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    2024-04-11, 07:47 AM
    Gnaeus replied to a thread Optimization Best Reasons NOT to Gish in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20
    Gate is a 17th level option. Dominate comes on line at 9. Animate at 5. Lesser PB and PA at 7. Druids have a pet at 1 and summons become decent at 4....
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    2024-04-10, 01:25 PM
    Gnaeus replied to a thread Optimization Best Reasons NOT to Gish in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20
    Thats when you use the sails. Or the repulsorlift. The fighter is only ever one solution. Who is worse than most comparable individual solutions. But...
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    2024-04-10, 12:01 PM
    Gnaeus replied to a thread Optimization Best Reasons NOT to Gish in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20
    In general, you are the ones writing the contract. You can write in the contract what their orders are. Yes, if you do a terrible job writing a...
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    2024-04-10, 09:43 AM
    Gnaeus replied to a thread Optimization Best Reasons NOT to Gish in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20
    TO means theoretical optimization. Stuff you can't use in play. Every single bit of minionmancy I have suggested (except for Stone Golems, which I...
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    2024-04-05, 12:18 PM
    Gnaeus replied to a thread Optimization Best Reasons NOT to Gish in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20
    Oh, I completely agree. The game does hate martials. It is obvious and axiomatic that if the DM is holding down the scales against you, that changes...
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    2024-04-04, 04:15 PM
    Gnaeus replied to a thread Optimization Best Reasons NOT to Gish in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20
    Yes, but from a mechanical standpoint, a T1 10 and a T4 8 is stronger than a T4 10 and a T1 8. It's a way to make a more competitive muggle. The...
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    2024-04-04, 10:39 AM
    Gnaeus replied to a thread Optimization Best Reasons NOT to Gish in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20
    Mechanically? Yes, absolutely. Your primary caster spends 2 feats in this example, and you spend 1, so that he can carry you. 2 casters means 2...
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    2024-04-04, 05:44 AM
    Gnaeus replied to a thread Optimization Best Reasons NOT to Gish in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20
    That's not untrue I guess. But in general there are a lot more anti mundane monsters that you can bypass or combat with low level spells than...
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    2024-04-03, 05:21 PM
    Gnaeus replied to a thread Optimization Best Reasons NOT to Gish in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20
    This is the only correct answer. Mechanically, a huge majority of martials will benefit from dipping a level of cleric or similar, and 100% of...
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    2024-04-02, 06:11 PM
    What is powerful is Battlefield Control. Of which, walls, properly used, are a subset. Entangle and grease are among the gold standard first level...
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    2024-03-29, 01:57 PM
    I'm not looking for a cite unless someone has one and I don't promise it exists in 3.5 as opposed to older editions, but I remember lots of NPCs (and...
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    2024-03-21, 12:29 PM
    Gnaeus replied to a thread DM Help PF 1e or 2e? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20
    As a side note, while it has a number of design elements I don't love, Starfinder is entirely playable, probably better balanced than 1e and I like...
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    2024-03-20, 07:23 AM
    Garl Glittergold is LG and pro Kobold Genocide. At best alignment suggests a broad outlook on life. It shouldn't be a predictor of individual acts....
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