Recent content by austinwulf

You lost me on that point. maybe I'm missing something. A +5 dagger is just a plus 5 dagger. A +5 pact dagger is a + 5 dagger AND has benefits if you are warlocky (i'm not looking at the rules, but maybe advanced multi-classing will get you something) Those bennies are only good if you...

You could also treat failures as "failing the roll by 5 or more" So if the DC is 20, but you roll a 16, you can keep looking/talking/climbing, you just haven't made any head way.

I'm of two minds with the Skill challenges. On one hand, I like that they tried to put something in game that wasn't just "beat you with a stick" On the other, a good deal of the skill challenges seem more "roleplay" oriented. If you want your adventure to go on, you are going to let the...

I'm definately with Keterys on this one, but at least by seeing folks who do find some value in the Ironskin Belt, I am at satisfied that it is not a terrible WoTC oversite in poor ballance, or for that matter, an intentionally bad item. (Some of my magic playing friends have told me that they...

I did read that and even bolded it for the sake of comparison though to be honest, I wasn't thinking of it in terms of activating it before your first move. Good thought ;) I'm looking at this from the economy standpoint. One item gives me protection from Weapons...and that's all that it...

Ironskin belt is a level 5 magic item. for a minor action, and as a Daily, you gain resist 5 to all weapon damage until the end of your turn. Cloak of Resistance is level 2, grants +1 to fort/def/and will, and as a minor Daily you gain resist 5 to all damage until the begining of your next...

I thought I read somewhere in one of the older editions to think of HP's as karmic points. Gods looking out for you and what not Even now, when I DM, I try to describe hit point loss as being bruised, or straining yourself to deflect/avoid the blow. I think its amusing when my players...

I was thinking mainly Party member vs. Party member. I suppose with more focus on the team dynamic, its a bit easier for other players to interviene, (a spell chucker freezing both combatants so they can't kill each other) Also the new death system makes it much simpler to knock someone down...

Howdy, I have been reading a bit regarding the fact that DnD is striving to make all classes ballanced, and I think that's great! (I remember well the crazy level progressions etc from 1st and 2nd) But so far as I have read, that balance seems to only pertain to an adventuring party facing...