Recent content by Tusz

I plan on buying this new car, since my old one isn't handling as well as I'd like, and it'd cost just as much to overhaul it as it would to buy a new one. That said, I'll probably be the only one driving the new model in my group of friends. The only other guy in my group who likes driving is...

This is a bit much for me to pay, given that I'm a penniless college student. I'd mainly be buying it for the Dragon (and maybe Dungeon) content anyway, and apparently those are being released in annual compendiums. Provided those don't cost $120 each, I'm probably going that route. My...

I interpreted this to be like the dodge feat: you only get to designate the stab-recipient once per round, but if you make more than one attack against said opponent in a round, you get the bonus on every attack.

This is pretty much my feeling. They'd be more of a nice side bonus than anything.

Quick Tally Here's a list of the most popular choices so far. -Magic System (spells/rituals): 10 (rituals: 5, magic items: 2) -Another Class: 10 (wizard: 5; paladin: 1; druid: 1; warlock: 1; warlord: 2; different power source: 1) -Sample Rules: 4 (powers: 1; chase rules: 1; Int: 1)...

That's what I'm thinking. The effect lasts as long as the caster remains focused on the effect, but this is mentally taxing and can't be maintained for more than a couple minutes before the energies start to pan-fry the mage's brain.

I'm not planning on using alignment much at all, but this will make it a bit easier to convince my group to make the switch. Not all of them take well to change, and a bit more familiarity will help a lot. However, now that alignment's been divorced from mechanics, I think what divisions are...

[Cross posted from the official boards] With the release of the Rogue article, they've covered the three core principles behind DnD: they've given us finalized, crunchy stats for a race, a class, and a monster (now that I'm looking at it, all around the 20th-25th of each month. Suspicious...)...

Here are a couple other observations I've made. I tried my best to not repeat anyone else in the thread; my apologies if any of this has already been mentioned. -Shuriken naming: I think there's a good reason they're calling this group shuriken. They're avoiding calling it "throwing dagger" so...

When I saw the way powers will work, I already decided I'd make some of these for myself. Design a card for each type of ability (/will, /encounter, /day, just so I know which ones to flip back over), print out some blank ones on cardstock, and write in my character's abilities on 'em when I...

That struck me as a bit off too, but then I noticed this in the intro: Basically, the class chapter will mention that the "builds" are suggestions to people unfamiliar with the class. This also implies that there's a section in the beginning of the chapter on concepts that apply to all...

That's what I'm assuming. I see it like this: -Main skills: these you get automatically for free just from your class training. These are your major. -Secondary skills: these are the ones you get to choose from your class list, like the four that rogues get. These are your concentration or...

I took it to mean that "Light Blade" can refer to either a dagger [dagger, katar] or Short Sword [short sword, gladius, rapier]. I don't think they're "groups" so much as weapons with other weapons that are used in a similar way. Again, I think they're just using "shuriken" as a sample...

I'm probably going to DM first, but when it's my chance to play, I'm hoping to bring back Nalieth, human wizard with rogue training (was an arcane trickster). Should be an interesting combo. I'm also looking at a fighter with wizard training, or a plain ol' rogue or paladin. I wouldn't touch...