Excerpt: powers (merged)

[Rabbitbait]

Crikey,

I thought this thread was meant to be about power cards, but it seems to be about Bags o' rats.

Maybe you semantics arguers should start up your own bags o' rats thread (again)

Back on topic - does anyone know if you will be able to print out descriptions of powers as part of a character sheet in the DDI character sheet generator. I'd much rather do that that have a whole heap of easily lost cards. Especially if the generator can pre-calculate anything that comes from the character and their abilities rather than having to add things up with every attack. ie: 1(w)+strength modifier becomes 1d8+3 because the generator knows that your usual weapon is a longsword and you have 17 strength.

 

[Riley]

I'm surprised no one has commented on the Acid Wave power. My first thought was "don't cast the brown acid wave." Dude...far out man...

4e's Acid Wave causes serious flashbacks, man.

My first experience of D&D (circa 1980) was watching a wild adventure where the PC paladin was repeatedly using a 'Wand of Acid' which launched 10x10 acid walls, which disintegrated everything in its path (doors, indoor jungles, iron golems, and, unfortunately, treasure).

 

[Riley]

Back on topic - does anyone know if you will be able to print out descriptions of powers as part of a character sheet in the DDI character sheet generator. I'd much rather do that that have a whole heap of easily lost cards. Especially if the generator can pre-calculate anything that comes from the character and their abilities rather than having to add things up with every attack. ie: 1(w)+strength modifier becomes 1d8+3 because the generator knows that your usual weapon is a longsword and you have 17 strength.

One would really hope so - it seems the kind of thing that computers and the DDI would be good for. It shouldn't take too much code to make it work, and Trolls, etc. in the Power Cards thread have done some great mock-ups.

 

[hong]

But AFAICT, a player that reads a rule and comes to a different conclusion is not an idiot.

No, just this particular rule.

 

[Alkiera]

Re: bags of rats.

Besides, doesn't Whirlwind Attack specifically state that extra attacks from other feats (such as Cleave) are not allowed?

This.

Both the text on SystemReferenceDocuments.org and my dead tree copy of 3.5 PHB state (in the Whirlwind Attack Benefit section) that you can't get extra attacks from other feats or spells when using whirlwind attack. The PHB text even specifically mentions Cleave.

You get one attack per adjacent opponent, period. If that's a Demon Lord and a bunch of recently-freed rats, you likely have a bunch of dead rats, and a slightly more injured, and much more confused, Demon Lord. Who gets another round of full attacks on you, since you spent a full round action to only attack him once for normal damage. 8)

Re: powers/power cards
I was not impressed by the power cards pictured... but then, given an image someone posted in the power card thread, I wasn't all that surprised, either. I'd rather see WotC or a 3pp produce a set of high quality cards (like Magic or WoW TCG cards) in decks by class/tier than some postcard things I have to hand-copy text from the PHB on to. If I was going to do that, might as well just pick up actual postcards. Or go to a place like plaincards.com and have them ship me a bunch of blanks the right size, in sheets ready for my printer. I'm sure someone will have taken a format like Troll's and made a template for MSG2 to generate nice cards with.

Seriously, I think that WotC could get something like that printed up pretty easily, and I bet they'd sell. I hope a third party, at least, jumps on this.

 

[hong]

3.0 Whirlwind Attack had no restrictions on extra attacks. It was 3.5 that introduced the restrictions.

 

[Crashy75]

Ok. I've read the whole 6 pages and nobody has deciphered the blurry cards at the bottom of the excerpt. Does anybody have photoshop?


And, now I have this odd urge to play a dwarven rat-keeper. I wonder how a bag of rats would work as a grenade-like weapon. It's gotta be good for a distraction...

 

[mach1.9pants]

Ok. I've read the whole 6 pages and nobody has deciphered the blurry cards at the bottom of the excerpt. Does anybody have photoshop?


And, now I have this odd urge to play a dwarven rat-keeper. I wonder how a bag of rats would work as a grenade-like weapon. It's gotta be good for a distraction...

No photoshop here, I am afraid. And even less skill to use Gimp to actually make them legible...failed miserably.
Dwarven Rat-catcher?....best thing is you get to fry and eat the rats afterwards on the camp fire. yumm!

 

[Ulthwithian]

Why is the BoR still even being mentioned after we've been told that the issue is dealt with in the 4E DMG?

Stop beating those dead rats, for all our sakes.

 

[Stogoe]

I dearly hope there's a Druid Rat-Flinger Paragon Path in the PHB2. Maybe it could extend to Squirrels, Marmots, Weasels, and Hedgehogs, as well.