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Genryuu rushes with uncanny speed at the troll
A wave of energy rushes over the troll "PUSH IT BACK! Get it to the water!"
Rev Spoiler: As I have none of my 4e books handy I need to run this past you. Would it be possible to bullrush, and grapple, into the water? There, being dragged down by the other person, it begins to drown.
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Can I get an update of where I am in HP and powers used while I was out please? I can vaguely remember the powers I used before I lost my connection, but not to sure where I am now. The old goliath waits patiently as his friends perform the ritual Rev Spoiler: Readied action; if Koliada shows any sign of continuing this fight, even at -5, Genryuu will use earthstride to teleport behind and finish the fight
Before the troll's claw can even make its way to the old warrior, Genryu makes his own attack
The spirits of nature roar wrapping themselves around His enemies
Genryu swings wide hoping to take down two of his enemies
"Hrmph you think ganging up on an old man, and overpowering him with your strength is enough. You pups should learn your place", Genryu slips the top of his robes off and stands straight. His physique beyond that of a man of any age. He places a hand over his open wound and channels his power into it.
"HRMPH!" Genryu spins his maul in flurry against his two enemies.
Seeing Grafire and It attack, Seram grunts with displeasure. "How can fighting like that bring any fun. A fight should be between to warriors only.... sigh" "Might as well pull my weight though"
Genryu raises his harden weapon high and again swings at T3.
"Harden with the strenth of oak" Genryu chants as his maul hardens into an even deadly weapon
The old goliath pummels the treant with a flurry of blows ; Miss: You deal 8 damage[/ooc]
Genryu lifts himself from the freezing water and back to the sky.
As T1 atempts to hit Theren Genryu takes the oppurtunity to attack
Foom his place above the treant's head Genryu moves off over the ice.
He strikes once again
Genryu grips his weapon tight channeling his pain into the next attack.
Lav, Rev Spoiler: The Warden's Fury went off when Kurikveareri made the attack on Theren. Wasn't stunned as of that point, and from what I can tell I got the OA from him using Icy Tomb. Still wasn't stunned until after his attack.
Vines erupt from Genryu's maul and begin entangling the dragon
Genryu swings his maul as a counter to the trolls
"Young pups and their hesitation"
Raising his maul high Genryu slams it into the angel
Genryu moves to the side of the angel. Holding his maul out he whispers an ancient giant incantation, Vines spring out of the weapon and at Remliel.
The old goliath pulls no punches against the celestial
"Finish this quickly"
Genryu releases his power and reverts to his, still towering, natural form.
With out a sound he begins to refocus his powers.
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Now that the Alien Archive is out, we have a few more playable races with a natural weapon perk. However, these new natural weapon stat blocks are much more specific than their Vesk counterpart in the Core Rule Book. For example, the Reptoid is listed as having a slashing attack at 1d3 + 1.5 x CL (at 3rd) due to claws. The Nuar have horns which also specify piercing. So now with the new examples of natural weapons, does the Vesk ability require a descriptor? Is the Vesk ability a bludgeoning attack (tail slap), slashing attack (claw swipe), or piercing attack (bite)? Does it stack with Improved Unarmed Strike as a rules-as-intended effect vs its rules-as-written entry? If the latter is true, then can the new races with the same feature also make use of the Improved Unarmed Strike feat in this manner (to improve the die from 1d3 while keeping the 1.5xCL damage)?
Hi all, I'm curious if anyone else has considered changing weapon specialization to being damage = to character level for all weapons. Just toying with an idea of a change for my own games and it looks like small arms and operative weapons do less static damage solely to limit the Operative. It also seems to have the effect of forcing people to consider taking a weapon proficiency. What was the point of making small arms deal less damage both from the dice AND the flat modifier? What is the damage tax that the Operative pays for being an Operative, and why is it this was passed on to everyone else? A level 20 Gyrojet Pistol (small arm) deals 5D12 or an average 32.5 dmg (42.5 with current weapon specialization). A level 20 Paragon Seeker Rifle (longarm) deals 12D8 or an average 54 dmg (74 with specialization). A level 20 Paragon Reaction Cannon (heavy weapon) deals 12D10 or an average of 66 dmg (86 with specialization). So without even talking about specialization, each tier of fire arm going from small -> longarm -> heavy weapon deals more damage than the last tier. Currently, if the stars align perfectly, and an Operative hits with 4 attacks at 20 with the pistol above, that is 170 dmg. Bumping up their weapon specialization brings this to 210. A ranged Solarian with the longarm above would deal 234 since they gain a +4 damage bonus from Photon mode. Non-Photon would be 222 on average. So the Operative with small arms is starting to encroach on the Solarian's damage with a longarm. If the Solarian was using the same pistol as above, their 3 attack damage would average 157.5. Yet, a Solarian's best at melee with an average 315 dmg with a reasonable build. ...An Operative with the best melee weapon would yield 224 average and we're thinking this would include a +8 str mod which is unlikely. A Soldier using the longarm averages 255 if a Sharpshooter using Bullet Barrage and Focus Fire. With only Bullet Barrage that's the same as a Solarian in Photon mode. A heavy weapon using Soldier that is also a Sharpshooter deals 297 dmg on average. Or 258 average damage if the Soldier decided to not play a Sharpshooter or take Bullet Barrage. And a reasonably optimized melee Soldier will deal around 297 dmg with a 2h weapon or 288 with a 1h. It doesn't seem like the Operative is that close in damage with the Solarian or Soldier that is is threatening their combat roles that much... or is it? Genuinely curious on just how overpowered this would be. **edit: And it would seem that any damage increase in favor of an Operative needs to account for Trick Attack which I didn't really bother with at the time... So toying around with probabilities of hitting a KAC 34 any buff to an Operative's TA dmg potential (be it improving a sniper rifle shot with TA dice or upping weapon specialization) pushes it closer to the Soldier's single shot damage with a Heavy Weapon and almost always out damages everyone else's single shot (except for a Mechanic using Overcharge). |