Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
NOW LIVE! Today's the day you meet your new best friend. You don’t have to leave Wolfy behind... In 'Pets & Sidekicks' your companions level up with you!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
Spell Focus 3.5: WAH! Was it that bad?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Al" data-source="post: 1039713" data-attributes="member: 2486"><p>No, but his Cloak of Resistance +5 trumps the Headband of Intellect +6...and his Luckstone and Pale Green Ioun Stone are simply supplementary boosters.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Not really. It's a team game, after all. The cleric doesn't think of the party as "dead weight" when he has to heal them. The rogue doesn't think of the party as "dead weight" when he defuses trap. The fighter doesn't think of the back line as "dead weight" when he plays the meat shield. Party resources have to be pooled for best effect...and in any case, clerics can cast Mind Blank <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=":)" /> .</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Here's the trick though- the better a character's offensive capabilities, the worse his defensive capabilities. A full sneak-attacking rogue can probably pull off more damage than a tank, but is more vulnerable. The wizard rules the roost at dishing out the damage, but can't take much. Unfortunately, 3.5 wizards dish out less but still don't have as good defenses <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>And a good thing too! PCs face far more battles than NPCs (who normally face...er...one). This does of course mean that the NPCs can go full throttle on potions, scrolls and other limited-use items, and can burn all their top spells and limited use feats (Power Critical?) in the one combat. PCs have to budget.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Shard O'Glase had a very good point. The notion of 'conspicuous' targetting works only if the caster has GSF for a Will save school like enchantment, a Reflex save school like evocation and a Fort save school like necromancy. Otherwise, against certain opponents, he will have suboptimal DCs and/or face good saves. An enchanter with GSF, for example, has just as good a chance at throwing an Will save enchantment against a 12th level wizard as a Fort save spell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Al, post: 1039713, member: 2486"] No, but his Cloak of Resistance +5 trumps the Headband of Intellect +6...and his Luckstone and Pale Green Ioun Stone are simply supplementary boosters. Not really. It's a team game, after all. The cleric doesn't think of the party as "dead weight" when he has to heal them. The rogue doesn't think of the party as "dead weight" when he defuses trap. The fighter doesn't think of the back line as "dead weight" when he plays the meat shield. Party resources have to be pooled for best effect...and in any case, clerics can cast Mind Blank :) . Here's the trick though- the better a character's offensive capabilities, the worse his defensive capabilities. A full sneak-attacking rogue can probably pull off more damage than a tank, but is more vulnerable. The wizard rules the roost at dishing out the damage, but can't take much. Unfortunately, 3.5 wizards dish out less but still don't have as good defenses :( And a good thing too! PCs face far more battles than NPCs (who normally face...er...one). This does of course mean that the NPCs can go full throttle on potions, scrolls and other limited-use items, and can burn all their top spells and limited use feats (Power Critical?) in the one combat. PCs have to budget. Shard O'Glase had a very good point. The notion of 'conspicuous' targetting works only if the caster has GSF for a Will save school like enchantment, a Reflex save school like evocation and a Fort save school like necromancy. Otherwise, against certain opponents, he will have suboptimal DCs and/or face good saves. An enchanter with GSF, for example, has just as good a chance at throwing an Will save enchantment against a 12th level wizard as a Fort save spell. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
Spell Focus 3.5: WAH! Was it that bad?
Top