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Today, 07:29 AMThe very first problem with Planar Shepherd is that the druid base class gets three different and independent very strong abilities, animal...11 replies | 442 view(s)
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Today, 07:18 AMIn other words, there are three different kinds of interactions between darkness spells and light spells. The first is that one can counter the...11 replies | 594 view(s)
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Yesterday, 02:56 PMChronos replied to a thread DM Help Using Dream to mess with players: cool move, or jerk move? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20Directly, yes, but does a dream count as "direct"? There's a long tradition in stories and lore of deities contacting mortals through dreams. ...3 replies | 126 view(s)
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Yesterday, 02:50 PMTo me, what defines a gish isn't just that they can cast and swing a weapon. They have to have abilities that integrate both of those together. The...120 replies | 10064 view(s)
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2024-04-25, 03:51 PMBut that's what descriptors are for. A light spell is a spell with the light descriptor. That's how you tell what spells are light spells. Spells...11 replies | 594 view(s)
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2024-04-24, 04:26 PM"Locked" doesn't mean "can't be changed". Just ask any rogue.12 replies | 1006 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 04:05 PMProblem: There's no one single format for character sheets. You can't print a guide that points out locations on the character sheet, unless you're...5 replies | 1806 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 03:59 PMMy top spell from the PHB2 is Linked Perception (I think that's where it's from; away from books at the moment). It gives the entire party a buff to...120 replies | 10064 view(s)
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2024-04-21, 07:05 AMChronos replied to a thread Have you ever played with a Fiendish Familiar (symbiont)? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20Once Polymorph Any Object is on the table, pretty much all bets are off. "But what if PAO" isn't that far behind "But what if Pun-Pun": You can...10 replies | 916 view(s)
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2024-04-21, 07:03 AMChronos replied to a thread Strongest Item you were allowed to play with . Hail DM in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20"Deviation" is probably a mistranslation of "deflection", as in the kind of bonus to armor class that a ring of protection gives. Note that the...27 replies | 2196 view(s)
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2024-04-20, 07:06 AMChronos replied to a thread Strongest Item you were allowed to play with . Hail DM in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20Way back in 2nd edition, the DM was using random treasure tables, and I ended up with a +4 intelligent sword (with a few extra abilities I can't...27 replies | 2196 view(s)
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2024-04-19, 08:18 AMChronos replied to a thread Rules Q&A Help with clarification on how to read the rulebook: What has priority? in D&D 5e/NextI think that a number of issues with 5e stem from the fact that the designers were trying to bring the game back to its roots... but the designers...11 replies | 1322 view(s)
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2024-04-19, 08:13 AMI wouldn't put too much weight on movement speed, for a rogue. Sure, the difference in speed will be multiplied by Cunning Action, but even for a...3 replies | 1460 view(s)
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2024-04-19, 08:01 AMSure, Hex has other applications besides damage, but damage is the primary one. And Agonizing Blast is more damage than Hex, in most situations...132 replies | 10171 view(s)
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2024-04-19, 07:55 AMHey, it works for Murderbot. Although it makes even less sense there, since it's science fiction: What does the oxygen it breathes react with, if...26 replies | 2839 view(s)
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2024-04-19, 07:37 AMChronos replied to a thread A few questions about Sorcerer (newbie thread) D&D 3.5e/5e in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20In settings with the Weave, or something equivalent, it's generally taken as given that all magic is a manifestation of the Weave, somehow or other. ...5 replies | 1126 view(s)
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2024-04-19, 07:31 AMChronos replied to a thread Have you ever played with a Fiendish Familiar (symbiont)? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20An at-will, area-effect, incapacitating attack opens up a lot of options, even if it is low DC.10 replies | 916 view(s)
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2024-04-17, 02:07 PMYeah, I meant Iron Will, and was just misremembering it. I think I was getting it mixed up with Skill Focus. Still, the three +2-to-a-save feats...120 replies | 10064 view(s)
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2024-04-17, 02:02 PMChronos replied to a thread Have you ever played with a Fiendish Familiar (symbiont)? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20A Ghostly Visage is explicitly one of the options for a Dread Necromancer's familiar. The other options are an imp, quasit, or vargouille. Though...10 replies | 916 view(s)
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2024-04-16, 03:56 PMIf that's all you're getting from it, then Steadfast Determination definitely isn't worth it. It costs you two feats (because let's be honest,...120 replies | 10064 view(s)
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2024-04-16, 03:40 PMGeometry certainly isn't finished, because (as Euclid showed) you can use geometry to do number theory, and there are plenty of open questions in...70 replies | 2778 view(s)
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2024-04-15, 03:39 PMChronos replied to a thread Simple RAW for 3.5: 38 pages, and I still don't know how to play D&D in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20A98 partial: In the core rules, I had thought that the Tarrasque had the highest con, at 35, but it looks like the Titan indeed beats it, at 39. ...248 replies | 13921 view(s)
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2024-04-11, 03:37 PMBoth marshal and dragon shaman get most of their power from their auras, and marshal's auras are better overall. But both have auras that are good...120 replies | 10064 view(s)
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2024-04-11, 03:33 PMCraft an item out of human bones, and then find some way for it to take the Human Heritage feat.6 replies | 556 view(s)
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2024-04-10, 07:47 PMIt's definitely better on a cleric than on a wizard, since the nonmagical parts of a cleric's chassis are stronger than the corresponding parts of a...17 replies | 1843 view(s)
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2024-04-10, 07:42 PMWhen I played a warlock, I didn't, in fact, take Agonizing Blast. I probably would have eventually, if I got high enough level, but there were...132 replies | 10171 view(s)
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2024-04-10, 07:28 PMThere are analogues to Gödel's theorem (and the Halting Theorem and other related theorems) for finite systems, though. What it fundamentally comes...70 replies | 2778 view(s)
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2024-04-10, 07:18 PMAnd even aside from fighters having more ways to use their BAB, they also have more of it. Even if both the fighter and the dragon shaman are just...120 replies | 10064 view(s)
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2024-04-09, 03:34 PMChronos replied to a thread Simple RAW for 3.5: 38 pages, and I still don't know how to play D&D in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20A 92 addendum: And if there happen to be no enemies of the target near the target at the time of the Slapping Hand spell, then the target is never...248 replies | 13921 view(s)
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