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Re: DnD 3.5- gestalt gladiator arena!
« Reply #20 on: June 11, 2014, 12:12:44 PM »
That's ok, bhu. Ithamar and I could help.

right now we've got quite a few players right now, so there's quite a few types of builds.

anyone that feels interested, just check out the site. Any questions, ask myself or Ith
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Re: DnD 3.5- gestalt gladiator arena!
« Reply #21 on: June 17, 2014, 05:13:42 PM »
Just posted a new ad over at Myth-Weavers looking for more gladiators.  :cool

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Re: DnD 3.5- gestalt gladiator arena!
« Reply #22 on: June 21, 2014, 12:52:48 PM »
Nicely done
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Re: DnD 3.5- gestalt gladiator arena!
« Reply #23 on: June 21, 2014, 01:30:33 PM »
any chance of homebrew being allowed? i find it hard to get interested in the published stuff anymore...
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Re: DnD 3.5- gestalt gladiator arena!
« Reply #24 on: June 21, 2014, 01:39:24 PM »
Unfortunately, no.

Ith won't even budge on a couple sources because of his dislike of fiends, despite not being 100% fiends (Fiend Folio).

the main reason? Homebrew, along w half the 2nd party sources, is much tougher to keep balanced in addition to people needing to remember what that stuff does.

I def think there are some martial disciplines that'd be awesome (falling anvil and divine lightless wind?), but not a chance :(
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Re: DnD 3.5- gestalt gladiator arena!
« Reply #25 on: June 21, 2014, 01:55:46 PM »
any chance of homebrew being allowed? i find it hard to get interested in the published stuff anymore...

We'll have to start a homebrew arena, Percy :P

Actually, kind of am at the moment - planning on running some homebrew classes through a few of the WotC adventure sites.

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Re: DnD 3.5- gestalt gladiator arena!
« Reply #26 on: June 21, 2014, 02:20:40 PM »
Well the only build I might consider trying is Factotum // Spellthief. Steal your own SLAs...

any chance of homebrew being allowed? i find it hard to get interested in the published stuff anymore...

We'll have to start a homebrew arena, Percy :P

Actually, kind of am at the moment - planning on running some homebrew classes through a few of the WotC adventure sites.
Sounds like fun!
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Re: DnD 3.5- gestalt gladiator arena!
« Reply #27 on: June 21, 2014, 05:37:09 PM »
Y not give that build a shot, at you can say you tried :)
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Re: DnD 3.5- gestalt gladiator arena!
« Reply #28 on: June 21, 2014, 06:38:15 PM »
Ruling question.

Dragonborn Warforged w/ Adamantine Plating casts Alter Self. Does it lose the benefit of Adamantine Plating?
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Re: DnD 3.5- gestalt gladiator arena!
« Reply #29 on: June 21, 2014, 09:15:34 PM »
I'm thinking of building a primordial half-giant ghost monk with the Choke Hold feat who chokes people out with his Telekinesis.  :smirk (talk about a 1 trick pony  :lmao )

Trying to decide if the grapple check is high enough... CL 13, racial Cha +4. Put a 16 in there, for a 20. So +22 grapple with no other tweaks, and no counter-grapple/etc if you fail.

Of course, if grappling fails, he can always resort to using violent thrust on a golf-bag full of weapons...
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Re: DnD 3.5- gestalt gladiator arena!
« Reply #30 on: June 21, 2014, 09:24:21 PM »
Dragonborn removes  that racial trait, but if you pump a feat into an alternate body type (adamantine body, etc.) you'd retain those effects still
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Just remember, no incorporeal, you would be a 'material ghost'

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Re: DnD 3.5- gestalt gladiator arena!
« Reply #31 on: June 25, 2014, 11:19:55 AM »
OK, working on a gladiator for this. Ghost savage progression was ruled out, so I'll have to change the build (on the plus side, it frees up 2 more levels). I'll likely use 4 components to "buy off" the LA for the full ghost template. I have a question about how many components the rest of what I'm doing will cost:

I'm currently dipping cloistered cleric, and have 6 levels in wilder. Is that 2 components, or 4? I might have to drop the cleric dip if it costs 2 components by itself...
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Re: DnD 3.5- gestalt gladiator arena!
« Reply #32 on: June 25, 2014, 12:55:23 PM »
Cleric and Wilder will each cost 2 components, as they get access to 9th levels spells/powers.

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Re: DnD 3.5- gestalt gladiator arena!
« Reply #33 on: June 25, 2014, 01:07:15 PM »
Cleric and Wilder will each cost 2 components, as they get access to 9th levels spells/powers.
OK, thanks. Not worth it... Was just taking it for the bonus devotion feats (from swapping out domains) and Turn Undead to fuel them.
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Re: DnD 3.5- gestalt gladiator arena!
« Reply #34 on: July 24, 2015, 05:05:05 PM »
So the arena is back up and running after a brief hiatus.  We've changed formats to E8 and are now allowing some (not all) Oslecamo monster classes.  Come check it out!

Arena of Ascension  :cool

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Re: DnD 3.5- gestalt gladiator arena!
« Reply #35 on: October 19, 2015, 01:47:35 PM »
the Arena is back, for those interested in OP PVP
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