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I'll agree that goblins and hobgoblins are roughly equal, but orcs are the terrors of the 1 HD species. Their strength and use of Great Axes can wreak havoc among a level 1 group. And I would say kobolds definitely are weaker than the two types of gobbos. Darren

At last! Yes, for those low level beasties, measuring to within an 'accuracy' of 1 CR point is just not accurate enough. Looks good to me.

Note that I'm not commenting on who is right and wrong in this thread, just wanted to observe: In fact, my experience is that this is WRONG (sorry, couldn't resist the caps lock key). Battles take longer in terms of the time to play it through, because people have a lot more options, but the...

My guess is, it's actually the first one. It's lkely that several apparent openings crop up in a round, and you try to take advantage of them while making those virtual attacks we don't roll for. The AoO situation is one of the few such where there is a genuine chance of turning the opening into...

If you use Polymorph Any Object, the subject gains the intelligence of the new form. Does this mean that a vampire polymorphed into a toad even knows how to use its alternate form? And a human wizard with various silent, stilled spells memorized gets changed into a rock - does he have any...

Aaaah. <basks in warm glow of satisfaction> :p Darren

I was skeptical of the "immunity can be overcome" argument, too, but this makes a lot of sense. The god of fire might well be able to decide that fire creatures no longer get their protection. But if this is so, they ought to be able to suppress resistances, too, and I believe this debate...

Takes a bow :cool: Darren

:p Darren :D

Problem: this affects all levels, not just the low levels. [B] If you're saying PC mortality will go up if you arbitrarily restrict XP to inaccurate ratings at low levels, how can this be? The current system apparentl already include this inaccuracy, so mortality shouldn't go up from what it...

On the attacking helpless targets thing: If this were possible, being helpless would be a single opportunity and allow just one attack. But a character with DEX 18, say, could find a way to use his 5 AoO every single turn: "I attack these 3 5' stretches of wall as I pass them, and that table...

Hm, I do seem to have joined this debate a little late :) I could have sworn there was only a half-dozen posts when I started writing my first post. I fully expect another 3 pages to appear in the thread after clicking Submit. Darren

[/B] "This feat does not let you make more than one attack for a given opportunity". I'd say that the above two examples represent the same opportunity - moving through threatened areas. The advantage of Hold the Line means you get it early. [/B] I'm not familiar with Karmic Strike, but could...

As I mentioned before, I am happy with that. I'd be happier for it to be standard rather than optional ;) but as long as it gets some attention, that's great. [B] No (or in Anubis-speak, ABSOLUTELY NOT!). It's entirely consistent with the idea that danger presented is only part of the formula...

Maybe so, but this is an acceptance of the fact that it's hard to get a tool to do the job perfectly. I have no problem with "arbitrary" modifiers, if those modifiers are applied with a specific consistent goal in mind - and then you could argue they aren't arbitrary at all. [B] It doesn't...

LOL - I need to get an Anubs to Earth translator :) Darren

The problem here is a clash of philosophies. The U_K system as it stands is designed to a) measure the different power levels of critters, and b) come up with an XP cost for them based on that power. The assumption here is that XP should be solely related to difficulty of encounters. But...

That's a bit more than the "by the book" system for that encounter: I reckon the normal award would be around 300 each for a 4-person group. But it means the rest of the encounters were giving roughly the right amount of XP. [B] Well, that should depend. The rulebook says "if the challenge...

That's a bit too abstract for me. It also doesn't explain why you can't do that with forcecage. For me, it would have to be that the ice mght take a second or two for the ice to form, allowing someone to leap out (I'd let them do it immediately, and count the movement against their next turn)...