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Thread: Font of Inspiration
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2012-10-15, 03:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Font of Inspiration
I have been playing around with a few different skill-monkey builds for a 3.5 campaign and am currently considering a Factotum. The feat Font of Inspiration is NOT available in our campaign however. I am wondering how significant this would prove to be.
Can anyone who has actual experience with a factotum in play - either first hand from playing one or second hand from being in a party with one - tell me whether you believe the skill points available to a standard factotum are sufficient for most campaigns?
Our party is solidly in the Tier 3-4 range and currently around 15th level.“No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style.” ― Steven Brust
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2012-10-15, 04:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Font of Inspiration
Well, your combat ability will take a nosedive by mid levels factotums really rely on font of inspiration to not run out of stuff to do in combat after the first round.
You can probably still manage if you make good use of its SLAs, but it'll be quite a bit trickier.
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2012-10-15, 04:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Font of Inspiration
Font of Inspiration is usually more important for multiclassed Factota than it is for single-classed ones. When you're single-classed, you get more natural Inspiration Points, and really, a straight Factotum does not really rely on Cunning Surge nearly as much as a multiclassed, or more significantly, a gestalt one does.
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2012-10-15, 05:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Font of Inspiration
You are correct about cunning surge, but it does rely on cunning insight if it wants to be more effective than an expert or aristocrat in combat. Even 10 inspiration points really isn't very many if you're using them to boost attacks and damage. Again, you will largely be forced to rely on your more efficient inspiration->effect machines such as your SLAs in combat, I recommend focusing on them.
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2012-10-15, 06:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-10-15, 06:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Font of Inspiration
Super-strict RAW, the Factotum's Sneak Attack doesn't stack with itself, so you can't use more than one IP per attack. Even if it does, you're right, you'll have a hard time getting enough IP to use a lot of it per attack.
But, of course, a combat-focused Factotum should have maxed Iaijutso Focus and EWP (Gnomish Quickrazor).
I really, really don't care. As far as I'm concerned, you're honestly just being rude.
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2012-10-15, 06:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Font of Inspiration
Without Font, you have more feats to spend on other things. Like Martial Study/Stance, EWP: Spiked Chain, Hidden Talent, Knowledge Devotion, Imperious Command, Darkstalker...
Can you take Iajutsu Focus?Current homebrew in development: Wild Surge Rager
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2012-10-15, 06:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-10-15, 06:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Font of Inspiration
It would be one thing if it were an actual error. A choice to use an equally-valid variant of a word, however, is my choice. I don't particularly care if it matches the variant used by Dungeonscape.
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2012-10-15, 06:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-10-15, 08:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Font of Inspiration
Any chance of iron heart surge - > immune to expending Inspiration points?
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2012-10-15, 08:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Font of Inspiration
I am not seaweed. That's a B.
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2012-10-15, 09:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Font of Inspiration
what DOES Imperious Command do, anyhow? I know the rest of them, but that one... What's the source?
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2012-10-15, 09:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Font of Inspiration
It's from Drow of the Underdark. Take a look.
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2012-10-15, 10:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Font of Inspiration
Larloch, The Shadow King (w/ Ioun Stones) avatar by Iron Penguin
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2012-10-15, 10:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-10-15, 10:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Font of Inspiration
That's exactly my point. The maneuver really is so vague that if you could pitch those items as effects to which your character is subject at your DM convincingly enough, IHS could undo those things.
Of course, those examples are ludicrous, just like trying to phrase it so that you don't burn inspiration points is absurd. Technically, you could get that ruling and call it RAW, but that wouldn't make it right, and if you have that kind of skill in convincing people of things then you could probably be spending your time better than by playing D&D.
So like I said. Don't count on getting that ruling.I am not seaweed. That's a B.
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2012-10-15, 10:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-10-15, 10:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Font of Inspiration
Currently running a non font Factotum at low levels getting great use of poisons.
If you craft it yourself Waterdeep city of splendors has an awesome knockout gas called Sleep Smoke that works out to 4gp a use.
Master poisoner feat from Drow of the underdark is real handy.
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2012-10-16, 08:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Font of Inspiration
Thanks for the replies everyone. This really does help me narrow down the builds I am likely to use.
“No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style.” ― Steven Brust
"In God we trust. All others we investigate." - United States Army Military Police Corps
My thanks to Komodo for the excellent Avatar.
Check out BSR's Improved Sorcerer project.
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2012-10-16, 12:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Font of Inspiration
10-point Trajan Pro boldface.
*flees thread*