Gaming W/Jemal - Epic Mortal Kombat (Character creation.)

[ethandrew]

One thing for those of you who ARE going to have spells/SLA's:
Pls don't have too much of your character based around them, this IS supposed to be Fighters. When I said 'no more than 4th level spellcasting', I didnt mean "Everyone take the best buffs&spells up to 4th level."

If you'd allow, I'd trade out a bard's spellcasting ability with Full BAB. I know it's not necessarily a fair trade for the bard's part, but this fits better with the build I'm looking for, and magic wasn't always a big part of it.

 

[moritheil]

One thing for those of you who ARE going to have spells/SLA's:
Pls don't have too much of your character based around them, this IS supposed to be Fighters. When I said 'no more than 4th level spellcasting', I didnt mean "Everyone take the best buffs&spells up to 4th level."

Heh. Having a minimum of casting ought to simplify things.

 

[Shayuri]

I think I'm going with a ranger/beastmaster/duellist with a monk's belt...

Dual kukri. 18HD dire wolf companion that she rides into battle. No armor. Savage warrior!

Might have to dip into Scout or Barbarian too...hmm. We shall see.

Ooo...or even better, a dragon disciple! Rawr!

 

[Jemal]

Hmmm... I'd say no to the Epic Bear Warrior. Epic versions of a class are not supposed to keep getting new abilities. (Note that the Barbarian, which Bear Warrior is based off, does not continue geting more and more powerful rages at Epic, though it can take a SINGLE feat which gives bonuses).

By the Rules, an Epic Bear Warrior would gain extra rages at the same rate, and have 1 Bonus Epic Feat/3 levels, with the same Bonus Epic Feat list as the Barbarian.
Mighty Rage would give an additional +2 Str/Con and +1 Will saves (The same improvement as it has over Greater Rage), and I'd allow Dire Bear Form to qualify as Greater Rage for pre-requisites on Epic Feats.

ethandrew - Hmm, I'll try to think of something good. How much Bard were you planning on taking?

Shayuri - As a DM, I personally don't like the Monk's belt adding Wis to AC, as that can become an insane AC boost for pocketchange.

Rino - Cool, though be warned that puts us at 11 prospective players, and I'm not sure I can take that many...

 

[ethandrew]

ethandrew - Hmm, I'll try to think of something good. How much Bard were you planning on taking?

I was looking at maybe running a Djinni Fighter 7 | Bard 20, and which in that case the BAB progression wouldn't matter since Epic progression would trump it.

One question, in your epic campaigns, do you allow characters to trade an epic feat for an ability score boost? I never knew if that was standard or a house rule.

 

[Rino]

Rino - Cool, though be warned that puts us at 11 prospective players, and I'm not sure I can take that many...

I'll just get a character up and see what happends, i dont mind

 

[Voidrazor]

Jemal - Would you allow a Saint (Book of Exalted Deeds), Anthropomorphic Animal (Savage Species, I mentioned the anthro-elephant earlier), and/or War Hulk (Miniatures Handbook)? My character concept is starting to get very weird, sort of a massively muscled patron saint of freaks. Although, actually being a saint isn't as key as some of the other aspects of the character I had in mind.

 

[Jemal]

I was looking at maybe running a Djinni Fighter 7 | Bard 20, and which in that case the BAB progression wouldn't matter since Epic progression would trump it.

One question, in your epic campaigns, do you allow characters to trade an epic feat for an ability score boost? I never knew if that was standard or a house rule.

Actually, that's not a 'trade', nor is it a house rule, Those are Epic Feats straight out of the ELH. They're called "Great Strength", "Great Dexterity", "Great Wisdom", etc. Each gives a +1 un-named bonus to the associated ability score. they can be taken multiple times, but I believe they have a requirement that you have 25 in the score first...

Rino - cool

Voidrazor - Um... yeah, a little weird is right. 'scool, though. I'm OK with SAINT, but I'm very strict about PC's following the strictures of sainthood. Anthro is ok, and as for War Hulk, I'd need the info on it, don't have Mini's Handbook.

 

[Brother Allard]

Hmmm... I'd say no to the Epic Bear Warrior. Epic versions of a class are not supposed to keep getting new abilities. (Note that the Barbarian, which Bear Warrior is based off, does not continue geting more and more powerful rages at Epic, though it can take a SINGLE feat which gives bonuses).

Fair enough. Incidentally, I'm also considering levels in war hulk.

 

[Autumn]

I'm thinking of going with a Monk/Tattooed Monk/Shadowdancer. Not yet sure about race; maybe Half-Celestial, if you would let me trade out the SLAs for something more in keeping with the tone of this game.

A Paragon Human might also might work - but I'm having difficulty finding a sound reference for the LA on the Paragon template. Would you allow it? And if so, at what LA? I've seen it pegged a couple of times at +15 LA, but that seems to be a House Rule rather than anything official. What do you think?

Paragon Template for easy reference.