Fieari said:
While mucking about with making some critters, I noticed something that is entirely unfair: the Carapace Divine Ability. If you apply a divine template on top of a creature that already has natural armor, such as a dragon or a demon, this can make a creature that is impossible for fighters to hit at any of the appropriate levels they should be fighting at. I considered giving this to something at CR 28, but that would give it a +92 Natural Armor bonus. On top of all the other armor bonuses it gets!
This ability should be capped. I'd reccomend saying "This ability cannot raise the deity's natural armor past its hit dice" instead of just saying that it SHOULD be about equal to hit dice. Make it a real limit, not just a reccomendation.
It seems like it reads that they gain a natural armor bonus to armorclass, but I see where the confusion lies. I think it is meant to read that if you allready have Natural armor, use this AC or yours, which ever is better. (most WoTC templates state this) I do not think it stacks.
U_K!
the 201 thing was just an example for an suggestions my gaming group were throwing around. Their rationel was this: If a level 20 guy gets infinite strength, Omnific numerical ELC adjustment asside, he gets alot of power. He can essentially defeat anyone in a contest of strength, and could kill anything he wanted in Melee combat. He is still, however, just as "easy" to neutralize in magical combat (~300 hp, crappy saves for his ECL) as a ECL. His later gaining of one, single level really has no numerical power increase to his challenge rating whatsoever. (+1 to hit? I can't miss! +~10 hp? Bah monsters at my CR range one-shot me! +1 to a save? Wont matter, DCS are like 100, and I can't make 'em.)
The other thing they liked about their idea was that if you cheese it and take Invinicibility and Transient Fortitude all at once, you will, all at once, get that X3 or X4 (Do you add multipliers like you do with 3rd Edition doublings, or do you multiply them?) ECL adjustment, so the immediate penalty for typing "IDDQD" or "/Godmode" is that it will be a Looooong time before they level again, where as if they just took the smaller divine abilities they may again gain another level during the game.
Oh, and your Polymath ability is the coolest ever! I think if I had a character with powerful, all around stats, I would take it. (Sweet for druids too
) And use any/all of my Cosmic slots to gain "divine inspiration" and sometimes swap in "multifaceted" or "Extra-Level"
If you know of the Chameleon class from races of Destiny, you become the ultimate chameleon, since you probobly have every skill, and every feat you have taken that you don't swap each round probobly is utility in nature or helps a range of classes (Like natural spell, automatic metamagic capacity) You have a character sheet that fits on a 3"x5" index card
(But is a horrible rules and balance nightmare
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EDIT: As I was looking at ascension, I had the Idea to redo my original Black Hole Golem, possibly to post it. (The orginal was just a horrible destruction machine) Your Divine power for widening auras and the Storm [Effect] Were just what I was looking for. I budgeted myself on 180 divine slots, and my planned Idea was either for a mucho-enlarged aura Telluric or Ultima aura. (Since I don't know which [Effect] deals d1000s, Ill wait)
The interesting thing is, with that combo, and telluric aura, it would be "easy" for a mid ranked cosmic entity to "storm" a universe to death. It wouldn't even need to deal all that much damage either - the telluric effect would kill everything not immune to the effect. The Enlarge Aura ability taken about 50 or so times pretty much spells the end for that galexy/universe. (If you can leave that galaxy that is)
Is Astro [Effect] combinable with Telluric?
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