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    Default Base Class Contest Chat Thread V: I Scored at the Top of My Base Class

    Base Class Challenge Chat Thread V:
    I Scored at the Top of My Base Class

    Welcome to Chat Thread Five for the Base Class Contest. Talk about the contest, give critiques on others' work (if welcome), ask for help, and complain to me here.

    Any entries for contests should be entered in the current contest and discussed here. That is, anything other than entries goes here.

    For those of you into making smaller portions of homebrew, there's the Local Speakeasy now. For those interested in making prestige classes, there's a Prestige Class Contest.

    Current Contest - A Homebrew Bumper Crop

    Past Contests

    Contest Name First Place Winner
    I The Light Beckons Twilight Caster Owrtho
    II Altar of Naught Ebon Initiate ErrantX
    III Can I Borrow That? Hemoscribe Morph Bark
    IV Tipping the Scale Gambler PairO'Dice Lost
    V You're MIND! Mindwarped dragonjek
    VI Let's Play Dress Up! Stylist Cipherthe3vil
    VII You've Been PUNK'D! Generator ErrantX
    VIII One Small Step for a Contest...One Giant Step for Contestkind Zodiac Derjuin
    IX Better Than it Sounds Farmer Derjuin
    X Name That Class Tempest Warlord Silva Stormrage
    XI Big Money Weave a Mighty Web Companion titanreaver
    XII Race Race Son of Man Morph Bark
    XIII On a Whim Cycle Warden sirpercival
    XIV Champions and Mooks Ley Engineer sirpercival
    XV Lights! Camera! Extractor sirpercival
    XVI Doing What We Must Because We Can Astronomer sirpercival
    XVII Heroes of Note: Keeping it Trill TreüthSyngër BelGareth
    XVIII Crazy Hobos Everywhere Panphobic sirpercival
    XIX Inner Might Jinnblood Zaydos
    XX Fables and Mythos and Tales, Oh My Tall Tale Zaydos
    XXI Can I Get Some Booze From the Crowd? Intoxicanter Zaydos
    XXII Taking Pixars of Dreamworks Mecha Ace Jester of Doom
    XXIII Armageddon Ready Doomsayer Zaydos
    XXIV Will Breed for Class Dragonsoul Acolyte Zaydos
    XXV Dungeon Plunge-In Dungeon Master Jormengand
    XXVI Flipping the Table Simic Biomancer Zaydos
    XXVII Pretty in Pink Princess Zaydos
    XXVIII (Maybe) Morally Justified Karmic Avenger sengmeng
    XXIX Games. Games Everywhere Freelancer Zaydos
    XXX A Study in Beige Inventor Jormengand
    XXXI Consumption of the Masses Potion Maker Jormengand
    XXXII Tipping the Scale II Dude Who Does Tai Chi sengmeng
    XXXIII ...And Old Lace Juicer Beelzebub1111
    XXXIV All You Can Treat Saccharine Slayer Jormengand
    XXXV Schooling the Competition Paragon of Duality Jormengand
    XXXVI Contest Under Construction Imagineer sirpercival
    XXXVII Upsy-Daisy Incompetent JNAProductions
    XXXVIII I Ain't No Idiom Idiomancer Jormengand
    XXXIX Undermined Scruples Dream Weaver Zaydos
    XXXX Happy Little Accidents Antiquarian knitifine
    XXXXI It's in Our Nature Harbinger Lanth Sor
    XXXXII Entropy and Renewal Nameless One rferries
    XXXXIII Hey, I Know That Guy! Rescuer / Wanderer Alabenson / Jormengand
    XXXIV Power Word: Homebrew Guide rferries

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    Default Re: Base Class Contest Chat Thread V: I Scored at the Top of My Base Class

    In the spirit of a fresh new thread, the Transcendent has a fresh new capstone. Feel free to let me know what you think, I'm still not sure on how good it is.

    Fluff will be written in the next 24 hours, if all goes according to plan.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eno Remnant View Post
    Fluff will be written in the next 24 hours, if all goes according to plan.
    Heh. Plans.

    Voting for XXXIX is over!

    1st Place: Dream weaver, by Zaydos!

    2nd Place: Lawbender, by Sandwyrm!

    3rd Place: Doctor, by Almarck!

    That was a great round--I was really glad to see so many entries.
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    I wonder if it's worth entering a class this late...
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    Default Re: Base Class Contest Chat Thread V: I Scored at the Top of My Base Class

    Quote Originally Posted by Knitifine View Post
    I wonder if it's worth entering a class this late...
    This late? There's still a month left on this contest.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Temotei View Post
    This late? There's still a month left on this contest.
    Oh! Thank you for correcting me, I read that due date as being two days from now instead of a month.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Knitifine View Post
    Oh! Thank you for correcting me, I read that due date as being two days from now instead of a month.
    No problem. Good luck on your entry!
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    Default Re: Base Class Contest Chat Thread V: I Scored at the Top of My Base Class

    Does game design count as arts and crafts?

    Because if so, I have a significantly dumb idea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jormengand View Post
    Does game design count as arts and crafts?

    Because if so, I have a significantly dumb idea.
    Forcing people to play by made-up system rules in-universe?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Morphic tide View Post
    Forcing people to play by made-up system rules in-universe?
    I'm thinking of some kind of Writer of the Classes, Who only takes Credit When others tackle Creation.

    He's a mage who lives by the seaside, you see.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jormengand View Post
    Does game design count as arts and crafts?

    Because if so, I have a significantly dumb idea.
    Go for it.
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    Default Re: Base Class Contest Chat Thread V: I Scored at the Top of My Base Class

    Writing of that calibre wrecks... my head, so I'm going to write all the class features in plain text once I've recovered.

    Why is it that relatively simple tasks require so much effort? Whai?

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    Finished some alternative class features, now just need to finish actual class features.
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    Post Re: Base Class Contest Chat Thread V: I Scored at the Top of My Base Class

    The Antiquarian has been uploaded.
    I've never submitted a class to a contest and it's been a while since I stepped backwards into 3.5e, so let me know if anything seems out of place.

    This is just a rough draft, so an issue I'm aware of is that wording isn't all consistent and normalized.
    I am also aware that save DC are not consistent and normalized.
    I am also aware that artifacts currently work in a strange way that makes them a lot less useful when non-antiquarians are using them, contrary to the stated option of having the antiquarian be an item supplier who stays away from combat. This is on the 'to fix' list.
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    Default Re: Base Class Contest Chat Thread V: I Scored at the Top of My Base Class

    Do you take suggestions for contest topics? I would personally be interested in seeing a contest focused on what tv-tropes would call Reluctant Warrior, or possibly a Technical Pacifists. Any character that dislikes harming others but still fits into a 3.5 world where combat is part of the game (and doesn't make the Gm build the game entirely around them the way an apostle of peace or broken diplomancer build can).

    I think the concept could allow lots of interesting mechanics and lore for explaining why one that hates combat has developed and uses his combat skills. The easiest idea being a pure healer with no damage abilities, but I'd love to see the more interesting ideas, a monk variant sworn to never take a life who can only deal nonlethal damage, an initiator with a new set of maneuvers focused on protecting allies (or even enemies) from harm instead of dealing damage. A Reluctant Warrior who may only fight to protect others and who builds up points of Remorse every time he harms an enemy which weakens his attacks until he resolves his remorse by healing or aiding another. A Diplomat-warrior, with buffs to diplomacy and ability to make rush diplomacy checks in combat, but combined with fighting skills which activate only on those who refuse to be reasoned with to knock sense into them. A pacifist healer who was infected by some curse or inflection which drives them crazy with bloodlust, who switches between supportive magic backliner and raging melee killer as he loses control of his curse as the encounter progresses.

    Anyways, I'd love to see it as a contest theme at some point, if you ever get around to it :)

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    Default Re: Base Class Contest Chat Thread V: I Scored at the Top of My Base Class

    So, I finished the Wizard of the Coast...

    What do we think?

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    Post Re: Base Class Contest Chat Thread V: I Scored at the Top of My Base Class

    Class Update
    I have added another artifact to the antiquarian's class list which was missing from the initial release. I've normalized save DCs, and I've added feats.
    The final update, clarifying the language of the class, artifacts and feats as well as doing any last minute revisions will be available soon.


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    So, I finished the Wizard of the Coast...

    What do we think?
    The class is very funny, and seems well put together.

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    Default Re: Base Class Contest Chat Thread V: I Scored at the Top of My Base Class

    Oh boy. In the past 2 days the scope on my class increased significantly. Hoping I can get it done by the deadline.

    -Introduction (1/4)
    -Class fluff (0)
    -Class features (1/2)
    -Paintings (concepts) (1)
    -Paintings (Writeups) (4/5)
    -Items, Feats (1/2)
    -Adaptations/In world (1/4)
    -Balance pass (0)
    -Editing Pass (0)
    -Media Collection (0)
    -Formatting pass (0)
    In the past two days, more than one of these numbers moved backwards.

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    Default Re: Base Class Contest Chat Thread V: I Scored at the Top of My Base Class

    The long overdue fluff for the Transcendent has arrived. My unfortunate habit of not working on a project until a day or two prior to the deadline hit full force on this one. Hopefully, it's not as terrible as it should be, for the result of a late night's writing.

    And with that, the class is complete.
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    Default Re: Base Class Contest Chat Thread V: I Scored at the Top of My Base Class

    I've decided to drop out of the contest- I just couldn't work up the inspiration to finish the class, so it'll probably stay unfinished for a while. Thanks for the opportunity in any case.
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    Done, I think

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    Post Re: Base Class Contest Chat Thread V: I Scored at the Top of My Base Class

    I was thinking of doing a small final update, but seeing some of the last minute submissions I feel like I should polish Antiquarian into like... 80 Artifacts, 20 Feat masterpiece on the last day.
    Ugh, something to think about for tomorrow I suppose. Good luck to everyone. @_@

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    Aside from that, anything goes--psionics, martial maneuvers, spellcasting, whatever. Go crazy; new mechanics, new feats, new items, and everything else you can think of are fair game!
    Does this include PrC support or would that be against the spirit of the contest?

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    Just browsing the forums a bit and it's crazy to think that I participated in contest #17. Wow, that was a long time ago.

    I've really got to participate in a future one. Need to start flexing my homebrew muscles again.
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    Default Re: Base Class Contest Chat Thread V: I Scored at the Top of My Base Class

    Quote Originally Posted by Knitifine View Post
    Does this include PrC support or would that be against the spirit of the contest?
    The inventor had PrCs and a variant class as part of its entry and it won, so I assume it's not against the spirit.

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    I'm not making it this time. Way too much on my plane this past month.

    I scrapped my original idea and tried to make a class about utilizing a gigantic hand cannon for everything. Would have tried to make ammo and cannon customization its abilities, but it got way too complicated real fast.




    So, contest is likely over. what new themes does everyone want?
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    Post Re: Base Class Contest Chat Thread V: I Scored at the Top of My Base Class

    I would love to see one of the old magic systems revisited. (I'm sure that's been done before).

    Invocations, Magic of Incarnum, Anything from the Tome of Magic or Tome of Battle, etc.

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