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This is exactly my point. Players who are willing to sacrifice for their 18 are sacrificing all the gravy, while retaining their power. Then, as a DM, I'm supposed to punish them for having low charisma and mechanically they have gimped themselves with their other low scores. My point with...

No, but there is "You couldn't sneak past Deaf Carl. Come back when you can do that, and for Mask's sake work on making a better disguise next time, you're obviously the only Calamshite in town!" As I said, I don't entirely agree with raising the pre-reqs as it tends to invalidate old NPC stat...

I like the slightly increased ranks (although I think Disguise should still be lower than Hide/Move Silently). I don't like Track, but I do like Improved Initiative. Stealthy I'm neutral on, generally the skill bonus feats are better for classes that don't get a lot of skills, but do get a lot...

Toughness. Sturdy rules! Technik

22. I prefer playing 28+ though, if we're all doing it, I wouldn't really mind. Technik

Comparing similar arrays composed of different point buy values: -36 pts- 16 +3 15 +2 14 +2 13 +1 12 +1 11 0 +9 total Wizard 16 Int, 15 Dex/Con, 14 Dex/Con, 13 Wis/Cha, 12 Wis/Cha, 11 Str Fighter 16 Str, 15 Dex/Con, 14 Dex/Con, 13 Wis/Int, 12 Wis/Int, 11 Cha Rogue 16 Dex, 15 Str/Con, 14...

Sounds almost just like a Mage-Blade from AU (or AE). They don't get a really great spell selection, but you wear medium armor with no spellcasting failure while retaining your movement bonus. Charisma is their primary spellcasting attribute, so that goes well with your concept and they get Med...

I thought the warforged were different (first living construct...ever?). Maybe there was just too much hype prior to Eberron coming out? Technik

Low-light always implied (to me), given a light source, you can see farther than most people. That doesn't sound like light sensitivity (light hurts your eyes because you are used to the dark). Unless your campaign punishes kobold half-dragons through roleplaying, Net abilities are +4 Str, +2...

Half-Dragon Template Type: Dragon HD: Irrelevant Speed: Irrelevant Armor Class: +4 Natural Armor Attacks: Gains ability to make claw/bite attacks (1d3 x2. 1d4 bite) Breath Weapon: 6d8 1/day Special Qualities: Darkvision, Low-light Vision, Immunity to Sleep/Paralysis, 1 Elemental Immunity...

I agree to an extent. I was told in a class that statistics show that most people make judgements about someone they meet in the first 3 seconds. 3 seconds! This is where the blustering is most pronounced, you decide immediately how you feel about someone (without knowing their stat sheet) in...

Sorry, I was posting this from the end of a previous discussion. Wisdom would be the ability that reflects a bonus to Reflex saves in some of the examples. Charisma would be the ability that reflects a bonus to Will saves in some of the examples. Wisdom or Charisma would be the ability that...

I agree that 32 PB makes for some good heroes. However, an array using 32 PB is not as powerful as 32 PB because it is not flexible. For now, I have stat'd out eight 2nd level characters using the 'Heroic Array'. All of this is in a notebook, when I transfer it to my computer, I may fiddle with...

I don't know how to make a poll (or I would). Choose 1: A. Drastic: Switch Reflex to Wisdom. Switch Will and Initiative to Charisma. Allow Rogues to use Dex or Cha for Initiative (2nd level ability). B. Intuitive: Switch Initiative to Wisdom. Switch Will to Charisma. Allow Rogues to use Dex...

ARandomGod: Actually, if you move both Reflex Saves and Initiative to Wis (allowing for one class, like Rogue to use Dex for Wis), then that makes a lot of sense. Rogues will still have high Reflex saves inherently, but their main stat (usually Dex) won't contribute, sorta like Wizards Int...

Exactly. I could penalize people for having low Str or Dex in roleplaying situations too, but honestly that isn't fun to me. If it provides flavor, that's fun, but just creating roadblocks based on ability scores? No thanks. Technik

Just because a feat was written doesn't mean it has to be used. I don't like those feats and think they unbalance the rogue more than most things (even though undead are the whipping boys of clerics and paladins). Besidse, it doesnt make intuitive sense - there's a reason you can't crit them, no...

Standard point buy assumes 25 point buy. Comparing to a 32 point-buy you have 7 more points. So a standard point-buy generic NPC Wizard Str 9 Dex 14 Con 14 Int 15 Wis 10 Cha 10 I think we can agree if it isn't the best way to spread 25-points, its a spread that the MM would be used to...

Arn: Did you play this character to higher levels? Starting with a 14 in Intelligence, as a wizard, you would have an 18 Intelligence by level 16, assuming you put every ability increase in Intelligence. If you got to level 17 you would not be able to cast 9th level spells unless you had read a...

...but Medium BAB. Monks need Str to hit, or a Dex-based monk with Weapon Finesse can hit but probably neglected Str, so that 'good unarmed damage' becomes average damage (compared to Weapon Spec'd Fighters, SA Rogues, Spells). Monks are hard to play with 1 high stat and the rest low, although I...