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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kreynolds" data-source="post: 79432" data-attributes="member: 2829"><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!    :o"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" /> OK. My bad. Just saw that. I guess I got a bit too caught up in trying to defend myself from such an offensive and grating poster, namely DrowDude. I got some really good input from some people, but DrowDude, you just waste my time with your gruffness.The spell was specifically designed to protect only against critical hits. We aren't dealing with real world physics. We are dealing with MAGIC. If I wanted the spell to protect against crits, SAs, etc, I would have made it a much higher level. But I didn't. That kinda suggests that, well, maybe I didn't want it high level.And DrowDude? This is the custom rules board. If you don't like the spell, that's fine, just leave it alone. And don't quote me the construct rules because I know how they work. Fortification, yeah, I was confused, but I know how constructs, etc, work. I'm finished with you for now.One more thing DrowDude. I do value your opinion, honestly. But you don't need to be so rough about it. I can be just as rough as you but I'd rather not get in a phallic measuring contest with you as it's a waste of my time. I have fun with DnD and I have fun on these boards, but please don't get me wrong, it's not my life. Your crass input won't harm my ego in the slightest, as I have plenty of ego to go around. But please keep your input coming because it does help in it's own way.Now! For everyone else, this is basically the theme I was going for: The spell transforms your vital organs, toughening them, shrinking them, whatever (it just makes them harder to hit). Therefore, you no longer have vital spots. You can use whatever kind of descriptive text you like, but the above are just examples.I allowed sneak attack damage because 1) you are not considered a construct nor do you have construct-like qualities 2) you are not one solid organ, it's just that much harder to really get in a debilitating hit. I figured the only people that would really have a chance of dealing you extra damage were classes that have the SA ability. For instance, your heart, kidneys, liver, etc have been widely distributed throughout your body. However, muscles for instance, are not considered vital organs, so it is still quite possible for a rogue or assassin or blackguard to hamstring you. That's just an example.It would also be easy enough to design the spell so that it DOES protect against SAs as well. I would just need to bump up the level. I think I'll go hit the drawing board and see what I can come up with. As for this spell, I've gotten both yeas and neas so I guess I'll leave it up here to get more input before I change anything yet.</blockquote>

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