Recent content by Graethynne

pickles - for the moment purely linear. With legs I could see working in bumper costs for certain combinations, but that is a little beyond where I am at the moment. Since it looks like there is a little interest I'll here's link, for the moment it is comment only (and of course you can...

Good questions. Full casting (for the moment) is 51 points. This was the simplest way to make sure you could only select one of Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, or Wizard casting. Partial casting (Paladin, Ranger, Warlock) is priced less than that, so you could technically double up on...

Hey Folks, As a bit of a pet project I have started deconstructing the 5e classes. The premise is this - assume each class was built ala carte from a menu of options on a budget of 100 points. Them imagine you could pick and choose from this menu to build your own class. It's a bit like...

Depending on how much of a tinker-er DM you are (and whether you have DDI) ... One solution would be to work out what the "Hybrid"* versions of the Vestige Warlock and Shaman would be. And if your player likes it, let him play that. Good Luck, Graethynne *WotC put out the Hybrid rules...

Hi, one of the designers in question here. There were several concerns that lead to the change. A couple of them, in no particular order were: Intelligence/Dexterity is not a great pairing. They apply to the same defenses, AC & Reflex. Also, if you are a heavy armor user they don't even add...

Subject line says it all. I would love any help folks can provide. Thanks, Graydon

Level 3 attack powers are up. that is all.

Interesting note ... the playtest now requires sign-in, but it still only goes up to level two. Looks like WotC is coming back from Turkey Hangover.

Also, by level 2, a character wearing this armor likely has a surge value of 10, or more. Thus, not only do you need to guess when to use this power (because you must use it on your turn) you also need to get hit more than once for 10 or more damage per hit, per use. Otherwise it wasn't worth...

Arg ... EN World ate my thoughtful post And so you get bullet points in the rewrite :-P Dragon - 85 pages FRPG - 160 pages Dragon *2 pages > FRGP pages Dragon *12 (one year) pages > 6 print books pages Cost of Dragon *12 ~= Cost of 2 Print books. Plus you get Dungeon *12 Not a bad...

Only glanced at the new Dragon article briefly. It appears to retain the "prison for a powerful and evil being" vibe which is nice. I'm just not sure about the planar cosmology of it. Pocket dimensions? Isolated pieces of the Shadowfell? Something else? If anyone knows I would love the...

re: Forgery Notes Hey JBeatnik, Thanks for your thoughts on forgery. Any ideas on how to keep the degree of success hidden from the players? (beyond the classic of rolling for them and then describing the copy to them) Also, did you have any thoughts re: the other skill tweaks I listed? I...

re: ways to tweak tracking I started a thread here http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=230478 to discuss ways to deepen the skills outside of skill challenges. It was actually sparked by my sadness about the loss of track (and certain other things PCs could do in 3.x - don't get me...

(Does anyone know how to make my post appear on the 4e, recent forum topics page? I haven't seen it pop up and I am wondering if I might be getting more comments if it did ;-) One more idea trickling out of my brain Insight - It doesn't state by default that it operates only against...

A few more thoughts ... In reviewing the skills that were lost (as opposed to folded into other skills) in the transition, I noticed a few of my favorites were missing. So here a couple more things to play with in your heads as prepare excellent constructive criticisms. Decipher Script -...