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What other weapons in the PHB do you consider absurd? Because surely the Dire Flail and the Spiked Chain cannot be the only flawed-design weapons if this is the standard you hold all fantasy weapons to. Are any monsters flawed in design because they'd be improbable? How about magical spells...

Hypothetical: The PHB, instead of the current picture, presents this as the spiked chain. Your reaction? With all these addendums and caveats, do you still think it is mechanically worth an extoic weapon feat? Few enough players I know take the chain as a weapon as-is; lowering the damage...

Nice of you to only mention stripping them of magical gear. You'd better hope they have Eschew Materials and no need for a focus if they get their equipment taken away. Meanwhile the Fighter can dish out death and destruction with a pointy stick. In the end, it's campaign dependent. If the...

Oh no; shilsen is an irreverent Cylon! The most dangerous kind!

Cylon?

This is the first time I've ever seen anyone suggest that the Spiked Chain would become more balanced if an ability were added to it. A Spiked Manrikigusari looks like it can hit someone 10' away, and you can hold it in the middle of the chain to hit folks 5' away. It can wrap around weapons...

What all do you do to monsters when you change them? Or have you done, I should say...

The direct damage they deal is generally spread out over an area. They may (or may not) deal more damage in total, but it's less concentrated than a fighter's damage.

If the artist who drew that PHB spiked chain had instead portrayed a Spiked Manrikigusari, exactly what complaints would you have about the mechanics? Would you label it absurd because it does only Piercing damage instead of Piercing/Bludgeoning?

Trotting out that picture is Tetsubo's reflex when people present arguments that the Spiked Chain is fine mechanically. Tetsubo, are there any other picture from the PHB of things that are absurd? Or is the Spiked Chain the only one?

I can't imagine you like words being put in your mouth, but I'd like that question answered... So would you say that the line between changing CR and not lies between substitution and addition? Not actually; I'm not pursuing an agenda here, man. I asked a question and felt chastized for doing...

His tone isn't exactly helpful. Also, where in Falls Church are you? That'll be the first time I've seen FC, VA on these boards besides my own.

I teach English and coach rowing. Mike has a PhD in Physics; he's a scientist; he works with rockets; the boom-your-city's-rubble kind; he's a rocket scientist. We have been gaming for 7 years now and I know his attack bonuses, situational modifiers, feats, weapons, and damage dice better than...

What's irrational about it? I get that by adding even just a bonus feat, you are increasing the sum total of abilities by one feat, whereas by swapping feats, the number of feats remains the same. And some feats are more powerful than others, right? So how is swapping Toughness for Spring...

His games have progressed from "Games I Didn't Know About, And So Wouldn't Have Bought" to "Games Made By Someone I'd Rather Not Give Money To". So, does this article make it a "Win" for him?

Et tu, Brute? On the March 15th weekend I am missing: Shamrock Fest Capital Rowing Club Open House and Bar-B-Q DC Gameday Palm Sunday DC St. Patrick's Day Parade My brother's birthday dinner All because I'm headed to South Carolina with my crew team to train for a week full of 4:30am runs and...

Over in the Spiked Chain thread, a side discussion blossomed concerning the adjustment of monster CRs in the event that the monster was changed, modified, or optimized by the DM. Obviously changing one of the Monster's skill ranks from Knowledge (12th Century German Poetry) to Perform...

Benefits: the Enlarged person has a higher Strength, a bonus to tripping, a bonus to disarming, a bonus to grappling, bigger damage dice, and his increase in reach means that opponents will be further away from him when he trips them. Costs: if the assailant is Medium-sized or smaller, the...

I would very much recommend shifting that 16+1 to Con if you're going to spend a lot of time in melee. Many cleric spells can buff your Strength, and after a few rounds of spells you'll be a terror to behold, but 6d8+8 hp (avg 35) isn't going to impress the enemy wizard casting Fireballs. Keep...

Relative to polearms Costs: 1 feat or -4 non-proficiency penalty; sub-standard damage; sub-standard crit range and multiplier; Piercing damage. Benefit: No need to take a 5-foot step; harder to Sunder. I can see where not needing to move can be beneficial; yes, being able to attack at both 10'...