Recent content by Roxlimn

I think the parcel system is more direct and more honest - you're going to be tracking those magic items anyway. You might as well track them the most direct way you can.

Mistwell: If the enemy has cover from the Ranger, then he has cover from them, too. -2 to hit for +2 effective defenses across the board seems like a fair trade to me. And that doesn't take Nimble Strike into account, where you can attack without penalty, and then move completely into Total...

KarinsDad: That's a matter of strategic opinion. There are a fair number of creatures in the MM whose Fort is defenses are lower than Ref defenses. With Knowledge skills, you can discern proper targeting. Lower Ref defenses are more common. That much is true. So you take a primary at-will...

I don't think it's reasonable, and I think it more and more. People have lots of ways to gain Combat Advantage without using Stealth. 13 other ways, in fact. Asking the Rogue to break LOS completely before allowing another Stealth check (under cover or concealment then) isn't unreasonable, IMO.

I don't think that Lasting Frost combo works the way you think it does.

You want to replace Cloud of Daggers with Magic Missile backed by a Frost implement and Bracers of the Perfect Shot. That ought to do a decent amount of damage on the left side of the chart, but the right side will suffer. Also targeting Ref is worth at least a +3 to hit compared to AC. Also...

Creatures whose Fort defenses are lower than Ref defenses: Astral Stalker Phane Fire Archon Emberguard Fire Archon Ash Disciple Banshrae Dartswarmer Banshrae Warrior Shadowhunter Bat Fire Bat Beholder Eye of Flame Beholder Eye Tyrant Berbalang Bone Claw Cambion Hellfire Magus Dark Creeper Dark...

Marshall: No, it doesn't. If you want to say that this is a problem, then you have to prove that it actually does what you say it does. AtomicPope: Area of effect damage and status effects are not the only facet of controllers, but it is rather important. Single target debuffs are really...

KarinsDad: As far as I can tell, I posted, "sometimes Fort is lower than AC, even significantly lower." What about that tells you that I'm comparing Fort to Ref or that I used your criteria to do so? That seems fairly clear that I was comparison Fort defense to AC defense, not Ref.

Machus: No, it doesn't. I move around in illumination less than a torch a lot. I've had a series of newborns to take care of. You cannot "hide" in that especially if we're engaged in combat and we're both trying to kill each other. I MIGHT fail to notice you if you were being stealthy and...

Old Gumphrey: Laser Clerics also have pathetic range for their at-wills, and their AoE options are generally worse for damage and status. Not that they're not awesome or anything, but staying put inside a Firestorm - I don't know if that's such a hot idea. At the very least, I'd like to move...

Ahglock: That kind of design philosophy is doomed to failure. Parts that aren't designed to take other parts into account are MORE likely to fail just at the outset, never mind expansions. When you design Rogue powers, you take Sneak Attack into account because every Rogue is going to have...

Marshall: You're so not getting it. The Rogue's entire power suite SHOULD be balanced around the fact that he can gain Sneak Attack. If you don't include add-on powers like that, the actual play numbers will be off your estimates. Likewise, considering BAB in a vacuum as a theoretical...

KarinsDad: Your criteria for evaluating the spreadsheets are flawed. The at-will choices on consideration in the PHB only target Ref, and the illusionary at-will is considered on its Will targeting alone (that being unique). Thus, if you want to weigh Ref vs. Fort, you only have to count...

AtomicPope: Post arguments, not adhominems; whatever delaying tactics or ignoring tactics might be occuring is obvious - you do not have any need to comment on it. Ah, no. It doesn't do that. It only does 5+Wis damage ongoing. It's not a damage roll so implement bonuses don't apply to...