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    What's the appeal of Hackmaster

    It's all about breakin' things and killin' stuff. What's not to love?
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    wizard/sorceror

    Well, I don't think this charachter would work well in a typical game, but it's not unplayable. You could be akin to the stereotypical fledgling sorcerer who has great potential, but little current control over his powers. He could also work in a world where threats don't continue to get...
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    Pricing a magical ring.

    Thanks for all the imput. I was thinking of the Ring granting an enhancment bonus, not being a continuous GMW, if there is even a real difference. One problem with that is a +1 Ring would be real cheap, as you could use the 1st level spell Magic Weapon. Multiplying it by bonus x2 X 2,500...
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    (game) Serial who'd win

    Helm's Deep, for the XP.:) Roll and Keep L5R vs D20 L5R.
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    wizard/sorceror

    A Bard might not be a bad idea for a few levels. The Bardic Knowledge would go great with your Knowledge skills, you'd get special abilities, a nice REF save, access to a little healing power, and still boost your low level spell and weapon selection. I think they even get Light Armor Prof. as well.
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    Creating a Divine Spellbook

    Much the same way gaining higher levels proves your worth to gain more powerful spell, so you might prove your worth to find new spells by spending time and money in "Prayer". As opposed to Arcane research, the Cleric beseaches his god to grant him an unusual power buy spending the equivelent...
  7. J

    Expert Tactician Blow...is it an AoO

    Since the feat calls it an extra attack, and states that it happens on your turn, and it happens before OR after you standard actions, and you can potenially choose from several targets wether or not they move throu your threatended area, I'd have to say no, it's simply an extra attack. It...
  8. J

    How to calculate skill points

    By the rules, you would not even see the skill points from an ability increase until the next level. So if your INT goes from 15 to 16 at 4th level, you get the bonus skill points starting at 5th level. We house rule that skill points back fire like CON does for HP. On one hand it's hard to...
  9. J

    (game) Serial who'd win

    Montey Python 3E Iconics vs Hackmaster Iconics.
  10. J

    Pricing a magical ring.

    I had an idea for a magical ring that granted an enhancment bonus of +1-5 to any weapon weilded in that hand. Pro's, Any weapon you use is magical. Difficult to be disarmed. Great in a low magic world, where one item substitutes for many. Cons, Any weapon you use is magical. Only mele...
  11. J

    Modifying Magical armor

    I don't see why not. You can't turn normal armor into MW armor for obvious reasons, but this is a relativly minor change. If the armor is already MW, you might require the spikes to be as well, and a higher check to add them to magical armor vs mundane.
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    Experience and treasure

    The Sunless Citedel was easy in parts, so you did right by increasing the challeng. Between his complaints about too much XP and too little gold, it sounds like he is expecting the game to run by the book. Maybe he is even planning on it. The game should run the way you want it to, while...
  13. J

    Your cheating stories here...

    I've been using Cheater Dice in our Spycraft game. Damn thing keeps rolling 2's. Constantly.:rolleyes:
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    Rogue sneak attack and light armor

    Some abilities require lighter types of armor, and say so. Sneak Attack does not. More specifically, SA is described to be available "any time an opponent is denied his dex bonus...". You could be in cursed full plate of clumsiness and have a 5 DEX, and you can still SA someone who cannot...
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    wizard/sorceror

    First off, forget high level spells, look at your low level spells. If you paced both classes evenly, you could concievably be seventh level before seeing your first second level spell. You would be increasing the rate at which you gain new spell levels by 50% after that over a staight class...
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    Massive Damage Threshold

    The base save could be 15 + ( damage over 50 / 5). So if you took 60 points of damage, it would be a 17 check. Round down of course. If you were a small creature, it would be ( damage over 40 / 4), making the above blow a 20 check. This would make massive damage more dangerous for smaller folk...
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    Core rules rewrite.

    Forgive me if this has been asked before, but I have been away from the boards for a while. I recently read that WotC is rewriting it's core rule books. The statment had some details, but I was wondering if anyone has heard more. The links along with the statement more or less ran in a circle.
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    [OT] Hobbit video (Sanity loss! Be warned!)

    The Lego movies rocked. But I'm looking for the sequal to Summoner Geeks. I've seen the original, and I was hoping that it wasn't just a rumor.
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    Intelligent Book of Vile Darkness

    Yes, most of those one shot Artifacts are only one shot per person. Another cool idea would be a book that looked like a benificial magical tomb that actually held a spirit. Reading the book allows the spirit to posses you. Or if it sees a PC that it can't control, it makes itself look like an...
  20. J

    X Crawl games

    You could make the world a cross between Judge Dredd / Shadowrun. Have many places in the world where it is too dangerous to live due to monsters or untamed magic. The PC's could be sent to this "prison with no walls", turning it into a survival game. Ooh. Survivor...EXTREME!!!
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