Search results

The principle for the build itself is very different, since the Raven Queen is the harbinger of death. Wouldn't expect to see someone bent around the sustaining of life to be in her service :) Maiden of Light for title, maybe?

No, I'm not getting your argument, because even Essentials gives material to the PHB1-3 classes. PHB classes grow as they level by the gain of new powers and some minor scaling of existing powers. There's nothing exclusive in this game once you get into the actual decision making bits; if it...

Yes it would, because I would still question why a magic spell leaves someone open to the rough equivalent of curbstomping without physically disabling them. "It's magic" doesn't fly; good magic actually has some level of reasoning and rules that govern how its effects manifest.

I know about the Binder from DDXP. It's a PHB Warlock, spends all its time casting spells at range. As for Wizard options, read harder: Eleven pages of nothing but Wizard powers, before it even gets to the Mage schools! I'm not going to argue with you any more on the book type, but you're...

Just looked up those powers...yeah, that's really weird. Face of Death I kind of understand but the thematical and mechanical bits aren't seeing eye to eye; if you're helpless, I'd expect you were either stunned or on the ground. Doesn't make sense that someone would be frozen in terror such...

As Aulirophile said, Helpless as a status just means you grant CA and can be attacked for a CDG (which has the potential for instant death if you deal more than someone's bloodied value in damage). It's usually the result of the Unconscious status, which itself states you get no actions. So if...

I'm sure if the naysayers had their way we'd be calling it the dark age or something :p

Yes, but they're getting ESSENTIALIZED! THE HORROR!

Damn, you're so right. I guess we should start calling every edition of Dragon magazine essentials too since they sometimes have one article per edition devoted to those build options. Nevermind that there's nine other articles of content that are completely unrelated and stand on their own...

Why does the anti-essentials crowd feel they have to manifest that hate on every new product that comes out? We get it, you don't like the series. Go back to petting your PHBs. Joke's on you, though; this book has nothing to do with essentials. It's a hardbound book, no different from any other...

Wha? There's a Thief in the #3 spot in both tiers...

I don't think you can use a holy symbol as an arcane implement even if you MC (barring the specific examples from above); if your arcane class can't use a holy symbol, you can't channel an arcane power through it. From the implement rules: Explains why the ones like the Star of Correllon...

CB won't consider it valid. If it's just for story I would just equip a standard implement and mentally/narratively reflavor it as a holy symbol.

Don't design monsters to simply negate the tactics of your party; make them choose whether or not the tactic is worth it. Combine this with a way to give your solo some breathing room. For a low-heroic dragon, I might try some of the following: - An IR tail swipe attack that pushes 1 square and...

I'm not sure if the monster math is being applied properly in the "automatic stats" feature; it suggested 2d8+7 for average damage at L15. :confused:

Some maybe options from the D&D Minis line: D&D Miniatures Database: Search By Tags: hammer In particular, this one might fit the bill: http://ddmdb.com/miniatures/439

Alternately, depending on the size of the template in the book...scan the page with the grid layout, blow it up with photoshop, and eliminate any DM notes therein. Print out with posterizer or similar software.

The Thief looks impressive in single round examinations, but when you examine it on a macro level it evens out nicely. He's not likely to be dropping 40 damage in a single round at level 1 like a Ranger can (after which their DPR drops off somewhat), but he will be able to handily hit 20-25...

Well, I suppose it's worth noting that the game where I intend to implement this, they're already paragon, so they'll already be getting the AP boon from their paragon path. I left the encounter option open so they'd have a way to trigger their boon if they wanted it in combat and had no reason...

I have an idea to change action points from giving you an extra action to letting you recharge powers (1/power, and powers with multiple charges only buy you one charge). You can use this on any power you like; encounter or daily, including Second Wind. Recharging a daily power can only be done...