07-16-2003, 09:29 PM
I believe Dungeons & Dragons will never become a perfectly balanced game.
I have a cousin whose specialty is playing elven wizards. He's always with an extra backup plan. When his clvl 12 Wizard / 6 Loremaster faced Lord Soth, he knew that the domain lord was full of SR.
So, what the hell did he do?
A mega-über spell combo that grant him an AC of 41 ( he used everything, even Cat's Grace! ) and faced the Lord with his Rapier+Weapon Finesse.
He plays since the red box. That's what I am talking about, a good rule advocate completely umbalances the game, and there's nothing a good DM can do except summoning the Demon Prince Orcus...
Well... Back to D&D 3.5
I definately agree that the Ranger lacked badly new advantages; and I was thinking on that feat-wisely; 7+Int bonus is d20 Modern stuff in my point of view...
But what most intrigues me are the new Prestige Classes...
That Mystic Theurge is a complete aberration!
Take a look at Andy Collins message board... He had a fight with Sean Reynolds; while one thinks the PC is very balanced, the other, like me, thinks it's a complete atrocity.
Any good gamer with condensed powerplay and levels in Mystic Theurge is capabe of completely destroying the fun of a game.
How about Tome&Blood's Draconian Disciple?
Heck, the class suplements from the third edition are just hideous!
Nothing compared to AD&D's red almost-hard covered books!
Lots of imbecile and horribly plotted Prestige Classes... Oozemasters, Draconian Disciples, they are all aberrations. Those cursed personifications of epic heroes shall never be a part of my campaign!
Well, hopefully I'm not going to have a seizure the day I read the updated rules...
I have a cousin whose specialty is playing elven wizards. He's always with an extra backup plan. When his clvl 12 Wizard / 6 Loremaster faced Lord Soth, he knew that the domain lord was full of SR.
So, what the hell did he do?
A mega-über spell combo that grant him an AC of 41 ( he used everything, even Cat's Grace! ) and faced the Lord with his Rapier+Weapon Finesse.
He plays since the red box. That's what I am talking about, a good rule advocate completely umbalances the game, and there's nothing a good DM can do except summoning the Demon Prince Orcus...
Well... Back to D&D 3.5
I definately agree that the Ranger lacked badly new advantages; and I was thinking on that feat-wisely; 7+Int bonus is d20 Modern stuff in my point of view...
But what most intrigues me are the new Prestige Classes...
That Mystic Theurge is a complete aberration!
Take a look at Andy Collins message board... He had a fight with Sean Reynolds; while one thinks the PC is very balanced, the other, like me, thinks it's a complete atrocity.
Any good gamer with condensed powerplay and levels in Mystic Theurge is capabe of completely destroying the fun of a game.
How about Tome&Blood's Draconian Disciple?
Heck, the class suplements from the third edition are just hideous!
Nothing compared to AD&D's red almost-hard covered books!
Lots of imbecile and horribly plotted Prestige Classes... Oozemasters, Draconian Disciples, they are all aberrations. Those cursed personifications of epic heroes shall never be a part of my campaign!
Well, hopefully I'm not going to have a seizure the day I read the updated rules...
Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
Carl Sagan, "The Demon Haunted World"
Carl Sagan, "The Demon Haunted World"