JollyDoc's Curse of the Crimson Throne: Updated 1/29/10

[Dax Thura]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!

 

[carborundum]

JD... I remember you saying but can't seem to find the reference. What was Raelak's bow again? Brilliant Energy? Force? Radiant something?

Thanks mate!

 

[JollyDoc]

JD... I remember you saying but can't seem to find the reference. What was Raelak's bow again? Brilliant Energy? Force? Radiant something?

Thanks mate!

Force Bow...bypassed all DR!! Nerfed in Pathfinder!!

 

[carborundum]

Thanks!
Was it overpowered or reasonable as a 3.5 weapon property? Raelak ceretainly had fun, but did you watch benevolently or hate every minute of it?

 

[JollyDoc]

Thanks!
Was it overpowered or reasonable as a 3.5 weapon property? Raelak ceretainly had fun, but did you watch benevolently or hate every minute of it?

It was WAY overpowered! I hated every stinking minute of it! I dreamed about ways to sunder it, or disjunct it! DR is a game balancer when you're dealing with high level PC's. Give them the ability to bypass it completely, with a weapon that can hit five times per round, and there goes your challenge.

 

[carborundum]

Aaaah.

I ask because one of the players in my STAP game has a new character, a gnome Rogue with a rapid-fire crossbow. He doesn't do much damage, unless he can sneak (and even then it's not much compared to the Fighters), and it's only two or three times a round at the minute. The rest of the party seriously outdamage him and have many more nice goodies (not least thanks to Zotzilaha). I'm trying to think of a nice present for him weapon-wise. The Force enchantment sounded pretty sweet. I guess a little TOO sweet!

Maybe an enchantment that ignores 5 points of DR? I couldn't find Force in PF - has it just gone or is it in a different book? Or did you mean nerfed out of all existence?

 

[Faren]

Hey Carb!
One of my old parties had a dwarven rogue with a rapid-fire crossbow, and he bumped its damage considerably with an energy enhancement (I think it was frost), giving him an extra +1d6 per shot. That ignores most damage (but not energy) reduction, so that might help him out. I can't think of any other suggestion, unless you make bolts that do additional piercing damage when fired somehow (i.e. arrows of piercing from NWN or something). Great stor(ies)y Jollydoc!

 

[JollyDoc]

Yeah, repeating crossbows are nice, especially if you mix it with an elemental/elemental burst typ damage. He can also take a lot of crossbow specialist feats, as well as some rogue talents like bleeding sneak attack. The force bow is in the magic item compendium, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Leinart]

eh...little bumpage hoping for the guys to decide to drop some epilogues....

 

[Supar]

Read this again. Another great JD SH for the ages. I guesse i will put together a epilogue for Reg