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Can you tell me if this character is too powerful?
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<blockquote data-quote="Anax" data-source="post: 2604622" data-attributes="member: 19868"><p>The instant I looked at that, I said "whoa, whoa, whoa!" Two prestige classes (one of which is for just one level), and a non-core base class, all at once?</p><p></p><p>This character may not be overpowered, it's kind of hard to tell... But... well, it's kind of hard to tell. They're playing to a real specialty, which could mean it's an on-off kind of thing. What happens if they run into a creature with high fire resistance? What happens if they don't?</p><p></p><p>Lots and lots of touch attacks is very dangerous--but at least they're not touch sneak attacks. (Yet.)</p><p></p><p>Does Spell Resistance apply to any of these abilities?</p><p></p><p>The Pyrokineticist PrC says that you can take any feat for the <em>fire lash</em> that you could ordinarily take with a whip. It's unclear whether this means that WF (Whip) ought to apply to the fire lash.</p><p></p><p>Lots of weird questions that need to be worked out.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Personally, I would certainly reject the single level of Exotic Weapon Master, (just because we don't approve of single levels of prestige classes in our group.) Overall, I suspect it would be okay (but as I've said, it's hard to be sure.) I do empathize with the pain of someone who wants to use whips, as they're not terribly useful in the core rules.</p><p></p><p>Oh--and the dastana has got to go.</p><p></p><p>Aside from the one-level PrC and the dastana, I'd probably let it go and talk to the player if there were any serious problems later. I would also anticipate several sessions of having to come up with rulings about weird combinations of abilities involving this character.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anax, post: 2604622, member: 19868"] The instant I looked at that, I said "whoa, whoa, whoa!" Two prestige classes (one of which is for just one level), and a non-core base class, all at once? This character may not be overpowered, it's kind of hard to tell... But... well, it's kind of hard to tell. They're playing to a real specialty, which could mean it's an on-off kind of thing. What happens if they run into a creature with high fire resistance? What happens if they don't? Lots and lots of touch attacks is very dangerous--but at least they're not touch sneak attacks. (Yet.) Does Spell Resistance apply to any of these abilities? The Pyrokineticist PrC says that you can take any feat for the [i]fire lash[/i] that you could ordinarily take with a whip. It's unclear whether this means that WF (Whip) ought to apply to the fire lash. Lots of weird questions that need to be worked out. Personally, I would certainly reject the single level of Exotic Weapon Master, (just because we don't approve of single levels of prestige classes in our group.) Overall, I suspect it would be okay (but as I've said, it's hard to be sure.) I do empathize with the pain of someone who wants to use whips, as they're not terribly useful in the core rules. Oh--and the dastana has got to go. Aside from the one-level PrC and the dastana, I'd probably let it go and talk to the player if there were any serious problems later. I would also anticipate several sessions of having to come up with rulings about weird combinations of abilities involving this character. [/QUOTE]
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