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I still find it interesting that your characters know the exact to hits so as to perfectly judge their defensive stance. Power attack has some 'perfect numbers' to run as well for maximum bonus to damage, but it isnt the easiest thing in the world to guess even then. If the fighter recognizes...

Yeah, there are several different builds of course, I am just trying to see if there is one that is overpowering because of the bonus to expertise. Along with trying to find something that can actually do what was stated earlier. Likely swashbuckler 3/fighter 2 would be even better ;) Massive...

Swashbuckler definately works, although he is only proficient in light armor so needs a pretty high dex to get to the high AC's.. although the weapon finese ability would help in the to hit area.. which also further cuts into damage potential. Oh, and no shield prof. Duelist not so much though...

It was an exageration of course. Although it is possible vs people with decent ACs. 5th level fighter with combat expertise, full plate, tower shield, and fighting defensively. AC 35 = 10 (base) +8 (full plate) +1 (dex of 12) +4 (tower shield) +2 (fighting defensively) +10 (combat expertise...

There is a class with good BAB and tumble as a class skill? Where are they located? Overall though, I would have to say that dropping your offensive potential to near 0 while making your defensive potential very good vs physical attacks is a bad way to go in d&d most of the time. After all...

I am still confused by this 'bad' part that people are making out.. They seem to be something that grants basically 2 feats (although limited in selection) and some other potential benefits (although they dont have to be used).. If they die you lose exp, but they are not exactly easy to kill and...

have you checked out Races of Stone? They have some good things in there from what I recall. Finding a way to gain the earth subtype would also be pretty cool ;) Elemental savant can do so I believe, or something much like it.

Yeah, and the familiar can gain the benefit of total cover, and it can share spells with its master (I pop up false life and share it with my familiar who is safely tucked away in his home). Generally, a familiar just isnt a good target. If you are fighting for your life why would you try to do...

yep, glad you saw the connection. Psion advantage that they can lose a large chunk of pp for a horribly inefficient heal? At level 5 the psion burns his 5 pp (likely around 1/7 of his daily total) to regain hp gained by his first hd. But sure, it could be seen as a psion advantage, although...

Ahh.. making a strawman. Lets try to stick with what was said instead shall we. The psions direct healing is horribly inefficient. Your charts show this even when using metapsionics (which uses focus so is hard to use during combat sometimes, which is the main point when you would need the...

Being unconscious does not negate being able to make saving throws. Although I do believe you are automatically considered 'willing' for spells that only work on willing targets.

wow.. what is the area on that spell? Hopefully it is incredibly small to make up for the magnitude of its effects!

Technically they need it, as it is listed as a prereq, but I and many other dm's houserule the prereq to 'having a pp pool' instead of needing the feat. I dont think that the prc is powerful enough to need a, basically, wasted feat slot. It just seems like they were coming from the 'a monk is...

For this I will be assuming that 3 means a feat equivalent to the human bonus feat. As in, it can be used for anything that you meet prereqs for. The psion choices for weapons arent too bad, but being able to use any simple weapon has advantages in certain situations. Although these are...

Yes, and hopefully at some point the term will be defined so that it can actually be used in the context that it is trying to be used in.

Of course it was my opinion. But then, most of the rest of the thread is someones opinion with a few facts tossed in occasionally. But much of what karinsdad says is either not the whole story (such as when both can do exactly the same thing but one is ignored while the other is magnified in...

You never commented when I showed in the other thread that the arcane healing is more efficient than the psionic direct healing. Polymorph heals for less cost and earlier. Beads of karma are huge ;) I am guessing that it is a bad joke here. Of course, if one is evil enough to want to...

Untrue, as I have shown. Especially if something that is basically the same is considered important enough to make it but the corallary in the other system is not considered important enough. It shows heavy bias and makes the whole comparison moot. I have shown by the raw where you are being...

There have been a couple of different threads which have touched on this matter to one degree or another.. I figured that I would make a thread that was devoted to talking about them. Hopefully without any flames and whatnot that went along with some of the others. Now, each of the feats...

That isnt the point. It doesnt have to change the overall effect significantly. It simply must be noted because it is important. No, they arent all so important that they will shake the world, but they are important distinctions none-the-less. If we had one class with a couple of major...