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« on: May 10, 2006, 03:25:56 pm »
Mighty, in PnP DnD and in common sense cannot be added to a crossbow. I'd assume Layonara doesn't allow you to add it to a crossbow either. I mean, come on, the damage from a crossbow isn't dictated by how hard you can pull the release trigger 
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« on: May 10, 2006, 09:12:54 am »
Well, Valoric uses a shortbow, and practicing on the two lone goblins just west of Hlint, he can't get close enough to ever get a sneak attack with it. Seems its alright if I just stand there, but the moment I click to target one of them, he runs straight at me, obviously knowing I'm there and possibly robbing me of the sneak attack.
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« on: May 09, 2006, 08:29:47 pm »
That may have very well been part of the problem. I've been eyballing it.. but always with the 30 foot mark in mind. Thanks.
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« on: May 09, 2006, 04:36:17 pm »
Mighty (+x) means that you add your strength modifier to the bow damage as you would any melee weapon. x is mearly the maximum strength modifier you can add. So if you had a +3 strength modifier and you used a might +1 bow, you would only add +1 to the damage.
As for the massive criticals, I do not know, but I could make a guess. I assume it means the bow does an addition +1d6 damage when you get a critical (a natural 20) ON TOP of the bow's statndard x3 damage.
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« on: May 09, 2006, 08:47:07 am »
All I know is that in Valoric's attempts at making choking powder, he has 12 tries and 12 failures, at 25%. Starting to annoy me, while Valoric doesn't seem phased.
Highest roll so far (and the only one above 8 ) has been 13.
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« on: May 09, 2006, 08:45:15 am »
Well, It certainly would not work out in Layonara, but it is something that should be part of DnD in general, I think. The evil gods (well, Lawful Evil) would be going to the same lengths as the good gods to.... convert... weary souls.
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« on: May 08, 2006, 08:24:20 am »
Isn't about time we (as DnD players, NOT Layonara players) had the evil paladin equivalent? Blackguard is supposed to be it, but it is a poor choice. Any pally like blackguard would have had to be corrupted (good turned evil) and that just strikes me as odd. Wouldn't an evil god want a few LE champions running around for him/her?
Also with the blackguard- The skill requirement for hide seems a tad unlikely for a paladin-blackguard to fulfill... I mean, how many Paladins are slinking through the shadows?
/thread hijack
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« on: May 08, 2006, 08:15:55 am »
Lol.
Thanks Talan that is more helpful than you know.
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« on: May 07, 2006, 06:43:04 pm »
Lol, thanks. As for the first question.. I've been thinking it over and the only conclusion I've come to is that for RP purposes DnD needs some way to gauge proficiency as far as languages go. Other than that I'm lost reading my own post, so I'm not suprised that you are
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« on: May 07, 2006, 04:34:38 pm »
There is nothing stopping anyone from roleplaying it as its own spell, however. I never would have thought of it myself, and it is certainly quite a crafty idea!
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« on: May 06, 2006, 07:37:28 am »
It must have been something. Two whole days without a single non-flanking sneak attack. However I managed to get two yesterday, so it looks like things are getting better!
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« on: May 06, 2006, 12:20:21 am »
Day... 3? 4? I's lost track o' how many nights have past me over the head...
Met me a strange one today, by the namin' Mesnik. His name was none the strangest 'bout hin neither! He aint human, though he looks like one, kinda, but with horns 'top his head an' a fire in da eyes. Strange too was tha way he mixed magiks and steel, thowin spells and carryin' a great big sword all together like. 'Spite his dark looks I 'cided to take him under tha protection too, an we headed into tha sewers, wheres we heard there was a ratman hidin'! We's find him a'fore too long and killed him good, returnin some lost property he's stolen from tha town. We the we huntin' up top, where I showed Mesnik where's the best place to find stickhead ears an' badger pelts.
Not much long after that we ventured into tha mines... this been my third time at least(!) an' they's just keep comin back. We met many strange and unusal-like persons down in there also lookin' fer the new leader o' them stickheads, 'cluden a dark elf, a monk, a powerful wizard an a mighty pretty halflin', almost dwarf cute! We's killed that goblin' leader after much waitin', restin' and runnin' in circles, but it be well worth it. I's glad we cleared the new leader o' them stickheads, but I be fearin' he won' be the last o' them to scratch hisself a way to power. I wonderin' if'in its not all a waste o' our time to go lookin' after them all the times. Maybe we ought ta just seal tha cave off an lock 'em in good?
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« on: May 05, 2006, 09:54:13 pm »
My problem is that I cannot get sneak attacks when alone. I can be in stealth mode 10 feet behind a goblin ( Completly Unnoticed) and attack him, for only the base damage. Doesn't even try to give me the flaoting "Sneak Attack" text. I've yet to get a sneak attack while alone. This is a problem specific to Layonara, as I don't have this problem in the campaigns or on other servers. Thats why I thought that perhaps the ruleset on Layonara is different. The only other conclusion I can come to is that my character himself is somehow broken, as no one else I've talked to has the same problem. Its a real pain in the butt  Thanks for the reply. Edit: Today the problem seems to have disapeared! Har!
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« on: May 05, 2006, 07:01:48 pm »
*The following note has been scribbled charcoal, in what can only be called a poor attempt at cursive script*
I's needin some o' them potions you gots to sell. I's resorted to pluggin the danged goblin arrow-holes wid me empty bottles! Be lookin out for ye, but if ya be in Hlint, be lookin out fer meself as well!
Valoric
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« on: May 05, 2006, 09:56:53 am »
Day Two:
I keep meetin' tall folks, an' they keep castin' magiks on myself! Today I been helpin' another priest named hisself as Abraham. Funny name, ain't it? We hunted even more o' the Red Light critters, a'fore running into Sallaron agin. Since we's feelin' stout hearted, we set back into them goblin mines. This time we went even farther than we be goin' last time. Sallaron told us o' what a menace the goblin overload was, an' that to slay him may finaly remove them stinkin' stickheads fer good. Well, we's set out to smash that there thing, an we's smashed it good-like, but a'fore we make it out 'gain, we be ambushed by more o' the beasts! Seemin' like there be no end to da stickheads, an' that saddens me an that makes meh happy at tha same time. I ain't want ta stop smashin' the beasts!
A'fore we leaved the caves, we's run into a horrible beast! An ugly brute, lookin' like an ogre, only smaller. If'in not fer me companions, I's likely to have smashed that beast too! I hope that I's might find that creature again, an' alone!
Meh trainin' with me axe been makin' me better at smashin' heads. I feel one of what them tall folks calls an "infinity" fer it. Hrm... that dun' sound like the word they said... but it dun matter! Me axe is fittin' better than ever in meh palm, and even better in them goblin faces!
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« on: May 07, 2006, 05:19:41 pm »
Say someone would like to learn, say, Giant ear, one which is spoken mainly by less intelligent and less charismatic characters (being half giants and all!). Aside from the difficulties arising from, say, Crunk, teaching Giant through Common, a language he has considerable difficulty with, does a low intelligence of a half-breed such as himself affect his Giant ear as well? Ok, as thats a bit jumbled, I'll try to be plain enough that even I can understand it Does a low intelligence beastial race have the same difficulty with their racial ear as with common? If so, agian using Crunk as an example, It would be terribly difficult if not impossible for him to pass on his knowledge of the language, as: A)He really has no command of it himself B)He cannot convey his limited knowledge through Common and C)Once his pupil begins to practice Giant, he would be a poor "sparring" partner Sorry if this seems like more of a stream of thought, comming to its own conclusions. Because it ended up that way.... I do have another question though! When I use an ear in-game, can everyone catch the text "So-an-so says 'Please, lets not talk so openenly with all those... dwarves... around' in Elven Ear"? I realize the text that appears overhead is in the appropiate language, but I was wondering how the textbox explanation is carried out. Sorry, I ramble!
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« on: May 06, 2006, 09:57:21 am »
I haven't seen too much about it so far, but I do have some issues. First is that It isn't being made by Bioware. Its being deligated to the same company that made KOTOR2, which was a poor game when compared against the first. Second, I heard that it is to be released this summer, which seems unlikely  Any thoughts? Hope its better than I'm expecting!
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« on: May 05, 2006, 06:42:46 pm »
Hey folks. I've been playing a few days now and I'm enjoying myself. I have, however, run into a problem with sneak attacks. My problem is that I cannot sneak attack UNLESS I am flanking. If I am hiding or stealthed when I attack, I do not get a sneak attack. It was suggested by another player that this may possible be fixed by attacking a creature from behind, but so far that hasn't worked either.
So I was wondering if the sneak attack rules differ somewhat on Layonara, or If this is a character specific problem. Just in case anyone needs more information, I've been using a handaxe and a shortbow in my travels, and targeting Goblins, Rats, Badgers, and Elf/Halfling Mercenaries so far.
As a rogue I'm trying to sneak around as much as possible and take advantage of my abilities, but not being able to sneak attack while alone is rather dangerous!
Thanks for any possible help,
Louist
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« on: May 05, 2006, 03:36:31 am »
Day One:
I'm writtin' this all down as I ain't fully sure that I'll be 'memberin' it all later.
I 'woke this mornin' to a reality dif'rent than that o' the one I's known last night. I 'member, if hazy like, walkin' down a forest road... but nothin' more than that. But now here I be, someplace dif'rent, an nothin' to be gained in whinin' bout it like some nurseling human. A nurseling I ain't! I's met a number o' people today, but no fellow dwarves in this place, named Hlint, to my thinkin'. Seemin' likes tha town's got itself a bit o' a goblin problem, an after bein' offered some work by one o' the guards, I set out to find me some fun. Fool that guard was, I woulda bashed them stickheads fer free!
A'fore I got outside them there gates, though, I met a man who called hisself Sallaron. He was goin' to bash stinkin' goblins too, an asked me if'in he could join me. I ain't one to deny my protectin' ta others so I said he could. A'fore long we had them goblins turnin them stinkin' tails an runnin. Sallaron showed me a good place to camp in tha area an' pointed out all tha places them goblins favored for them ambushes o' theirs. He'd been very helpful, though I be worryin' about them magiks he was usin', 'specialy as he kept usin' them on me!
After clearin' an entire camp o' the beasts, an slayin thir leader, a nasty shaman, I'm 'memberin', we was appraoched by another tall man, named hisself as Jeremy. Seemed he was knowin Sallaron already, so the threes of us set out to clear them goblins from a nearby mine. (Seems that Sallaron wanted to get his hands on some o' the copper inside!) Jeremy proved hisself a worthy fighter, but unhappily, he's also always castin them magiks! Together we threes bashed many goblins right in their own caves, where we rescued an orcish lass who had run all afoul like with them goblins, killing many, includin' the leader o' their clan. I find that them goblins proved a tricky target to hit wid me bow, so I've begun usin' my axe more. Likes I told Jeremy, "good fer choppin' wood, good fer choppin' heads!" We pushed even deeper, till we finally gots Sallaron's copper. Then we all went an' left fer the surface.
When we finaly returned, we all said tha "goodbye" and went each our own ways. I learned lots from my protectin' of the tall folks, watchin' the ways in which Jeremy swinged, an' Sallaron shot, an' I thinks them to be usefull fer their help and knowledge. If'in they'd only walk slower, to match me shorter legs!
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