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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 6017019" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dragon Issue 292: February 2002part 9/10Command points: Speaking of offbeat creature combos, that's exactly what the second Chainmail column covers. 4 sample warbands for you to try out, with analysis of their statistical pros and cons. All are fairly small, thinking on the skirmish scale rather than large engagements, and most of them have some variant ideas so you can field almost the same team again without it being too predictable. This once again reminds me of how they handled spellfire, and the way that was responsible for introducing CharOp thinking to the TSR offices back in the day. And now it's gone from something that was looked down upon, to something that they actively encourage amongst their players, and regularly do themselves. You can get a near unlimited amount of columns from examining statistical minutinae, as the Ecologies prove. So this column has found a niche that they should be able to stick with as long as the game stays supported, especially if there's more supplements coming regularly to keep upsetting the balance. Question is if people'll get bored with twinking advice or not. Surely not. They eat that up on the forums. Sage advice: Can you get a synergy bonus for a skill you lack (Sure. Dig that picked up peripheral maan.)Can you get intimidate bonuses for being ugly (Never, ever, make a penalty a bonus save in a plot sense. This is absolutely against the game's design philosophy. The rules nazis will beat down your door and drag you off to our slave camps if you dare. And Skip will watch you and laugh. )Do you have to jump the full distance you can (no) Which modifiers stack on jump checks (Calculate Base speed first, then add other stuff onto that. Type bonuses apply as usual.)What happens if you jump farther than your speed. (You pause in mid-air until next round. I'm sure there's an order of the stick strip riffing off that.)How high do you go in a broad jump (1/4 the distance leapt. Basic law of parabolics. Well, it is in D&D anyway. Speak not to Skip of Realism! Watch you don't bump your head on the way out.)If you jump in the air, do you take damage from falling. (only any extra beyond the up)Can you do multiple tumbles in a move (sure. You still won't go as far as if you walked. )What's a caster level check (Roll d20, and add only your appropriate caster level. Self-explanatory much?)What's the DC for the caster level check needed to use high level scrolls (The Scrolls Caster level + 1. Essentially, 5% chance of failure per level below the one needed to cast normally. Behold our clever mathematics.) How does a bard cast wizard spells from scrolls (If it's on their list as well, no biggie. If it's not, you'll have to get your use magic device skills out) Can anyone use a wand of bulls strength if they know the trigger (no)Can you use arcane legerdemain with more than one skill (Yes. Choose a new one each time. No you can't use masterwork tools with it. Skip has answered that one already.)Do barbarians automatically become literate if they multiclass (Unless it's to totemist. Oops. Skip can't know that yet. Retcon time! )Are mounts automatically proficient in Barding. (No. Only if they're war trained. )</blockquote>

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