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  1. HeapThaumaturgist

    Practical Metamagic, worth it?

    14th level Dragonwrought (Force) Kobold Sorcerer 10/Argent Savant 4. Actually it's "Invisibile Needle" (I keep messing up the name). A reserve feat that allows you to produce little needles of force from Complete Mage. --fje
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    Character voices

    Usually I do my Dwarves some variation of scottish when I'm thinking about it. Mostly, though, I realize that I'm not a gifted method actor, and I usually GM, so I tend to take a more narrativist tone with third-personisms and the occasional booming "Announcer Voice" and a 'When we last left...
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    When can you draw a weapon as part of a regular move?

    My ninja alternate character has Quick Draw, Leap Attack, Raptor School, and Flick of the Wrist ... Sunblade 4 teh w1n. He can draw as part of a jumping freak out and cut your head off "Real Ultimate Power" maneuver. Other than that, I usually just allow the weapon draws on some form of...
  4. HeapThaumaturgist

    Practical Metamagic, worth it?

    Right now the feat loadout I'm playing with is: Empower Spell Quicken Spell Sculpt Spell Practical Metamagic (Empower) Force Needle --fje
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    LoE, LoS necessary for shape spells?

    If they have to be contiguous I'd say that as long as you have LOS/LOE to one corner of one square of any 10'x10' block you can set that block. --fje
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    Looking for an AoE (Force) spell

    I was, I suppose on the back end, also looking for something that could be used with the Sculpt Spell feat. It's a different issue from a different thread. I've not built a metamagic-sorcerer before, so, I'm trying to get clear on the rules issues. Right now I've got Hail Of Stone (5' radius...
  7. HeapThaumaturgist

    Practical Metamagic, worth it?

    Actually it does have a minimum of +1 increase to the spell level. Maybe I'm missing the boat on metamagic, I've never before played anybody that used it. All the Wizards I've played, I took item creation feats instead of metamagic. It always seemed like you could get the same umph for a...
  8. HeapThaumaturgist

    Looking for an AoE (Force) spell

    I'm putting together a Force specialist Sorcerer and I'd like to find him a Force-descriptor AoE type spell. Even if the dice are small, it would be a little more fitting to the theme to have a Force AoE instead of, say, Fireball. --fje
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    Practical Metamagic, worth it?

    Since I've got the Metamagic Specialist already, if I don't take that I'll probably take a metamagic feat of some sort. The character is a Force specialist, though, so many of his spells are single-target instead of area. I was thinking: Chain Spell - +3 lvs, chained spell hits target...
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    Practical Metamagic, worth it?

    In Races of the Dragon there is a feat called "Practical Metamagic". Essentially, you take the feat and apply it to a metamagic feat you already know: Now that metamagic feat requires one level lower spell slot to use. So Empower Spell, for instance, takes up a slot one level higher instead...
  11. HeapThaumaturgist

    Armor Effects for Non-Armored Characters

    Can you enchant regular clothing like armor so that it can accept armor special qualities? Like a +1 Shirt of Etherealness or Robe of Light Fortification? --fje
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    Riding another PC

    Sweet. Thanks, I'd forgotten they did a RotG article on the whole thing. --fje
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    What happens when they die?

    Oh, it's Greyhawk. Mostly I was curious as to if the "game" had an answer to the question. My character wouldn't much be worried about whether or not they wanted to come back. He's a foolhardily head-strong cleric of St. Cuthbert who would, given a moment's provocation, probably kick down...
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    Riding another PC

    Well, particularly, I'm thinking of a Dragonwrought Kobold using Alter Self to become a 5hd Tiny Wyrmling Shadow Dragon and then using the other characters for cover while shooting spells. Sure, they'll get hit more often, but hey, what're friends for if not to soak up my damage for me? --fje
  15. HeapThaumaturgist

    Riding another PC

    Are there any rules for one character "riding" another character? Particularly I'm thinking of a Tiny PC riding around on the shoulder of a regular Medium PC or hanging out in their backpack. --fje
  16. HeapThaumaturgist

    How do you encourage players to use Level Adjusted races?

    Myself, I rework the LA races into LA +0 races. The reason many have LAs seems to be large ability score adjustments ... but "monsters" have large ability score adjustments because they start with 10,10,10,11,11,11, so a "strong" monster type might get +4 or +6 Str. I lower all ability score...
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    What happens when they die?

    That doesn't sound like much fun at all, truth be told. My character would go to Mount Celestia, but I don't think he'd much want to go if somebody told him he'd be one of the little balls of light that get called up with Summon Monster IV. I figured there'd be roast oxen and mead and feats of...
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    What happens when they die?

    So the flavor text I can find, D&D creatures with souls go to the plane correct for their alignment "when they die". What, exactly, does that mean? What do they become there? Where is this detailed? It came up the other night when a PC died and when we went to Raise him the player said...
  19. HeapThaumaturgist

    Spire of Long Shadows Spoilers - Tanglefoot+Silence and WoStone Beatdown

    Well, we get down into that room that faces the lake ... in the lake we had 4-6 naga + "Big Fatty" + 2 knight-things and a lich. Off to the side were three SLA-typed casters. Off to the other side another knight and three more naga. At this point, though, it's pretty much over...
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