General rule with Wizards stuff is that 3.0 stuff that isn't updated can be used in 3.5. Not sure if the contest is using that ruling, though.
Interested as a contestant, though this will be my first time.
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General rule with Wizards stuff is that 3.0 stuff that isn't updated can be used in 3.5. Not sure if the contest is using that ruling, though.
Interested as a contestant, though this will be my first time.
I'm game to try this thing out, should be interesting since I hardly know psionics at all, guess I have a week to try to catch up on them.
Hmm...Under what ability do Natural Attacks fall? Hands Afire, Weapons Afire, or neither?
Also, what are the creation rules? Attributes, HP, Multiclassing, and so on.
I'm in. I have an idea.
I am so in on this one!
sign me up. flame on.
There are no creation rules, as most of the competition is based on the build. Most previous contestants used either 28 or 32 PB for their examples, and most used average+1 HP for levels after 1st as an example. Alternatively, you can just list stat priority (example: Str > Con > Cha > Wis > Int > Dex) and sum up the HD sizes (example: 3d4 + 10d8 + 7d10) when you discuss HP. Multiclassing falls under the elegance catagory. If you would have any or lots of multiclass penalties, some judges might mark you down, while others might not care. Take penalties at your own risk.
I'll join in as a contestant. I'm having good ideas rolling in my head and I just have to check their viability.
That said...
Shame on you, Prinny, you fetish lover :smalltongue:
As already said, non updated material is generally counted as valid. But, as a suggestion, I'll use it with great attention: you may have missed a secondary book in which your apparently non updated rule is - not a big deal if is practically identical, bad hit if it is different.
Moreover, as another suggestion, if you come out with something really overpowered, expect a plus in power and a minus in elegance. :smallwink:
I know the general rule for 3.0 compatibility. The contest, however, specifies 3.5, rather than 3e, so there was a good chance there was a reason for that distinction.
I'm tempted to enter, so long as I don't end up doing what I did last time and horribly misreading. :smallbiggrin:
Hm. How does Hand Afire interact with Natural Weapons?
Eh, that works too. As long as something interacts with natural weapons. :smallbiggrin:
I'm up for entry as a contestant as well. I have played around with the Pyrokineticist before, never ended up using it in a build yet, so should be interesting.
If anyone has questions about psionics give me a ring and I'll be glad to answer them. You could say they're my specialty.
If you plan on using a manifesting class for whatever reason (and keep in mind a couple abilities requires the use of power points), you cannot use more power points in the manifestion/augmentation of a power than your manifester level.
There is a feat and a Wilder ability that alters this, but that is all.
Rats! My supercool idea either doesn't work or is expected to have around 0 in elegance. With the contest over, I'll ask your help to see if it could be done right.
Do multiple sources of fire damage stack?
Generally, yes.
How concerned should we be with overcoming fire resistance/immunity? Is it a major power component, since you kinda need it to beat most mid-high level opponents, or is it mostly irrelevant, since it's almost an automatic weakness?
Is a backup technique acceptable, or do we need full-out counter, that retains most of our power?
On that note, heat death would technically not be effected by fire immunity, right?
The hardest part about this PrC is I've used it in so many builds I have no idea what would be considered 'original' any more.
5 build ideas and all of them I think 'surely someone else will do this..."
I've been reading the other Iron Chef challenges, and think this one would be lots of fun to try to do. I just haven't ever really been that good at optimizing, mostly because I don't know what options there are. I do have an interesting idea, however, so I'm going to give this some thought this weekend. I *MIGHT* submit a build, but I am not yet certain.
Hey Gecko, I just moved from Acworth/Kennesaw. Know of almost no Georgians around these forums. Good to meetcha.
I might actually have a go at this. I've a build idea that is reasonably powerful, and I feel would be fairly elegant, though I'm not sure if it'd count as original. Regardless, I'll try it and see how it goes.
My idea is original, but I can't figure out what to do with Heat Death and Conflagration (Heat death, mostly). They're just terrible abilities, due to their DC scaling. DC 10+PrC level+modifier is normal, but 10+1/2 prc level at the time you get them, +modifier is abominable.
I'm having difficulty seeing how to add them usefully into a build that isn't... hmmmm.
Hmmmmm. I bet someone thought of that already. And they still suck.