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<blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 2810531" data-attributes="member: 2020">To the Moderators:&nbsp; I put this here.&nbsp; I wasn't sure which forum to put it in, so I made my best guess as to where to put it.&nbsp; My apologies if this was the wrong forum.&nbsp; -&nbsp; Ok, I think I'm going to get nuked for this (and go ahead and nuke me, I don't mind.&nbsp; Really!&nbsp; Tis just a hypothesis.&nbsp; <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; ) ...&nbsp; But ...&nbsp; I think you CAN create storybook and film characters with the 3.5 rules.&nbsp; Just a gut feeling.&nbsp; Here's why I think this:&nbsp; -&nbsp; I am seeing that, within the normal rules - no gestalt, no flaws, no feat master, no optional stuff - you can obtain ACs of 50, without any magic whatsoever.&nbsp; You can&nbsp; do it even without any armor or magic or psionics, or anything of the sort!&nbsp; WITH armor, magic, psionics, incarnum, and the other stuff, I'm seeing ACs of 85.&nbsp; Now, I may be wrong, but to me AC 85 is the equivalent of being encased in solid steel one foot thick.&nbsp; That is, think of the HUGE I-Beams used to support enormous bridges.&nbsp; Now, imagine yourself encased in what is, in effect, one giant I-Beam.&nbsp; That's AC 85.&nbsp; Smaug the Dragon boasted:&nbsp; My armor is like ten-fold shields.&nbsp; I laid low the warriors of old, and their like is not in the world today!&nbsp; And I was then but young and tender.&nbsp; Now I am strong, strong, STRONG.&nbsp; Ok ...&nbsp; Smaug is a great wyrm red dragon.&nbsp; He has - what? - an AC of around 40 or 50?&nbsp; An AC of 85 is 25 to 35 points better than Smaug's AC.&nbsp; As I said, it's like being encased in solid steel a foot thick.&nbsp; Quite literally, only a direct hit from a nuke would hurt you (unless, of course, that nuke got a ranged touch attack!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp; )&nbsp; Well, simply put, if - within the STANDARD 3.5 rules - you can create a character whose AC puts Smaug to shame, then ...&nbsp; I am guessing that you can create any and all of the storybook and film characters within the 3.5 rules.&nbsp; That's my hypothesis. &nbsp; Yours Sincerely&nbsp; Edena_of_Neith</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Edena_of_Neith, post: 2810531, member: 2020"] To the Moderators: I put this here. I wasn't sure which forum to put it in, so I made my best guess as to where to put it. My apologies if this was the wrong forum. - Ok, I think I'm going to get nuked for this (and go ahead and nuke me, I don't mind. Really! Tis just a hypothesis. :) ) ... But ... I think you CAN create storybook and film characters with the 3.5 rules. Just a gut feeling. Here's why I think this: - I am seeing that, within the normal rules - no gestalt, no flaws, no feat master, no optional stuff - you can obtain ACs of 50, without any magic whatsoever. You can do it even without any armor or magic or psionics, or anything of the sort! WITH armor, magic, psionics, incarnum, and the other stuff, I'm seeing ACs of 85. Now, I may be wrong, but to me AC 85 is the equivalent of being encased in solid steel one foot thick. That is, think of the HUGE I-Beams used to support enormous bridges. Now, imagine yourself encased in what is, in effect, one giant I-Beam. That's AC 85. Smaug the Dragon boasted: My armor is like ten-fold shields. I laid low the warriors of old, and their like is not in the world today! And I was then but young and tender. Now I am strong, strong, STRONG. Ok ... Smaug is a great wyrm red dragon. He has - what? - an AC of around 40 or 50? An AC of 85 is 25 to 35 points better than Smaug's AC. As I said, it's like being encased in solid steel a foot thick. Quite literally, only a direct hit from a nuke would hurt you (unless, of course, that nuke got a ranged touch attack! :D ) Well, simply put, if - within the STANDARD 3.5 rules - you can create a character whose AC puts Smaug to shame, then ... I am guessing that you can create any and all of the storybook and film characters within the 3.5 rules. That's my hypothesis. Yours Sincerely Edena_of_Neith [/QUOTE]

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