Messages

Jul 27, 2014 13:30:22 GMT -5 darthweasel said:

One good round of tuberculosis can give anyone a reason to need to retrain. another option is to simply come out of retirement. The easy life takes its toll on someone.

Neither of those explain a loss of divine power, though.

Jul 14, 2014 16:20:20 GMT -5 goodapollo said:

Tangentially related, but what book are the monk orders from? I can't find anything on Old Order or Serpent Guards online, and I need to research them for reasons.

Well what you can find online is basically all that's mentioned anywhere for the Old Order. There isn't a lot on them in general. All that's to be found on the Serpent Guards is a blurb from the Faiths and Pantheons web enhancement, found here:

"These fanatics guard temples, serve as minions to
 dragons, hunt dragonslayers, and assassinate those who
 pry too closely into the activities of the church. They are
 active in Unther and have been known to attack Mulhorandi soldiers."

Jul 12, 2014 0:03:37 GMT -5 Fire Wraith said:

If you're going pure monk, then you begin with it, since you start at level 3, and the feat is given at 3rd level.

We tried to set it so that it addresses the worst problems while not affecting the bulk of players.

As for any bizaare edge cases, we can always leto the feat onto you early.

The particular edge case that comes to mind is an ECL race, which starts at 2.  But since those require LETOs anyway, I suppose that is a viable and not particularly obstructive solutioj.

Jul 7, 2014 14:26:01 GMT -5 sornduskryn said:

Also, meeting a Quell can cut the divine from a priest or priestess or Paladin.  However, meeting one is rare.

Quells can also only affect a divine spellcaster for a period of up to 24 hours. The Quell's Intercession ability functions as a Turning check. As a normal hit, it cuts a cleric off for only a minute. At double HD, a day. In either case, it's never permanent and can be fixed even so by an Atonement spell.

There are however other curses that CAN cut a divine caster off from their deity. 

There's also, as noted, penalties for changing deities, leaving orders, etc. 

The atonement spell in and of itself also can cost quite a bit of XP for the caster (about 500 xp per sin), and whatever caster you got to do it decided to make you pay it.

Jul 7, 2014 11:04:11 GMT -5 allatum said:

I tried once upon a time to be a drawy artist but I don't think I'm very good at it.  But I do like Photoshop (Imgur Gallery Link.)

My favorite things to do are images like these

I remember what you tried to do with this thing!

Jul 6, 2014 14:57:53 GMT -5 darthweasel said:

Jul 2, 2014 22:55:08 GMT -5 alreadydead said:

I'm currently building for a halfling Rogue/SD/Invisiblade. She'll be using throwing knives as her ranged option because of no bow proficiency besides the equally questionable crossbow.

Xbow+ rogue+ rapid reload = awesomeness.

This is certainly true, although, the build I mentioned leaves me pretty damned feat starved as is. Using darts is not without its advantages over bows, especially when used by an Invisible Blade, allowing them to retain their AC bonus and also activating their Wounding proc. That's not to say bows wouldn't be superior, but throwing isn't without its merits.

Jul 5, 2014 17:22:51 GMT -5 Mystic Warden said:

That GSID sounds very familiar for me from the dark and distant past, like A Land of Dark Dreams...     

Several people have mentioned this but I assure you it's entirely coincidental.

Hey all. Just wanted to inform folks that the GSID YouAreAlreadyDead and the corresponding forum name have been retired in favor of "Explosive Runes". So, if you see Jerika walking around under a funny GSID, do not be alarmed! It is me.