12-10-2018, 02:54 PM | #41 |
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Re: New use for XP - Heroic Exploits
BTW, I did make some alterations to a couple of the 'staff' Powers. Any feedback on those?
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12-12-2018, 04:37 PM | #42 |
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Re: New use for XP - Heroic Exploits
Your question has inspired another idea... what if the staff represents formal membership in the Wizard's Guild; a symbol of their status within the organization?
That would certainly justify the delay in aquiring one. And maybe the initial 500 XP required to earn the staff could represent some kind of 'test' that the starting wizard must pass to be accepted. Yeah, I like that... except now I need to create a mini Death Test solo adventure; welcome to the Trial of Mages!
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12-12-2018, 04:53 PM | #43 |
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Re: New use for XP - Heroic Exploits
Staffless Wizard
ST 8 DX 12 IQ 12 MA 10 Kick(2d-4 at -1DX) Unarmed Combat I-III, Literacy, three spells vs Tenured Wizard ST 8 DX 11 IQ 13 MA 10 Staff(1d 2h maul immune to drop and break results, or 1d/1 fatigue occult strike at DX +3 at two hexes that ignores armor) Staff I-III, Literacy, 9 other spells vs Average Goblin Wizard ST 6 DX 9 IQ 17 MA 10 Staff(1d 2h maul immune to drop and break results, or 1d+2/1 fatigue free action occult strike at DX +3 at two hexes that ignores armor) Staff I-V, Literacy, 11 other spells Usual tactic is to dodge or defend while zapping foes with occult strikes
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12-12-2018, 05:25 PM | #44 |
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Re: New use for XP - Heroic Exploits
Clearly that's an intentionally sub-optimal configuration.
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12-12-2018, 05:36 PM | #45 |
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Re: New use for XP - Heroic Exploits
Yeah, he needs a staff.
Spells to replace staff: Blur, because you can't defend. Acid Touch to replace staff damage Stop because the defenseless wizard doesn't engage anybody etc.
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12-12-2018, 06:31 PM | #46 |
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Re: New use for XP - Heroic Exploits
Are you surprised? I am. I think I can come up with one even more 'sub-optimal' that no player would ever create.
On the other hand, I'm really not a fan of your changes to the Staff spells.
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12-12-2018, 08:24 PM | #47 |
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Re: New use for XP - Heroic Exploits
So if this is true (and I'm beginning to agree that it is), then that is a failure of design. No spell should be so essential that you can't create a viable build without it. That's usually a good sign that something is over-balanced against the other available choices and your examples just seem to further reinforce my belief that I'm on the right track to pull the Staff spells into an alternative acquisition path.
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12-12-2018, 09:04 PM | #48 |
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Re: New use for XP - Heroic Exploits
Which changes are you referring to? Is it the tweaks I made to the individual 'powers' or the whole concept of implementing them outside of the spell paradigm?
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12-12-2018, 09:33 PM | #49 |
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Re: New use for XP - Heroic Exploits
All of the above.
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12-13-2018, 11:24 AM | #50 |
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Re: New use for XP - Heroic Exploits
Good thing I'm resilient then because "failure is the fog from which we glimpse triumph".
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