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Effingham posted:Isn't that a bit redundant? Not really, that last point of HP is the difference between 100% badass and 100% fertilizer, all points up to there are protecting that last one, and you only need to worry if you're going to run out.
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I think he meant "D&D nerd" was redundant.
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Jul 26, 2011 05:36
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There are other kinds of nerds.
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Mystic Mongol posted:There are other kinds of nerds. All nerds don't play D&D, but anyone who plays D&D is a nerd.
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BrainWeasel posted:I think he meant "D&D nerd" was redundant. He meant "last point of HP" was redundant. "Last point of hit points?"
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crime fighting hog posted:All nerds don't play D&D, but anyone who plays D&D is a nerd. So what, the statement should have read, quote:If you're a D&D you think "damage doesn't matter until you lose that last point of HP" E vvvvvv Well, color me corrected. Mystic Mongol fucked around with this message at 06:23 on Jul 26, 2011 |
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Jul 26, 2011 06:18
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how about "until you lose that last hit point."
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Post poste posted:Not really, that last point of HP is the difference between 100% badass and 100% fertilizer, all points up to there are protecting that last one, and you only need to worry if you're going to run out. I meant "that last point of HP" seemed redundant. Usually, we say "that last hit point." This message brought to by the Association of Former Editors of Dragon Magazine. (Okay, we've never organized, but if we got together over beers at GenCon, we'd all tell the same horror stories.....)
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Thanks for the lesson. Now I'm off to use the ATM machine.
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I hope you remember your PIN number.
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Just another way that acronyms are constantly trying to erode our great English language, and thereby our very minds!
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In which Vaarsuvius figures something out.
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Ah, V was never as smart as s/he thought s/he was, and it's always refreshing to see him/her using his/her brain as opposed to just throwing around killing spells and using fancy formal language.
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Here's to hoping that V kills the poo poo out of that unnamed kobold.
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inthesto posted:Here's to hoping that V kills the poo poo out of that unnamed kobold.
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Bell_ posted:Nothing could make Belkar angrier. That's his shtick. Belkar might be happy about getting to kill a V analogue though.
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Any assault on the dark elf will hopefully be as entertaining as getting fed to an owlbear or being assaulted by deadly hornets.
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I like the line about the drow optimizing his entire build to beat V... because it explains how Belkar or somebody else will be able to beat him. It's like that whole big argument about 3e wizards is magically rendered moot!
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Ponsonby Britt posted:I like the line about the drow optimizing his entire build to beat V... because it explains how Belkar or somebody else will be able to beat him. It's like that whole big argument about 3e wizards is magically rendered moot! Not really but it's nice to think that.
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Hypocrisy posted:Not really but it's nice to think that. It's entirely possible that you could set up your daily spell selections exclusively to deal with one specific thing and leave yourself open to something else. Somebody who sets up their spell selection to nothing but fighting another wizard could conceivably find himself on the outs when faced with not that. Over-specialization is still a thing, if you don't have a plan B.
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Cabbit posted:It's entirely possible that you could set up your daily spell selections exclusively to deal with one specific thing and leave yourself open to something else. Somebody who sets up their spell selection to nothing but fighting another wizard could conceivably find himself on the outs when faced with not that. Spells are rather flexible in that a Rogue turns to stone just as easily as a Wizard does. Also, basic mage buffs protect from everything, period. I suppose Zzt'Dri might have specialized to the point where he has not prepared those basic mage buffs but then that's less a case of overspecialization and more a case of stupidity.
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Hypocrisy posted:that's less a case of overspecialization and more a case of stupidity. Did you miss the part where he's working for Nale?
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Did Belkar ever get the ring of jumping back? I mean otherwise I'd think the flight spell pretty much puts the wizard at the advantage.
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There's also the fact that Belkar apparently cheats like a motherfucker. Somehow the dude's a walking Cuisinart despite wielding d3 knives.
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Toussaint Louverture posted:There's also the fact that Belkar apparently cheats like a motherfucker. Somehow the dude's a walking Cuisinart despite wielding d3 knives. Yeah, I have no idea where he's getting all his damage from.
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Shavnir posted:Did Belkar ever get the ring of jumping back? I mean otherwise I'd think the flight spell pretty much puts the wizard at the advantage. I don't think he had any qualms about looting it from Roy's corpse during all the months he spent with it.
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Yeah, but it would have been confiscated when he was sent to prison, unless he remembered to hide it.
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Ashenai posted:Yeah, I have no idea where he's getting all his damage from. Both of Belkar's sexy shoeless god of war moments have been in fights that are way under CR.
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Ashenai posted:Yeah, I have no idea where he's getting all his damage from. Plus, you know, all the PCs are DMPCs.
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Ashenai posted:Yeah, I have no idea where he's getting all his damage from. Poil posted:I don't think he had any qualms about looting it from Roy's corpse during all the months he spent with it.
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Ashenai posted:Yeah, I have no idea where he's getting all his damage from. +10 plot damage.
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I got my copy of Snips, Snails and Dragontails today. It's not bad at all. Now if only War and XPs would get another print run.
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HisMajestyBOB posted:I got my copy of Snips, Snails and Dragontails today.  Edit: They e-mailed me back almost right away, and a corrected package will be headed my way!  Awesome.
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Cliff Racer posted:Yeah, but it would have been confiscated when he was sent to prison, unless he remembered to hide it. He already did that once when he was locked up in that blue paladin town. Of course the paladins weren't particularly competent in guarding prisons.
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Happydogska posted:I've half-seriously believed for a while that he's been taking Rogue levels ever since the first two or so levels of Ranger without even knowing it. Explains a lot of things. Hasn't he been grabbing levels of Barbarian for some time?
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I remember reading somewhere that the higher level you go the less the actual weapons damage matter. Things like Power Attack, enchantments, Favored Enemy and other feats such as Leap Attack makes a d3 instead of a d6 a bit irrelevant.
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That and number of attacks, you can put out something like 7 attacks a round with two-weapon fighting maxed out.
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Poil posted:I remember reading somewhere that the higher level you go the less the actual weapons damage matter. Things like Power Attack, enchantments, Favored Enemy and other feats such as Leap Attack makes a d3 instead of a d6 a bit irrelevant. Can't Power Attack with light weapons, otherwise yeah I guess. Frankly even 7 attacks a round with light weapons is kind of poo poo damage at these levels, compared to even a decent fighter like Roy. But inthesto has a good point, every time Belkar had a badass moment, it was against pathetically weak mooks.
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