Recent content by JonnyDoH

I was reading some old comics the other day and was surprised no one mentioned this reference: Giant In the Playground Games 3rd edition, sure, but it adds some funny when you play yer bard. :D

Taking up chainmail and gaining the +6 AC bonus also means sacrificing 3 points in a stat you're unlikely to ever use again, not to mention a feat slot that could be better for something else. My solution was to build off of intelligence, since that's a natural tertiary stat of shamans and...

Hey, that's great! With those theoretical other classes and their AC boosting abilities, combined with my Protector Shaman AC boosting abilities, we should have no problem against the hypothetical gangs of Archers that will no doubt swarm my group! Especially since the scaling AC problem you...

Heh, ok. Thanks for your answers! I imagined that to be the case but figured I'd ask anyway.

So, new question: What defines an ally? If I use a power that has an effect on my allies, am I considered an ally? If I'm a shaman, and I use a power through my Spirit Companion that has a beneficial effect on adjacent allies, and I am adjacent, do I receive said benefits? I would assume...

Ah, okay, I see your point now, and perhaps I missed it from the earlier posts. You bring up a very good point; I concede that scaling AC is valuable, and I can recognize the need to boost that up... eventually (when levels and feats permit that luxury). However, too often players get it in...

Okay, yes to your last statement-- their only use to for Str is to get heavy armor. But they shouldn't need to. I disagree with the idea that they're supposed to hide and not really "exist" on the battlefield. Party Design should be around covering other player's weaknesses. Who do you run...

Skip to 1:15, and you'll get a sense of what I'm talking about (clip is, by the way, from Chinese Ghost Story 2) http://www.youtube.com/v/N7becm80dj4&hl=en&fs=1 I've always had this image of the Bard as the Taoist Monk from this movie. See, in this mythos, anything "unclean" or corrupted from...

Yes, I suppose you have a point. Perhaps my experience playing 4th edition is a bit low-- on the other hand, IS there a reason why the Shaman should simply not Be In Combat? I mean, whatever happened to D&D, where every class had its drawbacks, people occasionally rolled a '3' for a stat (my...

Very nifty point. What if half the party were made up of bards with melee reach weapons-- the Shamans put up a wall of Spirit Creatures while the Bards attack with Misdirected Mark-- but putting the originators of the mark on the Shamans. Think about that for a second. The Spirit Creatures...

Well, there's one thing in the PHB2 that can help with that. If you read p. 119, "Implements" last line: "...Without an implement, you can still use these powers." So that solves your problem right there. And if your party came across a magic implement *and* a magic long spear, I seriously...

I grew up watching these cartoons but the neurons failed to make a connection until you pointed it out. Brilliant! :D As for vicious remarks for the similarly named At-Will ability... For a killing blow: The Sixth Sense "I see dead people." And plenty of others you can probably modify...

If you're insistent about having your Shaman in melee combat, I'd consider his weapon options: simple melee, longspear. Consider that last one-- it's a military melee weapon, with reach. I consider that to be a strong hint on the class designers that a Shaman is supposed to stand behind a...

Yeah, this and DanceofMasks responses had me thinking of a straight Bard too. I'm going to take a closer look at that possibility, thanks to you two. Thanks for the replies, guys! ;)

Yeah, this reply makes the most sense to me. It may not work out for me, but thanks all the same Draco! (And thanks to all of the rest of you who contributed replies-- even if they did not pertain to subject, I browsed through the PHB2 and found a few things I didn't know about. Much...