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<blockquote data-quote="Khaalis" data-source="post: 763431" data-attributes="member: 2167"><p>If you really want to get picky your Treeman is higher.</p><p>4HD = 4 ECL</p><p>Natural Armor: +2 (+1 per 5 points)</p><p>Reach: +1 (+1 per 5')</p><p>Unbalanced Ability Scores: +1 (<strong>+14 gain!!</strong>)</p><p>High Attack Rate: +1</p><p>Trample is actually +2</p><p>Special Damage vs. Objects: +1</p><p>Plant Type: +1</p><p></p><p>By the book, thats actually an ECL 13! <strong>Being Kind</strong> I acid tested this and dropped it by <strong>-2 ECL</strong>, dropping Damage vs. Objects and and dropping Trample to a +1.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Important One:</p><p><u>Savage Species p. 11:</u> "If a monster gains multiple attacks in a single round before a fighter of the equal Hit Dice would do the same, or if a monster's natural weapons do more damage than a simple or martial weapon it could wield in one hand, the monster gets a +1 LA."</p><p></p><p>Your Race Has 2 attacks at 4th level - A Fighter doesnt get 2 attacks until 6th level.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Minotaur: Starting ECL = 8</p><p>6HD</p><p>Reach: +1</p><p>Natural Armor +1</p><p>Unbalanced Ability Score: +1</p><p></p><p>By the book, None of the other abilities warent an LA. Scent and Natural Cunning do not gain an LA. Acid Tested by -1 ECL.</p><p><strong>I Acid tested yours by -2 ECL.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>1st off - If you didnt want criticism - you shouldnt have posted to the boards. All I am doing is showing the possible abuse of the race compared to what is set down in the rules. If you REALLY cared about balance and not a mega-power uber race, you would look at the criticism objectively and think about it and ask for ways to fix it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>2nd off - Where do you get the <strong>"starting ecl = HD plus ECL is bogus"</strong>? Are you saying that ALL the rules can go out the window because you dont like them for your race, but they apply to everything else?</p><p></p><p><u>Savage Species p. 6:</u> </p><p>"<strong>Starting ECL:</strong> A Monster's strating ECL is defined as: <strong>Base Creature's Hit Dice + Level Adjustment</strong>."</p><p></p><p>This rule applies to every monster race in the book but yours? It only applies to every <strong>OTHER</strong> PLANT monster in the book but your race?</p><p></p><p>If you dont want to count 4HD into the ECL, make it a 1HD creature - PERIOD! Then it doesnt count, and its then ECL 7.</p><p></p><p>How about dropping the Slam to 1 Slam attack - HEY there goes another +1.</p><p></p><p>How about dropping it to +5 Natural Armor - HEY there goes another +1.</p><p></p><p><strong> Now we have an ECL 5 Race.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>3rd: <strong>"Plant HD are the equivalent of humaoid basically, which is worse than any pc class, whereas Outsider and dragon HD are compareable to PC levels, and the Mounsterous Humanoid and Magical beast HD are almost worth pc levels."</strong></p><p></p><p>What book are YOU reading? ALL Monsters have a D8 HD. And as far as skills and saves and BAB go - its the cost of being a Plant. Same thing with any other CLASS CHOICE. Some are good at some things, other suck at them.</p><p></p><p>If you looked at it your way, is a Fighter better than a Rogue because it gets a better BAB and HD? Or is the Rogue better because it gets more skills? Or does the monk walk all over them both because it gets good saves in everything? Come on - that is NOT how you dictate balance.</p><p></p><p></p><p>4th: <strong>The ECL on my treeman was done by comparing a minotaur to a treant, as they are written in savage species."</strong></p><p></p><p>Thats like comparing an Apple to a Turnip! Would you compare a Sprite to an Elemental? How about a Centaur to a Dopelganger?</p><p></p><p>See the Minotaur above. IT follows the rules if you include the -1 Acid Test adjustment. Guess what - with a -2 Acid Test adjustment on your race - its STILL ECL 11 <strong>IF you folow the same rules as the Minotuar</strong>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Compared to the race you created at ECL 7? I would hate to see what you WOULD allow in your game. Its not balanced. It is too powerful for an ECL 7. The ABSOLUTE lowest I would allow this is ECL 10, and as a DM that makes me nervous about Balance.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No - its is NOT better. Its different. You are so attached and think your self so superior, that you refuse to looking at it objectively.</p><p>And as for 3rd party - just because they are 3rd party does not mean they are intrinsecly worse than 1st party. I have seen some real crap come from 1st Party Source (can I mention Splat Books?). Much 3rd party stuff is BETTER than core. Hence ... 3.5E.</p><p></p><p></p><p>You basically want a Treant, that the DM already told you <strong>NO</strong> to, so you created this Uber "yet reduced" version of the treant, and cant understand why what you created is still too powerful for an ECL 7.</p><p></p><p>If your DM allows this as-is. More power to ya. I would never allow it as it is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Khaalis, post: 763431, member: 2167"] If you really want to get picky your Treeman is higher. 4HD = 4 ECL Natural Armor: +2 (+1 per 5 points) Reach: +1 (+1 per 5') Unbalanced Ability Scores: +1 ([b]+14 gain!![/b]) High Attack Rate: +1 Trample is actually +2 Special Damage vs. Objects: +1 Plant Type: +1 By the book, thats actually an ECL 13! [b]Being Kind[/b] I acid tested this and dropped it by [b]-2 ECL[/b], dropping Damage vs. Objects and and dropping Trample to a +1. Important One: [u]Savage Species p. 11:[/u] "If a monster gains multiple attacks in a single round before a fighter of the equal Hit Dice would do the same, or if a monster's natural weapons do more damage than a simple or martial weapon it could wield in one hand, the monster gets a +1 LA." Your Race Has 2 attacks at 4th level - A Fighter doesnt get 2 attacks until 6th level. Minotaur: Starting ECL = 8 6HD Reach: +1 Natural Armor +1 Unbalanced Ability Score: +1 By the book, None of the other abilities warent an LA. Scent and Natural Cunning do not gain an LA. Acid Tested by -1 ECL. [b]I Acid tested yours by -2 ECL.[/b] 1st off - If you didnt want criticism - you shouldnt have posted to the boards. All I am doing is showing the possible abuse of the race compared to what is set down in the rules. If you REALLY cared about balance and not a mega-power uber race, you would look at the criticism objectively and think about it and ask for ways to fix it. 2nd off - Where do you get the [b]"starting ecl = HD plus ECL is bogus"[/b]? Are you saying that ALL the rules can go out the window because you dont like them for your race, but they apply to everything else? [u]Savage Species p. 6:[/u] "[b]Starting ECL:[/b] A Monster's strating ECL is defined as: [b]Base Creature's Hit Dice + Level Adjustment[/b]." This rule applies to every monster race in the book but yours? It only applies to every [b]OTHER[/b] PLANT monster in the book but your race? If you dont want to count 4HD into the ECL, make it a 1HD creature - PERIOD! Then it doesnt count, and its then ECL 7. How about dropping the Slam to 1 Slam attack - HEY there goes another +1. How about dropping it to +5 Natural Armor - HEY there goes another +1. [b] Now we have an ECL 5 Race.[/b] 3rd: [b]"Plant HD are the equivalent of humaoid basically, which is worse than any pc class, whereas Outsider and dragon HD are compareable to PC levels, and the Mounsterous Humanoid and Magical beast HD are almost worth pc levels."[/b] What book are YOU reading? ALL Monsters have a D8 HD. And as far as skills and saves and BAB go - its the cost of being a Plant. Same thing with any other CLASS CHOICE. Some are good at some things, other suck at them. If you looked at it your way, is a Fighter better than a Rogue because it gets a better BAB and HD? Or is the Rogue better because it gets more skills? Or does the monk walk all over them both because it gets good saves in everything? Come on - that is NOT how you dictate balance. 4th: [b]The ECL on my treeman was done by comparing a minotaur to a treant, as they are written in savage species."[/b] Thats like comparing an Apple to a Turnip! Would you compare a Sprite to an Elemental? How about a Centaur to a Dopelganger? See the Minotaur above. IT follows the rules if you include the -1 Acid Test adjustment. Guess what - with a -2 Acid Test adjustment on your race - its STILL ECL 11 [b]IF you folow the same rules as the Minotuar[/b]. Compared to the race you created at ECL 7? I would hate to see what you WOULD allow in your game. Its not balanced. It is too powerful for an ECL 7. The ABSOLUTE lowest I would allow this is ECL 10, and as a DM that makes me nervous about Balance. No - its is NOT better. Its different. You are so attached and think your self so superior, that you refuse to looking at it objectively. And as for 3rd party - just because they are 3rd party does not mean they are intrinsecly worse than 1st party. I have seen some real crap come from 1st Party Source (can I mention Splat Books?). Much 3rd party stuff is BETTER than core. Hence ... 3.5E. You basically want a Treant, that the DM already told you [b]NO[/b] to, so you created this Uber "yet reduced" version of the treant, and cant understand why what you created is still too powerful for an ECL 7. If your DM allows this as-is. More power to ya. I would never allow it as it is. [/QUOTE]
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