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[Dwarmin]

Woot!

LEVEL UP!
Tali takes a level in fighter! (now Fighter 4/Rogue 3/St. Fighter 4)
+8 HP (1d10 = 5 + 3 Con)
Gained +1 BaB
Gained +1 to Fort save
Gained Bonus Feat: Improved Two Weapon Fighting
Bought 1 rank each Hide, Move Silently, Open lock and Tumble.

Quick RP
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After the desperate battle with Toman at the gates, Tali felt tougher and more honed than she had been in years...later, she would suppose it was just that sort of thing-her jokes aside, when Toman was around, Tali fought harder-knowing her old friend was relying on her. She wasn't used to have anyone rely on her-or trust her, for that matter. It was a new thing.

Was Toman different than the others? When the black day came, would Tali stand beside him or flee, like she had in the past? She couldn't really say.

But, as she reflected on the day, Tali always came back to one thing. Standing back to back with Toman, against the hordes of foes-sharing a glance between them. She had been afraid-as she often was in battle, biting remarks and angry vindications used to cover it, aside. Toman hadn't been.

She had seen her own fear reflected in his eyes, and his understanding, not scorn.
She had seen the silent message within him, perhaps the ultimate message of Tomans life-"Stand true, and we'll get through this".

And Tali had faith.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

I've made my alt char. He's in the same post where I posted Alith's sheet.

[Dwarmin]

Looking at your sheet Elfcol! Time for constructive criticism.

First, shouldn't you get some ranks *in* intimidate? From what I gather, Samurai chars are supposed to be frontline melee fighters and battlefield controllers through intimidation. I mean, either that OR homebrew your later level staredown abilities into something fits your char more.

And, I suggest you build up your AC a bit more-even without a shield, you can buy heavier armor and AC boosting items. You're going to be a front line fighter, and you're going to get attacked alot. Me and SC were tanking multiple hits on 25 AC last night, for example.

Also, can I recommend you not being blind? As is, you're going to torn apart, 50% miss chance on all attacks, and no way to defend yourself. Since, you won't know anyone is. It's cinematic, sure-but it's not effective. Maybe you can have just *one* eye burned out?

And, make sure Skyrunner approves before you go forward. Both me and SC got permission before casting our chars into the game. And we both agreed not to double loot that badly. I'll hope you respect the same limitations.

...

Here's the article on his class btw.

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/cwc/20050325a

[IamanElfCollaborator]

I know. I haven't yet said I'm using him. I'm waiting for Skyrunner to give me the GO signal, or I can go cast him in the magma pool with all the other rejects. :3

Hm...I'll be looking for ways for Amane to 'see' without seeing. I would sort of like him to be blind, even symbolically. Eh, and I'm going to boost power, not by much though. He's supposed to be an exiled, disgraced samurai, not a full-blown respectable samurai with access to money, power, and shops.

[Skyrunner]

So...he's blind, and he uses Staredown. o_o

[REALITY ERROR on line 1] critical : Staredown seems to require eyes
Errors 1, warnings 0, done.

[The Fool]

So...he's blind, and he uses Staredown. o_o

[REALITY ERROR on line 1] critical : Staredown seems to require eyes
Errors 1, warnings 0, done.

It's so much more intimidating without eyes, especially without eye patches. Hell, I'd give him a bonus if he did that.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Being stared down by a blind samurai wielding a bastard sword with the scarred, ugly remains of his eyesockets looking at you is going to scare the hell out of you.

[Skyrunner]

Oh. Burned. Gotcha

I'm trying to draw up a human fighter high-level person, but how do I maximize damage and AC?

[The Fool]

I'll set up the #Trailsend irc chat to help you powergame. It'll be faster this way.

[SeriousConcentrate]

I would suggest doing the exact same thing I'm doing as Toman: pick a weapon, get Weapon Focus in it, Improved Critical, Savage Critical, maybe Power Critical if you want a small boost to confirming criticals, and Power Attack. Since you're building a villain, you probably won't need any Cleave feats unless you plan on, at some point, doing another fortress defense except with the PCs having a ton of generic mooks for her to cut down. Also multi to Bard or Sorcerer (Bard's better, gets you more skill points and Speak Language as a class skill so it only takes 1 skill point to pick up Draconic rather than 2, and makes Knowledge a class skill so it's easy to get Arcana up to 8 ) and PrC into Dragon Disciple like I'm planning to do for higher stats, some natural armor, and a breath attack. In this case, don't bother with attack spells; your casting strength won't be high enough for them to matter, so just pick up useful utility spells like Message or Light.

If she has a high Dex, I would also suggest Combat Reflexes so she gets additional AoO based on how high her Dex bonus is; at 18 she would have a total of 5 AoO per round, for example. Combat Expertise, Dodge, Mobility, and Spring Attack would allow you to pick up Whirlwind Attack, which allows the fighter to make 1 attack at her highest BAB at all enemies surrounding her. That could be useful.

Alternatively, if you don't want to do the Dragon Disciple route, I would suggest looking into Weapon Master instead, or perhaps Frenzied Berserker.

ninja'd, but still, just my advice. ^^^;

[The Fool]

The channel is set up. Depending on what your characters focus is will dramatically change what you'll want to pick.

[Skyrunner]

Initial map:



It should be colored by tomorrow. Coloring is harder than I thought, and I might just use it this way >.>

[Dwarmin]

Heh, just give us basic idea of the terrain of each piece and it should be fine. Anyway, who could make a bonus session today? I know I could attend. Maybe we could fight that Dragon this time! Everyone line up for the breath attack.

Also, spells for you to potentially approve Skyrunner.

Spoiler: Saltray (click to show/hide)

Evocation
Level: Drd 2, Sor/Wiz 2
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Short (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Effect: Ray
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Fortitude partial
Spell Resistance: Yes

This spell creates an instantaneous thin beam of salt crystals. A creature struck by a saltray takes 1d6 points of slashing damage per 2 caster levels (maximum 5d6) and must make a Fortitude save or be stunned by the excruciating pain of the wound for 1d4 rounds.

If this spell is cast within 300 feet of the shoreline of a large body of salt water, a second saltray is created. You can target this second saltray as you see fit against any target in range of the spell.

Spoiler: Splinterbolt (click to show/hide)

Evocation
Level: Druid 2, Sorcerer/Wizard 2
Components: V, S, M
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Effect: One or more streams of splinters
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: Yes

You cause a long, thin, sharp beam of splinters to lance out of your outstretched hand to strike a target in range. You must make a ranged attack (not a ranged touch attack) to hit the target; if you hit, the splinterbolt deals 4d6 points of piercing damage. The splinterbolt threatens a critical hit on an 18-20 and deals x3 damage on a successful critical hit.

You can fire one additional splinterbolt for every four levels beyond 3rd (to a maximum of three splinterbolts at 11th level). You can fire these splinterbolts at the same or different targets, but all splinterbolts must be aimed at targets within 30 feet of each other and fired simultaneously.

If you cast this spell in forested terrain, the splinterbolts are treated as cold iron magic weapons, and they deal an additional +4 points of damage on a hit.

Material Component: A splinter of wood.

Spoiler: Kelpstrand (click to show/hide)

Conjuration (Creation)
Level: Drd 2
Components: V, S, M
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Short (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Effect: One strand of animated kelp/3 levels
Duration: 1 minute/level
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: No

This spell causes a number of long strands of tough kelp to shoot out of your outstretched hands. You make a ranged touch attack when you cast kelpstrand. If you hit a creature with the kelpstrand, you immediately make a special opposed grapple check against this creature as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity, adding your caster level and Wisdom bonus to the result of your grapple check rather than your Strength bonus and size bonus. If you succeed, the target becomes entangled in the thick strands of kelp and is considered to be grappling. The target moves at half speed and takes a -2 penalty on attack rolls and a -4 penalty to Dexterity. The target doesn't threaten any squares and loses its Dexterity bonus to Armor Class entirely. Each round, the target can attempt to escape the kelpstrand by making a successful grapple check or Escape Artist check against the kelpstrand's special grapple check. You are not considered grappling yourself while using this spell. Once you shoot your strands of kelp, you need not take any action to maintain the effect. If your attack misses, the spell's effect is wasted.

If you can create more than one kelpstrand, you can direct the strands at any different targets in range, or all against a single target. A creature targeted with multiple kelpstrands has to make separate Grapple checks or Escape Artist checks against every kelpstrand currently grappling him to escape.

If you cast this spell while you are within 300 feet of the ocean shore, the kelp is particularly strong and tenacious, and you gain a +4 bonus on any grapple checks made to determine the outcome of a kelpstrand grapple.

Material Component: A piece of dried seaweed.

[SeriousConcentrate]

I can't make it. I have a little under 100 History questions to answer before class tonight, and I've done like 9 of them.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Right, apart from being blind with blindsight/sense, which I will not change, any suggestions for my char?