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Like I said, we take/took the skills to mean different things. I took your training to cover the technical aspects of divination (since you're horrible at them, remember) and took the lack of Knowledge (religion) to mean Ananke kept the metaphysics to herself.

It's a free action supernatural ability. So it's basically undetectable even if you do make a save, and Spellcraft doesn't identify its source. If I were doing this (I'm not, but if I were), I'd pick an opportune moment to make the attempt. Besides, I expect we'll all be feeling "an unknown...

That's okay then, just wanted to make sure you weren't treating my character's overriding RP theme lightly.

:p I've always followed the division done in D20 Modern and its variants where Knowledge (theology and philosophy) replaces Knowledge (religion) and Knowledge (arcana) stays as its own thing. If I had enough skill points I'd actually take ranks in Knowledge (religion) for character purposes...

Looks much better, except that you imply that Nissa patronizes Lupaz about the predominating theme of his life and character. That makes both of us cranky, although Lupaz probably couldn't tell unless he gets paranoid and starts cursing you before our conversations. Heh, that's not a bad idea...

I think I underestimated the (entirely understandable) knee-jerk reaction D&D players develop to that annoying guy who tries to be all cool and lonersome. In retrospect I should've made it clear that I'm aware of the problem and would like a little help making it thematic without having to...

Thanks, but "blow me out of the water"? I don't see a huge number of ranks in Knowledge (religion) on your character sheet. I realize that your Int is 7 points over mine, but 14 is plenty enough to hold my own on a topic I'm just a titch obsessed with without you needing to hold yourself back...

Yeah, I get that I was asking for it to some degree, thanks. But then nobody really respected that so I had to play it up more in my reactions trying to stay true to the character. What I would've liked is a little more help trying to strike an interesting balance between being a loner and...

Oh, it wasn't my intention. It's just that most people have posted initial reactions that Lupaz would find annoying at best, and several people don't strike him (or me, for that matter) as being very... adventurersome. Add to that the water elemental crime lord-slaying adventure apparently...

Hrm, guess I'm the only one who hasn't done one of these. Anyway, here you go - Ianissa: Although he respects her for her position amongst the leaders of the Kingdom of Knowledge, Lupaz finds "Nissa" to be more than a little exasperating. She insists on trying to make nice with him, as...

Uhm, I don't understand what you mean. Are you refering to Bront's post, or your ruling, or the text of the feats in question, or something else entirely? :uhoh: Because even if people are limited to one curse a day, that could mean either one curse used against them, or one that actually...

Does that include not being able to switch to a different curse if they save against the first one and aren't affected?

Heh, the feats are worded "you gain a new curse," so I dunno. I don't really see myself double-cursing people often (that's serious overkill right there), but it's something I needed to check on.

Isida, I've been meaning to check with you about my curses and the stacking thereof. I have three different curse effects that draw from the same uses/day pool, but provide penalties (unnamed penalties, for that matter) to different things. I'm also barred from cursing someone again for 24...

True, but that's basically the meatiest full-on fighter you can find at this level (okay, maybe one of the giant vermins, those guys tend to have absurd attack bonuses because it's all they've got), and when you consider that optimal tactics have you luring its attacks while doing full-defense...

I kinda gathered that you disagreed when you first mentioned the topic. :) I just wanted to clarify that I did not mean pulling punches when I mentioned needing a receptive, that's all. Just the equivalent of things like not using undead all the time against a rogue-using party or hordes of...

Nissa is our meat shield, and a darn fine one. 33 AC and constant displacement at 8th level is much better than having lots of hit points - it means she'll hardly take damage at all, regardless of what we're fighting (literally nothing at this level can easily hit through that defense, and most...

I wasn't talking about pulling punches, merely running the game in such a way that information-gathering and good tactics mean something substantial - they frequently don't although I think they should. And certain monsters have ad-hoc CR changes regardless of the make-up of the party. Certain...

A duskling. It's kinda like a feral halfling-type with an affinity for being Totemists. From Magic of Incarnum.

Heh, I don't mean to look like I'm trying to keep you out, it's just that my group has a long-standing tradition of having no healer better than a bard (if that) and doing just fine, so I don't see the worry. Granted, it takes a receptive DM (one who will let you rely on other strengths to...