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The Crypt of the ShadowTaker - Chapter 8 Well, the devoted author had to have an emergency root canal yesterday you see... The Crypt of the ShadowTaker - Chapter 8 OOC Notes: Exp is 3300 Loot: All Scorch’s stuff. Pale Lavender Ioun Stone Bracers of Armor +4 (to Kayleigh, +3’s into the pile)...

A quarter inch is fine for thickness of armor... If you're a battleship. Plate armor is much much thinner than a quarter inch. You wouldn't even be able to work with the plates, let alone move in them. As a ballpart, I'd say around 12 to 14 gauge thickness. Translated to inches, that's .10 to...

I've been in a 3e campaign since just after 3e came out. In those years, we've had 6 players at any given time. (One left, and was replaced by someone else, no other turnover.) We have had five deaths. But really the answer doesn't mean much. It's all about the kind of world your DM wants to...

The Crypt of the ShadowTaker - Chapter 7 The Crypt of the ShadowTaker - Chapter 7 OOC Notes: Exp is 7,835. Yikes. Loot: 2 +3 huge greataxes 1 +5 psychokinetic burst greataxe 3 +3 mithril chain shirts 10 wands of magic missile, 25 charges, 7th level caster 2 wands of fireball, 25 charges, 6th...

The Crypt of the ShadowTaker The Crypt of the ShadowTaker - Chapter 6 Author's note: I'm sick as a dog, have been all weekend. This may not even make sense for all I know. That's why we have an edit button. OOC Notes: Exp is 1800 Loot: 7,000gp (ring) 3,400gp (gems) 800 (longsword...

I'm with Rackhir - dazed and confused by this statement. Manyshot is incredibly powerful as it currently stands, allowing what is almost a full attack to occur within a standard action, and at a hit penalty that is so small to an archer as to be non-existant. Manyshot is more unbalanced when you...

Well the way I see it, this pretty much rips the heart out of the Arcane Archer. Besides DR which other materials may bypass anyway, an entire prestige class is eradicated by just buying a +5 bow. How depressing.

That got it. Thank you!

The edit went through fine and as a test I shortened it to see if that was the problem, but it still didn't update. Apparently the test on this thread worked. I'm even more confused now. I wonder if it's a post-length problem?

I'm confused. In the Story Hour forum, it's become common practice to update the subject of the original post to include a "date updated" so readers know when the story got added to, as opposed to just folks posting on the thread. I did this today, but the change in the subject of the first...

The Crypt of the ShadowTaker - Chapter 5 The Crypt of the ShadowTaker - Chapter 5 OOC Notes: Exp is 2575. 100 point bonus for Scorch for having the forethought to paint miniatures with identifiable features. Loot: At least the ShadowTaker pays someone around here. Bastard sword +4, elf bane...

The Crypt of the ShadowTaker - Chapter 4 The Crypt of the ShadowTaker - Chapter 4 OOC Notes: Exp is 2260 Loot: (for the sake of stubbornness) gem worth 150gp gem worth 60gp 10gp in melted coins This Week’s Adventure: We slowly descened the stairs towards what the monks said was the cistern...

The Crypt of the ShadowTaker Chapter 4 The Crypt of the ShadowTaker - Chapter 4 OOC Notes: Exp is 3000. Loot: One gem worth 10,000gp (with trap the soul or something on it) 500gp One burnt-out psicrystal, the owner being dead +3 lightning axe (market 32,300gp) +4 full plate (market 17,650gp)...

I'm going to look into taking the "Fax Machine" prestige class.

I am no expert on research. However I can see that there are some problems with the question. First off, there is likely no average rate of fire for a crossbow, since "crossbow" can mean a wide variety of devices. If you look at a source saying that a man fired X per minute, you really need them...

Quite possibly true. (Again we have some guesswork here) But my gripe with the archery debate is when people say "archery is broken" especially when they reference the bow/arrow stacking. I'm firmly convinced (based on data, not just my own gut feelings) that this is not the case. Yes, there...

I agree completely. That's the point tho. If the problem only manifests with abuses, then the problem is the abuses, not the archery. :)

Here we go again. I did a breakdown over several levels of how melee damage stacks up against archery damage. Unfortunately two weapon fighting is not used in the analysis. If you really want to go through this topic again, then head to this thread - I won't post it again here - no value added...

No, actually I didn't ignore it. In fact, when the final analysis came down, I included all the extra factors that weigh in. You say that the safe distance is ignored, but neglect to mention the lack of a threatened area. When you do a balance analysis, you have to factor it all in. Edit: I...

Well EB said it well. I've seen this argument about archery fifty times on the boards. A few months ago I'd had enough, and I did a full blown damage analysis of the melee vs archer at several levels throughout their careers. The damage gap was nowhere near as large as people made it out to be...