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Re: Planetouched Handbook
« Reply #20 on: February 26, 2010, 12:37:36 AM »
Is there a Lesser Duergar, Psionic?

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Re: Planetouched Handbook
« Reply #21 on: February 26, 2010, 02:05:35 AM »
I know you mentioned them. Are you saying the images are not an improvement?

With Otherworldly or the races in the handbook, they don the benefits of being an Outsider, right?
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Re: Planetouched Handbook
« Reply #22 on: February 27, 2010, 03:53:20 PM »
Wildren (Planar Handbook) are also nice. +4 CON, -2 DEX, -2 CHA, 20' Speed, Dwarven Movement in Armor, Burrow 10', Scent, 2 x 1d4 Claws, Fury (lesser Rage) 1/day, Stability, Can speak with Badgers. All this at +0 LA.
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Re: Planetouched Handbook
« Reply #23 on: February 28, 2010, 04:15:55 PM »
Gloamings can be absurdly fun, especially with the sundark goggles from RoD.  I believe they also could make an excellent SCM race due to their affinity for shadow spells.
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Re: Planetouched Handbook
« Reply #24 on: March 02, 2010, 11:02:28 AM »
Wildren (Planar Handbook) are also nice. +4 CON, -2 DEX, -2 CHA, 20' Speed, Dwarven Movement in Armor, Burrow 10', Scent, 2 x 1d4 Claws, Fury (lesser Rage) 1/day, Stability, Can speak with Badgers. All this at +0 LA.
All this at +1 LA.

Edit: Aha. Just re-read the introduction to this thread.
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Re: Planetouched Handbook
« Reply #25 on: March 02, 2010, 12:26:10 PM »
...that Wildren is really good. Really really good.

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Re: Planetouched Handbook
« Reply #26 on: March 02, 2010, 03:10:31 PM »
Wildren aren't actually planetouched.  Yes, they are outsiders.  Yes, they do have LA+1.  No, they aren't described anywhere as planetouched,

Which is why they're beyond the scope of this handbook.
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Re: Planetouched Handbook
« Reply #27 on: March 20, 2010, 01:43:50 PM »
The mechanatrix also get a natural armor bonus (+1), no?

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Re: Planetouched Handbook
« Reply #28 on: April 04, 2010, 11:57:37 PM »
Yeah, they do.  I'm not including little values of natural armor because I don't htink it's much of a selling point.  Does anyone ever bring up that kobolds have a +1 natural armor?
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Re: Planetouched Handbook
« Reply #29 on: April 05, 2010, 03:53:24 AM »
The only wood genasi I've ever seen have been homebrewed.

The Swyft gets a 7th level SLA... I'm sure that can be used for some early entry arcane casting PrC.
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Re: Planetouched Handbook
« Reply #30 on: April 05, 2010, 08:43:03 AM »
The only wood genasi I've ever seen have been homebrewed.

The Swyft gets a 7th level SLA... I'm sure that can be used for some early entry arcane casting PrC.
Good point.  The CL 9 is pretty good, but the main issue with it is that it's got a base LA of +3.  Lesser reduces it, of course, and with buyoff it's an excellent choice, but what LA isn't?
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Re: Planetouched Handbook
« Reply #31 on: April 05, 2010, 01:04:47 PM »
I'm not sure if you are trying to keep this setting neutral.

But I believe in Races of Faruen there are planetouched feats? I belive specificaly for Genasi, assimar, tieflings.
I think its 3.0 but they where never updated and i don't remember them being broken. If any thing they where a little under powered. Though i figure there worth mentioning.

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« Reply #32 on: April 05, 2010, 02:55:40 PM »
Races of F and Lords of Darkness both.
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They don't/haven't, was the point. 3.5 is as dead as people not liking nice tits.

Sometimes, their tits (3.5) get enhancements (houserules), but that doesn't mean people don't like nice tits.

Though sometimes, the surgeon (DM) botches them pretty bad...
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« Reply #33 on: January 11, 2011, 10:49:12 PM »
Races of F and Lords of Darkness both.
I can't find any planetouched feats in LoD.  Can you give me a page number?
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« Reply #34 on: January 11, 2011, 11:13:23 PM »
Races of F and Lords of Darkness both.
I can't find any planetouched feats in LoD.  Can you give me a page number?
I appear to be mistaken on lords of darkness. I'll have to see where I wrote things down incorrectly.
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Behind door number 2: A magic crown!
Behind door number 3: 4d6 giant bees, and THREE HUNDRED POUNDS OF HONEY!
They don't/haven't, was the point. 3.5 is as dead as people not liking nice tits.

Sometimes, their tits (3.5) get enhancements (houserules), but that doesn't mean people don't like nice tits.

Though sometimes, the surgeon (DM) botches them pretty bad...
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Re: Planetouched Handbook
« Reply #35 on: January 19, 2011, 09:50:55 PM »
Update: Added the Baphitaur.  It sucks, but I added it.
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Re: Planetouched Handbook
« Reply #36 on: March 22, 2011, 02:05:59 AM »
So it seems that if you take the lesser tiefling transition to half fiend you are still not considered an outsider.

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« Reply #37 on: March 22, 2011, 02:10:04 AM »
So it seems that if you take the lesser tiefling transition to half fiend you are still not considered an outsider.
Yep.  One of the disadvantages of being a cheapskate.
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Re: Planetouched Handbook
« Reply #38 on: March 22, 2011, 04:36:51 AM »
In Unapproachable East, the Demon Trolls(Mur-Zhagal) are described as planetouched. They blow, but it is needed for the sake of completeness.

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Re: Planetouched Handbook
« Reply #39 on: March 23, 2011, 04:43:58 PM »
Mur-Zhaguls, for reference. If you use the LA set to 0 interpretation, they should be playable for a beatstick, having +14 Str, +6 Dex, +16 Con, +2 Wis, -2 Cha, large size, 3 natural attacks, +10 natural armor, and an obscure regeneration type. With only a single LA reduction, they're still basically unplayable.
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