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2011-03-21, 07:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
Phew, finally sent, only 30 minutes late this time
DM: You exit the temple. Cleric, roll a knowledge(religion) check...
Cleric: *passes* "Ah yes, now I recognise it, it was a temple to the god of traps!"
Thief: *punches Cleric*
Iron Chef Contest Gallery:SpoilerIC XVII: Snow (Silver)
IC XX: Sir Karel (Bronze)
IC XXXII: 'Aundair' Yannedge-Owens (Gold)
IC XXXII: Sir Arminel Rayne (Bronze)
IC XXXIX: Hardy (Bronze)
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2011-03-21, 09:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
T plus 3 hours. Good luck everyone. I'll have my judging finished within 1 week of the submissions being posted. (I'm gonna groan if there are 15 entries, but I'm gonna do it anyway!)
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Ding, You've Got Trophies!Spoiler
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist but you have ceased to live. - Samuel Clemens
Oh, and DFTBA.
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2011-03-21, 11:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
When are entries revealed?
Last edited by Cartigan; 2011-03-21 at 11:43 PM.
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2011-03-21, 11:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
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2011-03-22, 12:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
Patience is an important part of the ICOC. One of the trickiest parts, sometimes.
In the Beginning Was the Word, and the Word Was Suck: A Guide to Truenamers
My compiled Iron Chef stuff!
~ Gay all day, queer all year ~
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2011-03-22, 01:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
Once again I pull out due to a combination of chronic procrastination, and hitting a hurdle in the build I was working on that I can't quite get over...
Last edited by Thurbane; 2011-03-22 at 01:41 AM.
My winning competition entries: Kinvig Arrumskor | The Great Pumpkinhead | Wynfrith d'Acker
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2011-03-22, 08:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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2011-03-22, 12:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-03-22, 01:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-03-22, 02:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-03-22, 02:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
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Ding, You've Got Trophies!Spoiler
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist but you have ceased to live. - Samuel Clemens
Oh, and DFTBA.
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2011-03-22, 03:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
I was going to use an illustration from HeroMaker but I pressed the wrong button and it deleted before I could save it (because HeroMaker 2 doesn't have a save to image) and then I was like "screw that."
Last edited by Cartigan; 2011-03-22 at 03:52 PM.
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2011-03-22, 08:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
Ladies and gentlemen, get ready for our great reveal!
Originally Posted by Jacinta
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2011-03-22, 08:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
There's a lot of emphasis on the Dread part here.
Originally Posted by 4 Fingers
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2011-03-22, 08:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
I thought he was a Master Thrower!
Originally Posted by Van der Decken
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2011-03-22, 08:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
Do what you want coz a pirate is free!
You are a pirate!
Arr!
Originally Posted by Darrigan The Gray Death[b
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2011-03-22, 08:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Originally Posted by Halavin
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2011-03-22, 08:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain't comin' back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
Originally Posted by Vincent
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2011-03-22, 08:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
FishmenMerfolk are ten times stronger than humans!
Nevermind. I've been paying too much attention to this guy.
Originally Posted by Oltur
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2011-03-22, 08:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
If she took 6 levels of Scarlett Johanson, it would be a lot better, wouldn't it?
Originally Posted by Alria
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2011-03-22, 08:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
That's the last of them. Ready, set, JUDGE!
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2011-03-22, 08:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
Nice. Not surprising to see a few Lion Totem Barbarians in there, since Dread Pirates make good chargers, and pounce is too tasty to pass up.
My first build was an Aqautic Elf Expert 2/Barbarian 1/Fighter 2/DP 10/Scarlet Corsair 5. I then aboned that for a Human Fighter (Zhentarim Soldier) 9/Barbarian (Lion Totem) 1/Dread Pirate 10. Zhentarim fighter 9 was to get a swift demoralize Initmidate action, coupled with Imperious Command and the Dread Pirates 30 ft Intimidate goodness.
The snag I hit was not being able to squeeze Profession (sailor) in there to qualify for DP.Last edited by Thurbane; 2011-03-22 at 08:37 PM.
My winning competition entries: Kinvig Arrumskor | The Great Pumpkinhead | Wynfrith d'Acker
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2011-03-22, 08:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
Yeah! I'm glad we got these up. I lol'd at one of the builds, since I had the EXACT same class breakdown in mind before I went in an entirely different direction. I can't wait to read over all of the entries in depth (and see what the judges have to say as well).
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2011-03-22, 09:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
My judging will be edited into this post as I judge them. I'll start judging tonight or tomorrow, so expect them done within the week. First, a comment: A large number of these builds seemed to be based in Eberron, is this coincidence or not, do you think?
Edit:I don't have Explorer's Handbook (and isn't there more than one?), so can somebody point out what it was used for, and if it works?Is the Explorer's Handbook referenced the Eberron one? If so, I have it.
EDIT: Going in reversal temporal order for judging. Ghost finished
Ghost:SpoilerPower: 1.5: Your power is worse than a straight hexblade, losing BAB, spells, curses, and Aura of Unluck (-3). Instead you gain ghost features (+1) and various benefits from Pirate Lord, of which only two help you in combat (+1). The powers that you do get are fairly standard (most creatures at level 20 are beating your demoralization check, and even then, at best you make them shaken (-2 to hit/damage) for 5 rounds; or takes 1 minute and is fairly useless in combat (-0.5).
Originality: 3: You used a unique concept for this competition (+1), but it was a fairly obvious cliche (-1). Your backstory was adequate but not exceptional (+0).
Elegance: 1: No sources listed, which prevents me from knowing where you got the ghost class from (-1). You don't qualify for Force of Will, so that feat is illegal (-0.5). Not taking full levels in Ghost, while legal, is inelegant and likely to get a book thrown at you, but no deduction as it is legal. Web-based material is questionable as useable material, do to not being an official rule-book (-0.5).
UoSI: 3: You manage to make good use of some of the features of the SI (+1), but gain no benefit from the majority of them (-1). Those that are used aren't the most useful ones from the class, but that is recorded under Power above.
Total: 8.5Last edited by vikingofdoom; 2011-03-24 at 01:23 PM.
Thanks to Vrythas for the awesome Myrddraal avatar.
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2011-03-22, 09:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
Yes, Explorer's Handbook is the Eberron one.
Okay... 8 builds to judge, 7 days to do it... I think I'll be done ahead of schedule..
Ding, You've Got Trophies!Spoiler
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist but you have ceased to live. - Samuel Clemens
Oh, and DFTBA.
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2011-03-22, 09:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
Good stuff. Someone came very close to my build . . . I was going to be a Bard/Half-Elf Paragon/Windwright Captain/Dread Pirate (not in that order), take the first half-elf Bard sub level from Races of Destiny, crank my social skills up really high, and play around with the whole "a Dread Pirate's reputation need not match their actual outlook or alignment" deal.
Anyway, this should be a good match. I won't try to put a limit on when I'll be finished (since I don't want to make any promises I can't keep), but I'll do my best not to leave anyone hanging.In the Beginning Was the Word, and the Word Was Suck: A Guide to Truenamers
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2011-03-22, 09:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
My build was looking something like this: Half-Elf Swashbuckler 1/Artificer 5/Dread Pirate 4/Windwright Captain 5/Dread Pirate 5 with a focus on making my ship as pimped out as possible (via Artificer and Landlord) and converting pirated treasure (via Retain Essence) into pirate-like effigies.
I felt less than confident in the last moment though.
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2011-03-22, 10:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
I was planning an Antropomorphic Badger Dragonfire Adept/Dread Pirate.
DFA has Intimidate and Appraise as class skills.
With Beguiling Influence+Entangling Exhalation+Slow Breath+Frightful Presence Invocation, and the Badger's Rage+Intimidating Rage+Imperious Command.
The problems were LA+3, and I couldn't find a satisfactory method of dealing damage to myself as a free action. Blood Magus was the best I found, but it didn't synergize well with Dragonfire Adept.Dex
SpoilerRegarding my Necrotic Apprentice trick:
Regarding my Non-Epic Hidecarved Dragon:
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2011-03-22, 11:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX
I was planning a Half-Orc Cleric 2/Barbarian 3/Dread Pirate 10/Orc Warlord 5, with Extra Leadership.
Yes, I would have gotten (calculating from the bonuses from Ecclesiarch and Blood of the Warlord) 540 1st level, 52 2nd level, 28 3rd, 16 4th, 8 5th and 8 6th level followers, half of which would be Orcs of some description.
I'm kinda surprised that no one else thought to optimize leadership...
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2011-03-22, 11:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimization Challenge in the Playground XIX