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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jarval" data-source="post: 1648260" data-attributes="member: 421"><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />I did look at my dice and say "You've got to be kidding me!".  Brystasia left the creature with 1 (yes, just one) Hit Point remaining, and Hestia immediately dealt 7 points of damage (her non-critical maximum).It reminds me of something that happened a few years ago in my RL gaming group.  A party of mid-level characters ran into a young red dragon.  The paladin (wielding a Frostbrand sword) immediately charged in, and he and the dragon proceeded to beat seven kinds of hell out of each other over the next few rounds.  By the end of the fourth round, the dragon is on single figure hit points, as is the paladin.  Then Lordan, the overweight, alcoholic middle-aged cleric (played by my brother) steps up.  Not to heal the paladin, ooooh no.  He attacks the dragon, rolling a 20 (this was 2e, so no need to confirm) and dealt precisely enough damage to kill it with his non-magical wooden club...  With his only attack of the combat...Dubbing himself "Lordan the Dragonslayer" from then on didn't do anything to improve the paladin's mood either... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> I think the party we're building up work well together.  Certainly Hestia and Brystasia compliment each other very well, and I'm getting quite fond of Ged <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />It's looking very good.  I've just found the RG thread for it, so I've been digesting the characters you've go so far.  Interesting mix, to say the least <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />One thing I'm not sure of is how ECL is being handled.  I'm probably just being blind and missing something in one of Isida's early posts, but does ECL count as both classes at a given gestalt level, or just one?Anyway, I'm getting some ideas for my character.  I'm thinking a Shasa (half-rakshasa) dervish, taking levels in Barbarian and Wilder.  Makes for an interesting combination <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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