same here. (and dial-up sucks btw. I could get kicked off any minute.)I'm in too, but I kind of have a strict schedule when I'm online. As in, I can't get on except for a couple minutes in the morning and a little while in the evening except on weekends.
I'm probably going to run a Wizard or a Psion if allowed. I'll also keep an adventure diary and post it in the writing section, written entirely in character
Oh, and get the feat combos. A level 7 character should NOT be shooting more than two, maybe three arrows a round.
If he's a ranged fighter, then I say go with option 1: Black Tentacles. He'll be far enough away not to get hit by it and it'll be VERY clear who was the one doing the work.
I know, it's terribly broken. I think it's because of the Rapid, Many, and Precise shot feats. And speed on the weapon doesn't help.
If he's a ranged fighter, then I say go with option 1: Black Tentacles. He'll be far enough away not to get hit by it and it'll be VERY clear who was the one doing the work.
(Oh, and, erm, can I use my two-weapon fighting class? I'll give you the stats and everything and can change it however you want.)
Sephex and I have recently started playing D&D with our friends. Too bad our game master(the only one who had previous experience in playing the game) suck at being a game master. Granted I come up with some pretty crazyto do but he tries to look up everything and it just slows everything down. The rules or more like guide lines anyways. Just make some
I have no clue what version we are playing but I hate a lot of the HP system type stuff. Low HP and the weakest weapon still can kill just about any level one character in a single turn with a good role.
I think we might be done playing it for good. I might try to convince them to try Vampire. My brother has played it and I like the setting much more and the different time periods you can play in and the way damage works appeals to me more.
Homebrew is probably not the best for this game, but I'd want to take a look at the class myself to see it..
Let's see... a speed weapon and those feats means...
To have Rapid Shot he MUST have Point Blank Shot. That gives him +1 to attack and damage rolls within 30 feet on ranged weapons.
Precise Shot simply eliminates the -4 penalty for shooting into melee. So probably not a part of this combo.
Rapid Shot and Manyshot CANNOT be used together, if he is he's cheating.
Rapid Shot allows you one extra arrow as part of a full-round action attack. Rapid Shot plus a Speed weapon allows him to make three attacks at level seven at +7/+7/+2, OR four attacks at +5/+5/+5/+0.
If he is multishotting, he can only make two attacks (Speed doesn't apply to attacks that aren't full-attack actions). He can make two attacks at +3/+3, but he can still move that round.
It's very likely you're playing standard 3.5. I don't like it when a DM digs through books, I am a big proponent of winging crap when it suits you/is cool.Originally Posted by edczxcvbnm
Sephex and I have recently started playing D&D with our friends. Too bad our game master(the only one who had previous experience in playing the game) suck at being a game master. Granted I come up with some pretty crazy
I have no clue what version we are playing but I hate a lot of the HP system type stuff. Low HP and the weakest weapon still can kill just about any level one character in a single turn with a good role.
I think we might be done playing it for good. I might try to convince them to try Vampire. My brother has played it and I like the setting much more and the different time periods you can play in and the way damage works appeals to me more.
Wow, you NEED to get with another group, one with a good DM. Here's an easy way: take a rulebook to school. Unless your afraid of being called a geek (unlikley) you should take a rulebook, players handbook or DM's Guide, or MM works best, and you will run into dozens of D&D players. Talk to them, tell them your problem, if they know a group you can play with. You'll get good results, trust me.Sephex and I have recently started playing D&D with our friends. Too bad our game master(the only one who had previous experience in playing the game) suck at being a game master. Granted I come up with some pretty crazy to do but he tries to look up everything and it just slows everything down. The rules or more like guide lines anyways. Just make some up that makes sense sometimes to keep stuff moving along. Not everything needs to be looked up.
The bastard. That's exactly what he's doing. That's it he's DEAD! You do not piss of the wizard! Thanks again, I cannot begin to tell you how much this helps.Rapid Shot and Manyshot CANNOT be used together, if he is he's cheating.
Instead of quoting I will just talk in order.
Yeah. I really wish he would just wing it and give the player the benefit of the doubt(although I play a Evil Chaotic character). I think it might be version 2 on top of that. Not even 3.5. He is too hung up on the rules.
As to finding new people...we are all 24 or older and out of college. Not really an option in my opinion.
As an example of some of the stuff I come up with to play my character, when we were in a town last night I just wanted to murder a woman for no good reason. I totally snapped her neck. Or how about when I started a brush fire? That was pretty cool until he gave the fire an initiative and got a chance to attack everyone every turn and if you backed off again you would be in the same position you were just in. Come on. I started it to force the enemy back into it but NOOOOOO. It turned into a 'brawl' and everyone was everywhere in chaos.
He REALLY sucks as a DM. My brother who has much more experience in everything tried to help him be a better DM but he just takes too much time thinking about stuff instead of just coming up with something.
That's hideously stupid. It sounds like a railroad DM, who punishes players for doing things he doesn't want them to do. Yeah, get a better DM, it'll be a lot more fun.
Also, if it's 2nd Edition then the rules are an utter quagmire. This is most easily recognized by the mention of "THAC0".
YES! I recognize that smurfing word. I was wondering what the smurf THAC0 was. Something about armor class.
To be fair the last time he played was like...15 years ago and it isn't like we play every week even. I want to give him time to grow and maybe become a better DM. He also doesn't want to punish the player be he has his own ideas of how that kind of stuff works and how battle works. Example: I got zero punishment for murdering that woman.
He just has to be faster and realize that this is suppose to be fun for those playing and battle right now is a pain in the ass at level 1 but I blame D&D HP and hit rules more than anything for that one. He is never rolling to see how many creatures we battle again after going at it against 24 skeletons with 5 level 1 characters. He was just following the rules of the book on the roll. He is playing 2 level 5 characters to help us out but that is no where near enough for that bull
He has pretty much been told we all quit or he is done being a DM if that
THAC0, for the record, is "To Hit Armor Class 0", meaning that you need to roll that number on a D20 to hit someone with an Armor Class of 0. Positive Armor class subtracts that number from your THAC0 every time you attack someone, and negative adds to the THAC0. 2nd Edition is weird, you never know if a positive number is good or bad.
By the time you hit level 2 (which isn't long), everyone besides the wizard should be a lot less squishy (and the wizard shouldn't be anywhere near the front anyway). However, this much better handled in 3.5, especially since you get max HP at the first level.
It's much easier in second eddition to just subract your total roll from the THACO to see if you hit their AC, rather than figure the AC into the THACO. But thats just me.
Also, even starting with Max HP, I once ended up with a warrior, who after a few levels, had less HP then the wizard.
lol
I dabble.
My sorcerer has an 18 con. :3
~Ye must desire respite from thy empty existence. Thou shalt have it.~
Me and my Clerics are the kings of inventive ways to take down enemies, a couple meetiongs ago, there was a Chaos Lord who was attacking the main city, the PCs were charged with protecting it, and so I was riding on the back of a Black Dragon, I swooped down , flipped over, held onto the reigns with one hand, and kicked him in the face and cast Harm with my foot, Harm + the subdual damage of my kick knocked him out.
thac0 was so stupid...when i played D&D in the beginning i asked 'why not just make AC positive, and thac0 positive, then all you have to do is add up and match the numbers....
then 3.0 came along, i'm guessing many had the same idea
I grew up with THAC0.I don't find it hard at all; it just comes naturally now.
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