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Re: A POSSIBLE D&D 3.5 PbP: Any takers?
« Reply #80 on: June 08, 2008, 05:52:45 PM »
Tshern, i wanted to ask you. Are you ok with the semi-cheesy trick i want to use with my character? I basically want to steal the imp's invisibility and recharge my pool of spells to essentially have endless 2nd level and lower spells (maybe 3rd also, if you allow versatile spellcaster to work like that). It's basically the same thing with what warlocks do. I promise that i won't do anything game-breaking (i don't even now if you can do anything game breaking with that anyway), but if you have a problem i can change/make another character.
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Re: A POSSIBLE D&D 3.5 PbP: Any takers?
« Reply #81 on: June 08, 2008, 05:53:58 PM »
@aftercresent:I always liked melee clerics, so thats my vote. 
Also, should we just keep using this thread to go about getting the game set up?

How does LA buyoff work in a game where you start at 12th level?  Would xp gained in game be immediately going to the buyoff, or do you come in at a lower level to have already "paid off" your LA?  I've never used that, but if everyone's thinking about a Draconic flavor...
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Re: A POSSIBLE D&D 3.5 PbP: Any takers?
« Reply #82 on: June 08, 2008, 05:56:30 PM »
Aftercrescent: Feel free to persist them. As a Cleric you might have some troubles getting your hands on many swift action spells though. Also, you have a mounted charger and a Crusader coming. You going archer?

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Tshern, i wanted to ask you. Are you ok with the semi-cheesy trick i want to use with my character? I basically want to steal the imp's invisibility and recharge my pool of spells to essentially have endless 2nd level and lower spells (maybe 3rd also, if you allow versatile spellcaster to work like that). It's basically the same thing with what warlocks do. I promise that i won't do anything game-breaking (i don't even now if you can do anything game breaking with that anyway), but if you have a problem i can change/make another character.
That's reasonable, but I'd like you not to use that in conjunction with Versatile spellcaster. Otherwise that isn't all too gamebreaking given your limited list of spells. All of you might want to talk about these things with other players as well, all don't like same brands of cheese.
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Re: A POSSIBLE D&D 3.5 PbP: Any takers?
« Reply #83 on: June 08, 2008, 05:57:46 PM »
Anyone willing to answer that LA buyoff question?
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Re: A POSSIBLE D&D 3.5 PbP: Any takers?
« Reply #84 on: June 08, 2008, 05:59:25 PM »
Well we can use it for now. Tshern will likely post in the Current Games thread soon and then Meg will set him up with a child forum and I'll lock this thread and we'll move there...

LA buyoff can get confusing, so I know why Tshern was hesitant at first, but since I love powerful things I've gotten to be a bit of an expert on it. So the first thing is Tshern deciding if we start exactly at 12 or halfway between 12 and 13.

Also: If we go draconic, I'll be seeing if I can't get a skeletal drakelsteed or somesuch skeletal zombie to replace my skeletal warhorse ;)
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Re: A POSSIBLE D&D 3.5 PbP: Any takers?
« Reply #85 on: June 08, 2008, 06:02:33 PM »
You will start at level 12 with exact amount of XP needed for that. No more, no less.
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Re: A POSSIBLE D&D 3.5 PbP: Any takers?
« Reply #86 on: June 08, 2008, 06:05:36 PM »
66,000 XP it is, then.

Let's say you wanted to buy off Draconic (+1). At level 3 (ECL4) You would pay to buy off the +1 since it is 3 classes x LA. So you pay ECL-1 (3) times 1,000XP and reduce your LA  by +1.  Does that make sense as an example?

Basically if you have no racial HD and a +1 LA template, you start at level 11 with 63,000XP.
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Re: A POSSIBLE D&D 3.5 PbP: Any takers?
« Reply #87 on: June 08, 2008, 06:08:35 PM »
Quote from: aftercrescent on June 08, 2008, 06:05:36 PM
66,000 XP it is, then.

Let's say you wanted to buy off Draconic (+1). At level 3 (ECL4) You would pay to buy off the +1 since it is 3 classes x LA. So you pay ECL-1 (3) times 1,000XP and reduce your LA  by +1.  Does that make sense as an example?

Basically if you have no racial HD and a +1 LA template, you start at level 11 with 63,000XP.

That's correct. Although if you were actually using normal rules for XP gain you probably would have gotten them back, but i don't think that's fair.
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Re: A POSSIBLE D&D 3.5 PbP: Any takers?
« Reply #88 on: June 08, 2008, 06:08:52 PM »
Quote from: aftercrescent on June 08, 2008, 06:05:36 PM
66,000 XP it is, then.

Let's say you wanted to buy off Draconic (+1). At level 3 (ECL4) You would pay to buy off the +1 since it is 3 classes x LA. So you pay ECL-1 (3) times 1,000XP and reduce your LA  by +1.  Does that make sense as an example?

Basically if you have no racial HD and a +1 LA template, you start at level 11 with 63,000XP.
And then the thing is, since you bought it off at level 3, you get extra XP at levels 4-12 because you are one level behind. so the XP gap gets narrower and narrower > XP is a river
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Re: A POSSIBLE D&D 3.5 PbP: Any takers?
« Reply #89 on: June 08, 2008, 06:10:00 PM »
Ok, so who's playing what so far? I'm okay with filling in any slots, although I prefer not to have to play the skill monkey, that is one of the few rules that don't really do anything for me...

It appears that Melee/Lockdown, Charger and Archery/Healing have been covered, so I'm currently leaning towards an arcane caster of sorts.
If someone else wants to take that role I'm cool with that, maybe I could build a melee type as well, as if we don't have enough meatsacks already :P
Then again, 2 Wizards doesn't hurt either :)

I'm looking forward to your thoughts, guys :)

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Re: A POSSIBLE D&D 3.5 PbP: Any takers?
« Reply #90 on: June 08, 2008, 06:12:14 PM »

Regarding LA buyoff: Wouldnt you get more xp from adventuring than the rest of the party since you are one lvl lower?
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Re: A POSSIBLE D&D 3.5 PbP: Any takers?
« Reply #91 on: June 08, 2008, 06:16:02 PM »
Thats how I thought it would work.  I just prefer straight character classes, always seemed more powerful to me.  (Is that a sin on the Op boards?) 
So, are we going with a Draconic flavor?  I kinda like the Undead thing, maybe a Pale Master/Soul eater....

Want to be the arcane masters, Bowen?

Edit : Why the hell (ha) are we thinking about dragons when we're IN Hell?
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Re: A POSSIBLE D&D 3.5 PbP: Any takers?
« Reply #92 on: June 08, 2008, 06:16:22 PM »
Quote from: AlisAtAn on June 08, 2008, 06:12:14 PM

Regarding LA buyoff: Wouldnt you get more xp from adventuring than the rest of the party since you are one lvl lower?
If we were playing levels 4-12, yes. But we're not, so really it's like assuming that you're taking on challenges equal to your new ecl while others take on challenges for their ecl. It's the only fair way to do it.
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Re: A POSSIBLE D&D 3.5 PbP: Any takers?
« Reply #93 on: June 08, 2008, 06:18:52 PM »
Quote from: Irthos Levethix on June 08, 2008, 06:16:02 PM
Want to be the arcane masters, Bowen?

Edit : Why the hell (ha) are we thinking about dragons when we're IN Hell?
Fine with me :)
Now to decide if I'll play a normal GOD wizard or a gish...
Anyone have any preferences? :P

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Re: A POSSIBLE D&D 3.5 PbP: Any takers?
« Reply #94 on: June 08, 2008, 06:20:14 PM »
Quote from: Irthos Levethix on June 08, 2008, 06:16:02 PM
Edit : Why the hell (ha) are we thinking about dragons when we're IN Hell?
I don't discriminate. As long as it's undead, I don't mind if it was human, dragon, or troll :D
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Re: A POSSIBLE D&D 3.5 PbP: Any takers?
« Reply #95 on: June 08, 2008, 06:20:23 PM »
Quote from: aftercrescent on June 08, 2008, 06:16:22 PM
Quote from: AlisAtAn on June 08, 2008, 06:12:14 PM

Regarding LA buyoff: Wouldnt you get more xp from adventuring than the rest of the party since you are one lvl lower?
If we were playing levels 4-12, yes. But we're not, so really it's like assuming that you're taking on challenges equal to your new ecl while others take on challenges for their ecl. It's the only fair way to do it.
not true, since you will travel with the party and therefore always get more XP than your fellow party members of 1 level higher
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Re: A POSSIBLE D&D 3.5 PbP: Any takers?
« Reply #96 on: June 08, 2008, 06:21:23 PM »
Thinking dragons is quite smart actually. After all, Tiamat lives next to the gates of Dis...
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« Reply #97 on: June 08, 2008, 06:22:59 PM »
Quote from: Ieniemienie on June 08, 2008, 06:20:23 PM
not true, since you will travel with the party and therefore always get more XP than your fellow party members of 1 level higher
Not true.  Who says we all travel together from level 1 on?  And if so, we're getting less Exp for those levels, you have to remember.

But either way, I doubt we'll all be travelling together from level 4-12. We could each be serving different Lords/dukes/etc. Who know what happened in the past, flavor is mutable and all that crap. It also requires a crapton of excess math when you can just be 3K behind and make it up in-game.
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Re: A POSSIBLE D&D 3.5 PbP: Any takers?
« Reply #98 on: June 08, 2008, 06:23:31 PM »
Quote from: Tshern on June 08, 2008, 06:21:23 PM
Thinking dragons is quite smart actually. After all, Tiamat lives next to the gates of Dis...

Duly noted...
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Re: A POSSIBLE D&D 3.5 PbP: Any takers?
« Reply #99 on: June 08, 2008, 06:23:59 PM »
Quote from: Tshern on June 08, 2008, 06:21:23 PM
Thinking dragons is quite smart actually. After all, Tiamat lives next to the gates of Dis...
My thoughts exactly :)
Haven't had a chance to read through the file yet, but what's the current situation/relation between Dispater and Tiamat?
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