Search results

We are talking about a normal game, right? So there may be one NPC in the entire game with that level of spell penetration. Every other NPC is stuck with SP and possibly GSP. The other +6 that you are getting from mysterious sources does not really matter, IMHO. Besides, the bead of karma...

So you are trying to convince us that monks can grapple a mage in a ruleset that is not the one written in the SRD and 3.5 books? Sure, I can houserule a spell all I want, but as written, freedom of movement works the way it does. So the monk is SOL with grappling. I think the point is that...

There is nothing to stop you from doing that. I think the only reason why the augment is there is in case you are surprised and need to buff in a hurry.

Of course, DnD acid is both real-world acid and base, but who cares? :) Anyway, we all agree that persistent spell is silly as written. Yay for us! I was kinda hoping that persistent spell would take a clue and just increase the order of magnitude of the spell on any spell. So a...

I think that a discussing of ST cannot exist in a vacuum. I'd like to discuss four powers that are available at around the same level of play: 1) spell resistance (cleric buff) 2) true seeing (cleric buff and/or item) 3) ring of counterspelling (item) 4) bead of karma (item) With these spells...

I personally don't allow temporary hps to stack from multiple sources. So a vampire can only have a maximum of 10 temp hps from its energy drain. (Generally this is offset by the fact that the PCs are attacking the vampire while it keeps getting its 10 temp hps each round + fast healing.) The...

1) Something of permanent true seeing. A must. I think it's 75000gp in Unapproachable East or MoF. There is also one in DoF. 2) If we are talking 3.5, then grappling isn't an option. (Freedom of movement is everywhere.) 3) You need to kill the mage in one round or incapacitate him. My personal...

The thing I don't like about stunning fist is that it requires an attack roll and a saving throw. That just plain sucks. Besides the fact that you have to max wisdom for it to be good. (Which means you do less damage with a lower strength.) Touch spells get a touch attack then a saving throw...

I think long before all of that happens, people will rebel and start throwing IP tea in Internet Bay. (Which is the idea you had in a previous thread.) :) . . . Moreso, I am afraid of the prediction that one day all of the "good" ideas will already be thought of and retained by the collective...

Example one: 1) I own an apple tree. 2) I assign a price tag of 5 million dollars to an apple. 3) You (the consumer) balk at that price. 4) You go buy a competitor's apple for 20 cents. Example two: 1) I own a copyright to the phrase, "I Eat Cheese at Midnight! (R)" 2) I assign a price tag of 5...

It scares me that eliminating the effort of moving from step 2 to step 3 may eventually make moving from step 1 to step 2 obsolete, as I am one of the creative monkeys. Which was probably the point of this quote: What happens when there are too many creative monkeys? It's a kind of...

Cool character. Bow clerics rock. (I have seen more clerics of Labelas Enoreth than any other elven diety. He's pretty stinking popular.) :) No beads of karma. Dispel magic. Worst enemy of clerics ever. Ring of counterspelling pretty good. Speech degenerated into phrases.

I must be a moron, because I think Clerics are the most non-suckiest class out there. Maybe our definitions of "suck" do not coincide. Sorry, I can't stand low fortitude and will saves. The lowered hps and bab generally suck too. All that for a few extra skill points (bleh) and sneak attack...

My cleric doesn't have room for improved initiative. h empower spell 1 spellcasting prodigy 3 SF necromancy 6 GSF necromancy 9 SP 12 GSP 15 spell girding Rogue and cleric? You can do that? :) Might as well play a bard with a dagger... . . . Time domain 3.0 or 3.5?

In 3.0 OA, the tattooed monk gained DR 2/+Con mod. That means my 20 Con half-ogre has DR 2/+5. (Plus I took the feat, Thick Skinned from SS, to make it DR 4/+5.) This is far superior to DR 2/magic. Also, the reroll tattoo in OA is one reroll per tattoo. In 3.5, it's one reroll total. This is...

My only real experience with a rogue is from level 6 to 12. Here's what I found. 1) Rogues suck. 2) If you ignore #1 above, then I suggest you take Iron Will and Great Fortitude, buy a +5 resistance item, maybe finnagle Strong Soul (PGtF) out of your DM, and have a buddy pocket cleric casting...

I generally don't take Improved Initiative. Probably because I never play rogues... The one time I did play a rogue, I had Improved Initiative. True, I often went first in battle...then preceded to do nothing. (I had no spells to cast and I didn't want to be within 30 ft. of an EL 13 encounter...

I'm currently playing a half-ogre (LA+2) monk L5/tattooed monk L2 (OA version) in a 3.0 game. IMX: 1) Flurry looks a lot better in 3.5. 2) Tattooed monk looks a lot worse. 3) Screw most monk builds. High dex/wis monks are useless. Go strength/constitution all the way. Weapon finesse is a trap...

Which is funny because Cosmopolitan is a regional feat.

3.5 Death Ward, counters it. I don't think it's "unbalanced", especially at epic. (A bunch of quickened Enervations do about the same thing.) True, anything that isn't prepared is going to get mowed down. But then again, anything will get mowed down by some sort of epic "paper, rock, or...