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Wouldn't the ray attack only need to deal damage to a cylinder of the appropriate mass then? Let's take a Medium-sized ray attack against the earth for example. Assuming that a ray attack from a Medium-sized creature is a 5-foot-diameter cylinder, and that the earth has a mean radius of 7918...

Wouldn't a narrow beam with sufficient energy be capable of "dismantling" the object, ala the Death Star? It takes 2.4e32 Joules to dismantle the earth... we know that a x64 Energy = x2 Damage... hmmm...

Hmmm, I've got four hypothetical situations regarding dealing direct damage to objects: Scenario 1A.) A Medium-sized 500 HD elder one (don't ask) with a 500d20 Perfect Cosmic Beam is flying 3 miles above the peak of Mount Everest, within the range of his beam. The great mountain has about 5120...

When determining the total bonus of an artifact weapon, do special materials count as going towards the bonus or do they count as a flat price increase? For example, let's take an ECL 360 character, so his weapon could have a +64 enhancement bonus and +64 worth of abilities, but he wants the...

In the print version of the Bestiary, what's the revised CR of the Astral Hydra? And does its Ghostly Glow still deal only 1d2 Wisdom drain, as compared to the Akishra's Ghostly Glow's 1d4 Wisdom drain?

After seeing the last episode of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, which ended in a fight between two mechas that were literally the size of a galaxy, I tried calculating the stats of a Zetta-Medium (roughly the size of the Andromeda galaxy) iron golem. Assuming that a Large creature made of iron had...

True, true, but we're talking about items in different slots that add a stackable bonus. Wearing four items, each in a different slot, that each grant 180 feat would grant you 720 feats, correct? So wouldn't AMC x720 be countable as those feats? That's min-maxing logic, I suppose.

Let's see, that gives us the following Bardic Knowledge DCs: DC 25 == Common epic/mortal knowledge. DC 40 == Common divine/immortal knowledge. DC 50 == Uncommon epic/mortal knowledge. DC 62 == Obscure epic/mortal knowledge. DC 70 == Common cosmic/sidereal knowledge. DC 75 == Extremely obscure...

How exactly does that happen? Let's say Planet A sends a magical spaceship that lands on Planet B, and the explorers meet the natives of the new planet. How does Hell A "meet up" with Hell B in that case?

Alright, all I know about artifacts is that you can have only four of them, that each one can have a total bonus of (Your ECL ÷ 2) for items that use the price formula (Bonus^2 * 10,000 gp) or a total bonus of (Your ECL ÷ 2.8) for items and weapons that use the price formula (Bonus^2 * 20,000...

So a creature with a 9th-level spell-like ability would be considered as having "18 levels of spellcasting ability"? I think it should be "highest spell level available x2, -1" since it takes a 13th-level caster to cast a 7th-level spell, a 15th-level caster to cast an 8th-level spell, a...

The ECLs seem to check out, going by the "ECL = 1.5x CR" rule: Alabaster = 117 (fighter levels) + 8 (vampire) + 120 (amidah) = ECL 245 = CR 163 Nimrod = 60 (wizard levels) + 60 (akalich) = ECL 120 = CR 80 Argento = 16.5 (ECL of cloud giant, 11 * 1.5) + 13 (ranger levels) + 22 = ECL 51.5 = CR 34...

I was able to update my PDF version of the Bestiary with the print version's CRs and ECLs, using the values from the website. (Rearranging the rows in the CR/ECL chart was tough since it was a PDF.) However, I'm still missing the CR and LA adjustments for the Akalich, Amidah, Atata, and Flaga...

I'm in the process of statting up a Macrobe human right now. I've already done some calculations for its vital statistics: "A macrobe human is a human with all of its dimensions increased by a factor of 1024 and its weight increased by a factor of 1,073,741,824. Males are usually 5888' tall and...

Look who's talking. Leave the wacky stuff to the pros, then? ECL +1 for each school of magic the creature is completely immune to? That would make immunity to all schools but Divination and Universal ECL +7. Immunity to all spells and spell-like abilities that allow spell resistance is ECL +5...

It's kinda difficult to read something I don't have... but I guess I'll wait. How much gravitic damage would being teleported into a black hole cause? 50d6 percent? Nah, just kidding. Kiloton simply uses the saving throw DC formula for epic spells, [20 + relevant spellcasting ability...

How so? The L1's got an additional +5 bonus to attack and hit over the L2 (minus the latter's BAB), and assuming they both had 2nd-level PC equipment I'd think the L1 would pulverize the L2. I've also got three more CR/ECL-related questions for you: 1.) What's the current formula for PC and...

My original logic was that if a dire creature's advanced HD gives it extra skill points and feats, then it should also gain more ability score increases (and no, ability score bonuses from size increases don't count as "ability score increases").

In v5, CR is basically ECL. I mean, think about it, 1 class level gives you 1-1.15 CR in v5, and you get the final "CR" by multiplying the result by 2/3.

Hmmm, is +1 to an ability score still +0.1 ECL in v6? I posted in another board that +10 to an ability score would be worth roughly +1 LA, and EVERYBODY sincerely doubted that a level 2 fighter with 18 Strength could beat a level 2 fighter with 28 Strength, even without Virtual Size Category...