Weird things that attract players

[arwink]

It occurs to me that all my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters had chains when I was fourteen. It was a pretty cool looking weapon, worked well as a disarm option and was a pain in the butt to parry.

Why is it so strange that someone wants to use it in a game?

 

[DDK]

I'm talking about spiked chains, hobgoblins, toads and stuff. All the stuff that have cool rules that attract the players attentions but really, who would actually choose these things otherwise?

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Garnuk

Hobgoblin Male Fighter-Rogue (4/1)

STR: 18 : DEX: 16 : CON: 16 : INT: 14 : WIS: 10 : CHA: 10

APPEARANCE: Height: 6'7"; Weight: 210lbs.; Age 19; Hair: Red-orange; Eyes: Yellow; Clothing: Tends to wear thick, dark robes with a deep cowl over his regular gear in order to walk through human lands unpestered; Distinguishing Characteristics: Burn marks on hands, forearms and legs from working at the forge.

ALIGNMENT: Lawful Neutral (evil) : INITIATIVE: +3 (+3 Dex) : HIT POINTS: 43 :

ARMOUR CLASS: +11 (+3 Dex, +8 Spiked Mithral Full-plate :_MOVEMENT:_20-ft.

SAVING THROWS: Fortitude: +7; Reflex: +6; Will: +1.

ATTACKS: Adamantine Spiked Chain (+2): +11, 2d4+10, 10-ft. reach, 20/x2.

FEATS: Expertise, Exotic Weapon Proficiency (spiked chain), Improved Disarm, Weapon Focus (spiked chain), Weapon Specialization (spiked chain).

SKILLS: Bluff +8, Craft (armoursmith) +12, Craft (weaponsmith) +12, Disguise +4, Hide +9, Move Silently +9, Sense Motive +8, Tumble +11.

SPECIAL: Darkvision, 60-ft.; Sneak Attack +1d6.

ITEMS: Adamantine Spiked Chain (+2, 3,008gp), Spiked Mithral Full-plate (3,517gp), Potion of Cure Serious Wounds (3d8+5, 750gp), Potion of Flying (750gp), Tanglefoot Bag (50gp), Thunderstone (30gp).
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Aside from being munchy (which may well be the point), how is that not a cool character to play? It's all about the coolness... or, to break it down even further, it's all about the damage

 

[ForceUser]

I'm talking about spiked chains, hobgoblins, toads and stuff. All the stuff that have cool rules that attract the players attentions but really, who would actually choose these things otherwise?

You could publish some real cool rules for coat racks and lo, the party tanks are duel wielding them monkey gripped...

Okay, does it matter? Should we care? Do we want MORE.

Feh, swords and dwarves and elves etc can become stale after a while, so yes, more options is always good. One of my DMs opted to make orcs a player character race in his new campaign, and I jumped right into that. It's such a refreshing difference from the norm. Another DM has offered thri-kreen as a PC race in his next campaign. Bam, I'm so there.

I like having options and playing unique characters. I can't wait for Monte's Arcane Unearthed.

 

[DDK]

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I like having options and playing unique characters. I can't wait for Monte's Arcane Unearthed.

Monte's writing a book called Arcane Unearthed? If so, that's an incredibly lame rip-off of the Unearthed Arcana books of yore. Actually, even if they'd never existed, Arcane Unearthed just sounds... wrong.

 

[Olive]

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Monte's writing a book called Arcane Unearthed? If so, that's an incredibly lame rip-off of the Unearthed Arcana books of yore. Actually, even if they'd never existed, Arcane Unearthed just sounds... wrong.

i agree that it sounds wierd, but its a homage, not a rip off. just to be fair... he even asked WotC if it was ok...

 

[Frostmarrow]

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i agree that it sounds wierd, but its a homage, not a rip off. just to be fair... he even asked WotC if it was ok...

To En- and Monteboarders it might very well be a homage but to the rest of the world it's a rip-off. A bad name for an interesting product.

 

[Olive]

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To En- and Monteboarders it might very well be a homage but to the rest of the world it's a rip-off. A bad name for an interesting product.

well, to the rest of the world that remembers the 1e book... but as i said before, it's a bad name, no doubt about it.