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Other than the improved dodge, what makes this character less effective at fighting groups as opposed to single individuals

Infinite VSCs would mean infinite damage, infinite constitution, infinite AC (from nat armor) but AC reduced to 10 unless you have infinite dexterity. Seems a bit much to me, but perhaps the dex reduced to 10 thing might be enough of a disincentive. Maybe.

I always thought LeShay minus the lightsabers equaled Tolkien elves. I wouldn't mind the suggestion that all elves encountered have a minimum of 20 character levels though. I simply don't think that Tolkien elves as a race are the sort of thing that would be playable in a low level campaign...

Heck, even in Jack Vance's Dying Earth they at least had the concept of "Lesser" and "Greater" spells. Yes D&D wizards know what spell levels are. Hitpoints, not so much. Maybe, JUST MAYBE, some weird mad philosopher-cleric might have studied hit points, but it's a vague philosophical concept...

Where hydras get REALLY nasty, are in tight enclosed spaces with not a lot of room to run. Cave hydras are vicious little buggers.

Ah, gotcha. It's less the spell that's horrible, and more the metamagic applied to it. I wonder how they managed to get the metamagic level adjustment down to 0, or alternatively, how they got higher level spells slots at level 20.

The "Timelord Abilities" are actually called Omnific Abilities. They're like Salient Divine Abilities, except a bit more powerful. How much more powerful? Well, A Salient Divine Ability is worth six feats. A Salient Cosmic Ability is worth six SDAs. A Salient Transcendant Ability is worth...

The Mortiverse eats Pun Pun for breakfast. The poor little kobold just doesn't stand any kind of real chance. Oh, and did you read Kiloton, above? Apocalypse from the Sky just doesn't come close. 6 Str/Dex/Con damage no save within 1000 feet of the epicenter? 40d6 fire, 60d6 bludgeoning...

You're likely talking about Upper_Krust's "Challenging Challenge Ratings" document, of which version 5 is the most up to date publically available one (version 3 was available, I think, as the appendix in Grim Tales). Version 6 also exists, but isn't publicly available at all. You can download...

Golem HD are worth .35 each. 250 * .35 = 87.5, which is the "HD modifier". Now, in the ideal world, the HD modifier would equal all the other stuff, so we're allowing for 87.5 + 87.5 = 175 ECL without modification. Everything else needs to get halved, so take 28,989 (total unmodified ECL...

Nifty! I just made a quick dos prompt program in C++ to calculate ECL and CR by this method. Rename the attached file to an exe, open up a prompt ("Run" from the start menu, then: cmd), and type "golden ECL_FROM_HD UNMODIFIED_ECL" For example, golden 87.5 28989 produces: 1untouched HD 175...

It's the fact that he's a single class 358th level character that is really to his detriment, poor unoptimized guy. With a bit of help from some moderate min/maxers, I'm sure he could do a LOT better by that level. Now, maybe not to the point that he could take on Pun pun, the neutronium...

Hrm. Waldorf would probably be able to get off single kiloton explosions. Depending on his int stat, he might be able to get the XP burn down a bit, and of course cast it faster. He'll only be able to let off 36 a day however. Pity.

Just for fun, I thought I'd calculate Pun Pun's CR according to Ascension. OMNIFIC ABILITIES Arbitrary [Ability Score] x6 Indissoluble Omniparity TRANSCENDANT ABILITIES Transilient [Saving Throw] x3 Transversal Superluminal COSMIC ABILITIES Cosmic Consciousness DIVINE ABILITIES Alter Reality...

In 3.0, IIRC, songs lasted a certain amount of time after you stopped singing them, so you could overlap them that way. Song and Silence has "Lingering Song" which doubles the length of time the song lasts after you stop performing.

Some comments on the recent updates: Portfolio Comments: * Do you plan to fill out all the new domains you list? I can understand the possibility of balancing some of the portfolios by not having a domain spell at every level... the Charity domain in particular! * Some of the methods to get an...

Awesome Blow can be taken at large, but only ever knocks someone back 10 feet. I'd say the creature has an (Ex) ability that approximates Awesome Blow but allows for greater distances.

The interesting thing about Free For Alls is that the winner invariably has more to do with an ability to form quick ad-hoc alliances against the others instead of their actual fighting ability. So I'd say which ever one of them put the most ranks into Diplomacy, Intimidate, and Bluff...

The Gentry all the way. Although, to be honest, Sluggy Freelance has put a soft spot in my heart for Keebler elves.

I really like the changes! I may have to yoink these myself! One thing though, in order to enable Blasphemy (and Holy Word) to not completely break epic play, I make one additional change (this honestly has very little effect on sub-epic play) HD Effect Equal to caster level Dazed...