@Rob the teurge is the director, for it's stronger and the guild chief can't but value that. I'm the rookie that's never gonna catch up, but I don't want to be that.
@BESW how comes there are characters who never failed?
My DM has some evil dice. These dice seem to roll a much higher than average number of 20s, resulting in a much higher than average critical hit rate against the party. What are some ways a character can protect themselves vs critical hits? My party's current average level is 6, but solutions at ...
@Lord_Gareth yeah, me too. I've also got down Warforged Juggernaut, which is another easy option mechanically but not something that can be added to just any character
construct essence out of Races of Eberron also works for Warforged
Be ready to read a lot of options
Critical hit immunity/protection against critical hits comes in a LOT of flavors in 3.5, which you seem to be playing (since that's the tag on the thread). The easiest method, by far, is to just ditch life and become undead. The Necropolitian template (Libris Mo...
I had reason to instruct someone in the fine art of non-AC defenses recently so they're still fresh in my mind
@Rob wanted some 2nd level spells and I was like, "Mirror Image, man. Just Mirror Image."
first, there's a guy I don't recognize, who is seriously giving willpell a run for his money in the wtf-game-constructs scene (though still definitely second in that arena, and hasn't shown any of willpell's insanity outside gaming), and then there's this other guy who is, well, backing up the first guy and being the standard schroedinger's spellbook-thief
oh, and Amphetryon seemed determined to convince me that I was saying things I was not actually saying
....I was going to ask if there was a religious discussion one, but I probably shouldn't. I'll get banned so fast it'll go back in time and get me expelled from school retroactively
@Lord_Gareth I take it back, read that thread. One of the latest posts (by Grinner, you'll know when you see it) is pure gold and worth skimming the other stupid
[face/palm] I've got an online friend whose 3.5 GM seems to delight in randomly declaring that certain rules don't work anything like the book says.
> so apparently > Leadership is supposed to make me more influential in my party > it's supposed to make my party members respect my decisions more > and I still have steps to take to attract a follower > is how I was informed it worked by my DM >_<
@BrianBallsun-Stanton: I do feel like we might have scared off Noctani some... I mean, someone who puts that much effort into an answer, even if it is wrong, could be valuable
also, hmm.
my own answer does have some of the same issues, in that it's explaining how the features aren't worth crap, not explaining how to make the most of them
other than the unarmed strike section and alternatives section
with the facts straight, and maybe a bit more focus on advice/answer than just analysis, it could be a great answer, and/or he could make a great answerer
@Novian right, that's kind of my point
we kind of... I mean, he got a bunch of downvotes and there was a comment on the thing about how "welcome, all this you just wrote up doesn't fit the site"
I mean, Brian was nicer than that but I don't think he took it nicer than that
I dunno, maybe I'm overthinking/overworrying things
Agreed. I think the action taken was appropriate and perhaps even mild. But the sentiments expressed behind the scenes (which is really right in the open due to the nature of SE) were neither.
@BrianBallsun-Stanton definitely not. there were some legitimate concerns that had to be hashed out, and I don't think anyone was cruel or anything even here in chat. He reacted badly far more than anyone acted badly towards him. As you say, it is a bad answer. I was merely commenting that it would be a shame to lose him over it, but if we do it is as much because he cannot take criticism as anything else.
Even if there hadn't been a modicum of character assassination --wildly inappropriate under any circumstances-- the serial hyperbole in our discussions about the accuracy of his answer was at best inaccurate and unhelpful (as it clouded our understanding of what was actually wrong).
I had pretty thorough understanding of how much of it was actually wrong. I was just having trouble dealing only in the STATEMENTS of what was wrong rather than the further IMPLICATIONS those statements suggested
No, the "tag system kept me from being stupid," thing was going to be error of fact on my part. Saw a thread about invisible things, almost answered with 3.5 stuff
Saw at last minute that it was another system
And went, "Wait, I can't help!"
Woulda looked really bad if I'd not caught that >.>
ATM there doesn't seem to be much that is A. current and also B. within my realm of expertise. Wanted to ask about a potential question/topic, though
Before I just went and did it
Sometime tomorrow after I fight off the hangover I was wanting to ask how people establish atmosphere at their games, and if the system they're playing affects how they try to create that atmosphere.
Would that be appropriate? I mean, it seems essentially subjective
But techniques that work for others might just work for me/others too
@Lord_Gareth Necro'ing posts is perfectly acceptable, if your answer actually warrants it. The only time I've done it was on a question with an answer that was out of date due to a rules change.
Absolutely.
There are even badges for it. Necromancer, Revival, Excavator, Archaeologist all reward you for going back to old posts and doing something (necromancer and revival for answering and excavator and archaeologist for editing.
If there isn't a good answer on an old question or you can...
Okay, @BrianBallsun-Stanton, the monk thread leapt to the top of my page for some reason and I just saw the list of comments after Noct's post. One of the comments contains a specific error of fact that I feel I could address politely. Is the correct solution to A. Leave a comment addressing it, B. Flag it or C. Do nothing?
Well, the trouble is this particular error of fact both relates to the question of "How do I optimize a monk," and is /bad/ for optimizing the monk because it doesn't work. It appeared in his main post, which has admittedly not been addressed for a variety of good reasons, but then in the comment it's described as 'foundational' to Monk op
There are three possible outcomes of his proposed action.
A) He'll do research as he's finding citations (which he says he will do) and his next answer will be more accurate for it B) He'll do research and fail to notice this, and his next answer will have issues *to be resolved at that time* C) He moves on to a different venue --like a blog-- or disappears entirely.
Only in one of these cases is this going to be a problem, and there are systems in place for addressing it when that happens.
And what happens in the meantime if the OP reads it and takes it as gospel, or if another player does? The "FoB doesn't work with grapple," is a non-obvious problem, just like it not working with movement.
Your proposed comment is not about correcting the answer, it is about correcting an off-hand statement in a comment. That is not what comments are for.
This site is not concerned with providing immediate responses and shutdowns to inaccuracies. It is designed to facilitate a process by which good answers move to the top and bad answers sift downward.
Anyone who comes here looking for gospel truth and takes at face value an uncited, downvoted post has not been failed by you, nor by this site.
The whole thing's gonna get shut down in a few days anyway.
Heck, KRyan's post still has an inaccurate citation that I pointed out to him days ago.
Oh god. Went trawling through [Optimization] threads, found one on TWF ranger.
Sweet freaking zombies I just remembered why I generalyl don't give PF advise. These feats are downright /offensive/. Oh well, already started, must go on!
SO MANY FEATS, SO FEW WORTH TAKING FOR ANY REASON >.< The next time someone tells me that Paizo giving classes more feats balances out the feats being weaker there will be Words
This first post was to give readers a broad concept of what a monk is and what the class excels at. Ex) Most monks I've seen don't use grapple to increase their hit ratio with FOB because they've been told fighters are better at it or never realized the synergy of unarmed strikes and grapple. I'll be connecting the dots for how to build a monk in the next post. However, I want to give other players a chance to think how they can utilize concepts for themselves before giving them my version of the answers. The concepts I wrote are the foundation for building a monk. — Noctani10 hours ago
I'm assuming that's what he's talking about, because I didn't see anything else that could possibly qualify.
I was wondering, what do people think of the idea of the Wild Hunt Rider or Primordial Adept themes as choices for a Fey Hexblade? (I have already chosen my second level utility). Is there anything better I could be using for a character who is going to deal a lot of fire and ice damage?
Sarifal's Blessing You call for and receive a boon that shields you from harm and weakens your enemies. Encounter Arcane, Aura, Primal Minor Action Personal Effect: Choose cold, fire, lightning, necrotic, or thunder. You activate an aura 2 that lasts until the end of your next turn. While in the aura, you and your allies gain resist 5 to the chosen damage type. Any enemy in the aura has vulnerable 5 to your attacks that deal the chosen damage type. Level 11: The resistance and vulnerability increase to 10.
Two rounds of vulnerability of your choice would be great. That it's also defensive....
Like "when I was at low levels nothing really dangerous happened to me. Now I can single-handedly defeat anything the DM puts on the table (with some effort and tactics) and I never died once since the beginning of the campaign. If there's something my character can't do (like solving puzzles) my background provides me an interesting way to say I don't care about these things. I'm only doing things I'm really good at and none I can automatically fail with a bad roll. In other words I wish I was that good at writing backgrounds that match with my character's strenghts and weaknesses
I think that without seeing how it works it's really hard to understand how that game works, but I can have you see what happens and why such things happen - if you're interested
@BESW The Sayfel warden seems pretty decent, although the second level utility is basically useless unless you are really evil and want to set off a trap at range.... :P
Which, I supose, is fine since I have his utility for that level sorted out
@BESW Ok, thanks for all your help, I think Fey Warden is actually the best choice for me, although the fifth level ritual sounds rather like "Summon annoying but impotent pest". XD
Here's a 3.5/PF question; I keep seeing people saying (in Wizard guides) that familiars give +4 initiative; I can't find that anywhere except as one familiar's skill bonus - is that the reason?
@BESW Probably but it says something that the first thing that popped into my head is that this is basically a way to sick Navi on someone. and have them wander around behind them for a month....
God, on second thoughts, this is the most powerful spell in the game.
XD
It's only weakness is dispel magic, but they don't know that.... XD
Well there's always the "get them to use wands" argument and whatnot, I quite like them from an RP point of view, but don't know about actually having one
And then there was the time where I said "I can go in a shop, buy the familiar I want and make the familiar bonding ritual on it right?" and my DM said "no aquatic familiars if you're not an aquatic race."
Absolutely.
There are even badges for it. Necromancer, Revival, Excavator, Archaeologist all reward you for going back to old posts and doing something (necromancer and revival for answering and excavator and archaeologist for editing.
If there isn't a good answer on an old question or you can...
