Heroes, Inc - Heroic Mercs in FR OOC Thread

[Steve Gorak]

Hey Guys,

I have a rules related question for y'all.

Does the feat arcane mastery work with dispell magic (the spell)? The reason I'm asking is that arcane mastery talks about being able to take 10 on caster level checks, and dispell magic talks about dispell checks. Are they the same?

I'm thinking about switching one of my invocations for Voracious dispelling, but hate the idea of the psell only working 50% of the time.

With arcane mastery, would my character have to beat 10 (take 10) with his 1d20+10 (1d20+1/lvl, max +10) roll to dispell a spell?

Thanks and cheers,

SG

 

[DM_Matt]

Hey Guys,

I have a rules related question for y'all.

Does the feat arcane mastery work with dispell magic (the spell)? The reason I'm asking is that arcane mastery talks about being able to take 10 on caster level checks, and dispell magic talks about dispell checks. Are they the same?

I'm thinking about switching one of my invocations for Voracious dispelling, but hate the idea of the psell only working 50% of the time.

With arcane mastery, would my character have to beat 10 (take 10) with his 1d20+10 (1d20+1/lvl, max +10) roll to dispell a spell?

Thanks and cheers,

SG

Even if a dispel check is a caster level check, taking 10 will give you a 20, which will only dispel things cast by 8th level or below casters. Spells cast by casters 5 levels lower than you usually arent the scary ones.

If I were you I'd get rid of PBS and use that for extra invoc: dark ones own luck, then ditch flee the scene as well as go with the two MetaSLAs. Running away a relatively short distance (55feet) and getting +1 to hit/dmg in some situations can be handy, but not as handy as more than doubling your damage output.

 

[Ranger Rick]

I will not be around this weekend (sat morn/sun night)

What is the immediate plan? When is the estimated start date?

 

[Eltern]

Hey Matt, quick pseudo-metagame question for yah. Do you think we'll more typically be fighting lots of baddies at once, or individuals/small groups? Or is it a bit of both? I ask because if it's individuals, Great Cleave is absolutely useless. If it's big groups, then it's actually useful (And the sweeping strike ability becomes much more fun).

I understand if you don't think you can answer. I just want to know if I'm wasting a feat by taking Great Cleave instead of Improved Disarm.

 

[Ranger Rick]

From a PC perspective. We could use someone who can get rid of cannon fodder. Go for great cleave. It may not be the most glamourous, but it would help those others who are geared to one on one fights.

 

[Steve Gorak]

If I were you I'd get rid of PBS and use that for extra invoc: dark ones own luck, then ditch flee the scene as well as go with the two MetaSLAs. Running away a relatively short distance (55feet) and getting +1 to hit/dmg in some situations can be handy, but not as handy as more than doubling your damage output.

Hey DM_Matt,

Thanks for the advice,

The problem is that PBS is a pre-req for precise shot, which is a must for my char (avoids getting -4 when targetting foes engaged in melee). Also, the extra invocation feat is only for current invocation level -1. I couldn't get any extra 1st level invocations untill level 6.

You're right about flee the scene though, I'll switch it with a quicken SLA (Eldrich blast). the rules say I can only take 1 though (caster level 10 requirement) so my level 9 feat won't work, unless you allow me to...

Another way we could do this (so I can hasve 2 meta sla) is to exchange my 12 level warlock ability: imbue item (which bugs me anyways) with an extra feat. Would you allow that? The advantage to you is that I would have fewer magic items and the advantage to me is that feats are always welcome...

Cheers,

SG

 

[Keia]

Questions for Matt:

Have we settled on 13th?

Any other races allowed - I'm looking at the Elan, from the XPH?

Forgotten realms races okay?


Thanks for the help!

Keia

 

[Falkus]

Any comments or suggestions on my character sheet? It's been a while since I've played high level DnD.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Without looking are they numbered? Do they all have the same name?

About 5 years ago a US company had a commerical of Texas cowboys herding cats. Ever see it?

They're not numbered; they're in alphabetical order, though

And yeah, I loved that commercial

-Hyp.

 

[DM_Matt]

1. Falkus: The character is very well-made. I don't really have any criticism of it. Well done.

2. Keia: Yes L13, yes XPH and FR races.

3. Eltern: It varies. I really can;t give a satisfactory answer.

4. Steve Gorak: Hmmm....well, you don't even need to trade in your ability for a feat. You took Craft Wonderous Item pretty much for use with that feat, so you can get back the feat by not using imbue anyway.

Schedule: We should get going during the week. Now that the party is pratically complete, though, you guys should name your company (optionally) flesh it out however you want, and alter your abilities in light of those the others have, since you guys would have been adventuring together for a long time. Also, you might want to look at further optimization. I throw tough baddies at you guys. You should be as powerful as possible within the bounds of the character concept.