race & feat combos that destroy my campaigns melee combat.

[Testament]

Some spells that will REALLY ruin his day:

Reciprocal Gyre (Complete Arcane): The buffer's nightmare. Every level of buff becomes a cube of damage. Don't fail that save, or you're in hideous pain. And dazed to boot.

Hold Person/Monster: Helpless. Even if he passes the save later, he's out for rounds.

Mindless Rage (Complete Adventurer): Attack only the caster. Gets hysterical if the caster's got a fly spell on too.

The Words of Faith (Blasphemy, Holy Word etc): The nukes for this situation, don't use them lightly, as they can really anger players. LA becomes a death sentence when these start flying though.

Confusion: What's he doing now?!

Rusting Grasp: NOOOOO! MY SWORD!!!!!

Dominate Monster: The ultimate doom.

Mind Fog: Will save or your will save gets worse. A whole lot worse. Then follow up.

Suggestion: Why don't you run and get help? Or maybe go after that guy running to find enemy reinforcements? (Yeah that's right, the illusory one) Psionic Suggestion is even worse, with that HIDEOUS duration.

Death Urge (Psionics): Will save, or crit yourself. With max power attack, you're trying to commit suicide. Deliver via a maximum surging Wilder for even more pain.

Mind Thrust (Psionic): The humble Level 1 power. Mind Affecting, will negates are its downside. The upside is the d10 damage per power point spent.

Mind Flayers. Mind Flayers solve everything.

And finally, yes, the Tactical Feats are awesome. As they should be, they gave fighters back their dignity and meant that they were no longer glorified meat shields for the spell lobbers once the 5th level spells start flying. I personally thank WotC for them, combat became more than "I hit him again".

 

[focallength]

ok first off its your fault so why are you complaining? As a Dm you could have said sorry Im not letting you play a race with a +8 to str (among other things) and sorry no +4 gauntlets, so no 30 str. If he absolutely has to have this stuff go make him take it from the guy whos wearing it (and doing 80+ points a round). Simple if he whines, tell him go play somewehre else. Other than that your getting what you deserve, if it was me and I saw you allow that character, Id assume it was a uber game and the gloves would be off. You have complete control of the game and if you dont you shouldnt be a DM. No offense intended, just my humble opinion.

 

[Rystil Arden]

ok first off its your fault so why are you complaining? As a Dm you could have said sorry Im not letting you play a race with a +8 to str (among other things) and sorry no +4 gauntlets, so no 30 str. If he absolutely has to have this stuff go make him take it from the guy whos wearing it (and doing 80+ points a round). Simple if he whines, tell him go play somewehre else. Other than that your getting what you deserve, if it was me and I saw you allow that character, Id assume it was a uber game and the gloves would be off. You have complete control of the game and if you dont you shouldnt be a DM. No offense intended, just my humble opinion.

Dude, why did you resurrect a month-old Thorncrest thread to tell him its his fault again. He's not going to read this, as he hasn't been posting here for a while, thanks to overwhelming negative response he received (not to say he didn't deserve them)