Recent content by solates

Shrug. Enemy has a 11 wizard. Get a deepwood sniper. Problem solved. OR Get a mid-level rogue(5-9) and give him a wand of blindness. wizard cant see, wizard cant target, wizard just became a pin-cushion. Against flying wizards a wand of dispel magic(Area effect) works wonders. In a higher...

Normal tamed pets can be somewhat doable. Would take alot of investment in time and money though. 1. Befriend or become the parties druid(this is pretty vital). 2. Have said druid get the craft wondrous item feat. 3. Craft a collar of animal growth. 4. Use some creativity and gear up the...

I keep seeing the "use the monsters smarter" schtick. Just remember if your give the monsters "extra" combat tactics that its also appropriate to adjust the xp by 105% to 150% exp of its normal CR. Good example-mid level goblin fighter with shot on the run feat. In a forest environment this...

Well in my small experience with astral constructs they are quite versatile but not really broken per se. A dire animal of the same cr is going to have more hps and more ab, and damage bonus. But the one aspect of them thats dangerous is the fact the shaper can choose what he wants each time...

Only thing i can think to add to the above is some simple things. 1. Apply the rules given in the book hardlined. IE no bard/paladins(because of alignment restrictions). This by itself solves alot of would-be number crunchers. 2. Overall only 2 combos really are totally without some...

oops good catch. Bad solates bad, no donut for me:) At 1/3rd then thats even better(5,000) at say 100 per week is only 50 weeks less than a year, this is assuming averages, and some buffs could shorten this time by say another 20 weeks(int buff would give an average boost of +2 or an actual...

Hrmm. Every time you use a metapsionic effect you also lose your psionic focus, which you can only regain with another concentration check and 1 round lost. A feat does shorten the time it takes to get psionicly refocused to 1 move action. Its not until epic levels do you get access to a feat...

I seriously doubt anyone who has just enough ranks to take 10 is going to actually be working with adamantine. That would be like me giving a billet of damascus to a high-school kid who can work a hammer. A lvl 15 expert with 18 ranks base, say 22 total for skill focus weapon or armorsmithing...

Bead of force is a consumed magic item(like a scroll). One time use only. And i always read it as either or as far as which effect you produce(players choice). Remember the save dc for all consumed magic items is usually fairly low compared to spells the pcs cast as well. Solates

Wererat is indeed a good template for a rogue, and would fit nicely into your theme, i second this one(only issue is the alignment change). Weretiger on the other hand is neutral, so might fit in better with the party and combat wise is a holy nightmare. The 50% templates(half somethings) like...

He gets a laugh at the skills but not out of the feats or epic spell section of the book, now thats epic in humor. Skills are the least of your concerns as a dm at epic levels, your more concerned about the fighter who just picked up devastating crit or the mage who finally got automatic...

Said 5... Werebear paladin(to match your friends githzerais ecl 2 race with an ecl 5 template) hybrid Weapon focus greataxe Improved init Done. For any melee class the werebear, weretiger templates offer the most omgness of any pc eligible races(in this case a template but it does apply)...

The issue here is gear. lvl 20 characters should have about 760,000 gp in gear. A wizard is going to blow most of his on scrolls, staves, rods, armor increasing items(bracers of armor +9, gloves of dex +6, amulet of natural armor +6, ring of protection +5). and any intelligence increasing...

Hrrmm Well you might LIKE converting 2nd ed to 3.5 ed but its not something i would tie into easily. Honestly 3.5 ed psions are fine, even slightly more than fine as they are. As a dm i would take a look through the 3.5 ed psions(expanded psionic handbook, where they once again revised the...