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7 months ago ::
Nov 27, 2012 - 5:00PM
#1301
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Date Joined:
Feb 21, 2012
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Wow... thanks for the math. add +1 insight to hit... yeah, a gamble but lancing is a gamble... Just a bit more fragile then I am used to.
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7 months ago ::
Dec 03, 2012 - 8:28AM
#1302
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Is it possible to purchase Psionic Tattoos of powers without explicit targets, like Detect Psionics or Control Light? Potions state that the imber is both the target and the caster, in effect, but tattoos only say they manifest powers "on the wearer", and for either one could argue that those spells/powers simply don't have targets, so they work just fine in potions/tattoos... I just don't see Potions of Detect Magic etc being a thing, so I'm not sure if tattoos would be either.
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7 months ago ::
Dec 03, 2012 - 9:55AM
#1303
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Date Joined:
Aug 24, 2010
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Nope. You have to be the target for it to work, and you can't be the target of detect magic or control light because they cannot target.
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7 months ago ::
Dec 04, 2012 - 3:18PM
#1304
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Date Joined:
Feb 21, 2012
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random thought... use levitate to get to a high/unreachable point, then onhanded thrown weapon(javalin, dagger, dart, shuriken, anything)+quick draw+snatch arrow. thoughts?
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7 months ago ::
Dec 04, 2012 - 4:46PM
#1305
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Date Joined:
Jun 14, 2006
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If the enemy can't attack you, he might just go behind cover to force you to come down, and then it's the pitlord's decision what happens (I'd probably force him to engage but dispel levitate).
If you're going caster anyway, a wand of MM probably makes more sense than thrown weapons, though a levitating drow might want one-handed weapons.
A more viable idea might be to use fly instead of levitate (it's only 2 levels later, and means you can follow him), plus deflect arrows and a wand of MM.
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7 months ago ::
Dec 04, 2012 - 4:52PM
#1306
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Date Joined:
Apr 20, 2008
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Could be a interesting idea, but you may want to consider Spider Climb instead of Levitate. It wont work on every map but has a 10 min/level instead of 1 min/level duration, and won't affect your to-hit. I guess you could mix and match scrolls and spellslots so you're ready regardless of map.
A Human Wizard 3 with 15 dex could get all three feats by ECL 3 (without quick draw or without snatch), but you'll be flinging daggers basically until you get another class level. There's probably a better way of doing this, maybe a level or two in monk or something.
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7 months ago ::
Dec 04, 2012 - 5:44PM
#1307
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Date Joined:
Feb 21, 2012
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true, but mm wands cost 15gp a use... each dealing 1d4+1 damage, so about 3.5 damage a round. admittedly other wizards will be a couple charges(stupid d4 HD), but somthing like a D8 will have about 17+con modx3 HP. thats 5-6 charges(75-90gp) on average. Somthing of an outlier like Gart'ak with a D12 HD and 14con will be 31 HP... so like 9 charges.
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7 months ago ::
Dec 05, 2012 - 3:30AM
#1308
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It's not cheap, but then if they don't have Shield it's blocked only by loss of LoS. The problem is a lot of people could just shoot you back, so you'd need Deflect Arrows or Protection from Arrows, and possibly Shield yourself.
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7 months ago ::
Dec 05, 2012 - 7:27AM
#1309
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Date Joined:
Jun 14, 2006
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true, but mm wands cost 15gp a use... each dealing 1d4+1 damage, so about 3.5 damage a round. admittedly other wizards will be a couple charges(stupid d4 HD), but somthing like a D8 will have about 17+con modx3 HP. thats 5-6 charges(75-90gp) on average. Somthing of an outlier like Gart'ak with a D12 HD and 14con will be 31 HP... so like 9 charges.
9 charges is 135 gp, or 15% of your win rewards...significant (though it goes down significantly as you level), but probably worth not having to grab Quick Draw, not having to invest in STR to carry all your weapons, not having to worry as much about running out, and not having to worry that he might also have Deflect Arrows or just have a high AC and cause you to run out. The only real concern would be if he's also a caster and uses Shield, but casters are fairly good against the build you described no matter what you do.
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7 months ago ::
Dec 08, 2012 - 4:19PM
#1310
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Date Joined:
Feb 21, 2012
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random thing I noticed while looking through the "vital statistics" section of the SRD...
Humans have a base weight of 240lb? The hell? I am noticably over weight and 6ft tall, and I am just over 200lb. why is the assumed minimum 240? Is this the actual minimum weight? at 5ft tall, 240lb is either really built, or really obese... and I was building a jockyish charicter, who would be as light as possible to fit on a horse.
read the description before the table.
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