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<blockquote data-quote="twjensen" data-source="post: 124687" data-attributes="member: 3124"><p><strong>My two cp</strong></p><p></p><p>The new parry feat is great! Should be in a WotC book, IMHO. Fantasy novels are full of tales of fighters doing exactly that thing. Bravo!</p><p></p><p>Offensive strike is as powerful as power attack. But most feats are not as powerful as power attack. So adding this feat gives an unbalanced and unplanned boost to fighters. Power attack is in the books to balance fighters against spell-casters IMO. Thus, the logical thing is to not allow offensive strike to be used with power attack. That keeps everything level.</p><p></p><p>Wilderness Stealth & Awareness really break the rules in order to correct a broken seeming mechanic. Rogues rule the wild as well as they rule the city when it comes to skills like search, spot, hide and move silent.</p><p></p><p>A better way to deal with the problem is to give druids spells & items that add fixed bonuses. Example:</p><p></p><p>Wilderness Blend, Drd 3, Save: no (harmless), Duration: 1 minute / level; Range: Personal; By means of this spell, the Druid can blend with any wilderness environment, gaining +10 competence bonus to move silent and hide checks in the wild.</p><p></p><p>Wilderness Awareness, Drd 3, Save: no (harmless), Duration: 1 hour / level; Range: Personal; By means of this spell, the Druid can commune with the awareness of the creatures around her. She gains a +10 circumstance bonus to spot and listen checks to notice anything that a wild creature knows. (If a squirrel is sitting next to the hiding rogue, the Druid gets a bonus to spot him, etc..)</p><p></p><p>These spells are shot from the hip. So I make no guarantee that I've got the level right. But these spells work better within the rules framework because they require the druid to use spell slots and provide a fixed rather than variable bonus.</p><p></p><p>[edit] Changed the duration of the second spell and listed the type of bonus I envisioned for both spells.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="twjensen, post: 124687, member: 3124"] [b]My two cp[/b] The new parry feat is great! Should be in a WotC book, IMHO. Fantasy novels are full of tales of fighters doing exactly that thing. Bravo! Offensive strike is as powerful as power attack. But most feats are not as powerful as power attack. So adding this feat gives an unbalanced and unplanned boost to fighters. Power attack is in the books to balance fighters against spell-casters IMO. Thus, the logical thing is to not allow offensive strike to be used with power attack. That keeps everything level. Wilderness Stealth & Awareness really break the rules in order to correct a broken seeming mechanic. Rogues rule the wild as well as they rule the city when it comes to skills like search, spot, hide and move silent. A better way to deal with the problem is to give druids spells & items that add fixed bonuses. Example: Wilderness Blend, Drd 3, Save: no (harmless), Duration: 1 minute / level; Range: Personal; By means of this spell, the Druid can blend with any wilderness environment, gaining +10 competence bonus to move silent and hide checks in the wild. Wilderness Awareness, Drd 3, Save: no (harmless), Duration: 1 hour / level; Range: Personal; By means of this spell, the Druid can commune with the awareness of the creatures around her. She gains a +10 circumstance bonus to spot and listen checks to notice anything that a wild creature knows. (If a squirrel is sitting next to the hiding rogue, the Druid gets a bonus to spot him, etc..) These spells are shot from the hip. So I make no guarantee that I've got the level right. But these spells work better within the rules framework because they require the druid to use spell slots and provide a fixed rather than variable bonus. [edit] Changed the duration of the second spell and listed the type of bonus I envisioned for both spells. [/QUOTE]
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