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Sorry to bump an old thread, but does anyone have Goblin Paragon advancement stuff (class/race, whatever)? Above link is broken. Cheers, A.

Thanks Orcy :)

Hey folks, Undead & constructs (to name but two types) are built and balanced partly around their inability to be sneak-attacked or critted. I now have a player in my campaign who wishes to modify a magic weapon for the express purpose of getting around this not-so-minor limitation. In the...

You know what, I'm totally fed up of this. It's just so easy to jump in on the guy that everyone else is already having a go at, isn't it? Yes, yes, my interpretation. Inspired by this from earlier in this thread: "Many DMs (including me) I've seen house rule the five foot step on creature...

I'm afraid I don't see the logic on this. Even a slow, clumsy creature you would expect could move his own bulk with one step (purple worms aside, perhaps - which is why it depends on the creature type). But assume it's a normal gargantuan bipedal with a base speed of 30, say. If it covers a...

....right. And where's Persiflage's warning? Man, if you'd jumped in there with all that red ink on him, then I wouldn't have bothered. How is my post any more "snide" than his? I started this thread with a perfectly open and genuine question and discussion, and up until Persiflage had his...

SRD small size: "A character or monster is considered Small when he, she or it stands 2 to 4 feet tall while weighing 8 to 60 lb." How does a creature with legs 1-2 feet in length make a 5-foot step anyway? Even if they could do the splits, the best they could manage is 4-feet. Perhaps they...

Wow, dude, SO MUCH angst. Glad to see your constructive style. You made one valid point; the rest was based either on a fallacy due to your inability to read, or on a serious grudge against the world that requires you to be needlessly deconstuctive even to the point of being blindly wrong...

Yeah, thanks for highlighting that and asking; it'll be sure to come up. On thinking about it I think this is good as it stands; I like the idea of being able to respond to someone 5-foot stepping away by 5-foot stepping after them, but that assumes you've been happily chopping away at them in...

My house-rules for the 5-foot step now read: You can move 5 feet in any round when you don’t perform any other kind of movement. This is called a "5-foot step". You can’t take more than one 5-foot step in a round, and you can’t take a 5-foot step in the same round when you move any distance...

Thanks all for the various responses. What I've taken from this is that: a) the 5-foot rule is unrealistic but has it's place in certain situations... b) ...situations which should not include allowing abuse by mages, because they should have a high enough concentration to be able to cast on...

Please provide link to rules!!!!

Thanks for the link, that's awesome and I'll have a read. Ain't that the truth.

Well, quite. This is hardly difficult for any caster who has max'd concentration, especially with Combat Casting, and makes the need for a 5-foot step in the first place completely redundant. I get your point on nicely-timed dashes, but I doubt you'd buy one second, let alone three. Thanks...