Discussion of Scotley's upcoming 4e Swashbuckler Game

[Leif]

I take it that Reflex is generally lower than AC, right?

It's generally good to have some variety to your attacks. I picked powers for my swordmage so he can attack more than just AC. You never know who the opponent will be.

Reflex is generally similar to AC in most cases, I think, since both are based on Dex or Int. Fort (keyed off of Con) and Will (keyed off of Wis) are the defenses that you need to watch out for, especially if battling a wizard or other arcane type of foe. That's my general impression from my limited 4E experience. Walking Dad and Vertexx69 probably both have a better idea of what's really going on with defenses, though.

[I'm pretty sure that every defense is affected by 2 stats each, like AC is either Dex or Int. I can't specifically remember what the others use just now, and I can't seem to locate my PH1, DANGGIT!]

 

[renau1g]

Monster operate differently than PC's in 4e. There's an average AC, Ref/Fort/Will based on role and level now, to be tweaked if a DM choses, but it makes it far easier to make up a monster on the fly rather than building a high level NPC wizard or cleric (calculating all their buffs also) I just say "Ok, at level 9 a Artillery type (like a blaster type wizard) would have around x AC , once during the fight he can use shield to get +4 for a round" and it doesn't matter if he has chainmail, leather, etc.

 

[Rhun]

[I'm pretty sure that every defense is affected by 2 stats each, like AC is either Dex or Int. I can't specifically remember what the others use just now, and I can't seem to locate my PH1, DANGGIT!]

They are. Dex & Int for Reflex, Wis & Cha for Will, and Con & Str for Fortitude.

 

[Leif]

They are. Dex & Int for Reflex, Wis & Cha for Will, and Con & Str for Fortitude.

Thanks, I knew it was something like that.

 

[stonegod]

They are. Dex & Int for Reflex, Wis & Cha for Will, and Con & Str for Fortitude.

True for PCs, not for Monsters (as alluded to by r1).

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Jeez, 10 characters looking for a speech color! If no one has Dark Orange yet, Aislinn will use that - it's what I use for almost all of my other PbP characters, so it'll be easy to remember.

 

[renau1g]

That's why I use SandyBrown for all (except Vaseda)

 

[Rhun]

That's why I use SandyBrown for all (except Vaseda)

I have a few different colors I sift through. But mostly use the same three or four.

 

[stonegod]

Wilhelm is Olive just like my other old man, Col Tobinson.

 

[Leif]

My first choice of color is always darkorange, then lightblue, then yellow, then sandybrown. Looks like I've gone with sandybrown for this game, is that a problem for anyone?