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I thought you might look so i am asking several questions
Is power attack broken
is the bard rubbish
Dos the sorcerer work
Is the fighter class unbalanced?
Do buff spells work better now or in the past.
Whats your thoughts
Ps prestigue classes in my view do they work no
Yes and no. I think that more than anything it depends on who is playing the character.
Power Attack? Not broken. Although there are definitely certain combinations of feats, prestige classes, and weapons that can make it appear so.
Bard? No, but then not as powerful as many of the others.
Sorcerer? Yes it works for what it is meant to do.
Fighter? The fighter class is only as unbalanced as the feats.
Buff Spells? What does "better" mean? There were some buff spells that were pretty broken in 3.0 (haste immediately comes to mind). I feel that it is overall more balanced, but again there are always going to be something that comes up that changes that.
Prestige Classes? The work -- but can appear broken depending on combination of feats, classes, prestige classes, items, etc.
I thought you might look so i am asking several questions
Is power attack broken
is the bard rubbish
Dos the sorcerer work
Is the fighter class unbalanced?
Do buff spells work better now or in the past.
Whats your thoughts
Ps prestigue classes in my view do they work no
I do not feel Power Attack is broken. While the damage out put from a two-handed weapon can be crazy, It is little use against high AC opponents or against opponents that can take advantage of the attackers (usually) lower AC (due to lack of a shield).
The Bard is good. He is a jack of all trades. This does mean he is weak when compared to the cleric (healing), wizard (offensive spells), or rogue (stealth/combat), but makes a good support character that can to a lot different things.
I am not happy with the sorcerer. Side by side, the wizard is stronger. A good wizard is going to be carrying scrolls of useful spells, many of which he can make himself. Even if he does not, the scroll collection alone almost negates the sorcerer's advantage of having extra spells that can cast per day.
The fighter cannot match the damage output of wizards at high levels, but the right feat selection can make them very dangerous nonetheless. Most fighter's in my campaigns tend to focus on taking out spellcasters or acting as blockers for the party's wizard or cleric.
I have to say buff spells work better under 3.5 for the most part.
Likewise, most prestige classes are fine. There is a level of power creep, but a lot of that is due to attempts to create presitge classes that offer the abilities of multiple base classes, IMHO.
Bard class is plain dumb.
"Move, move, move silently past the ogre bards..."
I thought you might look so i am asking several questions
OK, but the thread title actually made me pass over it a fee times as it just screams flame bait.
Is power attack broken
NO!! Sure, with the right combination of feats / prestige classes etc, you can deal some massive damage, (Try Leap Attacking Frenzied Berserkers with Shock Trooper), but in DnD hit point damage is the least effective method for taking down enemies.
is the bard rubbish
Define "Rubbish." Can they fight? Not as well as a fighter. Can they sling spells? Not as well as a wizards. Can they heal? Not as well as a cleric. Are they skill monkeys? Not as good as the rogue. However, they are far and away the best 5th man for just about any adventuring party. I am in a campaign with a Bard, Druid, Barbarian, Wizard and Dervish. In combat the bard is perhaps a bit out shone by the others (but that is more to do with his Dragon Disciple levels than his bard levels). But out of combat, he more than makes up for it with the social side of things. In a 5 or more member party, I could definently see a Bard as an effective member, who more than pulls his weight both in and out of combat.
Dos the sorcerer work
The sorcerer gets ninth level spells, so yes, they "work" in the sense that they are not mechanically underpowered. However, they are really too similar to the wizard in mechanics and flavour to "work" as having a different "feel" to the wizard. There are a few fixes floating around to bridge the mechanical gap, but the feel of them is all up to the player.
Is the fighter class unbalanced?
Yes! It is by far one of the weaker classes (I would rather take monk or paladin straight to level 20 than fighter). The main problem is that feats don't scale. Compared to ANY full spell caster, they come out extremely sub par, and compared to the Druid or Cleric the fighter ends up in the fetal position sobbing on the floor. WotC recognized this, and releases the Tomb of Battle. The Warblade is almost everything the Fighter should have been, and with 2 levels of fighter is everything the fighter should be.
Do buff spells work better now or in the past.
I have only been playing with 3.5 so can't really comment. But with the large number of additional spells that have been released (Spell Compendium etc), there are a myriad of buff spells that are quite powerful for their level (especially the Bite of the were___ spells).
Whats your thoughts
I hope you can work them out by now :)
Ps prestigue classes in my view do they work no
Again, define "work" I think (excepting the obviously broken ones [PLanar Shepherd I'm looking at you]) most of them are alright. The worst offenders are the PrCs that give full (ie 10/10) spellcasting progression, that take the strongest classes and make them stronger. If you PrC a spellcaster, it should cost you at least 1 spellcasting level.
Is power attack broken
Very doubtful.
is the bard rubbish
You may rely on it.
Dos the sorcerer work
Concentrate and ask again.
Is the fighter class unbalanced?
My sources say no.
Do buff spells work better now or in the past.
Better not tell you now.
Whats your thoughts
Ps prestigue classes in my view do they work no
Reply hazy, try again.
I thought you might look so i am asking several questions
Is power attack broken
is the bard rubbish
Dos the sorcerer work
Is the fighter class unbalanced?
Do buff spells work better now or in the past.
Whats your thoughts
Ps prestigue classes in my view do they work no
No, no, yes, no, they work just the same.
ps - prestige classes work
As ever,
ACE
I thought you might look so i am asking several questions
Is power attack broken
no. a player can only do as much extra damage as they sacrifice from their base attack bonus up to their max. Essentially just swinging wildly.
is the bard rubbish
Yes...yes it is. It trys to do too many things at once and fails horribly at doing so.
Does the sorcerer work
As well as the the wizard works.
Is the fighter class unbalanced
Yes... unbalanced in the direction of sucking. At higher levels the figther can barely keep up with the cleric, druid, wizard, and basically any other class with spells.
Do buff spells work better now or in the past.
Buff spells are always usefull...especially if casted by a cleric.
I thought you might look so i am asking several questions
Is power attack broken
is the bard rubbish
Dos the sorcerer work
Is the fighter class unbalanced?
Do buff spells work better now or in the past.
Whats your thoughts
Ps prestigue classes in my view do they work no
Power attack - not broken, just a bit fiddly
Bard - not rubbish, just difficult to play well; people try to make it something it isn't and don't try to play to what it could be
Sorcerer - what do you mean by 'work'?
Fighter - unbalanced in that it's not very good except as a 'dip' class
buff spells - again, define "work better", please
Prestige Classes - "Work" in what way?