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4 years ago ::
May 12, 2009 - 5:14PM
#391
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- Stampeding Hybrid
- Dragon Slayer
Date Joined:
Aug 19, 2007
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Not at all. PC races are tripartite beings, body, mind, soul. Or at least you could definitely see it that way.
But apparently the designers decided that forcing Asian Elemental Wizards into the Ki power source was more important than building a broad, culturally-neutral base for the monk to rest upon.
*cries* The third part is animus not mind. The mind is a byproduct of the interaction between the soul and animus(at least that is my best guess since instinct rests in the the animus and identity rests in the soul, memories exist in both).
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4 years ago ::
May 12, 2009 - 5:28PM
#392
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Date Joined:
Oct 26, 2008
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No, according to AV, "weapon" is a type of item (not "sword" etc.), and according to the playtest, the unarmed strike is a "weapon".
So transferring an enchant from your unarmed strike to a dagger (or vice versa) is perfectly legit.
Fair enough, your right. The wording makes it sound like they have to match more specific types instead of just weapon. But hey that's all the better thanks for pointing that out.
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4 years ago ::
May 12, 2009 - 5:48PM
#393
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Not at all. PC races are tripartite beings, body, mind, soul. Or at least you could definitely see it that way.
But apparently the designers decided that forcing Asian Elemental Wizards into the Ki power source was more important than building a broad, culturally-neutral base for the monk to rest upon.
Which designers are you talking about here? 
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4 years ago ::
May 12, 2009 - 8:01PM
#394
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Date Joined:
May 11, 2009
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So, Mind =/= Spirit?
If you suffer brain damage, is your soul hurt?
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4 years ago ::
May 12, 2009 - 8:09PM
#395
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Date Joined:
Jan 15, 2009
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This is new.
Psionic Monks?
Sounds like fun:
"Karate kick!"
"Judo Chop!"
"MIND LAZOR LOLOLOL"
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"gtfo newb."
In all seriousness, I like the idea.
Shaman: "Why doesn't the squirrel shoot the wizard?"
DM: "Because the last squirrel who tried to shoot the wizard missed, then was pulled out of his tree and incinerated."
Wizard: "He has a point."
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4 years ago ::
May 12, 2009 - 8:26PM
#396
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Date Joined:
Aug 10, 2005
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Not at all. PC races are tripartite beings,
Yup, they absolutely are. Paper, pencil, dice. I suppose they could have a fourth part though...player.
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4 years ago ::
May 12, 2009 - 10:21PM
#397
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Date Joined:
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Sadly, the problem isn't elemental (a coherent thematic concept) but arcane - which bleeds all over everything. Elemental damage? Necrotic camage? Radiant damage? Power drawn from beings of the astral plane? Illusions? Teleportation? Shadows? Necromancy? Is there any power source that isn't coopted by the arcane?
I totally agree and I've been saying it for AGES!
I love Horseshoecrabfolk.
What I love most about them is that they seem to be the one thing that we all can agree on.
See for yourself, click here!
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4 years ago ::
May 12, 2009 - 11:33PM
#398
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Date Joined:
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Actually Psionics was the most broken thing in 3.5. There is a way for a Psionicist in 3.5 to be able to defeat and kill every deity in the cosmos. Divine magic and Arcane magic paled in comparison.
That was really more true of 2e psionics than 3.5.
3e psionics were likewise very "tacked-on".
3.5 had the most balanced psionic system to date. And as long as you were using the psionic-magic transparency (which is the default assumption), then no, a psionicist was not ridiculously overpowered.
And btw, as per your example, what level character are you citing? Because an epic level wizard could ALSO kill every deity printed in every book. Does that mean that wizards were overpowered and broken?
Your argument is flawed and unsupported, which is to be expected, given the source.
You make blanket statements that overgeneralize a marginal point and try to make it sound outrageous and ridiculous, thus dicrediting yourself. Also to be expected.
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4 years ago ::
May 13, 2009 - 12:43AM
#399
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If you suffer brain damage, is your soul hurt?
Perhaps.
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4 years ago ::
May 13, 2009 - 1:12AM
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Fair enough, your right. The wording makes it sound like they have to match more specific types instead of just weapon. But hey that's all the better thanks for pointing that out.
No problem. I agree the "type" is sort of a kludge that they could have explained more clearly. Look at it this way: "type" refers to the "category" of the item, but not the broad category mentioned on PH p. 225, it's the more specific category that is the first line of every item description. They need this distinction so you don't transfer a wand enchant onto a staff, for example.
So the types of weapon enchants you can get on your unarmed strike would be the ones that read "Weapon: Any" or "Weapon: Any Melee".
(So no Jagged Fists, sadly :P )
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