Fun Finds v5.0

[SorO_Lost]

The Barbarian's Wisdom goes up through, maybe he understands letters now. Or he could be beating them into submission so they tell him what they say.

[Arz]

Monkey Grip + Slaughter Master of the Bloodbound = No penalties w/ weapon one size larger plus a n exotic weapon proficiency.

Nice for gladiators of the harpoon or greatbow 

[Jackinthegreen]

Bloodbound stuff can be found in the City of Stormreach book, if anyone's curious.

[ksbsnowowl]

Monkey Grip + Slaughter Master of the Bloodbound = No penalties w/ weapon one size larger plus a n exotic weapon proficiency.

Nice for gladiators of the harpoon or greatbow 

Bloodbound stuff can be found in the City of Stormreach book, if anyone's curious.

So now you can actually duplicate Powerful Build via feats.  It just takes 3 of them (Jotunbrud, Monkey Grip, Slaughter Master of the Bloodbound).

Edit: Ah, I see from below that I was slightly wrong.  That would be much more difficult to add to an adventuring PC.

[Jackinthegreen]

Slaughter Master isn't a feat; it's an affiliation bonus.  Page 99 of CoS.  The exact text reads:

Slaughter Master: Penalties for
using an improvised weapon, a
weapon you lack proficiency in, or
an inappropriately sized weapon
lessen by 2. A patron gifts you with
a magic item of up to 10,000 gp in
value. You must fight in a specialty
match every week.

[nijineko]

Monkey Grip + Slaughter Master of the Bloodbound = No penalties w/ weapon one size larger plus a n exotic weapon proficiency.

Nice for gladiators of the harpoon or greatbow 

Bloodbound stuff can be found in the City of Stormreach book, if anyone's curious.

So now you can actually duplicate Powerful Build via feats.  It just takes 3 of them (Jotunbrud, Monkey Grip, Slaughter Master of the Bloodbound).

Edit: Ah, I see from below that I was slightly wrong.  That would be much more difficult to add to an adventuring PC.

unless you were the subject of frequent scrying... i could imagine some old rich fogies club where they scry on select champions sit around and sip fine mead and wines and bet on the outcome and methods used to overcome various encounters.



ALSO: Help a fellow minmaxboards chap (trappedslider) out brainstorming how to surprise and propose to his girl!

[phaedrusxy]

unless you were the subject of frequent scrying... i could imagine some old rich fogies club where they scry on select champions sit around and sip fine mead and wines and bet on the outcome and methods used to overcome various encounters.

This is a hilarious idea, and I definitely plan to include it in a game at some point... if I can remember it.

[Frogman55]

unless you were the subject of frequent scrying... i could imagine some old rich fogies club where they scry on select champions sit around and sip fine mead and wines and bet on the outcome and methods used to overcome various encounters.

This is a hilarious idea, and I definitely plan to include it in a game at some point... if I can remember it.

Yeah, I'm going to use this too. It'd be a great way to break the fourth wall too, or at least lampshade particular players.

[kitep]

unless you were the subject of frequent scrying... i could imagine some old rich fogies club where they scry on select champions sit around and sip fine mead and wines and bet on the outcome and methods used to overcome various encounters.

Heh.  I have this in my campaign world.  Except it's a tavern for adventurers with a large-screen scrying device.  Some patrons are given crystals that allow them to be scryed upon while they're out adventuring.  A good time is had by all!

[Kethrian]

unless you were the subject of frequent scrying... i could imagine some old rich fogies club where they scry on select champions sit around and sip fine mead and wines and bet on the outcome and methods used to overcome various encounters.

Heh.  I have this in my campaign world.  Except it's a tavern for adventurers with a large-screen scrying device.  Some patrons are given crystals that allow them to be scryed upon while they're out adventuring.  A good time is had by all!

I'm reminded of the movie Rat Race!  Change the racers to adventurers and the challenge from race to *attain adventuring goal*, and it fits right in!

[Nunkuruji]

Isn't that sort of the point of the dragon game Xorvintal?

Except there are stakes between the dragons as well?

[awaken_D_M_golem]

Monkey Grip + Slaughter Master of the Bloodbound = No penalties w/ weapon one size larger plus a n exotic weapon proficiency.

Nice for gladiators of the harpoon or greatbow 

Bloodbound stuff can be found in the City of Stormreach book, if anyone's curious.

So now you can actually duplicate Powerful Build via feats.  It just takes 3 of them (Jotunbrud, Monkey Grip, Slaughter Master of the Bloodbound).

Edit: Ah, I see from below that I was slightly wrong.  That would be much more difficult to add to an adventuring PC.

unless you were the subject of frequent scrying... i could imagine some old rich fogies club where they scry on select champions sit around and sip fine mead and wines and bet on the outcome and methods used to overcome various encounters.



ALSO: Help a fellow minmaxboards chap (trappedslider) out brainstorming how to surprise and propose to his girl!

I got sat down to watch The View one time ... 
My eyes glazed over, my mind turned (further) to mush.

But I don't recall the Ladies ever suggesting the way to a Girl's Heart would use:
Monkey Grip , or Slaughter Master, or Scrying, or Bloodbound
... however they would give points for Powerful Build.
 

[Sinfire Titan]

Any given object or creature has a 1% cumulative chance per 30 days spent on Thuldanin of spontaneously petrifying into stone.

The effect doesn't say if this chance wears off when the person leaves, so banishing someone to this layer of Acheron for a month means they're screwed.

Of course, it also doesn't say when the chance is rolled...

[Keldar]

 
The only thing tricky about that sentence is that the percentage doesn't reset if you leave and return.

[zook1shoe]

The Quanak Lizardfolk is the most unbalanced race in the game.

why?

A quanak's effective character level (ECL) is equal to its class level + 2

this means that any template you add (even -- LA ones) does not change its ECL. Because it specifically says the 'ECL' is +2, not LA. This overrides the standard use of LA (specific over general).

[Garryl]

The Quanak Lizardfolk is the most unbalanced race in the game.

why?

A quanak's effective character level (ECL) is equal to its class level + 2

this means that any template you add (even -- LA ones) does not change its ECL. Because it specifically says the 'ECL' is +2, not LA. This overrides the standard use of LA (specific over general).

No, that is not true. The material is 3.0, and "ECL is class level +X" is how 3.0 defined what we now refer to as LA, in a singular number combining what 3.5 calls LA and the race's racial HD.

[zook1shoe]

The ECL term is still in the glossary of the MM5. There are both ECLs and LAs in 3.0 and 3.5. this is is using 3.5 terms and un-errata'd

but looking more at how the ECL term is written in the MM5, its just a standard ECL, no loophole

[Ithamar]

But ML 12?  That's pretty impressive for a 2 HD critter!

[linklord231]

If it's 3.0 manifester level, that's much less impressive because you don't get the augments.

[awaken_D_M_golem]

Quanak's got some play this last year.
Prime32 gets the ball rolling here:  http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=11474.msg209396#msg209396

He also mentions it once on the Duergar thread
http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=9671.0

Official, borkt  and un-converted.