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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #760 on: January 13, 2011, 09:53:42 PM »
It also makes Uncanny Dodge ridiculous, because the number of things that can make you flat-footed outside of losing initiative are few enough that you can count on your hands.

Uncanny dodge also covers being struck by an invisible attacker. 

Slightly less useless, then.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #761 on: January 14, 2011, 02:47:45 AM »
Bump

Q 204 What Dragon Magazine issue has the baby or young tarrasque? It's the one that you can substitute a green dragon for, after you've made a couple of modifications.

Googled it and Googled it, and no my eyes are burning. It's the Gaul Tarrasque, and it's in Dragon 329. Perfect for the E6 player that wants to take on a tarrasque.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #762 on: January 14, 2011, 04:15:34 AM »
Q 206 Can someone explain to me how the dragolich Aurgloroasa's hit points are 387 with only 31d12 when the maximum should be 372? She's from Dragon Magazine 344. I see no Toughness of any kind on her.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #763 on: January 14, 2011, 04:57:23 AM »
Q 206 Can someone explain to me how the dragolich Aurgloroasa's hit points are 387 with only 31d12 when the maximum should be 372? She's from Dragon Magazine 344. I see no Toughness of any kind on her.

While I am AFB at this time it is possible that this is just a mistake....
It wouldn't be the first time they have made typos.....

That said I seem to remember that Dracoliches gain bonus hit points based on their charisma.....
But as I said I am  AFB so I could be mistaken.....

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« Reply #764 on: January 14, 2011, 05:03:29 AM »
Q 206 Can someone explain to me how the dragolich Aurgloroasa's hit points are 387 with only 31d12 when the maximum should be 372? She's from Dragon Magazine 344. I see no Toughness of any kind on her.

While I am AFB at this time it is possible that this is just a mistake....
It wouldn't be the first time they have made typos.....

That said I seem to remember that Dracoliches gain bonus hit points based on their charisma.....
But as I said I am  AFB so I could be mistaken.....
That's what I thought too. Until I looked up the dracolich in Draconomicon. The ancient blue dracolich in that has 33d12, and 214 HP. If you take 214 and divide it by the standard 6.5 half HD that you increase an NPC by, it's 32.9 HD (so they rounded it up).

All the Charisma does now is get used for its breath weapons, and other Con based attacks. It does not help with hit points, unfortunately. This is what Unholy Toughness is for in the later Monster Manuals. Or Undead Blessing, but that's a 3rd Party Splat book.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #765 on: January 14, 2011, 07:30:18 AM »
Q 206 Can someone explain to me how the dragolich Aurgloroasa's hit points are 387 with only 31d12 when the maximum should be 372? She's from Dragon Magazine 344. I see no Toughness of any kind on her.

While I am AFB at this time it is possible that this is just a mistake....
It wouldn't be the first time they have made typos.....

That said I seem to remember that Dracoliches gain bonus hit points based on their charisma.....
But as I said I am  AFB so I could be mistaken.....
That's what I thought too. Until I looked up the dracolich in Draconomicon. The ancient blue dracolich in that has 33d12, and 214 HP. If you take 214 and divide it by the standard 6.5 half HD that you increase an NPC by, it's 32.9 HD (so they rounded it up).

All the Charisma does now is get used for its breath weapons, and other Con based attacks. It does not help with hit points, unfortunately. This is what Unholy Toughness is for in the later Monster Manuals. Or Undead Blessing, but that's a 3rd Party Splat book.

So it must be a mistake of their part....
Wouldn't be the first time.....
The Ethereal dragon in Draconomicon is wrong too,it gets way too many hit points for its constitution....

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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #766 on: January 14, 2011, 08:58:22 AM »
It appears they copied the HP of an ancient shadow dragon and forgot to adjust for the lost con. 

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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #767 on: January 14, 2011, 12:43:54 PM »
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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #768 on: January 14, 2011, 01:55:20 PM »
Bump

Q 204 What Dragon Magazine issue has the baby or young tarrasque? It's the one that you can substitute a green dragon for, after you've made a couple of modifications.

Googled it and Googled it, and no my eyes are burning. It's the Gaul Tarrasque, and it's in Dragon 329. Perfect for the E6 player that wants to take on a tarrasque.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #769 on: January 14, 2011, 01:57:26 PM »
No different than Orcus. It's been revised that the Orcus aspect from Miniatures Handbook be the real deal. That same party could probably take him out and become gods.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #770 on: January 14, 2011, 02:03:11 PM »
No different than Orcus. It's been revised that the Orcus aspect from Miniatures Handbook be the real deal. That same party could probably take him out and become gods.

We all know that WotC mostly sucks at designing Villains and Heroes.....

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« Reply #771 on: January 14, 2011, 03:47:11 PM »
Orcus from Savage Tides is actually more powerful than his earlier version in the Miniatures Handbook, IIRC.
He starts as a Cr 33 creature and is hardcore enough to be the end boss without it being an anti-climax.
Or at least that's what I assume from reading him and making an estimation of the optimization level for the group facing him.
Anyway, the interesting version is in Savage Tides.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #772 on: January 14, 2011, 04:13:20 PM »
Orcus from Savage Tides is actually more powerful than his earlier version in the Miniatures Handbook, IIRC.
He starts as a Cr 33 creature and is hardcore enough to be the end boss without it being an anti-climax.
Or at least that's what I assume from reading him and making an estimation of the optimization level for the group facing him.
Anyway, the interesting version is in Savage Tides.
There is also an Orcus in Fiendish Handbook 1 and an earlier version in Book of Vile Darkness.....

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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #773 on: January 14, 2011, 04:42:20 PM »
Q207: Force Screen power and Shield offers a shield bonus to AC that also applies to incorporeal touch attacks. Does that apply to all forms of touch attacks, or only those from an incorporeal source?

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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #774 on: January 14, 2011, 04:44:52 PM »
Q207: Force Screen power and Shield offers a shield bonus to AC that also applies to incorporeal touch attacks. Does that apply to all forms of touch attacks, or only those from an incorporeal source?

Only incorporeal I think.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #775 on: January 14, 2011, 06:12:26 PM »
Q207: Force Screen power and Shield offers a shield bonus to AC that also applies to incorporeal touch attacks. Does that apply to all forms of touch attacks, or only those from an incorporeal source?

Only incorporeal I think.
They're [force] effects, and they affect incorporeal and ethereal attacks. Otherwise they're identical in function to an actual shield (plus a bit, of course).
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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #776 on: January 14, 2011, 07:26:12 PM »
Q208: Anyone know a 3/4 BAB class with +1 caster level available as a 1 level dip at level 7? only found spellwarp sniper so far and it isn't a great dip.


Also improvements to the build below, arcane archer is my homebrew fix level 1 is gestalt.
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2.  Human Paragon 1     
3.  Wizard 2         
4.  Human Paragon 2     
5.  Human Paragon 3       
6.  Runesmith 1         
7.     
8.  Arcane Archer 1     
9.  Arcane Archer 2     
10. Arcane Archer 3     
11. Arcane Archer 4     
12. Arcane Archer 5     
13. Arcane Archer 6     
14. Arcane Archer 7     
15. Arcane Archer 8     
16. Arcane Archer 9     
17. Arcane Archer 10     
18. Abjurant Champion 1   
19. Abjurant Champion 2   
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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #777 on: January 14, 2011, 07:30:19 PM »
Q208: Anyone know a 3/4 BAB class with +1 caster level available as a 1 level dip at level 7? only found spellwarp sniper so far and it isn't a great dip.


Also improvements to the build below, arcane archer is my homebrew fix level 1 is gestalt.
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1.  Wizard 1/Fighter 1     
2.  Human Paragon 1     
3.  Wizard 2         
4.  Human Paragon 2     
5.  Wizard 3         
6.  Runesmith 1         
7.     
8.  Arcane Archer 1     
9.  Arcane Archer 2     
10. Arcane Archer 3     
11. Arcane Archer 4     
12. Arcane Archer 5     
13. Arcane Archer 6     
14. Arcane Archer 7     
15. Arcane Archer 8     
16. Arcane Archer 9     
17. Arcane Archer 10     
18. Abjurant Champion 1   
19. Abjurant Champion 2   
20. Abjurant Champion 3  [/spoiler]

Why you don't take the third level of human paragon?
You will get caster level,BAB,+1 to fort and ref and an ability boost of +2 to score.....

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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #778 on: January 14, 2011, 07:32:04 PM »
Q208: Anyone know a 3/4 BAB class with +1 caster level available as a 1 level dip at level 7? only found spellwarp sniper so far and it isn't a great dip.


Also improvements to the build below, arcane archer is my homebrew fix level 1 is gestalt.
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1.  Wizard 1/Fighter 1     
2.  Human Paragon 1     
3.  Wizard 2         
4.  Human Paragon 2     
5.  Wizard 3         
6.  Runesmith 1         
7.     
8.  Arcane Archer 1     
9.  Arcane Archer 2     
10. Arcane Archer 3     
11. Arcane Archer 4     
12. Arcane Archer 5     
13. Arcane Archer 6     
14. Arcane Archer 7     
15. Arcane Archer 8     
16. Arcane Archer 9     
17. Arcane Archer 10     
18. Abjurant Champion 1   
19. Abjurant Champion 2   
20. Abjurant Champion 3  [/spoiler]

Why you don't take the third level of human paragon?
You will get caster level,BAB,+1 to fort and ref and an ability boost of +2 to score.....

Yknow I forgot to edit out wizard 3 for it when i decided i was taking it.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #779 on: January 14, 2011, 08:34:03 PM »
Q209: does strongarm bracers stack with the monkey grip feat? please detail why or why not.  thanks.