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<blockquote data-quote="atra2" data-source="post: 1542754" data-attributes="member: 10914"><p><strong>Add some skills crunch to Dragon!</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I haven't subscribed to either Dragon or Dungeon in years. I still have my</p><p>collection of dragon #70-250 or so, and Dungeon #1-60 or so.</p><p></p><p>Class Acts is the most attractive thing about the new Dragon.</p><p></p><p>I do advise you though, the next time you print multiclassing progressions,</p><p>that whoever wrote up a cleric/ranger 10/10 with the cleric level first, losing</p><p>out on all the ranger skill points (even under 3.0), shouldn't be allowed to</p><p>write Class Acts.</p><p></p><p>Now, I just happened to review the new SRD posting, with many Epic Feats</p><p>all in one place and this struck me:</p><p></p><p>Complete Divine has feats requiring 4 ranks of a skill, (based on ENworld</p><p>threads, haven't seen the book) and the SRD has Epic feats requiring 24,</p><p>27, 30, whatever ranks of a skill.</p><p></p><p>How about some cool feats requiring 10 or 15 ranks of a skill? Yeah, there</p><p>are tons of Prestige Classes that do that, but not feats!</p><p></p><p>If I stuff 15 wasted points into Jump (wasted, because by that time I have a</p><p>Flying magic item or mount) then I want a feat that requires 15 ranks of</p><p>Jump and gives me something cool!</p><p></p><p>Right now, D&D skills have the following breakpoints:</p><p></p><p>1 rank: some trained only stuff</p><p>5 ranks: synergies</p><p>max ranks: concentration and tumble and other stuff you can't live without</p><p></p><p>and misc ranks: prestige classes.</p><p></p><p>Let's give reasons to have 10, 15, 13, whatever ranks of a skill besides</p><p>prestige classes and (occasionally) the skill DC chart for that skill.</p><p></p><p>I want to see new crunch tasks I can accomplish, or feats I can gain without</p><p>going in to a prestige class, for all skills at all ranks.</p><p></p><p>You can start with 3-5 feats an issue and work from there. I know it's a</p><p>big task <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile :-)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /></p><p></p><p>Given that some Dragon rules ended up in Complete Divine (Radiant Servant</p><p>of Pelor anyone?) how about giving us some early previews of skill-based</p><p>feats, whatever, that will make it into Complete Expert or whatever the</p><p>3.5 Complete "Rogues and other skill users" book is?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="atra2, post: 1542754, member: 10914"] [b]Add some skills crunch to Dragon![/b] I haven't subscribed to either Dragon or Dungeon in years. I still have my collection of dragon #70-250 or so, and Dungeon #1-60 or so. Class Acts is the most attractive thing about the new Dragon. I do advise you though, the next time you print multiclassing progressions, that whoever wrote up a cleric/ranger 10/10 with the cleric level first, losing out on all the ranger skill points (even under 3.0), shouldn't be allowed to write Class Acts. Now, I just happened to review the new SRD posting, with many Epic Feats all in one place and this struck me: Complete Divine has feats requiring 4 ranks of a skill, (based on ENworld threads, haven't seen the book) and the SRD has Epic feats requiring 24, 27, 30, whatever ranks of a skill. How about some cool feats requiring 10 or 15 ranks of a skill? Yeah, there are tons of Prestige Classes that do that, but not feats! If I stuff 15 wasted points into Jump (wasted, because by that time I have a Flying magic item or mount) then I want a feat that requires 15 ranks of Jump and gives me something cool! Right now, D&D skills have the following breakpoints: 1 rank: some trained only stuff 5 ranks: synergies max ranks: concentration and tumble and other stuff you can't live without and misc ranks: prestige classes. Let's give reasons to have 10, 15, 13, whatever ranks of a skill besides prestige classes and (occasionally) the skill DC chart for that skill. I want to see new crunch tasks I can accomplish, or feats I can gain without going in to a prestige class, for all skills at all ranks. You can start with 3-5 feats an issue and work from there. I know it's a big task :-) Given that some Dragon rules ended up in Complete Divine (Radiant Servant of Pelor anyone?) how about giving us some early previews of skill-based feats, whatever, that will make it into Complete Expert or whatever the 3.5 Complete "Rogues and other skill users" book is? [/QUOTE]
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