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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 6149932" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dragon Issue 323: September 2004part 7/8Player Tips: With Dungeoncraft moved out, they replace it's space with something very similar but smaller, aimed at PC's. A bit of fluff about how the culture your character comes from will affect their stats and personality? This is almost the same stuff as the NPC designing ones the last three months, only from a slightly different angle. With the really small size, it's hard for them to say something that hasn't been said before, so this is another one for the new players with the short attention spans. If they think bite sized chunks will sell better, I guess I'm going to have to live with it. Adventurer Tricks: This second little column is also rehashing a very recent topic indeed, talking about how a group copes without a rogue. A decent ranger and wizard can cover for virtually everything a rogue brings to a table except sneak attack, and that's not that great anyway. A few well-chosen spells more than deal with the stealth and trap removal aspects, and these days a lot of traps are weak enough that a tough barbarian can just set them off and take the hit, before letting the cleric deal with the aftermath. Since this does bring a different, more lighthearted spin on the topic than Mearls' one, I'm inclined to tolerate it. It isn't that serious a problem unless the DM specifically sets out to make it one, so don't get too worked up about it. If you die because you didn't have the right set of powers, just make a new group and get on with things instead of angsting. Sskip is no longer here to do Ssage Advice. He, err, retired to live on a farm. Thatsss right. Don't worry, Andy will take good care of you now. Yes, collins, collins, Andy will take good care of all sskip's precioussss books. How kind of Sskip to leave them behind when he left, collins collins. But Andy will get rid of those nassty plants. Getting too big, they are, collins collins. Letss rip them all down, make lotss of nice white sspace to move in, ansswer more quesstionss in, yess, collins collins. Sso, whatss your firsst quesstion? How do you calculate your BAB when wielding two weapons and have more than one attack per round (Eassy. Just determine the penaltes for each hand, and ssubtract 5 for each attack your firsst hand makes. If you have improved two-weapon fighting, you do the same for the extra attackss your otherr hand makess. ) I have a super twinky rapier wielding fighter. Just how badass is he. (All these numberss, making Andy's head spin, collins collins.  Lots and lotss of attacks, yess. But rapierss aren't a light weapon, no, so you don't get that benefit. Almosst as good as you thought, ok? )Can you use power attack when wielding two weapons (Yess. But power attack uselesss with light weapons, so only good if you copy Drizzt, yess. ) If you use a two bladed sword, how much of your str do you add. Does it matter which end you use (Jusst like two handed weapon, yes. One and a half times strength, no matter which end.)Can you throw weapons two handed and use rapid shot at the same time. (If you have quick draw, yess. Lots of shotss, lots of penalties, collins collins.)Can a monk fight with two weapons. What penalties will they suffer (depends if itss a monk weapon or not, collins collins. Lotss of different ways to do this. So many choices, yess. Andy will help you work out which one hurtses your enemies most, yess.) How much damage does an enlarged monk do. (Follow the weapon ssize change formula, yess. Easy, yess? )Can you stack a monks damage with a soulknifes (No. Mind blade not unarmed attack. One or the other, yess.) Can a centaur monk make hoof attacks on top of their normal unarmed attacks. (Yess. Ssecondary weapons useful, yess.)How do I figure out if a monster gets iterative attacks with it's high BAB. (Natural attacks never get iterative, collins collins. Ssuch a sshame. Only weapons.)</blockquote>

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