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Re: His advice is heavy on the min maxing!
« Reply #60 on: January 24, 2011, 07:07:58 AM »
Only if he's within about 30 feet.

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Re: His advice is heavy on the min maxing!
« Reply #61 on: January 24, 2011, 07:11:59 AM »
T-rex charges in 1st round, gobbles up a player …

The tyrannosaurus couldn't possibly swallow anyone until the second round. 

And as luck would have it, the fighter had no light weapon.

No dagger, no spiked gauntlets, no armor spikes, no arrows

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Re: His advice is heavy on the min maxing!
« Reply #62 on: January 24, 2011, 07:17:02 AM »
That's actually pretty cool. Of course, some stuff that eat people are immune to poison, but against the rest, this is more than useful.
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Re: His advice is heavy on the min maxing!
« Reply #63 on: January 24, 2011, 07:23:11 AM »
I always find a nice test of peoples optimising is if they can beat baulders gate 2 with 1 character.... Its not even that hard if you do it right.
That's as much a matter of understanding the AI governing the game as actual optimization, though.
step 1: sneak up with an archer
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Re: His advice is heavy on the min maxing!
« Reply #64 on: January 24, 2011, 11:38:37 AM »
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Re: His advice is heavy on the min maxing!
« Reply #65 on: January 24, 2011, 02:18:43 PM »
Play a wizard who refrained from bathing for 1.000 years. Then your overpowering smell covers everything and thus you fool the T-Rex :P
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Re: His advice is heavy on the min maxing!
« Reply #66 on: January 24, 2011, 02:51:43 PM »
Play a wizard who refrained from bathing for 1.000 years. Then your overpowering smell covers everything and thus you fool the T-Rex :P

A wizard thats lived a 1000 years should not need odour to stop a T-Rex!

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Re: His advice is heavy on the min maxing!
« Reply #67 on: January 24, 2011, 03:04:07 PM »
Play a wizard who refrained from bathing for 1.000 years. Then your overpowering smell covers everything and thus you fool the T-Rex :P

A wizard thats lived a 1000 years should not need odour to stop a T-Rex!
Why spend spell slots when raising your arms already throws out a Stinking Cloud?

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Re: His advice is heavy on the min maxing!
« Reply #68 on: January 24, 2011, 03:22:15 PM »
Play a wizard who refrained from bathing for 1.000 years. Then your overpowering smell covers everything and thus you fool the T-Rex :P

A wizard thats lived a 1000 years should not need odour to stop a T-Rex!
Why spend spell slots when raising your arms already throws out a Stinking Cloud?

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Re: His advice is heavy on the min maxing!
« Reply #69 on: January 24, 2011, 03:45:22 PM »
Play a wizard who refrained from bathing for 1.000 years. Then your overpowering smell covers everything and thus you fool the T-Rex :P

A wizard thats lived a 1000 years should not need odour to stop a T-Rex!
That's 1 year.

1.000 = 1.

But the idea should be about the same, either way.
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Re: His advice is heavy on the min maxing!
« Reply #70 on: January 24, 2011, 03:48:23 PM »
Does using Prestidigitation count as bathing?

Edit: I think DM is in Greece, which uses a different standard for decimal marks.

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Re: His advice is heavy on the min maxing!
« Reply #71 on: January 24, 2011, 03:57:20 PM »
Does using Prestidigitation count as bathing?

Edit: I think DM is in Greece, which uses a different standard for decimal marks.
So 1000 years in Greece is 1 year everywhere else?

No wonder all those ancient buildings are still standing...
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Re: His advice is heavy on the min maxing!
« Reply #72 on: January 24, 2011, 04:06:57 PM »
Does using Prestidigitation count as bathing?

Edit: I think DM is in Greece, which uses a different standard for decimal marks.
So 1000 years in Greece is 1 year everywhere else?

No wonder all those ancient buildings are still standing...

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Re: His advice is heavy on the min maxing!
« Reply #73 on: January 24, 2011, 04:07:22 PM »
Does using Prestidigitation count as bathing?

Edit: I think DM is in Greece, which uses a different standard for decimal marks.
So 1000 years in Greece is 1 year everywhere else?

No wonder all those ancient buildings are still standing...
In most of Europe, I think. We use that notation in Austria (and Germany), too.
Although in Physics we tend to use English notation anyway.
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Re: His advice is heavy on the min maxing!
« Reply #74 on: January 24, 2011, 06:07:31 PM »
Does using Prestidigitation count as bathing?

Edit: I think DM is in Greece, which uses a different standard for decimal marks.
So 1000 years in Greece is 1 year everywhere else?

No wonder all those ancient buildings are still standing...
In most of Europe, I think. We use that notation in Austria (and Germany), too.
Although in Physics we tend to use English notation anyway.
yup, this is the european notation (or more precisely the notation after DIN). btw, funny that you are from austria, too.^^ small world.

[edit] the iso-norm suggests to use a " " for the separation between groups of three and a "," or "." as the decimal character.
-> 10 000,1 or 10 000.1 but 10.000,1 and 10,000.1

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Re: His advice is heavy on the min maxing!
« Reply #75 on: January 24, 2011, 07:03:15 PM »
Now I can't stop wondering if thousand-year old intelligent undead bathe or do any form of body maintainence... :p
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Re: His advice is heavy on the min maxing!
« Reply #76 on: January 24, 2011, 07:08:26 PM »
Does using Prestidigitation count as bathing?

Edit: I think DM is in Greece, which uses a different standard for decimal marks.
So 1000 years in Greece is 1 year everywhere else?

No wonder all those ancient buildings are still standing...
In most of Europe, I think. We use that notation in Austria (and Germany), too.
Although in Physics we tend to use English notation anyway.
yup, this is the european notation (or more precisely the notation after DIN). btw, funny that you are from austria, too.^^ small world.

[edit] the iso-norm suggests to use a " " for the separation between groups of three and a "," or "." as the decimal character.
-> 10 000,1 or 10 000.1 but 10.000,1 and 10,000.1
Do it like we Physicists do. 10,000.1 or 10 000.1 or whatever is 1.00001*10^4, which rounds to 1*10^4. Problem solved. :p
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Re: His advice is heavy on the min maxing!
« Reply #77 on: January 24, 2011, 07:11:57 PM »
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Re: His advice is heavy on the min maxing!
« Reply #78 on: January 24, 2011, 07:22:18 PM »
Do it like we Physicists do. 10,000.1 or 10 000.1 or whatever is 1.00001*10^4, which rounds to 1*10^4. Problem solved. :p
floating point notation for four-digit numbers is a bit over the top, don't you think?^^

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Re: His advice is heavy on the min maxing!
« Reply #79 on: January 24, 2011, 07:41:04 PM »
Do it like we Physicists do. 10,000.1 or 10 000.1 or whatever is 1.00001*10^4, which rounds to 1*10^4. Problem solved. :p
floating point notation for four-digit numbers is a bit over the top, don't you think?^^
Especially when the original number was an integer. :p