[BoED] Ravage question.

[Lord Pendragon]

BoED, page 35, last paragraph on the left, explains that ravages work mechanically like poisons, and deal the damage listed on the table above "plus it's charisma bonus."

My question is, plus what's charisma bonus? The affected creature? So that an evil creature would take more damage the more charismatic it is? Plus the attacker's charisma bonus? Even when the ravage is purchased? Whose charisma bonus is used to determine the extra damage from a ravage?

 

[Pyrex]

It's (oddly enough) plus the targets Cha bonus.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

It's (oddly enough) plus the targets Cha bonus.

Hrm. What if the target has a charisma penalty, could it negate the damage from a ravage with a bad enough charisma score?

 

[Zodar]

Well, considering that the effect says: ... plus it's charisma bonus , I'd rule it to not be affected by a charisma penalty.

 

[brehobit]

It's (oddly enough) plus the targets Cha bonus.

Actually, it made sense to me. More powerful (measured by force of personality) creatures are more affected by the ravage. I liked it....

 

[Piratecat]

The very concept of ravages annoy me. "Oooh, it's not nice to use poisons - but here, use something identical with a different name! That's just fine and dandy!"

Not the best part of the book, in my opinion.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

The very concept of ravages annoy me. "Oooh, it's not nice to use poisons - but here, use something identical with a different name! That's just fine and dandy!"

Not the best part of the book, in my opinion.

I agree completely. But I was considering the Annointed Knight PrC (before I realized it would take my 9 int paladin 9 levels worth of skill points to enter, ) and one of the Annoint Weapon abilities dealt with Unicorn blood, so I wanted to try and figure out how that'd work.

Sad, really. I think the Annointed Knight is pretty good, but those cross-class skill requirements are murder for a pally.

Speaking of which, PC, would you consider your Radiant Knight PrC balanced at a lower level? Say, entrance at around 10th-11th?

 

[Piratecat]

Oh, sure. It'd be fine for that. We're really liking how it's playing out in actual practice.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

Would you happen to have a copy handy of what you guys actually went with? Blackjack mentioned in your Storyhour that he was going to rummage around for it, but never did post it.