He's going along with another character, who is the daughter of the leader of their tribe, and is supposed to be serving as her guard and spiritual guidance (she's playing a druid). Also her cook. He's a phenomenal cook.
Accordingly, he has a fucked up spiritual world view and is pretty dismal himself. He also intends to do things like cut the hearts of her courageous enemies out and feed them to her without her knowledge.
A couple of well placed c's would have made that explanation so much more entertaining.
Although it's a neat concept.
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Scythes have historically like no basis in weapon adaptation
At least at no large scale
And the few times they were adapted they took the blades off and moved them to make more of a polearm thing
Scythes were only improvisational weapons used by hastily organized farm militia. They would be highly effective against wheat-based foes, but you aren't going to do much against something with any kind of mobility.
But dnd is all about suspension of disbelief so I've never seen a problem with making characters kick some ass with scythes.
War scythes and fauchards are more designed like the polearm pictured above, with the blade coming out vertically, so you're right that they were used very effectively. But the big farm scythe with the blade coming out horizontally is pretty impractical, and only really worked for combat in a much smaller one-handed sickle form. But they do look really really cool. The idea of having one as a largely ceremonial implement is a great idea.
So, have they come up with an At-Will cooler than Prestidigitation yet? I'm betting not.
There's a set of gloves from the Adventurer's Vault that allow you to use Mage Hand and Prestidigitation. I think I'd want them for any and every character I ever built.
What level item is it? And does it do anything else.
There are a few things but the biggest complaint I've heard around is that it makes the players feel irrelevant.
that is entirely the fault of their DM, not the setting
And while you can claim that (and there is validity in it, I agree) there is a certain amount of responsibility given towards the setting. Now to clarify my remark, it makes the players feel possibly irrelevant in much higher level campaigns. In lower level campaigns where rescuing a maiden or stopping a small town from an invasion is the objective, the players can shine well. But when you introduce campaigns in which major components of the setting itself could be changed you run into the biggest & commonly most cited problem, high level npcs. And people have brought up the Elminster but he is the huge pink elephant in the room for most 'epic-flavored' campaigns.
Elminster is sort of like Dumbledore in a Harry Potter story. While the plot can thicken and go deep, there's a thought in the back of your head of how exactly Dumbledore is influencing the outcome (because he is, he's god damn Dumbledore).
Its the same problem that any story runs into when using pre-existing material. Should you happen to run a campaign in Gotham City for example and the stakes begin to rise, when/where does Batman come into the story? And it isn't a matter of why does he enter the story because it's his 'world,' he'd enter the story sooner and later and when he does it's his story now (by mere virtue of his ability to outclass the original protagonists).
So I will agree with your original claim that it does fall on the lap of the DM to shine the light correctly on the players but a setting containing a Batman or Dumbledore does add a certain amount of difficulty when playing higher-level campaigns.
So, have they come up with an At-Will cooler than Prestidigitation yet? I'm betting not.
There's a set of gloves from the Adventurer's Vault that allow you to use Mage Hand and Prestidigitation. I think I'd want them for any and every character I ever built.
What level item is it? And does it do anything else.
so, carson's duder is an avenger following the raven queen
The Raven Queen Unaligned
The name of the god of death is long
forgotten, but she is called the Raven
Queen. She is the spinner of fate and
the patron of winter. She marks the
end of each mortal life, and mourn-
ers call upon her during funeral rites,
in the hope that she will guard the
departed from the curse of undeath.
She expects her followers to abide by
these commandments:
✦ Hold no pity for those who suffer
and die, for death is the natural
end of life.
✦ Bring down the proud who try to
cast off the chains of fate. As the instru-
ment of the Raven Queen, you must punish
hubris where you find it.
✦ Watch for the cults of Orcus and stamp them out
whenever they arise. The Demon Prince of the
Undead seeks to claim the Raven Queen’s throne.
Nah. I think they would hate undead since they're raised without souls, but someone being raised from the dead would be fine, I think.
Then again, that seems like a roleplaying thing. Like, he could be vehemently against raise dead because he believes that death should just be the end, etc.
so, carson's duder is an avenger following the raven queen
The Raven Queen Unaligned
The name of the god of death is long
forgotten, but she is called the Raven
Queen. She is the spinner of fate and
the patron of winter. She marks the
end of each mortal life, and mourn-
ers call upon her during funeral rites,
in the hope that she will guard the
departed from the curse of undeath.
She expects her followers to abide by
these commandments:
✦ Hold no pity for those who suffer
and die, for death is the natural
end of life.
✦ Bring down the proud who try to
cast off the chains of fate. As the instru-
ment of the Raven Queen, you must punish
hubris where you find it.
✦ Watch for the cults of Orcus and stamp them out
whenever they arise. The Demon Prince of the
Undead seeks to claim the Raven Queen’s throne.
would he be against resurrection/raise dead?
✦ Hold no pity for those who suffer
and die, for death is the natural
end of life.
✦ Bring down the proud who try to
cast off the chains of fate.
so, carson's duder is an avenger following the raven queen
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would he be against resurrection/raise dead?
If I recall, the official material is more like, resurrection doesn't count as cheating death, because you're just ending an unnatural death(violent ending) and not a natural one(old age). You're still going to die, just not yet. Cheating death is more like vampires/liches, people who unnaturally lengthen their lifespan through foul magic or being bitten or something. Besides, otherwise there would be a big problem at epic tier when most classes get abilities saying "Once per day, when you die" since they'd be cheating death every day.
Now, of course, if he wants to play it as him abhorring resurrection, that's fine. I'm pretty sure all of the above is just so they give a good reason for the avenger not being a dick to the rest of the party when they want to resurrect the fighter. You know, avoid inter-party conflict. But if you don't mind that kind of conflict, it's not really a problem.
I'd really like to try out 4E, but coming from oWoD, it all seems so fucking complicated. Also, I hate math.
ALSO, my friends are all like "I want to dual-wield vorpal Jojos!". Imagine Unforgotten Realms only more stupid. :?
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I would like to pause for a moment, to talk about my penis.
My penis is like a toddler. A toddler—who is a perfectly normal size for his age—on a long road trip to what he thinks is Disney World. My penis is excited because he hasn’t been to Disney World in a long, long time, but remembers a time when he used to go every day. So now the penis toddler is constantly fidgeting, whining “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How about now? Now? How about... now?”
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
there are so many things wrong with that post I don't know where to begin
Yea, I know.
I know 3.5 from games like Neverwinter Nights and I've compared it to 4e. While 4e IS less of a garbeled mess, I still find it complicated. I'm that bad at anything related to numbers.
Ferrus on
I would like to pause for a moment, to talk about my penis.
My penis is like a toddler. A toddler—who is a perfectly normal size for his age—on a long road trip to what he thinks is Disney World. My penis is excited because he hasn’t been to Disney World in a long, long time, but remembers a time when he used to go every day. So now the penis toddler is constantly fidgeting, whining “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How about now? Now? How about... now?”
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
you don't know how to add, subtract, and multiply?
I do but I'm bad at it and without a calculator I'll most likely get the result wrong.
Besides, D&D has so fucking MUCH of it. There seem to be tons of stuff you have to take into consideration in a normal fight.
Ferrus on
I would like to pause for a moment, to talk about my penis.
My penis is like a toddler. A toddler—who is a perfectly normal size for his age—on a long road trip to what he thinks is Disney World. My penis is excited because he hasn’t been to Disney World in a long, long time, but remembers a time when he used to go every day. So now the penis toddler is constantly fidgeting, whining “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How about now? Now? How about... now?”
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
But I guess that's hard for a game with fucking werewolf-deathmachines playing Paper, Rock, Scissors. 8-)
Fixed that for you.
D&D Insider has a fee and somehow I doubt it's available in Europe at all.
It's not like I don't WANT to get a grip on D&D but it takes so much fucking time for me to learn the ropes.
Ferrus on
I would like to pause for a moment, to talk about my penis.
My penis is like a toddler. A toddler—who is a perfectly normal size for his age—on a long road trip to what he thinks is Disney World. My penis is excited because he hasn’t been to Disney World in a long, long time, but remembers a time when he used to go every day. So now the penis toddler is constantly fidgeting, whining “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How about now? Now? How about... now?”
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
I have to admit, 4E isn't that bad on the whole numbers stuff after I've found a decent, automatic character sheet.
Ferrus on
I would like to pause for a moment, to talk about my penis.
My penis is like a toddler. A toddler—who is a perfectly normal size for his age—on a long road trip to what he thinks is Disney World. My penis is excited because he hasn’t been to Disney World in a long, long time, but remembers a time when he used to go every day. So now the penis toddler is constantly fidgeting, whining “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How about now? Now? How about... now?”
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
I have to admit, 4E isn't that bad on the whole numbers stuff after I've found a decent, automatic character sheet.
It is really, really easy now. Just look at it some more, if you are older than a 6 year old, you should be able to handle any and all the math the game might throw your way. I mean if anything, just grab a calculator and use it for the addition.
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A couple of well placed c's would have made that explanation so much more entertaining.
At least at no large scale
And the few times they were adapted they took the blades off and moved them to make more of a polearm thing
But I still like them
But dnd is all about suspension of disbelief so I've never seen a problem with making characters kick some ass with scythes.
Yeah, fauchards and war scythes were still pretty badass though, considering they were modified farming implements.
What level item is it? And does it do anything else.
Rock Band DLC | GW:OttW - arrcd | WLD - Thortar
And while you can claim that (and there is validity in it, I agree) there is a certain amount of responsibility given towards the setting. Now to clarify my remark, it makes the players feel possibly irrelevant in much higher level campaigns. In lower level campaigns where rescuing a maiden or stopping a small town from an invasion is the objective, the players can shine well. But when you introduce campaigns in which major components of the setting itself could be changed you run into the biggest & commonly most cited problem, high level npcs. And people have brought up the Elminster but he is the huge pink elephant in the room for most 'epic-flavored' campaigns.
Elminster is sort of like Dumbledore in a Harry Potter story. While the plot can thicken and go deep, there's a thought in the back of your head of how exactly Dumbledore is influencing the outcome (because he is, he's god damn Dumbledore).
Its the same problem that any story runs into when using pre-existing material. Should you happen to run a campaign in Gotham City for example and the stakes begin to rise, when/where does Batman come into the story? And it isn't a matter of why does he enter the story because it's his 'world,' he'd enter the story sooner and later and when he does it's his story now (by mere virtue of his ability to outclass the original protagonists).
So I will agree with your original claim that it does fall on the lap of the DM to shine the light correctly on the players but a setting containing a Batman or Dumbledore does add a certain amount of difficulty when playing higher-level campaigns.
4 and no
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would he be against resurrection/raise dead?
Then again, that seems like a roleplaying thing. Like, he could be vehemently against raise dead because he believes that death should just be the end, etc.
Looks like.
If I recall, the official material is more like, resurrection doesn't count as cheating death, because you're just ending an unnatural death(violent ending) and not a natural one(old age). You're still going to die, just not yet. Cheating death is more like vampires/liches, people who unnaturally lengthen their lifespan through foul magic or being bitten or something. Besides, otherwise there would be a big problem at epic tier when most classes get abilities saying "Once per day, when you die" since they'd be cheating death every day.
Now, of course, if he wants to play it as him abhorring resurrection, that's fine. I'm pretty sure all of the above is just so they give a good reason for the avenger not being a dick to the rest of the party when they want to resurrect the fighter. You know, avoid inter-party conflict. But if you don't mind that kind of conflict, it's not really a problem.
ALSO, my friends are all like "I want to dual-wield vorpal Jojos!". Imagine Unforgotten Realms only more stupid. :?
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
Yea, I know.
I know 3.5 from games like Neverwinter Nights and I've compared it to 4e. While 4e IS less of a garbeled mess, I still find it complicated. I'm that bad at anything related to numbers.
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
I do but I'm bad at it and without a calculator I'll most likely get the result wrong.
Besides, D&D has so fucking MUCH of it. There seem to be tons of stuff you have to take into consideration in a normal fight.
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
But I guess that's hard for a game with faggy vampires playing Paper, Rock, Scissors. 8-)
Fixed that for you.
D&D Insider has a fee and somehow I doubt it's available in Europe at all.
It's not like I don't WANT to get a grip on D&D but it takes so much fucking time for me to learn the ropes.
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
It was the first official 4e adventure and it's a bunch of fun.
Also what the fuck WotC is getting into the shoe industry?
This pair isn't that bad, really.
ahaha
Much like world of darkness
WOOOOSH
Also, DDI is available in Europe. It's DnD :Online that's not being free in Europe or something.
and only like, 2 of them, are truly evil jerks.
Decisions
With my wolf moon t-shirt.
What spring does with the cherry trees.
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
It has a lot more monsters than the FRCG had as well.
The only thing I think players could use are the new mount statistics
Glidewing - Pteradactyls.
Dragonhawk - Kinda self explanatory.
Magebred Destrier - Pimped out Horse
Valenar Riding Horse - Holy shit zooooooom
+7 Initiative, 10 Speed, when mounted it gets +4 to speed until the end of it's next turn and has an encounter power that lets it shift 2 squares.
At level 2
People keep trying to make me play in the RPGA, living forgotten realms.
I am like fuck that noise.
It's like you have a different table full of people every weekend.
Kinda defeats the purpose of D&D to me.
It is really, really easy now. Just look at it some more, if you are older than a 6 year old, you should be able to handle any and all the math the game might throw your way. I mean if anything, just grab a calculator and use it for the addition.
What spring does with the cherry trees.