Author Topic: Couldn't lvl up as Shadowdancer...Help (Read 162 times)

RomonaBlack · « **on:** July 04, 2005, 02:53:00 pm »

I gain a level and went to level up as a SD since I did my CDQ I'm allowed to and it wouldn't let me. I thought that I had Dodge, but it's uncanny dodge is there a difference? Because I didn't have "dodge" I didn't have Mobility and thus couldn't lvl as a SD. Everything else is there that I need. I don't understand. I have Uncannny Dodge and I have never been given the choice of just Dodge. Please is anyone knows what might help me let me know. Now I have to wait 80,000 XP for my SD abilities.

-Romona (Remy Zephyr)

ZeroVega · « **Reply #1 on:** July 04, 2005, 02:56:00 pm »

When they sat things like Dodge are required they are talking about the feat.

Pankoki · « **Reply #2 on:** July 04, 2005, 02:57:00 pm »

To qualify as a Shadowdancer you need:
Skills: Move silently 8 ranks, Hide 10 ranks, Tumble 5 ranks.
Feats: Dodge (Not Uncanny Dodge, thats a rogue special ability), Mobility.
(The ranks of the skills without the dex bonus)

RomonaBlack · « **Reply #3 on:** July 04, 2005, 03:01:00 pm »

In my feats section it says uncanny dodge and no Dodge or Mobility. I was never able to get those or choose those in the past. Frustrating.
-Romona

vgn · « **Reply #4 on:** July 04, 2005, 03:05:00 pm »

The only requirement for the Dodge feat is 13+ dex, which I'm sure you have. So you would have had it as a choice everytime you could take a feat. You wouldn't see Mobility as a choice because you can't take that until you have Dodge.

RomonaBlack · « **Reply #5 on:** July 04, 2005, 03:07:00 pm »

I honestly never saw it.

and this time when I leveled up I wasn't able to choose a feat. So 80,000xp more before I MAY be able to get Dodge so then 160,000xp more before I MAY be able to get Mobility...etc...

Pankoki · « **Reply #6 on:** July 04, 2005, 03:10:00 pm »

Actually the news are worse I fear. You need to wait to level 9 to get your next feat (dodge by the looks of it) and then level 12 for the other (mobility). Feats do not come every level, they come every 3 levels. If your DEX is 13 or above, which I am sure it is, then Dodge shows up. So at this point you will have to wait till level 12 to get your first shadowdancer level.

RomonaBlack · « **Reply #7 on:** July 04, 2005, 03:12:00 pm »

*crying*

I'm so bummed right now it's insane!!

I wish I could go back and fix it but I never saw Dodge...

freemen2 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 04, 2005, 03:19:00 pm »

You can also get a nice pair of boots with the feat dodge as a plus

so you'll be able to grab mobility next :p

RomonaBlack · « **Reply #9 on:** July 04, 2005, 03:20:00 pm »

Where could I get those and how much would they be?

freemen2 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 04, 2005, 03:23:00 pm »

LoL that was fast

Order them frem us, you'll have them in a couple days and have no idea as to the price, t'will be the first pair of those we sell *shrugs*

Pankoki · « **Reply #11 on:** July 04, 2005, 03:23:00 pm »

No, the boots grant the feat temporarily. It wont show up during levelup.

RomonaBlack · « **Reply #12 on:** July 04, 2005, 03:25:00 pm »

Nevermind...Pankoki says it won't work. Terrible terrible...I never get to play so I level so slow I'll be a SD by the time I'm 30 years old (22 right now). I know I'm being a little over the top but I'm really bummed out right now. I was sooooo excited when I leveled finally. I guess I'm going to have to be very very patient. All my hard work down the drain.
-Romona

freemen2 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 04, 2005, 03:26:00 pm »

that sucks fer her what good are feats while you wear the items if it's not taken into accounts :s

Pankoki · « **Reply #14 on:** July 04, 2005, 03:36:00 pm »

Er.. thats kinda of a silly question Freemen. What happens when you take off the boots and all of a sudden you dont have the requirements for mobility?

freemen2 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 04, 2005, 03:50:00 pm »

You loose everything, so better never take them off :p
I still say t'isn't right *shrugs* If an item gives you a feat then as long as you're wearing that item you should be able to get all the benefits frem having that feat...heh heh in a perfect world

RomonaBlack · « **Reply #16 on:** July 04, 2005, 04:23:00 pm »

I wish I could start all over again and struggle through all my first levels again just to get dodge when I should...even though I still swear i never had it as a choice even with dex 13+. There's got to be some thing I can do.
-Romona

Etinfall · « **Reply #17 on:** July 04, 2005, 07:25:00 pm »

I know how you feel. Back when navarre attacked us with the drow alot happened that changed cole forever. About that time I decided to go Shadow dancer. But because of skill choices I can't get my first SD lvl until lvl 13. It has been at-least three months and I am just now coming up on lvl 12. Kind of a bummer, but then again it should take a long time to learn the shadow ways. I tell myself and others I have been in training. Cole has this spider shaped scar that reminds him of why he chose to learn the ways of the shadow. it makes him work harder.

He also sees a certain person and it makes him work even harder. Since then I have got some items that give him some good bonus' to hide and Move silently so now he can walk pretty much anywhere without being seen. This way, his improvements in hiding are apparent. Soon though he will be just a shadow of himself...soon.

Edit:and freeman, to learn the shadow ways one must train...practice..and train some more. Having a feat through an item would not really go with that. Might as well have items that grand PrC. A ring and an amulet combo that grants arcane archer status. Doesn't seem right.

Etinfall

RomonaBlack · « **Reply #18 on:** July 04, 2005, 07:54:00 pm »

Etinfall,
Your post makes me feel a little better. I had some time to calm myself and think things through. Unmet expectations was what it was. I can think up some RPing stuff to make it work.

The two things that are the most frustrating about all of this are 1)I wanted SD to have more levels than Rogue before lvl 20 and 2)I don't get to play much so level 13 seems like an eternity away. I've been playing since March on and off and am only at lvl 7. I've worked hard for my levels and it makes me appreciate them more, but I still find it hard to gain levels for people who can't make quests and don't have a ton of free time to put into really good adventuring and crafting. I've started crafting and have enjoyed it. I got to do a lot today because I had the day off, but my husband felt neglected.

I haven't had a real day off (since I work Saturdays) for two weeks. I try not to play on Sundays because that is one of my only days with my husband, other than evenings during the week. Just wish there were more PST quests for 9-6 workers.

The thing that I don't want to be thought of as doing during this time between lvl 7 to lvl 13 is metagaming. I am really going to be pushing my levels so that I can become a shadowdancer because I believe that what has happened has paused his story. I am going to work hard for the levels and will comtinue crafting and RPing a lot but if I am going on adventures to earn a lot of XP, like killing ogres and such...I don't want to be thought of as a powergamer or metagamer. Remy was born to be a SD, I had him go on a quest to become one...he needs to become one to continue his story.
-Romona

Thunder Pants · « **Reply #19 on:** July 04, 2005, 10:21:00 pm »

if it makes you feel a little better you wont be the first one to have to wait for level 13 to take their first shadowdancer level, as shadowdancer was a restricted PRC when it first started, and lue didn't get aproved for it till she was level 10 and didn't have the mobility feat at that time, so i too had to wait till 13 to get the shadow dancer level