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Statistics: Posted by Zanaikin — Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:08 pm
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2. Mobile Commander Aura: "Allies within range gain +5ft morale bonus to base speed. This does not affect speeds that your creature type does not have (e.g. fly speed for a human)."
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Activation: Auto-triggers whenever the fist strikes a solid target. (The trigger device would be something like an under-glorified pressure plate, if you want to get technical). Darts are kept in ultra dimensional space, and are loaded into the firing mechanism as a swift action.
Ammunition: The storing mechanism holds up to five large sized darts made of ironwood.
Slot: Technically a modification to the armor itself.
Cost: ?
Statistics: Posted by Mr_Praetorian — Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:13 am
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but first I'd like to point out a few things:
D&D is a game of specific situations and circumstances. Sure there are established mechanics, and there are also EXCEPTIONS to those mechanics. (like Adamantine Hurricane doesn't say crap about if there's enough room around you, but if you try to do that in a tunnel I'll have to call bullshit, and if half the people around you are allies I'll have to roll chances of you doing friendly fire). If you don't like the DM trying to factor in all factors, then you shouldn't be playing D&D, go find some MMO where established game mechanics is the LAW.
You should have noticed by now that when ruling on a spell or maneuver, I care about the description of how it's performed and managed just as much, sometimes even more, than I care about its mechanics and numeric values.
and hence things happen like me ruling that Phantom Edge (Norinth's best Legacy ability) is ineffective in AMF-vs-AMF confrontations (since the blades hovers about the weapon, and isn't actually being wielded by the user, whose the only one not affected in a classic shaped-AMF. otherwise I'd be doing a hell lot more damage to you guys right now), or that Brilliant Energy weapons doesn't work against Golem Armor (because when Brilliant Energy is active - the blade has no substance, it's pure magic).
Well guess what, nothing on the mechanics description touches either of that. Brilliant Energy says it "ignores" armor, thereby Drew by your logic, I shouldn't care WHAT your armor is made out of. It'll just ignore it, right? Same thing goes to Wraithstrike also...
( yes Wraithstrike doesn't really work on golem armor, as Ariethil discovered first hand during the battle. The only reason you were hit at all by some of those attacks were a combination of other effects like : Moment of Prescience, no Mind Blank to counteract Find-the-Gap, natural 20s and triple-AP burns, etc etc ).
The divine blade argument is another case of this. Sure it says "ignore armor, shield, and cover bonuses", but HOW does it do it? The justification is that "the weapon may cut through any non-living materials as if the were thin paper". It also says "as a Brilliant Energy weapon", and SRD says brilliant energy works by "A brilliant energy weapon ignores nonliving matter". Well guess what, force isn't a material, I'd like you to find me an entry that lists Force as a special material. It's not 'matter' either, seeing as it has no mass and doesn't actually sustain itself - only a temporary magical effect.
Thus, in case you're wondering Drew, divine blade doesn't ignore the most common cover bonus (Shield Rings) either. It also won't cut Golem Armor, seeing as it's a magical effect...
Well, I COULD make Divine Blade so powerful it'd cut through magic effects like force, but that same justification would mean it can cut through similar magical barrier like Prismatics... that's just getting TOO powerful there. Legacy abilities may be crazy, but none of them can completely obsolete an ENTIRE CLASS yet (and that would make one of the best PRCs in the game utterly useless).
So yes, for all future references, if you claim just because something says it does something means it MUST do that something under ALL situations, I'll have to ask you to rethink why the hell you're playing D&D. After all this is a game where mechanics are established as guidelines and suggestions, not absolute law (DMs ad hoc stuff all the time, either making it easier or harder based on circumstances).
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reason : I discovered that Epic Leadership and Legendary Commander are both epic fighter feats, shockingly...
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BAB: Three-Quarter ( Cleric )
Saves: All Good Saves
Skills: 2 + Int
Spellcasting: Full progression
Feats: Every three levels ( starting at Lvl23 )
Divine Gift (Ex): At level twenty-two and every three levels thereafter, you may gain one of the following. You may choose the same ability more than once.
• Your Favored Soul damage reduction increases by +2.
• You gain +2 natural armor ( this is not a base increase to natural armor and not an enhancement bonus, and thus stacks with natural armor from Spells & Magic Items )
• You gain +10 resistance to one of your three Favored Soul energy resistances.
• You gain +1 bonus to one ability score.
• You gain +20ft to the fly speed of your Favored Soul wings.
EPIC FACTOTUM
BAB: Three-Quarter ( Rogue )
Saves: Good Reflex
Skills: 6 + Int
Spellcasting: Full SLA caster level progression ( no new spell levels or spells/day )
Feats: Every two levels ( starting at Lvl22 )
Opportunistic Piety (Su): You gain an additional use per day of this ability at level twenty-five and every five levels thereafter.
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AURORUM CYCLONE (Iron Heart) - Derovarr
Level: Epic
Prerequisite: 5 Iron Heart maneuvers, including Adamantine Hurricane
Initiation: 1 standard action
Range: Melee attack
Target: Creatures within reach
When you initiate this maneuver,
When you initiate this maneuver, you may make three attacks against each opponent you threaten when you initiate this maneuver. You receive +5ft reach and a +8 bonus ( does not stack with similar effects such as Dancing Blade Stance ) to each of these attacks, which are otherwise made your highest attack bonus. Furthermore, you receive a +4 cover bonus to AC ( which stacks with cover from effects like Shield ) for one round.
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BAB: Half
Saves: Good Fort, Good Will
Feats: Every Three Levels
Positive Energy Burst: Epic levels count normally for damage and DC.
Double-Empowered Healing: At level fourteen, all spells you cast from the Healing domain is automatically double-empowered without additional cost (you may combine this with the Maximize Healing ability). This increases to triple-empowered at level eighteen, and so on.
Epic Sublime Chord:
Spellcasting: Full CL Progression (no new spells known and spells/day)
BAB: Half
Saves: Good Will
Feats: Every Three Levels
Bardic Lore: Full progression.
Bardic Music: Half progression on music/day.
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modified Golem Armor to just +5 enhancement instead of +5 Heavy Fortification, so they can actually be modified with more special enhancements. They still retain immunity to crit.
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henceforth, Starmetal's specialty will be... hard as adamantine, except with extreme magical resistance (expect something along lines of at least SR30). The drawback is it's also extremely costly to enhance starmetal weapons/armor (double normal cost), and henceforth their lack of use in Penthiae. Starmetal is most commonly found in only two locations - at the city of Starfall in Norinth, and within the coral reefs of Archeron's Shellsea.
( if you want to retcon for a Starmetal weapon/armor, talk to me about that. and Kati still has that huge chain of starmetal I believe. )
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Glorard (and other high lvl artificers for that matter) will be able to make more customized Legacy Abilities. However that be along the same par as designing a new item for him... so if you want to place a request, be prepared to pay big bucks (like 100k or more) as well as tie him down for entire day or two with it.
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Suppression Field, Greater
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Glyph of Warding, Superior
Globe of Invulnerability, Greater
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Knight Vindicator modification:
Gains Armor Optimization (see custom feats) as a bonus feat instead of Armored Stealth.
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if interested, feel welcome to trade out any of your existing class levels for these at no training cost to time and effort.
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Silver Knight's Glare (Devoted Spirit) [Supernatural]
Level: Crusader 9
Initiation: 1 swift action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: Stance
Calling upon the divine power that binds you as a Knight of the Silver Shield, you create an aura of menace that inspires fear and uncertainty within opponents, causing them to fail in attacks upon your allies, as their attention is pulled towards you.
While you are in this stance, any opponent you threaten takes a morale penalty equal to your initiator level on attacks against your allies. This does not apply to attacks against you. Enemies you threaten become aware of the consequences of this stance when they enter your reach.
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Statistics: Posted by Sajuuk — Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:45 pm
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modified Divine Blade ability - a lot more features, shorter duration ( = smite class levels )
modified Flame Jet ability - changed speed boost to +40ft, shorter duration unless you have full turning...
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Disintegrative Burst
Enhancement: Melee Weapon
Cost: 100,000gps
Benefit: Upon any successful melee ( or touch ) attack, the wielder may take a swift action to have the weapon unleash a Disintegrate effect, as the spell ( CL10, DC 15 + weapon's charisma modifier (min 2) + weapon's enhancement modifier ) upon the target struck.
Proof-against-Transmutation
Enhancement: Weapon
Cost: 30,000gps
Benefit: The weapon ( but not the wielder ) gains immunity against any transmutation spell which allows SR, as if the spell failed to pierce the appropriate SR of its target. This effect may be lowered or raised as a standard action.
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I'll mod Scott's sheet.
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Divine Blade, Prism Admixture, and Prism Matrix
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general gist of it:
Level: Factotum 7 SLA
Duration: 1 hour/level (but concentration to use)
Range: Personal
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Contract magic is a special version of pact magic made between two living creatures, binding their body, mind, and soul, and thus allowing the forgers of the contract to combine and share their abilities. Familiars, animal companions, and special mounts all use some version of contract magic, as well as certain spells such as Shield Other, Blood of the Martyr, and Glory of the Martyr.
Contract links between humanoids is rare, for such bonds are virtually eternal and may only be broken with dire consequences, and therefore only the most trusted pairs are known to connect themselves through contract magic. Such people typically include blood/oath brothers, close siblings, or married couples.
Contract magic cannot be dispelled by most abjuration spells such as Dispel Magic and Mage’s Disjunction. However, contract magic is suppressed when inside an Antimagic field. Contract magic can only be permanently severed through specifically designed high level magic or death of a participant. Should any participant be severed from a contract, any linked participants shall suffer penalties based on the level of the contract.
Each link forges a bond between two participants. While it is possible to have a contract link of the same type with more than one participant through multiple rituals, it is typically suggested against due to the side-effects, both known and unknown, of having multiple links. The only well known side-effect of multiple links is the degradation of any link forged after the first by one level (or two levels if there are two active links already). Therefore, a character may have a maximum of one level III contract, one level II contract, and one level I contract of each type at any given time. The level of a contract is determined when forged, and may not be changed afterwards (except when broken).
[New Feat] FORGE CONTRACT
Benefits: Select a character other than yourself. You may now forge links of contract magic with this character. In order to forge a contract link, one of the participants must have the appropriate knowledge (arcana, nature, or religion) and caster level (arcane, druidic, or divine):
Level 1 link – 4 ranks, caster level 1.
Level 2 link – 8 ranks, caster level 5.
Level 3 link – 12 ranks, caster level 10.
Creating a level 1 link or upgrading to a higher level link requires an uninterrupted rituals of 24 hours, plus material components based on the level of link to be forged (100gps for level 1, 1,000gps for level 2, 10,000gps for level 3).
Special: You may take this feat more than once. Each time you take it, select a different character to forge links of contract magic with.
Special: You do not need this feat to forge contract magic links for Animal Companions, Familiars, Item Familiars, and Special Mounts.
Any contract magic link will allow each of the participants to instinctively feel the direction and condition of the other, as if through a Status spell.
BODY LINK I
Benefits:
•Share Spells: Upon a participant’s option, he may have any one spell (but not spell-like ability) he casts on himself also affect the other participant. The other participant must be within 5ft to receive the benefit. This ability functions as the familiar Share Spells ability.
•Great Fortitude: Both participant gains Great Fortitude as a bonus feat.
BODY LINK II
in material components.
•Share Spells, Improved: As Share Spells, but a participant may share spells (including touch spells) at close range (25ft + 5ft/2CLs).
•Shield Other: Both participants are permanently under the effects of a Shield Other spell (caster level equal to participants’ average HD) as long as they are within close range (25ft + 5ft/2CLs) of each other.
BODY LINK III
Benefits:
•Pooled Health: Both participants may pool their hit points together. Any damage or healing to one participant is directed towards this joint pool of hit points instead. If both participants are damaged or healed by the same effect, each applies separately to the shared HP pool. Furthermore, any ability damage, ability drain, and negative levels are even distributed between both participants (if odd, the extra goes to the original damage receiver).
MIND LINK I
Benefits:
•Empathic Link: Both participants may communicate empathically through the link up to a range of 1 mile. Only general emotions may be sent through this link.
•Iron Will: Both participants gains Iron Will as a bonus feat.
MIND LINK II
Benefits:
•Comprehend Languages: Both participants may understand a spoken or written language as long as one of them knows it.
•Share Talents: Both participants are permanently under the effect of a Share Talents [PH2] spell.
•Telepathic Bond, Lesser: Both participants may communicate telepathically through the link up to a range of 100ft.
MIND LINK III
Requirements:
Benefits:
•Telepathic Bond: Both participants may communicate telepathically through the link to each other as long as they are on the same plane of existence.
•Sense Link: Either participant may choose to see and/or hear what that other participant senses by concentrating.
SOUL LINK I
SOUL LINK II
SOUL LINK III
Benefits:
•Pooled Spellcasting: Each participant may draw spell power directly from the other, casting directly by consuming the spell slot of the linked participant. The caster uses the owner of the original spell to determine the spell’s caster level, but uses his own abilities and equipment to determine the spell’s saving throw DC and other effects (e.g bonuses to dispel, class activated/trigger abilities, etc). This ability function as the item familiar Spellcasting ability.
EXISTING LINKS:
If you have any of the following, the connection you have with it counts as a link of the given category. However, you do not apply to benefit descriptions of each link to the connection, nor do you suffer the an additional consequences when these links are broken. Your existing connections will affect any contract links you may wish to forge in the future.
Animal Companion or Special Mount: Body Link I, Mind Link I
Item Familiar: Mink Link II, Mind Link III (Martial Recharge Ability), Soul Link III (Spellcasting Ability)
Familiar: Body Link I, Mind Link I (II at Lvl5)
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--Removed the -2 attack penalty on failed check for Storm Falcon Strike/Blitz. Spot checks are much harder than concentration checks as it is.
added:
Falcon Sight - boost sight and accurate-shooting range.
Piercing Talon Strike - Emerald razor for range, spot check required.
Concealed Snipe - Stalker from the Shadows for ranged.
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Comments/suggestions/ideas are much welcomed as always.
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However, as they are users of nature magic (which I count separately from divine magic), they may only prepare spells in an all natural environment (cannot be within city, town, or village limits, cannot have been magically altered or despoiled, etc).
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additional benefit: "You automatically confirm any critical threats you made."
with 7 feats as prereqs, anyone not heavy on fighter lvls will seriously have to limit their other resources.
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added my modification to Weapon Supremacy. Truth be told I didn't find the PHB2 ver. powerful enough. Fighters wait 18lvls for... just that?
...ponders my idea of epic fighter's Weapon Grandmastery feat... which'll allow a fighter to always crit with their selected weapon.
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the current system is horribly unbalancing and doesn't even make any sense...
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currently the greatest trait I can think of involves the fact most Legacy abilities will expend spell slots from its user (or in certain cases, turn undeads & maybe bardic musics)
the only other set of legacy abilities I'm making will involve being powered off martial stances (similar to Boundless Determination).
maybe there'll be another category, but as of right now those are the only two. Those that doesn't fit into either one will go bye.
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COORDINATE (Ex)- As a marshal, there are times when you must coordinate the strength of your forces against a single high threat target. When using the aid other action for attack or AC bonus, you may choose to apply the bonus to all allies who are affected by your command aura against a single target. Alternatively, you may choose to double the bonuses of one command aura you project against the chosen target for 1 round instead.
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jamming spells! I believe someone even asked for this before.
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--added Hide & Move Silently to Hexblade skill lists, increased hexblade skill pts to 4+int.
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although I'm lacking ideas.
would definitely like putting a Travel Devotion effect in, but I need a good name + decent reason for that.
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). Tempted to make the limit/rnd AoO based.But effectively, this + Arcane Spellsurge allows you to counter as immediate action.
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Improved Senses also gives it low-light vision.
I didn't include this in the update post but it is updated in the text (although its asking too much to read over that every time). But Martial Recharge is changed to ability to recharge ONLY invested maneuvers (kinda like how Spell Use is limited in the same fashion).
Statistics: Posted by Zanaikin — Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:53 pm
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