Races of Faerûn Preview: Gray Orcs, +2 Wisdom ! / +Arms & Equip. Guide Sneak Peek

[JPL]

Already done.. Ain't I a nice DM?


Eldorian Antar

You are indeed.

If orcs are this good, I can hardly wait to see what they do with gnomes.

 

[ArcOfCorinth]

Headlong rush is similiar to the feat Power Lunge, but better in most cases. Power Lunge from sword and fist only provokes the AoO from the target, but Headlong Rush provokes from any of your target's allies standing around. Power Lunge also only doubles your str bonus to damage, which I think is a clunky mechanic. As for the feat being Orc only, i'm not too happy with racial feats (my human barbarian would love to replace his power lunge for that feat, and pick up the Might Makes Right). Overall, I like the feat, and will suggest it and the Preistige class to my new Half-Orc fighter player, because he plans on taking leadership. He probably won't be too keen on the feat, as he is an orc double axe fighter and needs all his feats.


Eldorian Antar

If you want to double your charge damage then just buy him some Rhino Armor.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

A Gray Orc is ECL +1, because doing the acid test from Savage Species and comparing a 1st level Half-Orc Barbarian vs. a 1st level Gray Orc Barbarian, it's clear that the Gray Orc is more powerful.

As for the Arms & Equipment part, yes those are the same rules that appeared in Dragon, but one thing I wish they do put in stats for cannons somewhere in the book. I find it quite difficult to visualize ships with ballistas and catapults, when every time I think of naval combat it's always cannonballs flying and ships broadsiding each other.

 

[Olive]

Given what WotC said about gunpowder in the setting search, I don't think you'll be seeing cannons anytime soon.

Read some Asterix books, they have a bunch of roman era naval combat in them. and they're funny!

 

[Eldorian]

If you want to double your charge damage then just buy him some Rhino Armor.

I prefer to avoid using magic items to duplicate what rightfully belongs as a class abilty or feat. Plus, rhino hide armor is hide armor.. ick.

Eldorian Antar

 

[Quinn]

Headlong Charge might be just a bit too powerful for my tastes. Normal charges are easy enough, and I don't know if incurring AoOs helps balance out the pretty disgusting amounts of damage that can be dealt out with this.

 

[ascendance]

Well, Headlong Charge starts to get abusive with reach weapons. You don't get AoOs if you don't enter their threat zone...

And try comboing it with Power Lunge...

 

[Eldorian]

I wouldn't allow headlong charge to combine with power lunge... It's kinda what happens when you combine flying kick with mantis leap... I have a post on the smackdown thread that does that.. he can clear 400 damage a round without magic items, in an antimagic field if neccessary. In fact, the mechanic for powerlung and mantis leap, doubling str bonus, is so clunky i'd just kill the feats and replace with them with headlong charge (remove orc requirement) and flying kick. (oh, and about the reach thing, my barbarian uses a rod of lordly might simply because it can become a spear for his powerlunges.)

Eldorian Antar