range ranged attacks can help make the defence from being over-strong.
"Bring it Down" would be ability to knock flying foes out of the sky, paired with either "Long Arm" or non-incompetent bow abilities.
"See it Coming" -- mostly nullify long range attacks, mixed with "Olympic Leaps" -- jump extra far and "Ride'm Cowboy" -- grab a hostile creature, and if it is larger than you you "ride on it".
The three of them together (a) forces the foe to close, then (b) lets the hero engage if they do come close.
Being vulnerable, or less invulnerable, to close range ranged attacks can help make the defence from being over-strong.
"Bring it Down" would be ability to knock flying foes out of the sky, paired with either "Long Arm" or non-incompetent bow abilities.
Tony Vargas
Legend
I think it was flight, invisibility, & teleportation.
I suppose I could add forced rest-enablement, like Rope Trick.
Garthanos
Arcadian Knight
Yes there can be a gradient upwards you might even make the amount of defense or damage reduction be based on the distance they are in effect you create exaggerated range penalties, but what about if they arent targeted you might be able to move in order to provide the effective immunity to an area effect ("Get out of there" a triggered move in response to a ranged area attack, to be like flight that needs something that keeps on working or can be repeated even so all part of a stance or the nigh invulnerability thing .
Also yes get them close enough that other things make more sense is on the list. "Come and get it" is ridiculously too realistic AND innadequate in this case.
Like the Olympic Leap/Athletic Ride Em Cowboy.
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Garthanos
Arcadian Knight
Perfected Escape ability for the team like the Engineers trick. And others you and I have been discussing.
Evasive Travel practices with reliable and without encounters (or selectable danger) or all basically optional this might have as a component danger sensing.
Short cuts ( never going to be fast enough without Schrodingers destination)
Oops We Got Lost... but we are where we really wanted to be.
That might be associated with Warlords ability to get the whole party a full rest in very short time period
TiwazTyrsfist
Adventurer
Counterpoint:
Hold two swords out at arms length to each side
Tilt blades counter to each other at roughly 30 degrees to the horizontal
Spin REALLY REALLY FAST
Fighter-copter!
Hold two swords out at arms length to each side
Tilt blades counter to each other at roughly 30 degrees to the horizontal
Spin REALLY REALLY FAST
Fighter-copter!
Garthanos
Arcadian Knight
Really really fast LOL ... thar be epic in that ones mind.
