Anything wrong with this? Seems awfully cheap for 3D6 added damage...granted some of it comes back and it's all non-lethal...so there's a tradeoff, but in MOST circumstances, those are non-issues.
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Hey all, I know that many GMs and players have struggled with questions such as the one I'm about to ask for a long time, but I thought I would throw it out there again to get a feeling for what others think. Let me outline the scenario. The party was working with one kingdom and was summoned by the king to discuss an important matter. They were travelling with a caravan to the kingdom with a group of civilians and a single guard. During the night (they didn't bother to set up any watches) a small band of assassins (in name only, not the prestige class) entered the camp and killed all of the civilians in the caravan and attacked the guard. They were not able to kill the guard without alerting the party and a battle ensued. The assassins only did non-lethal damage to the party and only when they had no other choice and were focused on killing the guard. The lead assassin shouted to the party "This battle does not concern you, stand down" and the party responded by telling the assassins that they would not stand down and that the guard was part of their party. Eventually the assassin's knocked the guard unconscious and one of the party members stood over his body, to protect it. The assassin's moved in and killed the guard while he was unconscious. Now, a little bit of backstory regarding the assassins. They were employed by a neighboring kingdom. They were told and were led to believe through a lot of behind the scenes discussion (which I revealed to the players afterward through a discussion with the assassins) that the party was in grave danger. They were told that they were either being held against their will by the guard and the caravan or that they were being escorted back to the King who would execute them. The assassins were also told that the King had planned to use information that the party had to obtain an incredibly powerful artifact that could be used to destroy hundreds of thousands of lives and put him in power as the supreme ruler of the land. So, the question: Were the assassins or those who hired them evil? On one hand, killing an unarmed and unconscious man can be seen as an evil act. However, the intentions behind it were, in my opinion, good. They believed that they were working toward preventing a holocaust. The assassins themselves were following orders to a T. They were told to rescue the party, using any force necessary, and to leave no witnesses so there would be no evidence as to who was involved. So, that leaves me thinking that at minimum, the assassins were lawful neutral in their acts and those who hired them were either simply "Good" or possibly chaotic good. What are your thoughts? EDIT: I should add that one of the players firmly believed that the actions of the assassins and their government were evil with no question and that their alignment should be evil. He was playing a paladin, so I can understand from an in character perspective of being upset at killing an unconscious guard and the civilians...however he took it out of character and explained that he couldn't trust me as a GM if I was disagreed that their actions made all involved characters evil in alignment.
Hey all, Probably a silly question, but when crafting alchemical items (such as sunrods, tanglefoot bags, etc) do alchemists use the standard rules for item creation until they get Swift Alchemy and Instant Alchemy? So any item would take a week to craft (assuming you didn't double or triple the gold piece value)? Also, I'm a little unclear on crafting, does it require you to pay attention to the item the entire time, or are you working on it in your spare time for a week between adventuring and such?
Curious what the thought on this is. If you take a single level of sorcerer then take several levels of Oracle, take the Lore mystery and the Arcane Archivist revelation, you meet the prereqs of Mystic Theurge. Granted, this method would severely limit your arcane spell casting, but it lets you into the Mystic Theurge prestige class by only multi-classing for a single level. Any way this could be a problem or exploited?
So I'm rolling an Alchemist for a new game starting at level 1. I just rolled up this character and was curious if people had feedback for me: Race:
STR: 10
Skills:
Feat:
My goal is to focus almost primarily on bomb use, but also to be able to use wands when it's not feasible for me to use a bomb or when I'm out for the day. Anyone have any thoughts or feedback? Thanks!
This is a pretty basic question, but I'm having trouble tracking down the information. Does anyone know of a chart or place where I can see the incremental increase in dice? Something like this: D4 -> D6 -> D8 -> 2D6 Or whatever the increments are? This is in regards to increase the damage dice by one increment. |