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I know the problem with Sublime Chord and class level vs caster level, but Ur-Priest uses caster level as the determinant for its caster level. So, if I have Bard, Sublime Chord, and Ur-Priest levels, each orange ioun stone theoretically increases my Ur-Priest CL by TWO. (1 Bard CL + 1 Sublime...

Just finished driving back from Pasadena, and while I'm not dissappointed (as an 'SC student), the mood at the game certainly seemed rather glum. SC went into the game, for the most part, expecting a blowout, and the inept plays by Leinart (so much for the Heisman) and most of the offensive line...

Nobody happens to have a quote of this statement, would they? That would be peachy. The trick I'm having with the "Caster Level +1" bit applying to one/all classes is that I'm building an Ur-Priest / Sublime Chord (it's a powergamed build, I know). So adding 1 to all classes effectively boosts...

I'm almost positive I've seen this brought up before, but since I can't find the thread, I suppose I'll ask: Orange Ioun Stones provide "+1 Caster Level", which is an unnamed bonus, and non specific as to whether it's +1 caster level for just one class, or for all applicable casting classes...

I was over at the WotC boards, and ran across this psionic build, and it looks very tempting. Doing the wolverine thing isn't just original, it's also pretty powerful. Check the thread to see which build order you want to use, some of them take quite a while to become effective, whereas some...

The campaign I'm currently in is being run in an episodic nature (as an IRC game that meets very sporadically), so while we expect combat every session, it rarely is the centerpiece of the session. Most of the sessions go something like this: 30 minutes to an hour of scenerio introduction 1 to 2...

I think the sub-factioning of the gnome faction should play a major part in this, and resolves a lot of the mechanical problems being cited. Sure, your players may have diplomacy mods of 30+, and be able to sense motive there way out of pretty much any lie. However, that doesn't mean that the...

Another massive overkill story, that also involves a frenzied berserker. My character, a ratkin frenzied berserker, had a split personality. Normally, he was the ultimate pacifist, running from combat, hesitating to say mean things, and trying to keep his comrades from hurting anyone. Upon...

Just took another look at the warmage, and a very scary thought came to me: Warmage Edge, the ability that adds int to damage for spells, isn't specific to spells on the warmage's spell list. A Warmage 1/Wizard X would make for a very powerful build, as being a level behind on spell progression...

Well, if the second Time Stop is used in the first round of the previous Time Stop, then a logical (though not necessarily rules based) explaination would be that the second stop halts the relative time present from the first stop. So when the second Time Stop ends, the remaining time from the...

Yeah. It's from Dragon 310, as an alternate bonus feat for the Kensai. The prereq is a feat called Rain of Blows. Rain is an extra attack in a FAA w/ favoured weapon for -3 to all attacks, Storm is 2 extra attacks in a FAA w/ favoured weapon for -6 to all attacks.

One issue of Dragon magazine should be the basis of pretty much any overpowered fighter build: Dragon #310, the variant fighter classes issue. Find the "kensai" alternate fighter class, which sacrifices a few bonus feats to gain +1 to attack and damage every 5 levels, and can get two feats as...

Around the time Eberron came out, there were a several threads discussing the reasoning behind the lack of high level NPCs in the world, and the general reason was something like this: The PCs are the heros. Villians are often given stats at various levels, with the recommendation that they be...

Not quite. To quote the Complete Warrior: The text pretty much rules out the non lethal damage argument in the first sentence, I must say. There's been some debate about it, but the arguments tend to fall towards the common interpretation that the FB fights until the end of the frenzy.

I played a frenzied berserker for a few months, and if properly designed, it's disgustingly overpowered. I'll admit, I had the advantage of using Dragon 310 alternate fighter classes (Note to DM's: Never allow this. Kensai is the most broken class for creating a character. Ever). Even so, I was...

Sounds like a good idea, and also seems like it's being followed. With the exception of some humorously sarcastic replies, the general response to this post has been very, very accepting. Even if the question may not have intented to spark this kind of discussion about DM fiat and Rule 0, the...

It depends on the type of game I'm playing, or rather, the location. For most of the games I used to play, I had to drive to get there (and was underage, to boot), so alcohol was out of the question. Not only was it unaffordable, but hard to obtain, impossible to drink in front of other people's...

Demiurge needs to get on here and do a proper storyhour and description (or maybe I will, once I get all my logs organized), but the IRC campaign I've been playing has noir written all over it. Basic campaign synopsis: Dragnet meets Sharn meets Sam and Max meets Casablanca. The party is a group...

ScreenMonkey looks to be pretty much exactly what I was looking for (although the 35$ pricetag is a bit steep), and Vassal looks like it can also be easily converted. Since our first session is later tonight, I doubt I'll have time to get everything ready with one of the programs (gonna just...

It really hasn't been said enough: Tetsubo, you rock.