Another Immortals Handbook thread

[Sledge]

UK what value would you put the Holy damage at? The same?

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hey Sledge matey!

UK what value would you put the Holy damage at? The same?

The same as I have always used in the CR/EL document.

d3 Divine (or d12/4)
d4 Force
d6 Energy
d8 Aligned (ie. Holy)
d12 Bane (which also gives an additional +1 to hit per extra dice of bane damage)

Seemingly this doesn't exactly gel with the various [Aligned] Power epic abilities; which in my book would be +4d8 damage & 1 Level Energy Drain (None of which multiplies on a crit).

The version in the book should be +14 if we assume I know what I'm talking about...and half the time even I am am unsure of that.

 

[CRGreathouse]

...and thanks for reposting that updated list CRGreathouse.

Hey, how can you go wrong with 354 epic creatures?

 

[Sledge]

Well I don't have the CR/EL document, so I wouldn't know. So can anyone explain why aligned is less expensive?

 

[CRGreathouse]

Well I don't have the CR/EL document, so I wouldn't know. So can anyone explain why aligned is less expensive?

The presumption, I assume, is that energy affects everything while aligned effects only hurt a fraction. (Really it's all a tossup, with resistances and immunities being what they are.)

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hey guys!

The presumption, I assume, is that energy affects everything while aligned effects only hurt a fraction. (Really it's all a tossup, with resistances and immunities being what they are.)

I think it makes perfect sense. By focusing the magical energy you can achieve greater effects.

Thats why you have divine > force > energy > aligned > bane.

I have a few other ideas, icluding some additions to that line-up, but no point bothering you all with those at this point.

 

[Sledge]

My only concern is with the fact that a party will be much more likely to fight their opposite alignment, so the alignment damage will nearly always be affective. Still not a big concern.

So any updates coming now?

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hi Sledge mate!

My only concern is with the fact that a party will be much more likely to fight their opposite alignment, so the alignment damage will nearly always be affective. Still not a big concern.

Well it affects 1/3rd of all opponents.

So any updates coming now?

I should be updating the website this weekend (likely a big art preview before I release the bestiary officially, and hopefully I can get part three of the absolutes stuff sorted).

I can also report that there has been a lot of movement with the powers chapter of the IH, one poignant aspect of this is that a divine ability is now worth 6 feats (epic or otherwise) - which is what I should have had from the start. I have also been going over the abilities to make sure they are sufficiently powerful, the upshoot of which is that there may well be more epic feats and less divine powers than are mentioned on the website (though the overall tally is likely to remain roughly the same).

I am also making sure that each character class has enough interesting feats/divine abilities/cosmic abilities tailored for its needs...and not content with introducing metamartial feats I also the combat equivalent of dimensional magic to spring on you...as well as half dozen (or so) other, minor new rules such as millstones or notches.

 

[Sledge]

does this mean I can stop refreshing www.immortalshandbook.com every 5 minutes?
Seriously I'm really looking forward to the updates.

 

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