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Min/Max 3.x / Re: Templates Gifted By The Gods
« on: December 29, 2011, 04:16:19 PM »
Literally ?!

Possess Mortal SDA ... is interesting and not too bad above 10th level.

Div Rank of 1 ... has to be granted in person, but can be withdrawn wherever.
The 9th level (sp) powers are all over the map. Hello high levels.
Some of the other divine abilities are very good 9th level spells.

T.O. loop version of this is:
a) grant DvR 1 to dude
b) withdraw DvR from dude, who is now DvR 0
c) repeat with new dude
d) army of DvR 0 dudes.
e) still not as good as some 9th level spells

Div Rank of 0 ... then technically can be done // "ought" to not cause the loop.
The old epic board thought this worth an LA+6. C.O. didn't think so.
Polymorph might be stronger. Most 8s are easily. Perhaps mid-game?
Level 1 PC + this = who knows what "level" the pc is , and good luck with EXP.

Mortal can be a Remote Sensing node for a Deity.
I'm not sure this really does anything for a PC.

Mortal might be a Familiar for a Deity.
Get all the normal Familiar goodies but one you, via the Deity's class X.

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Gaming Advice / Re: Deck of Many Things
« on: December 29, 2011, 04:05:26 PM »
Anyone like to share any wise applications or interesting in-game reasons for using the deck of many things?

Clearly it can be used as an adventure story line.

Everybody draws for goodies, until they get screwed or totally screwed.
Then they spend lots of gold to catch back up ... or way too much gold.

Kinda forces a low item count game. And WHY NOT ?!
(evil DM grin)

Divinations always include info that turns out to be wrong
... because you changed that future's past.
Dread Wraith can be deadly or weak.
Enmity with Outsider encounters are restricted by standard encounter rules (bit of a yawner to me).
Imprisonment can be the spell, or not the spell but an actual prison imprisonment.
etc ...

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Gaming Advice / Re: Deck of Many Things
« on: December 29, 2011, 03:58:23 PM »
The 4E deck is terrible.

... roll up to see what random madness occurs, and then go with the results.

One of the Cheat spell descriptions references The Deck as being a game of chance !!
So this is dead on ; but it might be limited to 3.0 or 3.5 only ... I'm not sure about this part.
Re-roll type spells work on games of chance.
That'll cut the bad results down to 25%.
Massive Divination trickery should reduce it more.

There was a C.O. argument about why Augury doesn't work with The Deck.
Where that "there" happens to be these days = idk.


T_G's Breaking The Core thread, included some decent speculations about The Deck.

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Off Topic Fun / Re: things that are NOT on your x-mas present list ...
« on: December 29, 2011, 03:43:43 PM »
Local news story ... proving how boone-dock-ish an area I live in.


50 year old Dude gets stuck in a ditch.
75 year old Grampa comes out to help.
Grampa gets his tractor out.
Grampa pulls the car out of the ditch.
Grampa notices Dude is a little tipsy.
Grampa invites Dude in for a fresh hot meal ... kinda nice really.
Dude pulls out a gun.
Dude fires off 3 shots, 1 hits a tree at brain height 2 feet away.
Grampa used to Wrestle.
Grampa wrestles the gun away from Dude.
Dude runs off into the woods.
Grampa calls the State Police.
Police were bored to tears with Christmas day dippy stuff,
show up in force and in record time, with two police Dogs.

Dude is gonna get 10 years minimum or more.
That was Dude's merry christmas present.
 :)

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(wasn't sure which board to post this on / this is fine)


Heh yeah  :D ... Diplodocus had the extra node area right over it's sphincter.

My kitty avatar says I could use one of those.

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Min/Max 3.x / Re: In light of the holidays (Optimization Challenge)
« on: December 28, 2011, 05:26:56 PM »
Santa doesn't really exist... I'm thinking it's a thrallherd or diplomancer that has convinced everybody of this "Santa" and gets all his believers to do his dirty work for him and perpetuate the lie.

(click to show/hide)

Saint Nicolas is real.  And dead.

...and a bah humbug to you too. :rolleyes

Figures we'd see some people in poor spirits now that the presents are open. For myself and my wife, we got coal...

...and a Wii. See you all later. :D

PS: The coal tastes like cinnamon

 :sobbing ... Surreal just ruined X-mas for my kitty avatar ... :puke and the Eggnog.


Santa uses greed to get children to behave ;
a long enough time frame, that it's impossible to really do it ;
and when they don't, he uses Coal to keep them warm through winter, to try again.
Yet he goes back on the whole deal, and gives most kids gifts anyways.
This teaches the children that greed is OK, as is breaking contracts, and even a safety net too.

That's Lawful Evil Neutral for you ... or Diplomancy ?!

{ ... insert Detect Yugolothic tendencies smiley face ... }


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... extend into their legs, a new study reports.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/science/tiniest-of-spiders-are-loaded-with-brains-researchers-find.html

Intellect Devourer isn't so far fetched after all !!
(brain-in-a-jar too)


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Min/Max 3.x / Re: [3.PF] Optimizing Tier 4 and below
« on: December 28, 2011, 04:59:02 PM »
Psi Rogue ... from the wizards.com site, could work.

It's the Trapfinding class for the party, early.
Recharge for the yay/nay.
Alter Self item and later Skin of Proteus,
combined with Metamorphic Transfer = good enough.
Heck you could play all the psi tricks, just later than any of the other psi-fester classes.

Psi Rogue 5 / Thrallherd 10 / A.I. 3 / DipX 2 ... would nerf the -festing a little bit..

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Off Topic Fun / Re: The Small Rants Thread, Continued...
« on: December 28, 2011, 04:47:54 PM »
In my younger days when i had long hair and a beard I was told I looked like a 6', 280 pound Jesus.
HA !
That was me but with a blondish Afro.


And otherwise I really do look like my avatar.
{ ... insert sigh no I don't look like the kitty smiley face ... }

I get almost nothing on the side of my face.
I could do a big stupid moustache above the lip.
I can't do anything but skraggly with a hint of silver below the lip.
My beard below the chin is spot on ... like I get compliments
on my beard in bars and grocery stores.
Drunk girls and grandmas = EGO  :) (yeah yeah weird combo)

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Min/Max 3.x / Re: Metabreather (egoist 20)
« on: December 27, 2011, 03:31:55 PM »
Okay, first neat idea.  Second, I don't know as much about psionics as I should, and I am trying to understand the build, however, I don't know where some feats are from.

Could you list the books/sources you used for us who.... don't know them as well. Thanks.

Decent Tier 2 caster build base + Blasters usually suck but this actually works

... although I've heard Firebreathers have worse heartburn than Eggnog drinkers.

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Min/Max 3.x / Re: Metabreather (egoist 20)
« on: December 27, 2011, 03:27:48 PM »
<snip>

...  Hyperconscious ...


Lyca + Hyperconscious = an X-mas gift that gives all year.

{ ... insert nostalgic smiley face ... }

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Min/Max 3.x / Re: [3.PF] Optimizing Tier 4 and below
« on: December 27, 2011, 03:22:52 PM »
You could strategery the DM and go with a really weak class like Adept.
Then CO the snot out of that.

Eberron Adept gets one domain on it's list and the domain ability,
with the Forlorn "flaw" acf that turns the Familiar into a bonus feat slot,
and slowly turn yourself into a Codzilla.
But it's a whimpery little npc class, right ?!

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D&D 3.5 and Pathfinder / Re: What domains -should- exist?
« on: December 27, 2011, 03:14:11 PM »
Some of the current Domain stuff is way too weak OR way too powerful.

C.O. builds obsessing with mechanics, just makes this obvious.

Taking one step out from this ... Deities "should" have more of the own goodies.
Just one feat?
Just one domain?
No PrC?
C'mon Thor , you're bigger than that ?!


But it's a whole lot of work ; like way waayyy too much work.
Easier would be to collect any one deity specific things in one location,
and give one little mechanic that works better the more Thor-ish material used.
I get +45 Lightning damage once a day (ex) = happy.

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Magic Of Incarnum ... I'd go:

Facto 19+ to snag the Incandescant Champ 4 ability
Totemist 11 / the Dwarfy PrC something
prc Necrocarnate 13 but be neutral
probably the Midgard Dwarf and craft armor stuff

... rough-in of the best Incarnum based stuff.
Stats Int + Con, ditch any wis save incarnate melds.
Might want to dumpster dive the 504 feats build, to get some more MoI goodies.

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Off Topic Fun / Re: The Small Rants Thread, Continued...
« on: December 27, 2011, 02:58:07 PM »

Going to see Girl With The Dragon Tattoo ... and had to sit next to Grandma.
 :shakefist  :tongue

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Off Topic Fun / Re: Merry Christmas, you magnificent bastards.
« on: December 27, 2011, 02:53:04 PM »
Santa Claus is a Lawful Evil Neutral backstabber !!

They do taste rather interesting and I probably deserved them ...  :P



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Min/Max 3.x / Re: was hoping to add this to Psionic Tricks...
« on: December 23, 2011, 04:04:49 PM »
... but ... any CL over to ML booster is quite good anyway.
So long as you're Not using Nijineko's latest nerf of Ardent + early access tricks.

Phoenix00 and KellK have pointed out the "broader" definition of what Magic Mantle says.
Again it's a smidge of cheese ; so this is like a 3-cheese pizza.
I like it.

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Min/Max 3.x / Re: Class Ideas for a PF/3.5 Gestalt Petal Wizard
« on: December 23, 2011, 03:50:05 PM »
Petal as in this one ?
    Petal Captured One(shrapnyl) incarnate construct
    Str 18(18 not +18) Dex 11, Con +4, Int +4, Wis 19, Cha +8

Petal is otherwise cohort only, unless CO shenanigans happen, like above.
With point buy, this one is quite the dish, and no LA.


Wizard 20 // Archivist 19 and 1 level of the Ghost Template class.
See TML's guide about the Ghost part. Int is the only real stat need.
Archivist is the most Wizard-y feeling complimentary class.
This is like basic boring total dominance-in-a-can.

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Min/Max 3.x / Re: Core Gestalt Build help.
« on: December 23, 2011, 03:46:31 PM »
+1 BAB class maybe Ranger 1 / Druid 6 // Psion Egoist 7

3) EK Astral Construct
5) Metamorphic Transfer
6) Natural Spell

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Off Topic Fun / Re: things that are NOT on your x-mas present list ...
« on: December 23, 2011, 03:35:08 PM »

The Justin Beiber X-mas Computer Virus ...  :banghead

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