Is Dragon 309 out?
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Lord Rasputin
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Re: Dragon #309 3.5 notes
I was kinda expecting the exclusive skills to go the way of the dodo. Two such skills, Animal Empathy and Scry, were going away entirely, so the remaining such skills would be odd exceptions.
Looks like rangers won't have as many free skill points as we thought, and druids now have another skill they need. Remember when druids needed high Charisma scores?
Hairy Minotaur said:
I was kinda expecting the exclusive skills to go the way of the dodo. Two such skills, Animal Empathy and Scry, were going away entirely, so the remaining such skills would be odd exceptions.
Looks like rangers won't have as many free skill points as we thought, and druids now have another skill they need. Remember when druids needed high Charisma scores?
Glyfair
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Re: Dragon #309 3.5 notes
Well, there goes the "wild man" archetype. The guy who can't get along with people but animals come naturally. Now, he's as smooth as James Bond.
I'll wager that "Use Magic Device" has been reworked so that it ties into a class skill. Either that, or it's another class skill tied into Bluff (talk that wand into casting the spell for you
).
Glyfair of Glamis
Hairy Minotaur said:
Well, there goes the "wild man" archetype. The guy who can't get along with people but animals come naturally. Now, he's as smooth as James Bond.
I'll wager that "Use Magic Device" has been reworked so that it ties into a class skill. Either that, or it's another class skill tied into Bluff (talk that wand into casting the spell for you
).Glyfair of Glamis
Chun-tzu
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Re: Re: Dragon #309 3.5 notes
Yeah, it's probably been reworked somehow, but it shouldn't be tied in with Bluff. Bluff and UMD are both highly valuable skills on their own, there's no need to combine them into a super-skill.
Glyfair said:I'll wager that "Use Magic Device" has been reworked so that it ties into a class skill. Either that, or it's another class skill tied into Bluff (talk that wand into casting the spell for you
Yeah, it's probably been reworked somehow, but it shouldn't be tied in with Bluff. Bluff and UMD are both highly valuable skills on their own, there's no need to combine them into a super-skill.
Hairy Minotaur
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Re: "Use Magic Device"
The article states that rogues won't have to worry about fighters competing with them on UMD as it will require a lot of ranks to get things to work.
The article states that rogues won't have to worry about fighters competing with them on UMD as it will require a lot of ranks to get things to work.
Nathal
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Re: Re: Dragon #309 3.5 notes
I agree. I think the common usage of the word "diplomacy" would not typically enter into the mind of one creating the Beastmaster. Why would animal empathy require human diplomacy? It must be they have broadened the definition of the word beyond its denotation, much like "dexterity" which now means many things---in D&D---beyond the dictionary definition.
Glyfair said:
Well, there goes the "wild man" archetype. The guy who can't get along with people but animals come naturally. Now, he's as smooth as James Bond.
I'll wager that "Use Magic Device" has been reworked so that it ties into a class skill. Either that, or it's another class skill tied into Bluff (talk that wand into casting the spell for you
Glyfair of Glamis
I agree. I think the common usage of the word "diplomacy" would not typically enter into the mind of one creating the Beastmaster. Why would animal empathy require human diplomacy? It must be they have broadened the definition of the word beyond its denotation, much like "dexterity" which now means many things---in D&D---beyond the dictionary definition.
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Dang, I thought exclusive skills was a good idea. What I didn't like was class skills. I thought the number of skill points was enough of a limitation to hold back other classes from becoming skill monsters.
I'd like to see them change all skills to general so a Fighter could raise skills like Listen and Spot as easily as a rogue. No reason listen and spot shouldn't be easily obtainable by any adventuring class. As far as I am concerned, Listen and Spot are survival skills where adventurers are concerned.
Dang, I thought exclusive skills was a good idea. What I didn't like was class skills. I thought the number of skill points was enough of a limitation to hold back other classes from becoming skill monsters.
I'd like to see them change all skills to general so a Fighter could raise skills like Listen and Spot as easily as a rogue. No reason listen and spot shouldn't be easily obtainable by any adventuring class. As far as I am concerned, Listen and Spot are survival skills where adventurers are concerned.
A bit confused
I have never read an issue of dragon, but I've been on teh boards enough to hear you guys talking about them all the time. But a whole list of different numbers come up, lately issues 309, 99, and 100 have come up. Are people just talking about really old issues... or is there something I'm missing?
I have never read an issue of dragon, but I've been on teh boards enough to hear you guys talking about them all the time. But a whole list of different numbers come up, lately issues 309, 99, and 100 have come up. Are people just talking about really old issues... or is there something I'm missing?
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