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Looking for Fighting Naked People rules. Are there any?
« on: February 22, 2013, 12:50:24 AM »
I know once upon a time ago I had a DM who imposed penalties to the male characters if they were fighting naked female monks. They were just so enticing for our characters to watch sway and jiggle that we had -4 to everything (attack, saves, AC, etc). If you were playing a female, however, you might only have a -1 to everything because of the sheer shock of seeing someone degrade themselves like that to gain an advantage.

The reason I bring this up is in an upcoming adventure path, the PCs will be fighting topless mariliths, and their hair is up (as per the picture) so everything is shown. The group's split pretty evenly between men and women, and one of the PCs is playing a perverted gnome (go figure) and would likely be enthralled by this. So, is there some kind of rule somewhere? Maybe a template? I've got access to Enticing and Fascinating Gaze ones, although one's literally a gaze attack, and the other is more befitting of sirens (you're compelled to not attack and just walk closer to them).
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Re: Looking for Fighting Naked People rules. Are there any?
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2013, 12:58:29 AM »
WotC wouldn't publish anything along the lines of "penalties for a nude opponent."  Even the BoEF doesn't seem to have anything on this.

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Re: Looking for Fighting Naked People rules. Are there any?
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2013, 01:01:57 AM »
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Re: Looking for Fighting Naked People rules. Are there any?
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2013, 01:06:25 AM »
With a modification such as that, I'd say you have all you need and then some, more or less.

But I am fairly certain there is no such template (or rule) that specifically does what you mentioned prior, and it sounds like an absolute house rule (given its so specific and the fact it carries qualities that the publishers have avoided really touching on). Provided you're DMing it, just invent the effect as you see fit and counterbalance it as normal.

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Re: Looking for Fighting Naked People rules. Are there any?
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2013, 01:09:04 AM »
With a modification such as that, I'd say you have all you need and then some, more or less.

But I am fairly certain there is no such template (or rule) that specifically does what you mentioned prior, and it sounds like an absolute house rule (given its so specific and the fact it carries qualities that the publishers have avoided really touching on). Provided you're DMing it, just invent the effect as you see fit and counterbalance it as normal.
The only problem I had with that template was it seemed more befitting of the sirens that brought so many sailors to their doom.

I'm DMing it, but I didn't want to overcompensate, or mismanage. Figured seeking council first would be the best strategy.
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Re: Looking for Fighting Naked People rules. Are there any?
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2013, 01:24:30 AM »
You are getting one, or at best two, saves against an ability that deprives you of your ability to defend yourself.
This grants the creature +8 Cha. That's a +4 to this ability, and most other SLA's and Su's.
For +1CR.

Putting this on a Succubus would grant a save DC of of 25. And cause her other abilities to be at DC 25, except Charm Monster, DC 26. At CR 8. So Save DC 25, or you lose.

Putting this on your Marilith, Save DC for attraction would be 29 at CR 18. This is reasonable.
This seems decent, because the creature you are putting it on is a brute-type who's already CR 17.
On creatures that are synergistic with this template, it overwhelms.

If you're just using it in your game, and only on these creatures, then its fine as-is.
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Re: Looking for Fighting Naked People rules. Are there any?
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2013, 01:26:11 AM »
Fair enough. I'll do this then. It's not quite what I was hoping for, but as long as it does what it should, then I'm okay with that as a final result.
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Re: Looking for Fighting Naked People rules. Are there any?
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2013, 01:28:45 AM »
In opinion it's kind of silly for nakedness giving some special bonus. At most I'd have it be a sexual attraction specific version of bardic fascinate.

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Re: Looking for Fighting Naked People rules. Are there any?
« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2013, 01:30:21 AM »
In opinion it's kind of silly for nakedness giving some special bonus. At most I'd have it be a sexual attraction specific version of bardic fascinate.
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Re: Looking for Fighting Naked People rules. Are there any?
« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2013, 01:35:33 AM »
http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=898.0

Scroll down to Vow of Nudity, and the Nekkid Mauler PrC.  Maybe Massive Mammary Kung Fu as well.

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Re: Looking for Fighting Naked People rules. Are there any?
« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2013, 01:37:59 AM »
lol Oh that's bad.
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Re: Looking for Fighting Naked People rules. Are there any?
« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2013, 01:52:02 AM »
Yeah most of those PrC's for the Chaos Monk are.  They get even weirder if you keep looking  :sofa

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Re: Looking for Fighting Naked People rules. Are there any?
« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2013, 02:57:17 AM »
The effects of nudity are vastly overrated amongst those who have never gotten laid.
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Re: Looking for Fighting Naked People rules. Are there any?
« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2013, 03:22:03 AM »
I'm with Solo on this one. Especially for a disciplined adventurer, I can see nude opponents as being a momentary a startle, but not enough to throw them off their game, certainly no more than the demons, dragons, eldritch abominations, spirits of the dead, and so forth that they fight every day without batting an eyelash. Unless it's something like a Dryad, where it's an actual magical power, I wouldn't impose any penalties at all.

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Re: Looking for Fighting Naked People rules. Are there any?
« Reply #14 on: February 22, 2013, 03:32:37 AM »
Besides, the stun of nudity only last for so long as it takes the fighter to realize where the vulnerable parts he was already staring at are.

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Re: Looking for Fighting Naked People rules. Are there any?
« Reply #15 on: February 22, 2013, 03:41:53 AM »
Well, it depends on a variety of factors, ranging from how they are nude, cleanliness, posture, behavior, etc, etc.

Fighting someone who's naked? They have all sort of openings and such.

Fighting someone who's naked, really attractive, and coming on to you? When you've been in a high-stress environment, and you'd like to release some of that stress? (As you mentioned, one of your layer's character is a pervy git; take that into account.) Then you might not be so ready to stab that chick/dude in the gizzard.
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Re: Looking for Fighting Naked People rules. Are there any?
« Reply #16 on: February 22, 2013, 03:59:36 AM »
Okay guys, realize that the OP moved on from the first post:

Attraction (Su)

That's right, this is no longer the table going "Tits, hur hur hur... booooobieeess."
These are warped Mariliths that Had something happen to cause this. Maybe some of Malconthets favored Succubi had been altered to be enticing in a supernatural way even if 'promoted' by the Abyss.
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Re: Looking for Fighting Naked People rules. Are there any?
« Reply #17 on: February 22, 2013, 04:35:15 AM »
Okay guys, realize that the OP moved on from the first post:

Attraction (Su)

That's right, this is no longer the table going "Tits, hur hur hur... booooobieeess."
These are warped Mariliths that Had something happen to cause this. Maybe some of Malconthets favored Succubi had been altered to be enticing in a supernatural way even if 'promoted' by the Abyss.
Well, with the Enticing template, the mariliths will have Cha 33.

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Re: Looking for Fighting Naked People rules. Are there any?
« Reply #18 on: February 22, 2013, 04:42:21 AM »
Are those two "templates" in a book or homebrew?
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Re: Looking for Fighting Naked People rules. Are there any?
« Reply #19 on: February 22, 2013, 05:48:11 AM »
Are those two "templates" in a book or homebrew?
In a book. It's called "Not So Simple Templates".
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