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  1. Fieari

    NEW Immortals Handbook - Ascension thread

    But, I hope, it DOESN'T increase your ECL, because it's factored into the fact that it comes from a Divine Ability you otherwise earned. So, if you will, it also grants an LA of -1.
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    Opinions on Gesalt Characters?

    I had a group of sub-powergamers... by which I mean, that they wanted to be powergamers, but sucked at it. I mean REALLY sucked at it, and were constantly dying. They couldn't play to the strengths they given themselves, and were constantly running afoul of their own weaknesses, and died way...
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    Immortals Handbook - Epic Bestiary (Epic Monster Discussion)

    You're probably thinking of the Divine Phoenix, which isn't exactly a dragon...
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    Immortals Handbook - Epic Bestiary (Epic Monster Discussion)

    I still insist the Ioun Golem has to have its CR raised. Being able to run away from it doesn't mean it's balanced for a party of that level. When I see a CR, I expect to be able to use the creature in a guardian-type role where the party has to be able to kill it. It's defenses are WAY too...
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    Immortals Handbook - Epic Bestiary (Epic Monster Discussion)

    Hrm. I was thinking of plopping this on a specific custom monster I had in mind, which would have a personality that specifically wouldn't do that. I want this weakness, because I want to make it so that organizing worship of the being is the main and most effective method of defeating it...
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    New/Revised Prestige Classes

    I was wondering why people were having problems with this fighter, until I realized I've shown up late, and you've revised it again. It looks good to me, and I agree with your fundamental premise that feat picking for fighters takes way too much time. This'll also help with the problem of...
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    Are there DR/untyped monsters?

    I agree, which is why my group house ruled DR, such that DR applies to all non-magical sources of damage (including damage dealing spells with SR=No). Just seems better that way. Your mileage may vary, of course. But by the RAW, Hyp's got it.
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    Which NPCs get negative HP rule?

    While the rule IS applied to everyone (exceptions listed specifically under type traits, such as for undead) in general, anything players bring to -1 is basically dead anyway, since they'll bleed to death if not given aid, and it's not like the players will be giving aid, right? The only time...
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    Immortals Handbook - Epic Bestiary (Epic Monster Discussion)

    I'm considering how to handle this weaknesses in terms of ECL. How would you rate this? Cosmic equivalent? Transcendent? Somewhere inbetween? Certainly this would be more debilitating than a mere Divine weakness! You'd have to do everything in utter secrecy, or be -certain- that someone...
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    NEW Immortals Handbook - Ascension thread

    Resonance isn't even easy. You need to tap an unguarded node, or MAKE it unguarded, then defend that node against interlopers! Then you have to deal with the negative node... Or you have to enter into a compact with a more powerful deity, and to get out of the contract you have to pay more...
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    What is wrong with Epic Material?

    Everyone who thinks the WotC epic rules are uninspiring and bland NEEDS to get The Immortal's Handbook. Just the descriptions alone are epic. Nearly every ability, nearly every feat, and certainly every monster is LOADED with potential, hooks, and sheer awesomeness. Using it, I just ran a...
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    Playtest report

    Nope. I let 'em pick both. For the same reason I use point buy for stats instead of rolling. I don't believe in randomness at character creation, only during the game itself. Yeah, sounds about right. Even with wish? I don't mean via the ressurect spell, I mean with wishes, costing XP or...
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    Playtest report

    There were two big holdups, the lesser of which was picking the domains. To be honest, they were less interested in the cool powers the domains gave them, and more interested in avoiding the weaknesses that came with 'em, and were going through searching for the least significant (in their...
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    Playtest report

    So I had a playtest of the rules today. Started on Alabaster's Tournament, just as an excuse to pit the guys against some foes and see how it turned out. Only went through three combats, two as Hero-Deities (20 HD), one as Quasi-Deities (30 HD). Three players. The first was a Bard 20(/Rogue...
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    New/Revised Prestige Classes

    Hrm. Portfolios are, in a manner of speaking, the divine PrCs already... that said, a couple of traditional PrCs could be fun anyway. Perhaps an "Ancient" PrC? Something like harnessing your own age for greater power. "Forgotten" could provide a unique progression for beings imprisoned for...
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    Dragonkin + 1/2 Dragon

    Dragon... er... "appetites" are legendary.
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    Immortals Handbook - Epic Bestiary (Epic Monster Discussion)

    Well, you could always become fantastically amazing at what you do... you could be a 100th level fighter if you really wanted. That'd be pretty darn powerful, but you'd lose out on a lot of the benefits that come from being divine. Still, it has its advantages compared to an equivalent ECL...
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    Blind Characters

    If the character is permanently and irrevocably blind, without blindsense or blindsight or anything of the sort, meaning that EVERY melee or ranged attack gets a 50% miss change IF he -knows- the square involved, and can never see targets for spells... That's worth being allowed to be a whole...
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    what kind of DM are you: rule interpretation

    On the boards, I'm literalist through and through. In the chair, I take what I've learned on the boards and make judgment calls. Before I make changes, I want to be sure of what I'm changing in the first place. So here, when there's no limit to the time we can debate things, literalist. At...
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