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2017-12-06, 05:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
shouldn't be a problem.
I've got a new fantasy TTRPG about running your own fencing school in a 3 musketeers pastiche setting. Book coming soon.
Check out my NEW sci-fi TTRPG about first contact. Cool alien races, murderous AIs, and more. New expansion featuring rules for ships! New book here NOW!
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2017-12-10, 02:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
An extension? Awesome. I just emerged from judging the last round, but I've got a rough idea that I'll hopefully be able to hammer out by Tuesday.
Iron Chef Medals
SpoilerSir Driscoll Conia - Silver - IC L
Nick Snarespan - Gold - IC LIII
Lucy "Legs" Silvertail - Bronze - IC LXVIII
Bolfarg of Knoss - Gold - IC LXXVII
Ivarr Deathborn - Bronze - IC LXXVII
Ahmtel - Silver - IC LXXVIII
Tocke of Nessus - Gold - IC LXXIX
The Blessed Third - Silver - IC LXXXI
Galahad Galapagos - Gold - IC LXXXIV
Sai-don, Knight of the Tide - Bronze - IC LXXXIV
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2017-12-12, 05:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
I've got a new fantasy TTRPG about running your own fencing school in a 3 musketeers pastiche setting. Book coming soon.
Check out my NEW sci-fi TTRPG about first contact. Cool alien races, murderous AIs, and more. New expansion featuring rules for ships! New book here NOW!
Iron Chef Medals!
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2017-12-12, 05:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
Well, managed to get my build in before the late reveal. I had a second idea, but I don't really have the time or wherewithal to write it up. Might post a stub after the reveal.
Iron Chef Medals
SpoilerSir Driscoll Conia - Silver - IC L
Nick Snarespan - Gold - IC LIII
Lucy "Legs" Silvertail - Bronze - IC LXVIII
Bolfarg of Knoss - Gold - IC LXXVII
Ivarr Deathborn - Bronze - IC LXXVII
Ahmtel - Silver - IC LXXVIII
Tocke of Nessus - Gold - IC LXXIX
The Blessed Third - Silver - IC LXXXI
Galahad Galapagos - Gold - IC LXXXIV
Sai-don, Knight of the Tide - Bronze - IC LXXXIV
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2017-12-15, 08:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
So we've got three(?) entries for our round, should be an interesting one.
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2017-12-18, 07:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
Extension got extended by my lack of organisation, apologies all! Builds follow, stand by.
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2017-12-18, 07:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
Entry number 1
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2017-12-18, 07:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
Entry number 2
Originally Posted by The Ill WindLast edited by Heliomance; 2017-12-18 at 07:21 AM.
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2017-12-18, 07:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
Entry number 3
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2017-12-18, 07:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
Entry number 4
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2017-12-18, 07:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
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2017-12-18, 07:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
And that's everything! Five tasty dishes to judge over Christmas!
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2017-12-18, 09:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
Feh. There goes my idea of using the delay to get another entry in... I was going to see if I could get more levels of Bloodstorm Blade into my King of Pong build... but looking at it now, I'd have to lose all the Warmind levels, so no more Sweeping Strike. However, I was thinking about putting in a couple levels of Initiate of the Sevenfold Veils: throw up a warding, an every time your "projectile" crosses it, they take damage. But trying to fit in 4th-level spellcasting would eat up all the other levels.
My first idea was a pair of Dvati wildshape rangers who wildshape into dire apes and then throw each other at their enemies.
WS Ranger 5/MoMF 2/Warblade 1/Scaled Horror 1/Hulking Hurler 1/Bloodstorm Blade 10
Not enough room for Warshaper, though. Assuming an average dire ape weighs 1000 lbs, Natural Heavyweight (Planar Handbook) puts that within a heavy load, and that's enough to do 8d6 damage as an improvised weapon. Expansion might kick that up to 8000 lbs and 43d6 damage, but I'm not sure I can fit that in, and the Str bonus doesn't scale up enough to handle the increased weight. However... at large size, 8d6 + Power Attack is probably enough.Last edited by Darrin; 2017-12-18 at 10:05 AM.
Handbooks:
Shax's Indispensable Haversack, TWF OffHandbook
Builds:
Archon of Nine, Jellobomber, King of Pong, Lightning Thief
Spells:
Druidzilla, Healbot, Gish
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2017-12-18, 11:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
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2017-12-18, 12:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
My second, unsubmitted idea was an attempt to optimize Eye of the Storm.
Azurin Warblade 6/Bloodstorm Blade 10/Master of Nine 4
1. Warblade 1 - Power Attack, Point Blank Shot
2. Warblade 2
3. Warblade 3 - Martial Study (Baffling Defense)
4. Warblade 4
5. Warblade 5 - Combat Reflexes
6. Bloodstorm Blade 1 - Throw Anything, Adaptive Style
7. Bloodstorm Blade 2
8. Bloodstorm Blade 3 - Cleave
9. Bloodstorm Blade 4 - Midnight Dodge
10. Bloodstorm Blade 5
11. Bloodstorm Blade 6 - Blind Fight
12. Bloodstorm Blade 7 - Robillar's Gambit
13. Bloodstorm Blade 8
14. Bloodstorm Blade 9 - Improved Initiative
15. Bloodstorm Blade 10 - Improved Unarmed Strike
16. Master of Nine 1
17. Master of Nine 2
18. Warblade 6 - Great Cleave
19. Master of Nine 3
20. Master of Nine 4
The big idea was that I would stand in melee in both Eye of the Storm and Stance of Alacrity thanks to Mo9's Dual Stance, and make whatever ranged attacks seemed appropriate. This would trigger an AoO from the threatening enemy, which I would counter without needing an action via Stance of Alacrity (picked up at 20th level, which is why the build has only 4 levels of Mo9), and possibly switch Stance of Alacrity out while doing so with Counter Stance. I would then still have my swift action with which to make the Eye of the Storm attack, a Robillar AoO, and Cleave attacks from anything that had died as a result of the thrown attacks.
It was a fun little build, and given the competition this round (very much including my entry), it would have probably stood out in Elegance, and could have been fairly competitive.
Iron Chef Medals
SpoilerSir Driscoll Conia - Silver - IC L
Nick Snarespan - Gold - IC LIII
Lucy "Legs" Silvertail - Bronze - IC LXVIII
Bolfarg of Knoss - Gold - IC LXXVII
Ivarr Deathborn - Bronze - IC LXXVII
Ahmtel - Silver - IC LXXVIII
Tocke of Nessus - Gold - IC LXXIX
The Blessed Third - Silver - IC LXXXI
Galahad Galapagos - Gold - IC LXXXIV
Sai-don, Knight of the Tide - Bronze - IC LXXXIV
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2017-12-18, 03:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
I couldn’t come up with anything unique that was unambiguously legal (and non-headache-inducing).
I played around with the idea of insta-returning harpoons either instantly doing their removal damage or doing Scorpion-style “GET OVER HERE” shenanigans (the removal damage is SLIGHTLY better supported by RAW, but not by much; they’re both kinda weak arguments), but I couldn’t come up with a convincing argument that this worked in the absence of a charitable GM ruling.
I spent a little bit of time trying to throw arrows, but it was pretty stupid and never actually did anything better than shooting arrows or throwing things that aren’t arrows.
I did have an idea for a build component that was used in at least one dish, but I didn’t do anything unique with it, and I don’t want to comment on an actual entry.
I played around with the idea of using some kind of spell channeling (Duskblade or Spellsword or something), including a little bit of trying to heal people by throwing Cure-channeling beanbags (saps) at them, but it took way too many levels to do anything, and the fact that I could still only channel one spell per attack (no, Duskblade 13 was not on the table) made Lightning Ricochet significantly less shiny.
So yeah. Between not really having any strong ideas and not having a heck of a lot of free time this month, I obviously didn’t get anything in. Definitely some interesting stuff here, though. I’ll be interested to see how the judges treat a few of these in particular. Congrats to everyone who got something in!
Who’s still committed to judging?In the Beginning Was the Word, and the Word Was Suck: A Guide to Truenamers
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2017-12-18, 03:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
I've got a new fantasy TTRPG about running your own fencing school in a 3 musketeers pastiche setting. Book coming soon.
Check out my NEW sci-fi TTRPG about first contact. Cool alien races, murderous AIs, and more. New expansion featuring rules for ships! New book here NOW!
Iron Chef Medals!
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2017-12-21, 02:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
The idea that I was tossing around was a Incarnate (SS) Maug (FF) Warblade 1 / Fighter 2 / Bloodstorm Blade 2 / Hulking Hurler 1 / Bloodstorm Blade +3 / War Hulk 3 / Bloodstorm Blade +5, but some issues with making it feel sufficiently unique, aside from making aside glances at a 'proper' TO Hulking War Hulk, in spite of trying to claim that my 30'ish d6's would be enough for practical play
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2017-12-21, 03:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
I was considering a build focused on getting rider effects on the weapon (Three Mountains etc.), along with Ancestral Relic & Legacy Champion, but I never really got anywhere with it.
I find it a little frustrating that the PrC gives Weapon Aptitude, the only other source of which is Warblade - which just happens to be the most common entry for the PrC itself. I hate redundancy.Last edited by Thurbane; 2017-12-21 at 03:50 PM.
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2017-12-21, 07:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
They do stack for qualifying for feats that require a minimum number of Fighter levels, but Weapon Supremacy is the only one that's worth anything, and for that you'd have to time up one of Bloodstorm Blade's Bonus Feat levels with your 20th level, meaning not finishing Bloodstorm Blade, and missing out on an 8th or 9th level maneuver you'd otherwise get at that level.
Iron Chef Medals
SpoilerSir Driscoll Conia - Silver - IC L
Nick Snarespan - Gold - IC LIII
Lucy "Legs" Silvertail - Bronze - IC LXVIII
Bolfarg of Knoss - Gold - IC LXXVII
Ivarr Deathborn - Bronze - IC LXXVII
Ahmtel - Silver - IC LXXVIII
Tocke of Nessus - Gold - IC LXXIX
The Blessed Third - Silver - IC LXXXI
Galahad Galapagos - Gold - IC LXXXIV
Sai-don, Knight of the Tide - Bronze - IC LXXXIV
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2017-12-27, 01:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
Updated ICO Spreadsheet with the Dishes presented for this Cook. Please let me know if something needs to be fixed for the template/race area as I still have a hard time distinguishing which is which when I look at these.
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2017-12-27, 02:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
I've got a new fantasy TTRPG about running your own fencing school in a 3 musketeers pastiche setting. Book coming soon.
Check out my NEW sci-fi TTRPG about first contact. Cool alien races, murderous AIs, and more. New expansion featuring rules for ships! New book here NOW!
Iron Chef Medals!
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2017-12-27, 03:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2012
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
Ah, I only just noticed this. Meh.
I had a few ideas, mainly using the duskblade's channelled strike (at BSB 10, I can drop a single spell on every target about) and messing with the wording of splash weapons (again, it looks like I can hit everyone with a single splash weapon attack at BSB 10, and the duskblade channelling hits all the targets well maybe). Then I realised it was already over. Oh well.
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2017-12-27, 05:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
Doesn't work anyway, even for the 23rd level character required for Full Attack Channeling and Blade Storm. Duskblade channeling either uses a standard action or works as part of a full attack action, and Blade Storm is a distinct full-round action. I guess If you get a full attack plus a full round action in the same turn, you can full attack channel and the spell would continue channeling through your Blade Storm, but that seems like a lot of work just to get a few more castings of Vampiric Touch.
Iron Chef Medals
SpoilerSir Driscoll Conia - Silver - IC L
Nick Snarespan - Gold - IC LIII
Lucy "Legs" Silvertail - Bronze - IC LXVIII
Bolfarg of Knoss - Gold - IC LXXVII
Ivarr Deathborn - Bronze - IC LXXVII
Ahmtel - Silver - IC LXXVIII
Tocke of Nessus - Gold - IC LXXIX
The Blessed Third - Silver - IC LXXXI
Galahad Galapagos - Gold - IC LXXXIV
Sai-don, Knight of the Tide - Bronze - IC LXXXIV
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2017-12-27, 05:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-01-02, 09:24 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
So... do we have any possible judges emerging from the Holiday Deep Freeze yet?
Handbooks:
Shax's Indispensable Haversack, TWF OffHandbook
Builds:
Archon of Nine, Jellobomber, King of Pong, Lightning Thief
Spells:
Druidzilla, Healbot, Gish
Iron Chef:
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2018-01-04, 11:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
And in the meantime, anyone want to speculate on possible SIs for next round? Maybe something a bit castery, like Doomlord, Oozemaster, Visionary Seeker, Rage Mage, DotU Arachnomancer, or Demonologist?
Of course, I'm also still looking forward to Beast Heart Adept, Bayushi Deciever, Mortal Hunter, Vassal of Bahamut, Life Eater, Watch Detective, Defiant, Eye of Gruumsh, Dragon Samurai, and probably others that I'm currently forgetting.
Iron Chef Medals
SpoilerSir Driscoll Conia - Silver - IC L
Nick Snarespan - Gold - IC LIII
Lucy "Legs" Silvertail - Bronze - IC LXVIII
Bolfarg of Knoss - Gold - IC LXXVII
Ivarr Deathborn - Bronze - IC LXXVII
Ahmtel - Silver - IC LXXVIII
Tocke of Nessus - Gold - IC LXXIX
The Blessed Third - Silver - IC LXXXI
Galahad Galapagos - Gold - IC LXXXIV
Sai-don, Knight of the Tide - Bronze - IC LXXXIV
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2018-01-04, 01:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
I'm personally hoping for a 'self-contained' caster
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2018-01-04, 01:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
Rage Mage brings me physical pain, so that's definitely high on the list. We need something truly bad to offset this good ingredient, like Cloud Anchorite.
i'm a big fan of Bayushi Deceiver, but I think it might be too good for an SI.
What is it about Planar Handbook that the bulk of its PrCs are worthy of being SIs? Doomlord and Visionary Seeker are intensely bad.
I'd like to see how I'd fare against most of those ingredients, as well as Beserk and Thrall of Eltab.Kolyarut Avatar by Potatocubed.
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2018-01-04, 01:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef Optimisation Challenge in the Playground XC
Iron Chef Medals
SpoilerSir Driscoll Conia - Silver - IC L
Nick Snarespan - Gold - IC LIII
Lucy "Legs" Silvertail - Bronze - IC LXVIII
Bolfarg of Knoss - Gold - IC LXXVII
Ivarr Deathborn - Bronze - IC LXXVII
Ahmtel - Silver - IC LXXVIII
Tocke of Nessus - Gold - IC LXXIX
The Blessed Third - Silver - IC LXXXI
Galahad Galapagos - Gold - IC LXXXIV
Sai-don, Knight of the Tide - Bronze - IC LXXXIV