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<blockquote data-quote="DrSpunj" data-source="post: 1391780" data-attributes="member: 994"><p><s></s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>Good, that's how I picture them in the Eaglesford world, too. I just wasn't sure how far you'd gone with the whole "miner" aspect of their culture and if it was pretty far and I just hadn't see that side of them yet, then a melee weapon may make some sense. I thought that's where <strong>Videssian</strong> was coming from since I figured he'd been given a "briefing on Kobolds" after choosing Kefk. But from what I <em>have</em> seen, I think the Repeating Xbow makes a ton of sense.</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>It makes as much sense as Bluff to me (Cautious vs Crafty/Cunning), but I like the straightforward +2 we've been using.</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>Since everything else is identical to v_4 this works for me.</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>It is, and I like the <em>mechanical</em> aspects of it. The only problem is...I can't <u>imagine</u> what someone with racial levels looks like or does as compared to a member of their race without racial levels. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> I just can't picture it.</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>What's an elf with elf levels? The text indicates it's like an "elf's elf". To me that's like describing someone as a "man's man", which definitely paints some sort of picture but not as much as if someone says "barbarian", for instance. Using racial levels for monsters with LAs makes a lot of sense, as I can picture them growing into their racial abilities. That works for Faen and Giants as they both evolve a bit with their racial levels, but the others I just can't really imagine. For them the racial levels seem to exaggerate what they already are. While that's not bad I just can't mentally put a 3rd level Human next to a 1st level Human, or a Human Commoner, and "see" it. If you or anyone else help me with that I'd really appreciate it. It's a mental stumbling block that's keeping me from really being able to use them.</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>Thanks.</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>DrSpunj</s></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrSpunj, post: 1391780, member: 994"] [s] Good, that's how I picture them in the Eaglesford world, too. I just wasn't sure how far you'd gone with the whole "miner" aspect of their culture and if it was pretty far and I just hadn't see that side of them yet, then a melee weapon may make some sense. I thought that's where [b]Videssian[/b] was coming from since I figured he'd been given a "briefing on Kobolds" after choosing Kefk. But from what I [i]have[/i] seen, I think the Repeating Xbow makes a ton of sense. It makes as much sense as Bluff to me (Cautious vs Crafty/Cunning), but I like the straightforward +2 we've been using. Since everything else is identical to v_4 this works for me. It is, and I like the [i]mechanical[/i] aspects of it. The only problem is...I can't [u]imagine[/u] what someone with racial levels looks like or does as compared to a member of their race without racial levels. :confused: I just can't picture it. What's an elf with elf levels? The text indicates it's like an "elf's elf". To me that's like describing someone as a "man's man", which definitely paints some sort of picture but not as much as if someone says "barbarian", for instance. Using racial levels for monsters with LAs makes a lot of sense, as I can picture them growing into their racial abilities. That works for Faen and Giants as they both evolve a bit with their racial levels, but the others I just can't really imagine. For them the racial levels seem to exaggerate what they already are. While that's not bad I just can't mentally put a 3rd level Human next to a 1st level Human, or a Human Commoner, and "see" it. If you or anyone else help me with that I'd really appreciate it. It's a mental stumbling block that's keeping me from really being able to use them. Thanks. DrSpunj[/s] [/QUOTE]
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