Board 8 > Anagram's D&D Topic - Eight is the Loneliest Number

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No Reserve Maneuver? Huh.

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Twostuck, Homestuck RPG: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/62168402

By the way, since I see it there, you should be aware Sorcerous Blade Channeling doesn't actually let you have a good MBA; using an RBA at melee range isn't the same thing.

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I am aware. I am not supposed to be a melee guy anyway.

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Also, where are you getting that bonus to damage from? Without a Firewind Blade, nor a Shard, nor anything else, I can only beef up your damage to 4+4+4+4+6+3+3 = 28 with most spells, but Elemental Bolt's extra damage is nowhere to be found. And that's for Elemental Bolt, in fact, so it's actually less for other spells.

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It isn't, builder is weird, instead of increasing one number it just adds onto it. It comes out the same math'd out.

Rather...

Base: 3 (con mod)
level 5: +2
level 15: +3


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...Why the hell is Elemental Magic applying thrice?!

EDIT: Should be listed as a single boost for +8, not three different ones. How odd, really.

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Yeah, I checked the math and it works out - it's just that the Builder has a seriously ass-backwards way of handling things.

But yeah, everything looks to be in order - the two things I'd tweak would be getting a Fire Shard, and getting Explosive Pyre or Flame Spiral instead of Learned Boost. Everything else looks pretty decent.

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That's a good point I forget about the shards. I'll swap burning gauntlets out.

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Oh yeah, and I forgot - if you can find a way to dull the damage, you might want a Blessing of Blazing Fangs. It's even more fire damage, which is always nice.

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Oh right! If you like Damage Gambit, won't Chaos Wager be a nice pick for you? That's a really neat way of gaining more dakka, after all.

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Seems I'll be out with my family tonight, I won't be back until lateish, I'm afraid.

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"[This is perfect. I have always fought with these kinds of cards. You say that I have lost the moment I was dealt? It's just the same as always!]"

Session Summary:

Met Mentalo, got a spoon from him. No, really!

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KanzarisKelshen posted...

Session Summary:

Met Mentalo, got a spoon from him. No, really!

Trufax.

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Accel R8
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Bbump

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Oh yeah, and we hit level 19. Happy fun times I guess?

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Twostuck, Homestuck RPG: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/62168402

So hey Ana, if we play another campaign after this one is there any forecast on what level it would be? I know what character I want to play now that I've wound up playing Scooter in this one.

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a pixie dog that wrestles....i dunno accel, that might be stretching things...

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If we don't do a campaign in the same universe, we should totally do it in Eberron, which owns.

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Accel_R8 posted...

So hey Ana, if we play another campaign after this one is there any forecast on what level it would be? I know what character I want to play now that I've wound up playing Scooter in this one.

We'd probably start at either level 1 or level 5.





Scep: I don't know much about Eberron. I'd probably stick to FR or DS.

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not as cool

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I'm okay with level 1 now that I know the group. (Hopefully the entire group would stay together for a new campaign, anyway)

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i would feel so weak as level 1 >_>;;

but this is a pretty fun group to be with so it would probably still be ok.

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At that low level, my crazy builds won't even take shape.

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Yeah definitely looking at Artificers if we roll a new campaign after this one. Been really meaning to play one for the longest time, they so cool.

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Accel R8
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We can be leader buddies, then, as I will be playing a Cleric.

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Accel_R8 posted...

Yeah definitely looking at Artificers if we roll a new campaign after this one. Been really meaning to play one for the longest time, they so cool.

Me too :( I'll never get to play one. Though they have very little support, so... Eh.

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That's fine, primary int secondary con is a really cool setup, their own skills are already really, really good (granting boatloads of THP in mass all day erry day yes plox) and MAGIK WEPON is an at-will that is easily as good as some encounter powers.

And the fluff is good too. Warforged Artificer? No John, you ARE the artifacts!

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So hey. I need a DM ruling on something.

Because according to RAW this works, unless there was a specific errata for it.

Kanz or whoever else, don't turn this into a debate as to whether this works RAW because I just spent an hour thumbing through a 19 page discussion about this and the general consensus from people actually citing RAW is that it indeed works. The only arguments against it are people "citing" RAI, fluff text used as rules, or real life examples. (Which don't fly.)

So basically this comes down to DM ruling. Don't turn this into charop discussion unless you know of errata that contradicts this:

I have an armbow, which has the property: "This crossbow does not expend bolts". RAW it still needs to be loaded, but only once. Ever. So... I load it with magical ammunition. Magical ammunition rides on the rules that once expended it cannot be re-used, but in this case, the magical ammunition is never expended.

So we need a DM ruling here, is this cool with you Ana? I think it probably SHOULD NOT work read as intended because of how cheap it is (I can spend 85,000 gold to basically make a +6 weapon RAW!!!!). What I'm proposing is a house ruling on magical ammunition. Magical ammunition that has a greater enhancement bonus than the bow being used to fire it cannot use the greater enhancement bonus. This is to prevent the aforementioned purchasing of a +6 bolt and having infinite usage of it for not even 10% of a +6 enhancement bonus' cost. This also allows for some really cool trickery with armbows. Basically, if I have an armbow, I load it with magical ammunition just to use the property and effects but not the enhancement bonus.

TLDR: I want to be Megaman, is that cool?

I CANNOT STRESS PLEASE DON'T TURN THIS INTO CHAROP DISCUSSION, I HAVE SPENT HOURS STRESSING OVER THIS AND DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THIS UNLESS THERE IS INDEED SPECIFIC ERRATA!

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Accel R8
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The answer to that really, really depends on what it's for. Because you could use it for permanent autohits and that'd be just moronic. Or you could use it to apply Cold to your attacks and that'd be OK.

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Twostuck, Homestuck RPG: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/62168402

Well it's limited to "bolts" so that'd be...

Spider Bolt: Enemies hit and each creature adjacent to it is slowed until EoNT.
Space-Shifting Bolt: Enemies hit are teleported 1 square.
Forbiddance Bolt: Enemies hit and all creatures within 2 squares of it cannot teleport until the end of it's next turn
Dispelling Bolt: Enemies hit have one conjuration or zone they've created dispelled.

There's also (but I'm not sure what "ammunition" means. I guess it can apply to any type of ammo?)

Shadowshaft "ammunition": Attacks create a burst 1 centered on the target that creates a heavily obscured zone until the end of the encounter.
Shiver-Strike "ammunition": Each other creature in burst 1 around a hit target takes some low auto-damage.

I'm also unsure if this lets you use alchemical ammo repeatedly. A USE for alchemy?! My god.

Edit: forgot a couple.

Bolt of Clumsiness: Enemies hit cannot shift until the end of it's next turn.
Bolt of Transference: If you hit with this ammo teleport adjacent to the target.

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I'm sorry, Accel, but that sounds really iffy. I'm normally fairly lenient on interpreting the rules, but that really seems a little more crazy than even we get up to.

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Yeah, it's basically super dumb because of stuff like this:

Foe-Seeker Ammunition Level 12+ Uncommon
This arrow creates a magical link between you and your enemies, making each of your shots more accurate than the last
until you strike home.
Lvl12 +3 500 gp Lvi 22 +5
Lvi 17 +4 2,600 gp Lvi 27 +6
Ammunition
Enhancement Bonus: Attack rolls and damage rolls
Property
13,000 gp
65,000 gp
When you make an attack using this ammunition, you gain a
+1 item bonus to the attack roll. If you miss, during your next
turn, choose another target within range of the original square
you attacked from and make the attack again as a minor action,
increasing the item bonus by 1. You can repeat the attack this
way each round (and increase the item bonus) until the attack
hits or until the end of the encounter.

I wasn't kidding when I said it was autohits forever.

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So our DM ruling is to disregard RAW?

That's fair enough I guess, even though it totally works by the RAW it's kind of stupid. Oh well. Guess I'll have to find some other way to be Megaman :(

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From: Accel_R8 | #185

So our DM ruling is to disregard RAW?

That's fair enough I guess, even though it totally works by the RAW it's kind of stupid. Oh well. Guess I'll have to find some other way to be Megaman :(

He's ruling to disregard RAW because this is the same kind of RAW that says Scooter's Master's Surge doesn't work. AKA the one that is terrible. Harsh, but true.

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I wasn't arguing it, I AGREE that it's stupid.

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From: Accel_R8 | #187

I wasn't arguing it, I AGREE that it's stupid.

Oh, I thought you were saying the ruling was kinda stupid because the wording was unclear. My bad! U_U

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I almost certainly will not make this week's games. :(

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Thought you guys might find this interesting: The Japanese version of the D&D rules.
http://mystara.thorf.co.uk/jrc.html

Availability for this weekend:
Thursday: Work, then should be around after.
Friday: No work, so I should tentatively be here.
Saturday: Work, then I'm not sure. Will let you guys know.

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Sad to hear that, gentlemen.

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(Mostly) Unrelated: A camera pans around a Corgi for 5 minutes in various parts japan.

Only mostly unrelated because this is the kind of dog Scooter is!


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Out until further notice.

Computer almost perma-BSODed two days ago, and it's been shutting down randomly since.
Can't figure out what the gently caress is wrong with it, and can't really afford to get a new or used one for awhile. Will keep tabs on the topic with my PS3, but I don't trust the computer to stay alive if I run AIM.

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IhatethisCPU posted...

Out until further notice.

Computer almost perma-BSODed two days ago, and it's been shutting down randomly since.
Can't figure out what the gently caress is wrong with it, and can't really afford to get a new or used one for awhile. Will keep tabs on the topic with my PS3, but I don't trust the computer to stay alive if I run AIM.

That's... something of a disappointment. I hope you get it fixed soon.

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Damn, that sucks.

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Bump

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Good session. We got to slay a dragon :D

Eagerly awaiting Thursday.

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Bump

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