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Offline JaronK

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I Never Want to Roll a 1
« on: May 09, 2013, 01:15:32 AM »
So, my current DM (who is great in everything else) loves critical fumbles.  Like, really loves them.  And they can be absolutely devastating.  Obviously the mitigation to use for me is just to cast spells that don't require rolls to hit, but sometimes you need to roll a D20.  So... what options are there for avoiding it?  Feats are handy but we need those for other things.  Items would be wonderful.  Any thoughts?

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Re: I Never Want to Roll a 1
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2013, 01:20:07 AM »
What do the other players think of his rule?
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Re: I Never Want to Roll a 1
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2013, 01:33:54 AM »
Pride domain is the best option. An empty luckblade, as well as a mantle of second chances means that your chances of keeping a one are astronomically small when combined with the above. Grab a Phant's Luckstone or two for those super rare occurrences and you'll be fine.

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Re: I Never Want to Roll a 1
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2013, 01:52:34 AM »
What do the other players think of his rule?

Equally miffed, but there you go.  Everything else is great though.

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Re: I Never Want to Roll a 1
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2013, 01:57:38 AM »
Hm. Does your DM enjoy the effects because he likes trolling the players, because he genuinely believes them to add enjoyment to the game, or what?
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Re: I Never Want to Roll a 1
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2013, 02:36:36 AM »
To optimise luck. There was also a character, Milo, who was based around luck and rerolling. Posted on GitP or here, I believe. I'll see if I can dig him up.

Edit: Found him. Link above.
Edit2: Put in the correct link to Milo.
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Re: I Never Want to Roll a 1
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2013, 02:38:49 AM »
My contribution to this thread will be to suggest the Alter Fortune spell.
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Re: I Never Want to Roll a 1
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2013, 03:14:00 AM »
Wait, where's Pride domain?

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Re: I Never Want to Roll a 1
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2013, 04:18:32 AM »
Wait, where's Pride domain?

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Re: I Never Want to Roll a 1
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2013, 05:04:59 AM »
Complete Champion has a domain wizard variant that allows you to take a domain power instead of a 5th, 10th, 15th, or 20th level feat.  The luck domain has its nifty reroll anything 1/day feature.  It's something I like because it's one of the few ways to reroll d100s.  The mantle of second chances and pride domain have already been suggested, and if you can afford it, the amulet of second chances (both the mantle and amulet are in the MIC) lets you redo an entire round and retain the knowledge of the erased round 1/day, which has all sorts of other utility, like casting vision and undoing the round to save the EXP cost.  The destiny domain from Races of Destiny has the choose destiny spell, which is incredible to persist, and it allows you to roll twice on all attack rolls, saves, skill checks, and ability checks, and take the better d20.  On top of that, the destiny domain has the warp destiny spell, which can be cast as an immediate action after you've learned whether your initial saving throw failed.  Warp destiny allows you to reroll the saving throw with a bonus equal to your caster level, capped at 20.  Goliaths also have several racial feats in Races of Stone that may be of interest, if you're playing as a caster your DM might be willing to waive the LA, as goliath racial traits really aren't that helpful to casters. 

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Re: I Never Want to Roll a 1
« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2013, 10:29:03 AM »
To optimise luck. There was also a character, Milo, who was based around luck and rerolling. Posted on GitP or here, I believe. I'll see if I can dig him up.

Edit: Found him. Link above.

You link seems to go to the judging of the characters instead of the build.
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Re: I Never Want to Roll a 1
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2013, 10:53:06 AM »
http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=7956.0

This thread might be helpful to you ...

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Re: I Never Want to Roll a 1
« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2013, 11:43:22 AM »
To optimise luck. There was also a character, Milo, who was based around luck and rerolling. Posted on GitP or here, I believe. I'll see if I can dig him up.

Edit: Found him. Link above.

You link seems to go to the judging of the characters instead of the build.

Yeah, there's a link to the build in my post "to optimise luck" under the builds section; the post that could use some updating to be honest.

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Re: I Never Want to Roll a 1
« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2013, 07:37:24 PM »
You link seems to go to the judging of the characters instead of the build.

Dammit. I didn't hit copy on the right URL. Will go fix it now.

Yeah, there's a link to the build in my post "to optimise luck" under the builds section; the post that could use some updating to be honest.

I don't even know how I did not see that ;_;
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Re: I Never Want to Roll a 1
« Reply #14 on: May 10, 2013, 05:33:05 AM »
Hmm, looks like getting domains would do the trick, but I don't have any class levels free.   Is there a non class way to get the Destiny Domain?  Because that would be great.  Otherwise I have to stick to giving Luck Blades to the melees, and that gets costly.

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Re: I Never Want to Roll a 1
« Reply #15 on: May 10, 2013, 06:30:06 AM »
Hmm, looks like getting domains would do the trick, but I don't have any class levels free.   Is there a non class way to get the Destiny Domain?  Because that would be great.  Otherwise I have to stick to giving Luck Blades to the melees, and that gets costly.

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Re: I Never Want to Roll a 1
« Reply #16 on: May 10, 2013, 06:36:25 AM »
Hm. Surge of Fortune + Dolorous Blow? + Blood in the Water? + Vorpal Blade?

Any ideas on how to get Surge of Fortune as a swift action SLA or the like?

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Re: I Never Want to Roll a 1
« Reply #17 on: May 11, 2013, 06:33:07 PM »
Doomwarding magic weapon ability ftw.

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Re: I Never Want to Roll a 1
« Reply #18 on: June 02, 2013, 11:47:15 PM »
Any ideas on how to get Surge of Fortune as a swift action SLA or the like?

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