Neversummer 4 Forum Archive

We've gone over katanas before. Basically, if you make a katana a [censored] sword plus something else, that's a bad situation. If you've got a balanced way to differentiate them, let's hear it, but I don't think it's getting changed in the foreseeable future.

Jester, the thing is, Lokey has asked for player feedback on what we'd like to see them do. So feel free to weigh in with your own thoughts and wishes, and especially pop in to the player polls forum and vote on the topic if you haven't yet!

This may not apply to you, but the general audience should be reminded that alignment restrictions still apply. So, for instance, Northern Coalition members can't be Blackguards, because NC doesn't allow any evil alignments.

I personally would just have attack bonus +4, damage bonus -10, no bonus feats. If the best disarming weapon in the game gives you the disarm feats for free, who is going to bother with spending feats on disarm?

Having had multiple characters get roasted many, many times by Chirrem and friends, I agree that they shouldn't act with the safety of n00bs in mind. Chirrem has more important things on his mind than whether or not a first-level sorc gets roasted. I will say that he should probably use less magic, ...

Spura, maybe you should try listening to Lokey, seeing as he is a developer. I don't know about Shifters specifically, but certainly other spells granted as class abilities follow separate scripts from the spells they ape. For instance, a Blackguard's usage of Bull's Strength stacks with a cleric's/...

Hmm, I just did some testing on a Forest Giant and it looks like you're right about the Morningstars. Thanks.

Hi all. In PnP D&D, weapons with multiple damage types are generally treated as using the most advantageous type for a given target. However, I see lots of posts on this board talking about how multiple-type weapons (such as halberd and morningstar) are bugged, acting in the LEAST advantageous way. ...

Spura, I think you're using circular logic. Yes, the Rakshasa is currently a bad caster... which is why I think it's a good idea to improve the DCs and damage of his spells. Yup, tie those bad boys to Shifter level instead of Druid level. Add a DC boost for high Wisdom. Change Dispel to Greater Disp...

Spura, the reason I don't like the idea of giving TC the monk class is that it's a solution that will make every Shifter the same, because not having a monk level will be suicide. Furthermore, it really only helps the melee shapes, while the caster shapes are still going to have low DCs and low dama...

Not only does Darkness only last 6 rounds, but you can cast it only a couple of times per shift into Drider/Drow Warrior form. After you fool around with the level 7 shapes, get used to seeing the Kobold Commando. He's got higher AC and higher AB than the Drow Warrior or the Lizardman Whipmaster. He...

Hi everybody. Just wanted to let the various Shifter debaters know that I've posted a topic in the player polls section for ya. Have fun.

About summons, I was actually going to suggest that they be made weaker, not stronger... perhaps at epic levels they are too weak; I haven't quite made it to level 21 yet. But what I can say is that, having played a pure caster and now a druid/shifter (shifters are weak pre-epic, so I'm currently pr...

They definitely need an AC boost, and perhaps some damage resistance. If it were up to me I would give them an AC boost of +1 per two levels (maybe even more... they will still only have 30-something when you are level forty) and DR +1 per four levels or so.

Uh yeah. It's an awesome reply... to some other thread maybe. Knightwing was talking about the breath weapon from a Shifter's dragon form, not Red Dragon Disciple. Not saying that it isn't a good idea... but clearly RumblingSky didn't even read the original post.