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Just go full cleric, you'll be fine. Clerics do well in melee as-is. You might take a level of fighter to represent a martial background, and get weapon & armor proficiencies and a bonus feat. You'll need exotic weapon proficiency, combat expertise, and improved trip to pull this off, which...

That's a terrible idea. If you don't like the idea of multiclassing to get into a prestige class that requires multiclassing, then don't aim for that prestige class. Why not just give wizards proficiency with all martial weapons, then they wouldn't have to multiclass with fighter to get into...

Yeah, isn't the point of the WotC SRD that it /doesn't/ include character advancement info? Wierd.

They have int, wis, and cha scores, so they aren't mindless automata. Their bodies probably don't have nerves, so they wouldn't feel pain the same as a living creature, but they are alive, so they presumably have some kind of pain/avoid damage sense and instinct combination. So yeah, they feel...

Senator Kinsey? When did he become a gould? Man. I've seen the early seasons, and I've watched chunks of the new ones on scifi (what was that, 7 and 8 that just ended?), I think I've missed some major plot points in the middle there somewhere. :)

You think? It makes instant KO less likely, but makes taking damage /more/ likely, since it's much harder to successfully save vs damage, you'll probably take at least a hit every time. I'm going to have to playtest it to figure if it actually works out about the same, timewise. I see that...

The damage save in mutants and masterminds is wonky. There's four categories of result on a single d20 roll; this gives wildly varying results on your roll, and very narrow ranges for those results. You typically have a 25% chance of taking a hit, a 25% chance of being stunned, and the rest...

I'm not sure there are many rules needed for zepplins. They're basically big mobile plot devices; they aren't real useful in combat unless they're hunting a submarine with no AA gun. In the pulp-era MnM game I played, my character bought a zepplin using the headquarters feat, and gave it an...

Yes. Yep. You get to make a couple of cast defensively checks if you're threatened, and you've blown a good chunk of your spells, but it's a good combo. If you're not using a shield, throw it with both hands for an extra 14 points of damage. :) And if you miss, you do 0 damage, instead of...

Since it would be in writing, it would be libel. But it's only libel if it's false, and no game publisher is going to start up a libel suit that would be way more expensive than just paying the author what they owed him. However, if you're that worried about it, it would be more effective to...

What bothers you about that? It's completely intentional, you know. Movement powers in MnM are relatively expensive, on a tactical scale, because that's where character vs character vs villain balance happens and matters. Flight is 2 pts/5' movement rate, similarly for running, teleporting...

Maybe she checks this forum more often. I got a go-ahead from her to work on a book, but no followups, and she's been unresponsive to email. Is there someone else I should be talking to, or some better way to get ahold of you, Dextra?

In the Dungeon adventure Incursion, about the githyanki invading the prime, the lich-queen uses gate spells to get her troops to the prime. It works something like: - Have them all line up in a column 4 men wide (the gate will have a 20' diameter. - They run through in formation. 120 feet of...

So, average damage of 3d8+4 is 17.5. 17.5-15 is 2.5. If you buy the adamantine monk weapon, your average damage is 7.5, which bypasses the DR completely. I would say no. Well, it does, but you don't have to wear it all the time, only when you know you're going to be fighting golems. And...

This is a subclass of a general problem with initiative systems; they don't handle simultaneous action well. D&D explicitly excludes it, in fact- no one can ever have the same initiative. You could handle this mostly by-the-book with a readied partial charge action (not sure that's completely...

That's what I meant by "a +2 bonus to attacks when dual-wielding"; I forgot to add the restriction about the light weapon, though.

That's what I get for answering a question without the book handy. Didn't even remember that option being in there. But hey, it's not like I wrote the book. :)

I wouldn't make it quite that easy, otherwise you'll probably find wizards taking toughness at first level, and then swapping it out for something more useful later on. If you lose any prerequisite for a prestige class, not only can you no longer gain levels in it, but I believe you lose all...

How would that work in MnM, I wonder. You could roll a d20 + damage bonus to set the DC for their save, I suppose. Say if they make it they take a hit, if they make it by 5 they take nothing, if they fail by 5 or less they are stunned and take a hit, and if they fail by more than 5 they are...

I'd like to see a couple options for skills. One with the/a full list (D&D or modern, or both), one with a moderate list (stealth, notice, athletics=(climb, jump, swim), etc), and one with a minimalist list, probably Athletics, Coordination, Knowledge, Perception, and Influence; ie, one for...