Dick move. Very dick move.
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Dick move. Very dick move.
AuraTwilight
The Sorcerer of Smiles
- Location
- The Silver City
He didn't seem to know the game very well.
Havocfett Homebrew: Quillbeast
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Quillbeast:
Large Beast, Unaligned
AC: 12
HP: 16
50 foot movement speed
Abilities:
Str: 16 Dex: 14 Con: 10 Int: 2 Wis: 10 Cha: 8
Actions:
Claw: +5, 8 Slashing Damage (2d4+3), 5 foot reach. If the target is a creature it must make a DC 13 Strength save or be knocked prone.
Quill: +5, 6 Piercing Damage (1d6+3), 60/120 foot range.
Senses: Passive Perception 10
Languages: -
Challenge: 1/2
Quillbeasts are creatures of the steppes. Porcupine-like beasts larger than a horse, amenable to being trained as war-mounts. Their backs are lined with untold quills the size of small javelins which they can shoot at predators, a potent defensive measure and something that makes them invaluable mounts. Domesticated quillbeasts have flattened or clear stretches of back for a rider to rest on safely, a rider can draw a quill from a quillbeast's back as part of their move action. These quills are treated like Javelins. A trained Quillbeast costs four hundred gold (Six Hundred if Quillbeasts are particularly rare and exotic in a region).
A Quillbeast is an acceptable target for Find Steed. Their base carrying capacity is 480 pounds.
I am debating the cost and barding status, maybe disallowing types of barding, maybe increasing health. Thoughts?
Large Beast, Unaligned
AC: 12
HP: 16
50 foot movement speed
Abilities:
Str: 16 Dex: 14 Con: 10 Int: 2 Wis: 10 Cha: 8
Actions:
Claw: +5, 8 Slashing Damage (2d4+3), 5 foot reach. If the target is a creature it must make a DC 13 Strength save or be knocked prone.
Quill: +5, 6 Piercing Damage (1d6+3), 60/120 foot range.
Senses: Passive Perception 10
Languages: -
Challenge: 1/2
Quillbeasts are creatures of the steppes. Porcupine-like beasts larger than a horse, amenable to being trained as war-mounts. Their backs are lined with untold quills the size of small javelins which they can shoot at predators, a potent defensive measure and something that makes them invaluable mounts. Domesticated quillbeasts have flattened or clear stretches of back for a rider to rest on safely, a rider can draw a quill from a quillbeast's back as part of their move action. These quills are treated like Javelins. A trained Quillbeast costs four hundred gold (Six Hundred if Quillbeasts are particularly rare and exotic in a region).
A Quillbeast is an acceptable target for Find Steed. Their base carrying capacity is 480 pounds.
I am debating the cost and barding status, maybe disallowing types of barding, maybe increasing health. Thoughts?
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Mithrandir
Endurance and victory!
- Location
- Lighting the Blue Beacons.
Maybe have the riders take damage from the spines when they fail their Ride check by more than 5?
I am reading through Pathfinder sorcerer stuff and the nanite bloodline seems tailor-made to use Eldritch Heritage feats to gain a second bloodline (heritage feats as available bloodline bonus feats!). Now I'm really wanting to play a sorcerer character who was part of some bizarre experiment by their parents... something like a tiefling who's parents were disappointed they showed no magical aptitude so injected them with nanites and (X).
Please someone tell me they have an idea for a pathfinder game ^^
Please someone tell me they have an idea for a pathfinder game ^^
Chloe Sullivan
Subdefective
- Location
- 1630 Revello Drive, Sunnydale CA
I'm considering doing a 3.5 game during the summer, and backporting PF is something i'm willing to consider if people have an interesting mechanics concept.
I was basically envisioning a sort of "explore this massive tower that was fabled to be a mighty academy of magical knowledge before it went wrong and time-space imploded. Now it's back-ish and you're going to go wander in and loot stuff."
I realized, just today, that my setting is basically Darkest Dungeon except lighter and going up.
I've kinda realized that as long as I'm in PF games, I'm pretty much never going to stop coming up with character ideas, so I'd be interested either with that character or some other.
FalseDead
Consuming Fear
- Location
- Boatmurdered
So 5E Bards are broken....
The Jack of all trades ability allows you to add 1/2 your proficiency bonus to all skill and ability checks you are not proficient in
Initiative is a ability check
Concentration is a ability check
Counterspell and dispel magic use ability checks
The Jack of all trades ability allows you to add 1/2 your proficiency bonus to all skill and ability checks you are not proficient in
Initiative is a ability check
Concentration is a ability check
Counterspell and dispel magic use ability checks
Mithrandir
Endurance and victory!
- Location
- Lighting the Blue Beacons.
I would be interested as well, if you do run it.
Chloe Sullivan
Subdefective
- Location
- 1630 Revello Drive, Sunnydale CA
Keep in mind i mostly use 3.5 rules, which means XP is currency, and awards are calculated based on CR, rather than been inviolate and fixed like it is in PF.
It's a substantially different strategic calculus.
AuraTwilight
The Sorcerer of Smiles
- Location
- The Silver City
That's not how it works. You don't add your proficiency bonus to those normally.
FalseDead
Consuming Fear
- Location
- Boatmurdered
Doesn't matter
Exact wording of Jack of all Trades
Initiative is a dexterity check therefore it applies
As is Counter spell
And Dispel Magic
Sadly it appears that concentration is constitution based save not a check.
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- Location
- Australia
- Pronouns
- She/Her
I think the PF Sorcerer is one of the flat-out improvements over 3.5 that should basically always be backported. The Sorcerer in 3.5 is an awful, awful base class, whereas the PF one has actual class features and stuff.
Also saying that I'd be interested in that.
AuraTwilight
The Sorcerer of Smiles
- Location
- The Silver City
Yea, uh. Sage Advice already addressed this. It's only supposed to apply to things you can possess proficiency in.
FalseDead
Consuming Fear
- Location
- Boatmurdered
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Chloe Sullivan
Subdefective
- Location
- 1630 Revello Drive, Sunnydale CA
Ugh, and now I remembered that I usually run Spellcasting-No games. (If you have cool bloodlines that do noncasting stuff, then Sorc is still quite playable because you get Supernatural Exchange for free, but you'll be mid tier 3 instead of high tier 2.)
I'm going to have to think about that. I don't like to restrict people from what they want, but Tier 1/2 casters are hard to keep in line with other classes, and I like AMSes. I like Totemists and Dragonfire Adepts and Worldthought Medics.
Yeah, the 3.5 base sorcerers lack of class features is dumb, but there are a lot of ways of fixing that, even without using PF.
The only broken Bard is 1e. So what if 5e Bards go first? That just means they get to suck before anyone else. 
Chloe Sullivan
Subdefective
- Location
- 1630 Revello Drive, Sunnydale CA
Not true.The only broken Bard is 1e. So what if 5e Bards go first? That just means they get to suck before anyone else.
Bards were broken in Baldur's Gate, since they cast as a wizard of one level lower, but used the Thief XP-advancement table, which meant they basically cast as well as a wizard, due to Thief table being more generous, and making them higher level at the same XP. /pedant
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- Location
- Australia
- Pronouns
- She/Her
I think spontaneous casters are easier to slot into a game with Totemists and Dragonfire Adepts and such, because it's all in the spell selection. I've also played in tiered gestalt games tuned so that you couldn't play a straight tier 1, and found that to work pretty well also.
FalseDead
Consuming Fear
- Location
- Boatmurdered
The only broken Bard is 1e. So what if 5e Bards go first? That just means they get to suck before anyone else.
Starting at 6 for Lore bard or 10th and 14th for basic bard you get to choose spells from any caster list...
A maxed dexterity and charisma bard can easily alpha strike a boss or his minions then precede fairly easily counter any return fire.
Chloe Sullivan
Subdefective
- Location
- 1630 Revello Drive, Sunnydale CA
My inclination is to be all like "oh, you want to be an X? How about you try Y instead" where Y is a class using some mechanic other than spellcasting. I really want to promote the use of alternate magic systems. They're generally more fun, less overpowering, and less fiddly the Vancian magic.
But for some reason, people are just so attached to spellcasting.
ThatGazzer
Minds Eye Bind
- Location
- PNW
- Pronouns
- They/Them
I myself love a good Barbarian.
Playing one now, and ordered a mini for him via heroforged.
Should have it by next week, I'll be sure to show him off!
Playing one now, and ordered a mini for him via heroforged.
Should have it by next week, I'll be sure to show him off!
AuraTwilight
The Sorcerer of Smiles
- Location
- The Silver City
... *Pinches eyes* I see that Sage Advice got edited. I guess when I saw it it was a typo.
Whatever; it's still not overpowered, since initiative, concentration, and counter spell really aren't all that significant.
Chloe Sullivan
Subdefective
- Location
- 1630 Revello Drive, Sunnydale CA
Doesn't prof bonus cap at like +6?
Is +3 a lot in 5e? +3 is manini in initiative in 3.5
Is +3 a lot in 5e? +3 is manini in initiative in 3.5