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[Nerjin]

Another question: Can I stack enchancements? Such as Merciful + Flaming Burst for example?

[Tawa]

Yes.

[Nerjin]

Excellent, as well: Does the enchantment bonus for armor apply to AC?

[Tawa]

The solely numeric bonus applies; bonuses from special abilities do not.

[Nerjin]

Ah, I was right then. So I have my weapon and armor picked out and I'm rather proud of them. Can't wait for someone to tell me how bad of choices I made. Just gonna show my math and such here

760,000 gp to start.

+5 Mithril Breastplate of Spell Resistance (+5): -104,500 gp

+5 Large Falchion with +5 Special Abilities (Keen, Shocking, Speed): -200,375 gp

455, 125 GP left after weapon and armor are gotten.

[My Name is Immaterial]

They're not bad, but I'd like to point out that I can give you SR 31 for 10 rounds.
Edit: FD, I can get you free Empowered Spell. Does that work for Warlocks?

[Nerjin]

Would that stack? Either way, I prefer better safe than sorry.

[Flying Dice]

They're not bad, but I'd like to point out that I can give you SR 31 for 10 rounds.
Edit: FD, I can get you free Empowered Spell. Does that work for Warlocks?

I specifically need Empowered SLA, as opposed to Empowered Spell. If you can, it would of course be nice, but I'm already decently set for damage boosts with Maximize SLA, and under the right circumstances I can add 5d6 with Mortalbane and single charges from each of my items, on top of the stacking 2d6 acid damage for 4 rounds DoT + ignoring SR from Vitirolic Blast, which I'll be applying to basically every EB that isn't targeted at something with heavy acid resistance.

So in short if you can get me Empowered SLA literally for free, sure, but if it's going to detract from your own potential in any way, you don't need to bother. The houserule to give EB iterative attacks is enough to even put the plain single-target 11d6/round into the lower end of acceptable direct damage for this level.

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On an unrelated note, I've got a question about how Horizon Goggles would interact with Eldritch Spear and Chain. Obviously they'd boost a normal EB up to a range increment of 90' from 60', but would they apply the same additional 50% range to Spear's 250' (taking it to 375') and/or to Chain's target-jumping range (taking it from 30' max separation to 45' max separation)?

[Nerjin]

SO this is what I have. Am I messing up bad?

760,000 gp to start.

+5 Mithril Breastplate of Spell Resistance (+5): -104,500 gp

+5 Large Falchion with +5 Special Abilities: -200,375 gp

455, 125 GP left after weapon and armor are gotten.

Ring of Regeneration: -90,000
Ring of Sustenance: -2, 500
Ring of Protection +5: -50,000

312,625 GP after rings

Belt of Giant’s Strength +6: -36,000
Hand of Glory: -8000
Ioun Stones: Pale Blue Rhomboid (+2 Strength): -8,000
   Pink Rhomboid (+2 Constitution): -8,000
Gloves of Dexterity +6: -36,000

231,025 GP as of the above items.

[My Name is Immaterial]

Would that stack? Either way, I prefer better safe than sorry.

Stack? No. But it's a buff I'll be throwing around.

So in short if you can get me Empowered SLA literally for free, sure, but if it's going to detract from your own potential in any way, you don't need to bother. The houserule to give EB iterative attacks is enough to even put the plain single-target 11d6/round into the lower end of acceptable direct damage for this level.

Sadly, it's just Empower Spell, for free. Taw would have to rule that it also works on SLAs.

[tryrar]

I just bought 2 more Ioun stones. My head is going to look like a map for the orbit of a Solar System

[Nerjin]

Eh.... I'll keep it. Anyways, could someone look over my sheet thus far and offer some advice. Particularly my feat selection and items thus far. Still working on how I want him to be personality wise.

How many Ioun stones can you have? Can you duplicate?

[Harbingerjm]

So roughly how much gold should my character start with? If I'm reading it right I should have 180,000... Or do I add all of the Expected Wealth gains together or am I entirely wrong here?

I have no idea where you got that number from. Page 135 of the DMG, Character Wealth by Level table. We're level 20, so 760,000 gp.

Ah, I was right then. So I have my weapon and armor picked out and I'm rather proud of them. Can't wait for someone to tell me how bad of choices I made.

You rang?

760,000 gp to start.

+5 Mithril Breastplate of Spell Resistance (+5): -104,500 gp

+5 Large Falchion with +5 Special Abilities (Keen, Shocking, Speed): -200,375 gp

455, 125 GP left after weapon and armor are gotten.

Firstly, these are priced wrong. Read the house rules.
Second, look here and at the Big Six.

How many Ioun stones can you have? Can you duplicate?

As many as you want, but duplicate effects won't stack and Ioun Stones are vulnerable.

[Flying Dice]

Nerjin, looks like you didn't take one of the house rules into account:

Magic armor, magic shields, enhancement bonus to natural armor items, and deflection bonus to AC items have the cost of said properties cut in half. Thus armor and shields are 500 * bonus squared and natural armor and deflection items are 1,000 bonus squared. Magic weapons keep the same cost.

So the cost of your armor's enchantment should only be 50k, rather than 100k. I'll glance over your sheet as well.

There's no limit on how many ioun stones you can have, including duplicates, but a lot of them have non-cumulative effects. Likewise, having a pale blue stone is pointless, since it doesn't stack with your Belt of Giant Strength, as they're both enhancement bonuses.

Also note that you can only wear two magic rings (and the ring of sustenance requires time to attune itself to you, so you couldn't just quick-swap to try to wipe away sleep, hunger, &c.). You could theoretically swap the regen for protection while out of combat, but I've got two things already to boost natural healing (Path of Shadows and an Eternal Wand of Healthful Rest), so you can get by without it.

Frankly, there are much better things to do with your ring slots. You can take care of all of your food+water+shelter concerns for a measly 5k gp with a Survival Pouch, which also gives you rope, loot transportation, and fire, all without wasting a slot.

e: What Harbinger linked is your master checklist for endgame purchases. It's a great resource, here's two more.

[Harbingerjm]

Frankly, there are much better things to do with your ring slots. You can take care of all of your food+water+shelter concerns for a measly 5k gp with a Survival Pouch, which also gives you rope, loot transportation, and fire, all without wasting a slot.

He has a Hand of Glory.