Stormwrack- Anybody got it?

[RichGreen]

Hi,

According to the previews, the hadozee (originally from Spelljammer) are back! Excellent!


Richard

 

[Beastman]

Hi!

Are there any rules for casting spells (and their altered effects) underwater? I do not need new spells, there are already too many out there, but i need rules for spell effects cast underwater...

Thanks

 

[thalmin]

Sorry to disappoint you, but it seems this book doesn't really but touch on underwater adventuring. I have found no underwater rules so far.

Disclaimer: I haven't had a chance to sit down and read it yet, but have searched through the book to find your answers.

 

[Psion]

Can they be? By definition, aren't aquatic "dinosaurs" not dinosaurs?

I don't know if there "can't be", but so far as paleontologists know, there "aren't"

I ran upon this by googling:
http://dml.cmnh.org/1996Jun/msg00223.html

Anyways, D&D isn't a scientific reference by any stretch. I think it places, it even still equates dinosaurs and reptiles. And it says that Deinonychus and Velociraptor are the same thing (though they are the same family, they really aren't.)

 

[Merlion]

Yes, the stormcaster. Druid or mage (or cleric with storm domain) can qualify. Only misses one spellcasting level. Casts spells better in storms, resistance to sonic and electricity, thunder and wind related class abilities.

Yes, there is a storm casting feat, +1 caster level when affected by storms.

Ahhh very nice....any other magic related feats?

 

[Turjan]

Anyways, D&D isn't a scientific reference by any stretch. I think it places, it even still equates dinosaurs and reptiles. And it says that Deinonychus and Velociraptor are the same thing (though they are the same family, they really aren't.)

I think the classification of fungi as plants is a much more blatant error. Then again, it doesn't bother me that much in a game .

 

[Vecna]

Could you post a list (with a brief description) of the Prestige Classes in the book?
Thank you!

 

[Banshee16]

Sorry to disappoint you, but it seems this book doesn't really but touch on underwater adventuring. I have found no underwater rules so far.

Disclaimer: I haven't had a chance to sit down and read it yet, but have searched through the book to find your answers.

There are some underwater rules. I'm still flipping through it, but it has rules for visibility underwater, missile weapon combat underwater (oxymoron?), and the effects of pressure depth on characters, among other things. Some of it is more abstract than I'd like....such as the pressure rules, that state that any creature with the aquatic subtype can go 500 ft under the surface before taking damage. But the rules are there.

I liked Frostburn the most, possibly Sandstorm the least, and this one is in the middle so far.

I'm not keen on the Avanti race. Not sure how they get that swim speed, given they don't appear to have webbed toes and fingers. Seems like they just wanted to put a human-type race underwater. The orca-people are interesting....mixed thoughts on them. But they're minor gripes. They could actually be cool.

Banshee

 

[Banshee16]

I don't know if there "can't be", but so far as paleontologists know, there "aren't"

I ran upon this by googling:
http://dml.cmnh.org/1996Jun/msg00223.html

Anyways, D&D isn't a scientific reference by any stretch. I think it places, it even still equates dinosaurs and reptiles. And it says that Deinonychus and Velociraptor are the same thing (though they are the same family, they really aren't.)

D&D has separate monster stats for deinonychus, velociraptor, and megaraptor. The D and M are in the Monster Manual, and Velociraptor is in the Eberron campaign setting...

Maybe I misread the references in those books, but they did have separate stats..

Banshee

 

[thalmin]

There are some underwater rules. I'm still flipping through it, but it has rules for visibility underwater, missile weapon combat underwater (oxymoron?), and the effects of pressure depth on characters, among other things. Some of it is more abstract than I'd like....such as the pressure rules, that state that any creature with the aquatic subtype can go 500 ft under the surface before taking damage. But the rules are there.

Right. I should have been clearer. I haven't found any underwater COMBAT rules so far.