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That's pretty much what I thought. I think what you are getting at is that there is a difference between cunning and dirty fighting - perhaps a fine line, but a difference never the less. I believe the techniques associated with the scorpion schools are related more towards cunning than...

I couple of changes to the character. I am going with karmic twin rather than subtle manipulator. It helps with bluff, diplomacy, intimidate, and handle animal at the loss of only a +1 to the bluff skill. Also, I am playing with only one other player and we are both going to take the feat (he...

A player has a kineticist in a RttToEE game I play in and we have noted just how much better the 3.5 version is than the 3.0. However, we still abhor psionicists by comparison to mages. If not for the story element, we would of just trashed psions all together in favor of wizards. The psion...

There are a few different ones. Going from memory, there was the original flying kick from OA that I think allowed double damage on a jumping charge (I believe the 3.5 version gives a bonus d12 dmg). There was mantis leap in S&F which I think allowed you to double your str mod. There was a...

So I think I have everything worked out. I will keep subtle manipulator and daisho specialization. I was wrong about the Dojo - the one he will have trained at is Honor's Lesson Dojo (which will give me another +2 to bluff). The Dojo of Lies would have given me +3 total but does not train...

I would not think so. You have a 180 degree turn in the first example and a 90 degree turn in the second despite both being straight from a bird's eye perspective. I suppose my assertion between bird's eye views and vertical viewing deserves some qualification. Let's start with this example...

Oh yeah, You would provoke an AoO from this maneuver, but not until after you attacked: from vertical view (X=large creature, |=wall, P=character, ..=1 5'x5' space) jump: ......P XX..| XX..| attack (moved 5 feet forward off the wall) ....P.. XX..| XX..| provokes AoO from second 5' of...

There are already rules for all of this. Jumping less than 10' means no charge. However, attacking from higher ground should apply. A jump check DC 15 will reduce falling damage by reducing height intentionally jumped down by 10' (for falling damage purposes). The same thing will work for...

;) Glad I could be of service. I did some more reading late last night. You are right that a samurai does not have to be lawful. The alignments then don't necessarily conflict. However, it seems that the honor does. The ninja class skills are described as nothing short of dishonorable. I...

I don't think errata is necessary. There is a very clear distinction between character level and class level. It says character level and I have never run into a problem with this in the past. The big thing about advancing in samurai levels is getting access to the bonus clan feats, will...

That is true if I went Samurai 4, Fighter 16. However, Samurai 10, Fighter 10 with my 17 int will not really be too much of a big deal. Taking Samurai at 1st, means a total of 164 skill points, 104 of which are from the Samurai. The skill cap for skills is character level based and not class...

The Ancestra Daisho ability is based on character level and not class level. I could just take 1 level in Samurai to get it if I really wanted. On another note, I forgot about the requirement of the ancestral feat for humans. That means that along with quickdraw, I only have 16 feats to work...

Good call. The Bayushi's Technique would be applicable in all of these situations. The math I did was only applicable when feinting because of the pincers hold, the tail strikes. That actually makes the bayushi's technique a tad better as it is slightly more applicable. However, the katanna...

Tessarael, A few things. First, the ancestral daisho means that the character will always be wielding his katanna or wakizashi. Wielding a shield would be more than a little unorthodox for a scorpion samurai and this character is designed to represent his clan. Dual wielding is actually...

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I am attempting to build a scorpion samurai suitable to become clan champion. I was leaning towards the collection of clan feats listed in Rokugan with a few thrown in from Secrets of the Scorpion. The end result will be a Samurai 10, Fighter 10. Here is the feat list: Quickdraw Way of the...

Maybe you should just switch your perspective. Most kung fu movies I see are not representing the D&D monk when they say monk. Quite the contrary, they are representing a fighter or some multiclassed monk in a society that has forbid the use of weapons. A true monk would wipe the floor with...

I have only read pages 1-3 so forgive me if this has already been stated. It seems to me that the entire debate over alarm vs. trap is one of semantics. Granted they are two different things and have separate definitions. I am not about to argue that they ought to be considered the same...

Regarding shield other - be very careful with the 20' range cap on the spell. I am currenlty playing a cleric of Pelor in RttToEE (which is nearly reaching its conclusion - we just beat Hedrack). I regurlarly used this spell at lower levels on the warriors so that they could survive the...

My take on the wizard is that he should learn every spell he can get his hands on. Also, for the wizard, obsolete spells are not a big deal because he can know as many as he wants. (Granted this costs money, but my vision of the wizard is the old knowledge seeker, i.e. Gandolf). I will also...