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[Rolepgeek]

When we get the chance, I wanna commission something from the engineers. A very specific, very thought out magic item with a specific purpose in mind.


Tht is to say, I want a flamethrower.

[Shoruke]

At the GM's behest, I'm taking my level up mid-combat, since I started the session so ridiculously close to level 3.

My choices for a second lvl1 mystery were:
-Carpet of Shadows, one 5' space of difficult terrain per caster level. (Not great)
-Voice of Shadow: Command, or Daze a Construct or Undead. (the DC would be 12, so not great)
-Bend Perspective: Peek around corners, can be moved once per caster level at 10' per round. (I can Hide in Plain Sight and carry a Dark Lantern, so nah.)
-Dusk and Dawn: Either Darkness or Light spell. (I already have a Dark Lantern, and why would I need Light?)
-Mesmerizing Shade: Will save vs. Daze, -1 to attacks, checks, and saves on failure. (not bad, but I'd almost never actually get to Daze anyone)
-Life Fades: 1d6 nonlethal damage per level. (the correct choice, since I have Reach Mystery, making this my strongest attack... 3d6, at range, if I can sneak attack, which I typically can since I can sneak all the damn time. Plus, we fight a lot of nobles, who make better hostages than corpses. On top of that, I intend to take the other two mysteries in that path eventually, which means I'll get a bonus metashadow feat later.)

As for my feat...
-Weapon Finesse is pretty standard for anyone with Sneak Attack, but it would only be a difference of +3, and only when using my rapier. Still, I'd become a bit more CQC-capable.
-Craven fits my character... a bit... and more sneak attack damage is good, but it's not super great.
-Darkstalker is rather situational, but fits my character well, and could potentially save my bacon against monsters with esoteric detection powers.
-Maximize Mystery could be handy (since the Random Number God seems to have decided that I'm good at stealth and spellcraft, but not dealing damage), and would allow me to take Quicken Mystery later.
-Trickery Devotion is a good one, since I'd be able to bluff enemies for sneak attacks...... once I hit level 5. I think I'll take that one at level 6 instead.
-I can't even use Umbral Shroud until I hit shadowcaster level 5...

I think I'll take Maximize Mystery. In terms of flavor, Eosri's fighting style involves taking enemies down with precise attacks from the shadows, but lacks the physical training to do it with weapons alone, and compensates with his shadow powers. Mechanically, this means that all I have to do it hit people with a sneak attack for 18 nonlethal damage- not bad damage on its own, makes it reasonably easy to take hostages, and they won't blow up when Lawbringer finishes them off (unless he gets a really, really epic kill). Besides which, when I get the Umbral Touch mystery, Maximize Mystery will apply to every attack I make with it... which is to say, several attacks, each of which is worth exactly 30 damage, plus potential sneak attack.

[germaina]

FYI, Lawbringer is no longer blowing things up.  You mentioned the trickery devotion, but I find the travel devotion better.  Having a swift action move is always useful.  I know I mentioned it earlier for someone else, but it works for almost everybody.

[Shoruke]

You mentioned the trickery devotion, but I find the travel devotion better.  Having a swift action move is always useful.  I know I mentioned it earlier for someone else, but it works for almost everybody.

That's great for a lot of characters, but I've got above-average move speed, and my Full Attack isn't any different than my standard attack. And that's not going to change until I hit level 9 or so, or I pick up some boots of speed, but by then I'll have better ways of dishing out damage.

It'd be a great feat for our CQC specialists, though. Move + full attack and move + charge are nice options to have.

[germaina]

Spoiler: Nickolai's Thoughts (click to show/hide)

So, I have integrated myself into this band of adventurers.  I feel I fit in well, even filling a niche they have not had before.  Granted, they have not seen my mastery of the mind yet, but the little I have shown them has been a hit.  On a side note, should we be splitting up more often I feel that I should link with multiple minds to maximize its usefulness.  We are currently in a battle, and there will be many opportunities for me to prove myself worth while.  I just hope my capabilities are up to the task.

[Heron TSG]

Swift action movements are pretty neat, but I hope to be using swift action maneuvers soon. Quicken Utterance would be great for my action economy, but it's difficult to get that extra +20 DC and I can't even do it until level 9 at the earliest.

[tryrar]

Hmm, I forget, does haste grant just an extra attack or an extra standard action?

[Heron TSG]

Used to do quite a bit more, but in 3.5 it adds an extra attack and some movement speed.

[tryrar]

I know there was some sort of spell that allowed an extra standard action.....

[Shoruke]

There's Snake's Swiftness (or something to that effect) in the Spell Compendium that causes one of your allies to attack immediately. The Greater version of it does this for all allies, which is actually useful.

[Heron TSG]

I can get the utterance Temporal Twist to grant other people actions. But the one you're thinking of is probably celerity, which steals actions from the future for you to use now.

[Shoruke]

So we're gonna get to finish up that fight today? Is there gonna be another missions (or finishing up of this mission) after?

[Willfor]

Yes, the fight will be finishing tonight. After the fight there will be quite a bit of RP.

[germaina]

Finally managed to figure out how to resolve the previous issue I was having regarding psionics and macros.  It was the eval function that I was missing.  If anyone decides they would like some help with their macros or anything, let me know.

This has been a public servant announcement from your friendly neighborhood Psion.

[Doomblade187]

I might be a few minutes late tonight.