I picked up Natural 20's Complete Guide To Drow and I have to say that it is a brilliant descendant of that 2E splatbook we all know and love, "The Complete Book Of Elves". You know, the one with elven plate mail (that you could cast spells in), the Bladesinger, and elven artificial limbs.
Rereading CBoE gives me aneurysms and ulcers. Reading The Complete Guide To Drow made my head explode.
There's a feat that gives a drow +2 to init AND AC.
There's a feat that allows them to make a Reflex save in melee to "take half damage because they throw their arm up to deflect the blow".
There's a feat that gives them +4 to Spell Resistance. They may take this feat as many times as they like. The effects stack.
There's a feat that allows them . . .
You know, I don't think you're ready for this. Sit down. Take a couple of deep breaths. Okay. Here I go.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
There's a feat called "Retaliatory strike". It allows them a free attack at anyone that misses them by five or more.
At their best attack bonus.
Up to their dex bonus in retaliatory attacks per round.
Are you still there? Did your head explode? No? Let me try again.
There's a feat called "Retaliatory Strike" that allows them a free attack at anyone that misses them in melee by five or more. The strike back is at their best attack bonus. They get a number of strikes equal to their dex bonus per round.
Oh. My. God.
You know, I can't believe I just typed that. There's no WAY that could POSSIBLY be true. I apologize to the creators of the book. When I get home, I'll check the descript again, and I'm sure I'll find out that I've written that down incorrectly. Because there's no way -- just no WAY -- that I could have that correct.
Nope. Just not possible. A feat that makes the pre-errata Expert Tactician look about as munchkinny as Endurance? Nope. They couldn't. I'm sure it's just my brain tumor acting up again.
My tumor is also causing me to remember the feat "Dual Spell", which allows casters to cast two spells per round (with some restrictions but still . . . ), and a feat that gives them +2 to ALL ROLLS (but the prereq is that a drow god thinks they're special -- you think I'm kidding?). I really need more chemo.
Moving on, we have adamantine limbs. Enchanted adamantine limbs, with powers that cost pretty much the same as regular old magic items. Anyone want three new item slots? I figured you did.
I'll stop for now. The point is that I love this book. I'd allow PCs to use it just about as soon as I'd play duck-duck-goose with the Tarrasque, but as source material for super-duper-extra-twinked-out NPC drow, it's simply amazing. And as a parody of a real splatbook, it is truly second-to-none. And for seven bucks, you just can't go wrong!
Rereading CBoE gives me aneurysms and ulcers. Reading The Complete Guide To Drow made my head explode.
There's a feat that gives a drow +2 to init AND AC.
There's a feat that allows them to make a Reflex save in melee to "take half damage because they throw their arm up to deflect the blow".
There's a feat that gives them +4 to Spell Resistance. They may take this feat as many times as they like. The effects stack.
There's a feat that allows them . . .
You know, I don't think you're ready for this. Sit down. Take a couple of deep breaths. Okay. Here I go.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
There's a feat called "Retaliatory strike". It allows them a free attack at anyone that misses them by five or more.
At their best attack bonus.
Up to their dex bonus in retaliatory attacks per round.
Are you still there? Did your head explode? No? Let me try again.
There's a feat called "Retaliatory Strike" that allows them a free attack at anyone that misses them in melee by five or more. The strike back is at their best attack bonus. They get a number of strikes equal to their dex bonus per round.
Oh. My. God.
You know, I can't believe I just typed that. There's no WAY that could POSSIBLY be true. I apologize to the creators of the book. When I get home, I'll check the descript again, and I'm sure I'll find out that I've written that down incorrectly. Because there's no way -- just no WAY -- that I could have that correct.
Nope. Just not possible. A feat that makes the pre-errata Expert Tactician look about as munchkinny as Endurance? Nope. They couldn't. I'm sure it's just my brain tumor acting up again.
My tumor is also causing me to remember the feat "Dual Spell", which allows casters to cast two spells per round (with some restrictions but still . . . ), and a feat that gives them +2 to ALL ROLLS (but the prereq is that a drow god thinks they're special -- you think I'm kidding?). I really need more chemo.
Moving on, we have adamantine limbs. Enchanted adamantine limbs, with powers that cost pretty much the same as regular old magic items. Anyone want three new item slots? I figured you did.
I'll stop for now. The point is that I love this book. I'd allow PCs to use it just about as soon as I'd play duck-duck-goose with the Tarrasque, but as source material for super-duper-extra-twinked-out NPC drow, it's simply amazing. And as a parody of a real splatbook, it is truly second-to-none. And for seven bucks, you just can't go wrong!
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