Derp. Always confuse BST with GMT. Ah well. Not going to alter now, at the end of the day, the fluff etc won't really change overmuch'
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Derp. Always confuse BST with GMT. Ah well. Not going to alter now, at the end of the day, the fluff etc won't really change overmuch'
I learned something today
never wait the last minute to submit or you risk losing the deadline
It's okay... wasn't a really good idea anyways
Today on Iron Chef Theater: the cast of "Order of the Stick" re-enacts our conversation every round!
:thog: Time up! Thog learned how to tell it yesterday!
Man, how long until the Reveal? It's been at least 60 seconds with no word from the Chair. :roy::thog: Thog did it! Thog entered contest!
Which one is yours? :roy::mitd: Mine was [REDACTED]:thog: Thog's is the one with spelsord levels!
If only being able to spell "spellsword" was a prerequisite for entry. :roy::thog: Hey, watch it! Thog can sord gooder than he can spel!
:vaarsuvius:So, what does everyone think next round's Ingredient will be?:belkar: Everyogne kgnows it's gogngna be Gnome Giant Slayer! Hell yeah! Gn gn!Slime Lord? :haley::durkon: Cannae it be Oozemaster?Slime Lord? :haley::durkon: Cannae it be Oozemaster?
Slime Lord? :haley::durkon: Cannae it be Oozemaster?
:elan: "I know! It'll be...a prestige class!
:haley::vaarsuvius::durkon::thog::belkar::roy:...[insert various puns]
:xykon: Hey everyone, I'm back now! Sorry for the delay; it's time for the Reveal.
In other words, I'm excited to see what everyone cooked and I have too much time on my hands.
Well, now that that's out of the way, we can finally get to what's important around here: optimisation! Isn't that right, guys?
My build is the one with Spellsword levels.
I have a great advantage.
I have no less than 40 previous contest to check while waiting :smallbiggrin:
By the way, I had another couple ideas that didn't make it, I'm interested to know if someone else have found a way to work around some major issues on the matter.
I'f be interested to read them once the reveals gone in - might be able to crowd source a way around it.
If only someone had already combed through every previous round, organized all of the scores, and compiled them into a spreadsheet with hyperlinks to every build submitted and judge's results...
*looks at my signature*
Oh, wait... :smalltongue:
Any word from Herr Chairman or did the Fists of the Forest capture him again?
Since entry time has expired I am going to share my scoring metrics with everyone.
Spoilerhttp://www.katiephd.com/wp-content/u...alkboard11.jpg
Well it's not quite that, but the 7 criteria for Use of the Secret Ingredient are:
- Base Attack Bonus, I'm looking for actual use of the BAB mechanism broken into scoring bands which correlate to number of attacks a character has.
- Knowledge (arcana), I'm looking to see if it's carried through and maxed at each level, if it stops, how many feats or other classes require it. Is the skill sitting there or is it built into an important part of the build.
- Spell Level Availability, the SI required the ability to cast 2nd level spells, I'm interested to see how high people got it to. I'm not looking for 9s but I am rewarding for getting it certain levels.
- Defeating a foe through force of arms alone, I'm going to compare the build at the level mentioned to a CR appropriate monster to see if the build could 1v1 w/o spells on average. The more likely the chance of success, the better off the score.
- Ignore Spell Failure, I'm looking to see how much armor/shields you can put on without any chance of spell failure.
- Channel Spell, I'm looking for cool interactions, deadly interactions, etc. with this ability.
- Bonus Feats, I'm looking to see what other fighter/metamagic feats you too, if it's part of a chain, if it's just sitting there alone, etc.
Does Fighter X count as an equivalent CR? XD. Any late entries up against an Adamantine Horror?
It wouldn't be a Fighter but a Warrior the NPC class, and maybe. I plan to pick an adversary appropriate to the story of the character, however I plan to limit my personal input into the decision as much as possible so I wont be making any characters and would use a published version of an NPC or Monster (probably monster). The CR system is rather messed up so I'm going to try and have an appropriate balance between the choice, the CR, and the characters. I'm not going to try an screw anyone, well maybe one person :smallwink:.
In the event the chairman is held captive by Fists of the Forest for an extended period, is there a procedure so things can move on?
Yep, this.
I'll offer the same thing I did last time; if we have radio silence for a week I'll withdraw my entry and step in as interim chair. Folks would have to resubmit their builds, but we could carry on from there. Hopefully it doesn't come to that, and we've still got plenty of time.
Hey, our chairman is AFK from some hour, I don't believe it's the case to put his face in the milk carton. :smallbiggrin:
Maybe the snaggletooths have broken their internet for him?
I still can't believe this is still going 4 years and 58 contests after I started it O_o
I remember (pardon the inexact quotation) the "Iron Chef for homebrew" thing.
There was also the E6 version, briefly, and...
I dunno: at a time, there was like a IC fever and no Paladin around
RFLS has Heroic IC where you make popular fiction characters, and I even tried to have a BBEG/adventure comp Villian Victorious.
Hoping that Kuulv is okay, with that aside, should we look at progressing the competition on? I.e stand in chairman for finishing this competition? It has been a week at least.