BrOp's Age of Worms Adventure Path (OOC)

[Someone]

Ok, fleshed out the background some more:

Someone, you might want to stick Rial's background in the RG thread. (Idealy, the RG thread is so not only us, but anyone else can go and read about the game's backstory and character mechanics. It also means there's only one thread needed to find all your information.) I included you in my background, and hopefully you can put a few blurbs about others in yours to intertwine us all togeather. Right now, you seem to be the oddball out, as you're not mentioned in most of the backgrounds.

well, I found the solution when I remembered the sblock tags.

About the others, since I posted my character the first so I couldn´t include anyone, but since we were going to be friends I made him so it was easy to suppose we were childhood friends, separated somewhat when they reached adulthood but met again when they had the idea of exploring the dungeon the DM mentioned earlier. (Rial could very well be the one that found it)

That doesn´t work with dwarves (who were old when the humans were born) and the warforged, but as long the charater has ties with, or at least knows some of the group´s members it shouldn´t be a problem.

 

[Bront]

well, I found the solution when I remembered the sblock tags.

yes, they're usefull.

 

[Captain Tagon]

btw, Tagon, I saw your advancement thoughs, you might also want to look at the Reachrunner from Races of Eberron. And check out the Eberron Campaign Setting eratta on the Waretouched Master (It's been changed substantialy).

Where can I get the ECS errata, I'm looking around the Wizards website but I can't seem to find it. And what does the Reachrunner do?

 

[Knight Otu]

It's under Game Rules -> Errata.

 

[Bront]

Reachrunner is a PrC that specializes in, well, running and the outdoors. You get increased movement, swift tracking, Natures Stride (Faster move through natural obsticals), Shifter Endurance (+2 con checks/skills, +2 rounds of shifting), Run (the feat), and eventualy pouncing attack (lets you make a full attack when charging while shifted). Works well for a Ranger/Barb shifter.

 

[Someone]

since my characer has only two powers, and can use them at will, it´ll be better if we clarify something about the Baleful Utterance power. It duplicates the shatter spell, and at this point I can blast an object with a weight of up to 10 lbs.

-Can I use it to blast part of a larger, homogeneous object (like 10 lbs out of a rock that weights a ton?)
-Can I use it to blast part of a larger object, made of smaller parts that weight 10 lbs or less but joined together in an alsmost homogeneous mass, so it´s impossible to remove them without destroying them (like the bricks on a wall, or the planks on a ship)?
-Can I use it to destroy objects firmly attached to large objects -so they are normally considered part of them- , but that can be safely removed with the appropiate tools or are not homogeneous with the rest of the object (like the lock in a door, an axe´s handle, an iron spike embedded in rocky floor)?
-Can I destroy parts of objects mechanically attached to a larger body (like a chest´s lid)
-Can I use it to destroy part of items that, though they are considered to be one object are really composed of smaller, non joined objects (like destroying a single link in a chain without having to blast the other links)?

 

[Branding Opportunity]

since my characer has only two powers, and can use them at will, it´ll be better if we clarify something about the Baleful Utterance power. It duplicates the shatter spell, and at this point I can blast an object with a weight of up to 10 lbs.

uts on his Rules Master hat:

Alternatively, you caN target shatter against a single solid object, regardless of composition, weigh up up to 10 pounds per caster leve.

So the rules seem to make pretty clear that you can only affect ONE object with the secondary use of the spell which in its entirety must way 10 lbs/caster level or less. The issue with the spell (and I agree that it leaves some room for discussion) is that you have to think of this in D&D terms, not in RL terms. I think it's easiest to explain this taking each of your points seperately.

-Can I use it to blast part of a larger, homogeneous object (like 10 lbs out of a rock that weights a ton?)

Thinking about this in real life, you might think that this would be possible, as a brick wall or a ship's hull is indeed made up of smaller objects. This is not the case in D&D terms. In D&D, a brick wall is a unit, with hp assigned to every 10'X10' section. You can't affect a smaller unit than that, and as a 10'X10' section of brick wall weighs a lot more than 10 lbs, I'd say that you couldn't do this with the spell. If the spell could cause hp damage to objects only, I would allow it, but as it is written you either destroy the object entirely, or not at all.

-Can I use it to destroy objects firmly attached to large objects -so they are normally considered part of them- , but that can be safely removed with the appropiate tools or are not homogeneous with the rest of the object (like the lock in a door, an axe´s handle, an iron spike embedded in rocky floor)?

If the object is completely seperate and weighs less than 10 lbs., I'd say yes, you can use the Shatter spell to destroy it. If it take tools to remove it, I will say that it is not seperate. A padlock on a chest could be affected, a built in lock could not. And before you say it, yes, it's arbitrary, but unfortunately DMing involves making a lot of arbitrary decisions. Remember that if the axe you mention is held by someone, it is considered an "attended object" and therefore gets to make a saving throw (using the holder's save). Remember that D&D is pretty free-form and ambiguous until it enters the realm of combat, and more specifically doing damage, and then it gets really, really detailed and specific. In general, non-combat uses of any spell can be adjudicated much more liberally than combat uses.

-Can I destroy parts of objects mechanically attached to a larger body (like a chest´s lid)

I believe I dealt with this above; no, you can't.

-Can I use it to destroy part of items that, though they are considered to be one object are really composed of smaller, non joined objects (like destroying a single link in a chain without having to blast the other links)?

Only if you do it at a very dramatically appropriate time

If this admittedly conservative interpretation of the ability nerfs it too much for you, feel free to choose another.

 

[Someone]

Well, you don´t have to justify yourself for arbitrary decisions based on obscure or ambiguous rules points; but now that we agree on what it can do and what not, I think I´ll wait some levels before taking it, and take Spiderwalk instead. I´ll edit the sheet.

 

[Captain Tagon]

Reachrunner is a PrC that specializes in, well, running and the outdoors. You get increased movement, swift tracking, Natures Stride (Faster move through natural obsticals), Shifter Endurance (+2 con checks/skills, +2 rounds of shifting), Run (the feat), and eventualy pouncing attack (lets you make a full attack when charging while shifted). Works well for a Ranger/Barb shifter.

What are the Prereqs for it?

 

[Bront]

Reachrunner Reqs: Shifter (Duh)
BAB +5
Skills: Listen 5, Spot 4, Survival 8
Feats: Endurance, Track.

So, other than the Endurance feat, it's fairly straight forward. If you take Ranger 3 and Barb 2 to get into it, you'll get both feats for free from Ranger too. It's a 5 level PrC with Full BAB, 2 good saves, D8 HD, 4 skill points, good mix of skills, and some fun class abilities. Doesn't interfear with your Weartouched master path much either.

Check out Races of Eberron if you can. They have some nice and flavorful PrCs in there (I'm going for Recaster eventualy from that book, fun fun fun.)