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<blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 6073762" data-attributes="member: 27780"><p><strong><u>Dragon Issue 304: February 2003</u></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>part 9/9</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sage advice is getting vile and dark. What fun for Skip. </p><p></p><p>What CR are bone creatures (CR+1. Please do not recurse this formula. )</p><p></p><p>When do you need to make the alchemy check for liquid pain (When making it without magic. Any idiot can use it. )</p><p></p><p>Do you have to spend skill points on the dark speech ( No. Only feat senor. )</p><p></p><p>Do corrupt spells need material components or not. (Well whatdya know, one of them does. You'd better do as the spell says. Skip doesn't want to piss Monte off by pointing out his contradictions. Monte's an even bigger badass mutha:shut yo mouth: than Skip. )</p><p></p><p>The rules for corruption spells say they can't be permanent, but two are. When do you pay the price. (You'd better pay upfront. Like Skip said before, don't mess with Monte, especially when he's contradicting himself. That's when he's at his most dangerous.)</p><p></p><p>If you're immune to energy drain, can you cast corrupt spells (Sure. You'll still lose the points. If you can't lose Con, you'll lose Cha instead)</p><p></p><p>Do you have to be both undead and fiend to use flesh ripper (Just one or the other. No worries dude. ) </p><p></p><p>If you suffer cha drain from using dark speech, can that prevent you from using it again (yes) </p><p></p><p>Do you need to meet the prerequisites for elixir of dark speech to work (no) </p><p></p><p>Are monks subject to the supernatural diseases in the book (Yes. )</p><p></p><p>Does detect evil detect all evil creatures (Yes, just at different intensities. Monte made another mistake. Don't tell him Skip said that though. )</p><p></p><p>Do you get iterative attacks with rapid shot (yes, afterwards.) </p><p></p><p>Just how good is regeneration at keeping things alive. (Almost infinitely. If you don't have their weakness, you're screwed. If they don't need food, you can hack at them forever and they'll just pull themselves together. ) </p><p></p><p>Does fast healing work at negative HP. Does it automatically stabilize you (As long as you're not dead, and yes. )</p><p></p><p>Can you imbue people with metamagiced spells (Yes, if you can imbue spells of that adjusted level. This makes most options not feasible. ) </p><p></p><p></p><p>What's new fights for the money. Make sure you pay up this time, for a military coup often offends. Still, at least would-be despots are more reliable payers than games companies. </p><p></p><p>Slightly slanty cone templates. What's up with that? I guess they're slightly harder to calculate than the straight ones. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Another fairly significant issue, all in all. Between the new edition announcement and the experiment with OGL material, we're once again moving forward, and making lasting changes to the way they operate. The fact that most of the articles are pretty good too is nice as well. Still, I doubt things'll really settle down until after 3.5 is out. Even if the company is getting into a routine now they're in new offices, the public'll have plenty to say about all these changes. Let's see how long it takes to catch up this time around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="(un)reason, post: 6073762, member: 27780"] [B][U]Dragon Issue 304: February 2003[/U][/B] part 9/9 Sage advice is getting vile and dark. What fun for Skip. What CR are bone creatures (CR+1. Please do not recurse this formula. ) When do you need to make the alchemy check for liquid pain (When making it without magic. Any idiot can use it. ) Do you have to spend skill points on the dark speech ( No. Only feat senor. ) Do corrupt spells need material components or not. (Well whatdya know, one of them does. You'd better do as the spell says. Skip doesn't want to piss Monte off by pointing out his contradictions. Monte's an even bigger badass mutha:shut yo mouth: than Skip. ) The rules for corruption spells say they can't be permanent, but two are. When do you pay the price. (You'd better pay upfront. Like Skip said before, don't mess with Monte, especially when he's contradicting himself. That's when he's at his most dangerous.) If you're immune to energy drain, can you cast corrupt spells (Sure. You'll still lose the points. If you can't lose Con, you'll lose Cha instead) Do you have to be both undead and fiend to use flesh ripper (Just one or the other. No worries dude. ) If you suffer cha drain from using dark speech, can that prevent you from using it again (yes) Do you need to meet the prerequisites for elixir of dark speech to work (no) Are monks subject to the supernatural diseases in the book (Yes. ) Does detect evil detect all evil creatures (Yes, just at different intensities. Monte made another mistake. Don't tell him Skip said that though. ) Do you get iterative attacks with rapid shot (yes, afterwards.) Just how good is regeneration at keeping things alive. (Almost infinitely. If you don't have their weakness, you're screwed. If they don't need food, you can hack at them forever and they'll just pull themselves together. ) Does fast healing work at negative HP. Does it automatically stabilize you (As long as you're not dead, and yes. ) Can you imbue people with metamagiced spells (Yes, if you can imbue spells of that adjusted level. This makes most options not feasible. ) What's new fights for the money. Make sure you pay up this time, for a military coup often offends. Still, at least would-be despots are more reliable payers than games companies. Slightly slanty cone templates. What's up with that? I guess they're slightly harder to calculate than the straight ones. Another fairly significant issue, all in all. Between the new edition announcement and the experiment with OGL material, we're once again moving forward, and making lasting changes to the way they operate. The fact that most of the articles are pretty good too is nice as well. Still, I doubt things'll really settle down until after 3.5 is out. Even if the company is getting into a routine now they're in new offices, the public'll have plenty to say about all these changes. Let's see how long it takes to catch up this time around. [/QUOTE]
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