Book of Nine Swords -- okay?

[Nifft]

IMHO, ToB: Bo9S is not okay. It is awesome.

Good fun, and finally "warrior-types" who can hold their own against a Cleric or Druid.

Love. This. Book! -- N!

 

[Nail]

What's with the thread necromancy?

 

[Cactot]

thats just how i roll =)

 

[SeRiAlExPeRiMeNtS]

IMHO, ToB: Bo9S is not okay. It is awesome.

Good fun, and finally "warrior-types" who can hold their own against a Cleric or Druid.

Love. This. Book! -- N!

Yes! When I read it I though "this solves lots of problems.. The Warblade replaces the fighter, the swordsage the monk and the crusader the paladin..." With the warlock replacing the bard there is no class I don´t like anymore.

 

[hong]

OMG it's Serial! Hey, are you still gaming with Nockermensch?

 

[SeRiAlExPeRiMeNtS]

OMG it's Serial! Hey, are you still gaming with Nockermensch?

No, I moved to another city.. To tell the truth I'm not gaming at all. But I keep reading this foruns and some D&D books...

 

[hong]

Ah yeah, I remember him saying something like that... well, if you see him, tell him that the Austrian guy says hi. And tell him to post more often!

 

[NilesB]

Thurbane: Dragonball Z is a great analogy!

I hav a number of better ones: the Táin Bó Cuailnge, Beowulf, the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Song of Roland, The Nibelungenlied, et cetera.


Yeah there's no precedent for this sort of thing outside of the orient.

really:\

 

[NilesB]

Spellcasters do jack for single target damage, and vs foes warded with basic low level spells, their area damage isn't so great either. Oh no, 60 damage! Wait, if they save 1/2 the time, then it's 45 damage. Minus energy resistance; the 2nd level spell Resist Energy provides 30! resistance at 12th level.

And yet people call it overpowered for a swordsage to deal a smaller amount of area effect damage over a smaller area subject to all the same limitations. Plus an evoker who knows he is going to face fire resistant foe can always prep lightning bolts over fireballs whereas desert wind style deals fire damage and only fire damage.

 

[NilesB]

Warblades are super-tough thanks to their d12 hit dice, have a generous allotment for skills, some spiffy bonus feats, and oodles of other dandy little class features, and on top of that they can deal a megaton of damage thanks to their disciplines. If that's a description of a "super-cool, do-everything character" then there you have it.

Barbarians are super-tough thanks to their d12 hit dice and damage reduction, have a generous allotment for skills, awesome swift movement, and oodles of other dandy little class features, and on top of that they can deal a megaton of damage thanks to their Rage. If that's a description of a "super-cool, do-everything character" then there you have it.


That didn't require much substitution.