Lurker > Sceptilesolarbeam

Dang, that isn't good enough for anything but the +2 UMD item, not to mention that spending the party's money on an item only worthwhile to me is probably not a good idea.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

Hmm. The DM's Guide says specifically you can only cast scrolls for spells on your class list... But I see how that PrC does allow you to prepare and cast all kinds of Wizard spells. I dunno, it's weird.



How much money do we have btw?

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

From: Anagram | #072
Han, I can't find a rule about whether wu jen can cast wizard-only spells from scrolls. What's your ruling?

According to the DM's Guide, you can only cast a spell from a scroll if it's a spell you'd be capable of casting anyway, eventually. If it's a wizard-only spell, it isn't on your class list, so it isn't a spell you can cast.

Mind you, I can still cast Haste or whatever myself if I can make the UMD check, so it's not a big issue. For efficiency's sake it'd probably be preferable for you to cast the wu jen spells and for Lora to cast the cleric spells, at least while my UMD check has not yet reached maximum lunacy, but that's it.

Speaking of my UMD check reaching maximum lunacy, I should probably use the downtime to craft a wondrous item to improves my UMD.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

2... 1... 0.

Boom.

In the event of a real emergency self destruct, this would be followed by further booms, a BOOM, the feeling of your entire body being instantly crushed into miniscule pieces, and immediate topic implosion.

Thank you for your cooperation, you can now return to your previously scheduled living in terror.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

It's also nice to get back to the old characters again, even for just a little while.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

T&T is so good, so get to it, man.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

This is a test of the emergency bumping system.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

I suppose you'd have different effects depending on the accessible emotion?

Anger = makes the enemy go berserk on their allies, Hypnotism-style.
Love = makes them heal you?
Happiness = blinded?
Depression = daze/stun?

Dunno.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

How... unlucky.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

while Belkar is the players who treat Chaotic Evil characters as an excuse to screw over the party because "my character would do that."

Well, you don't really play with Chaotic Evil that much, unless it's an all-Evil campaign. I would just generalize it to Chaotic = out to cause the party as much suffering as possible. In other words, Miko represents Lawful Stupid (treating Lawful Good as Lawful Lawfulness and not considering anything except whether you're following the law at any given moment) and Belkar is Chaotic Stupid (treating usually Chaotic Neutral as acting without any morality or rationality at all, and SOOOOOOOO RANDOM characters). So Miko represents a Lawful Neutral character pretending to be Lawful Good, while Belkar represents a Chaotic Evil or literally insane character pretending to be Chaotic Neutral.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

Seventeen pages of close writing he had found time for! But this must have been before his—let us say—nerves, went wrong, and caused him to preside at certain midnight dances ending with unspeakable rites, which—as far as I reluctantly gathered from what I heard at various times—were offered up to him—do you understand?—to Mr. Cook himself. But it was a beautiful piece of writing. The opening paragraph, however, in the light of later information, strikes me now as ominous. He began with the argument that we wizards, from the point of development we had arrived at, 'must necessarily appear to them [martials] in the nature of supernatural beings—we approach them with the might as of a deity,' and so on, and so on. 'By the simple exercise of our will we can exert a power for good practically unbounded,' etc., etc. From that point he soared and took me with him. The peroration was magnificent, though difficult to remember, you know. It gave me the notion of an exotic Immensity ruled by an august Benevolence. It made me tingle with enthusiasm. This was the unbounded power of eloquence—of words—of burning noble words. There were no practical hints to interrupt the magic current of phrases, unless a kind of note at the foot of the last page, scrawled evidently much later, in an unsteady hand, may be regarded as the exposition of a method. It was very simple, and at the end of that moving appeal to every altruistic sentiment it blazed at you, luminous and terrifying, like a flash of lightning in a serene sky: 'Exterminate all the fighters!'





This is such an amazing post from the D&D Next discussion that I was forced to quote it here.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

yeah Amy does nasty things because it's less work, not because it has to be done

EDIT: tying up? nope, bullet to the head, much easier

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

Sounds good.

I, personally, am attempting to get Brona into things more lately. I have some hopes.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

Keep it up.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

I don't mind the superpowerful NPCs as much because at least we're out of the islands. It was a little annoying there that we had basically no presence in the end, and that we couldn't possibly save the eladrin or elves (drow too? never saw what happened with them). We've had more impact ever since the pocket universe, which I think is satisfying.

Besides, as long as Rael is the main villain there isn't a whole lot that can be done about him being an untouchable threat. The campaign wasn't really presented as conventionally heroic anyway.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

we have to go derper

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

Well, I'll be on those days. I'm just not very good at multitasking RP sessions. I can try, though.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

Well, sounds good as long as difficulty doesn't mean TIME FOR QUADRUPLE STRIKE.



In entirely unrelated news. Is there perhaps a feat of some sort that might allow me to use Ensorcelled Blade as an RBA, or alternatively to use Acid Orb as an MBA? I was wondering about Sorcerous Blade Channeling, but I'm not sure that works properly (it allows me to use RBAs at melee, but I don't think that's the same thing making them MBAs).

There are some very silly combos later on that make me wish I could double up, but I don't want to actually take both kinds and lose the AoE at-will.

Since my DEX is good my dagger RBA isn't all that bad, but I still wish for a better option.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

not thursday, friday, or saturday

Sorry for ruining everything I'll go sit in the corner now

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

I suppose that's true, but T'horon is a defender; he's supposed to be. I mean, if the Huntsman had aimed some of those attacks at me I'd have been in danger of being one-shotted.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

I thought the Huntsman fight was already particularly difficult.

Wait, wait, I've got it. Val gets thrown in a cage before the fight starts. Instant difficulty, just add water.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

Well, he says it wasn't his fault.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

The social links are generally poorly done, though I find the second half is a bit more solid in terms of pacing, etc. I still think it's perfectly fine, though.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

From: Anagram | #099
By the way, I know we're currently 4500 experience away from leveling, but I expect you guys to level up either this week or next week, depending on your actions.

para'gone'

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

Well, 'intrigued' is a good feeling after Act 2. It loves throwing questions at you and refusing to answer them for ages.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

Huh. He seemed to do well as a tank against the forces we fought last time.

Next level perhaps my Iron Defenders can act as more serviceable tanks, though.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

Then you would also do 3d6 damage <_<.

Furthermore, I was under the impression that scrolls encode the creator level as the caster level for the spell.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

How do you figure that?

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

The problem with damage-dealing spells is that I only act as caster level + 2 for fulfilling requirements. Fireball does d6 per caster level; for me it'd only do 3d6, even though traditionally it has a minimum of 5d6.

Haste is A-OK though.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

Isn't Vega an acceptable tank?

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

From: Anagram | #050
Sceptilesolarbeam posted...
I can make third level spell scrolls already, you know.

Well yeah, but I can't learn them permanently yet. And I'm not really sure if I can use scrolls for wizard spells that aren't also wu jen spells.

Oh. Sorry, but as I recall you can't learn spells from Artificer scrolls. I'm pretty sure I remember that much.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

If I have some downtime between sessions, I definitely will.

The one caveat is that I need, need stockpiled money for when I hit 4th level. That's the level I get Craft Homunculus and can finally start being awesome. Homunculi are kind of pricy, though, so I definitely want the cash to be able to support my build.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

I can make third level spell scrolls already, you know.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

I can make scrolls for damn near any spell you'd like. As long as it's spell level 3 or lower, I can make it.

And since I have the gp cost reduction feat, my prices should be quite a lot lower than store prices.

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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick