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Re: Re: Playtesting I'll give a few examples Tuesday - no time to look through notes today, and the session is tomorrow [B] Nope, no use of harm, and the spellcasters providely basically indirect aid. Turning the ground to mud in an attempt to collaopse the tunnel it was making to escape...

It depends. If it's an isolated incident, a random encounter that just happens to be one in which the pcs are immune to harm, then I'd agree. But if it's an encounter where the PCs knew what they were getting into, and set up the situation so that the creature couldn't fight back, they should...

Re: Re: Pseudo-deity Package It was the template for divinity I was interested in, thanks. It is the same as the abilities gained by a Rank 0 deity in Deities & Demigods?

Stumped Hey U_K, when you post the CR modifier of a pseudo deity :) , could you be so kind as to also post the cost of the lernean feature of hydras. I'm stumped (pun intended) with regards working out the CR of a 10 headed, lernean cryohydra. Darren

I wonder... Since you can make one melee touch a round, does this require a standard action or can you do it as part of a full attack action? For example, put the rusting grasp on your offhand, attack with that (at offhand penalty), and attack with your primary weapon with one less attack. Or go...

Oops - so it does :o I don't kn ow how I missed that. Thanks :)

Interesting - can you post a source for this? Neither the rusting grasp spell or golem entry suggest anything like that. Darren

The Rusting Grasp spell destroys an item of up to 3' in radius, but when used against armour, only destroys 1d6 AC points. This sems odd (I've completely destroyed that 6' tall statue, but only slightly corroded his full plate), but isn't my question. Does the rusting grasp spell completely...

Keep it up. I'm nabbing these descriptions for use in my non-D&D fantasy game, where magic is rare and genuinely frightening. Darren

Playtesting I'm going to be playtesting the CR system over the next monthy or two, so if there are any current alterations to CR calculations not listed in version 3 of the file, could you post them? Is there going to be a version 4? One of the main reasons I'm testing it is that I use a LOT...

Pseudo-deity Package Hey, U_K, what's the CR mod for the rank 0/1 deity abilities?

Hmm, so I did :rolleyes: [B] It does look that way. It seems like retaining the fractional values is a bad idea - it only causes confusion. Darren

I never like them, but haven't found anything better that works with other D&D-isms like AC. One possible problem with this bidding system is there's a huge potential for miscalculation, especially at high level. " I devote 10 points to Dodge." "Aha, I hit for a critical, inflicting 75 points."...

Re: Optional Spell Resistance I think that effect of spell penetration-like bonuses should apply after converting to EL. So the above wizard would use his base CR 20, then get a bonus afterwards. (This also means you only need to work out CR -> EL once, and you don't have two separate values...

I'm not following how you get those figures. Am I doing something wrong? Here's how I work it. 1st level party, EL1. 4 hobgoblins, EL1+4, then half the result: 150xp each. (Unless you took CR.5 to equal CR0, and then added 4: that works). 2nd level party: EL5 Hobgobins, CR1 = EL1, then add +4...

Re: Re: Re: Re: weel, something else's been bugging me You're welcome :) Although, since Anubis just said that the published version will take this into account, it may not be an issue. But the cost in the CR document uses the official SR's - so it's hard to judge the merits of whatever the...

Re: Re: weel, something else's been bugging me And since it's EL24, that means it's a moderate encounter for a group of 56th level characters, against whom, that SR is useless. Darren

That's why I said "when I'm attacked by" instead of "when I'm affected by". [B] I like this interpretation. It also means that you don't wait till you see if it hits or misses, or fails to deal with spell resistance. So there's a slight downside - it might be triggered even if the spell...

Re: Re: back to the CR system I was assuming the CRs were correctly balanced and taking such things into account. I think the problem would be much the same if I'd used, say, Giants (and even Dragons). Darren

Let's so you have the Contingency: "Teleport to [specific place] when attacked by Dimensional Anchor": Is this legal? Would it work? Darren