So what does everyone think of the Dorkistan Fighter Alternative?
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Looks decent overall. I'd suggest altering Weapon of Choice by adding in the benefit of the Warblade's Weapon Aptitude ability. The Fighter should be the master of all weapons instead of one. As you go you should expand the talents for more options as well. One similar to the War College alternate feature out of the PF Campaign Setting would allow people to overcome the skill point problem.
Looking at the bard alternative.
I dislike the Inspire Conscience.
1d8 temporary +1 at lvl 1 seems O.P. to me. I mean, how does that work.
What if you target someone that has 9 hitpoints, and you hit them for 9.
For 1 minute they are at 0 and bleeding??? How the f$%* does that work?
A bard can cause targets within 60 feet to feel the weight of conscience, reducing their combat effectiveness for a short time. The bard can effect a number of targets equal to his bard level with a single use of inspire conscience. As the bard performs, targets are inundated with feelings of guilt and remorse over past wrong doings, taking 1d8 + 1/bard level in temporary hit point damage that lasts for 1 minute. Each target receives a Will save (DC = 10 + the bard's level + the bard's Charisma modifier) to halve the temporary hit point damage. For every three bard levels beyond 1st, the damage is increased by an additional 1d8 (2d8 at 4th, 3d8 at 7th, 4d8 at 10th, etc.).
A quick look, but this really doesn't seem to address the "problem" of the fighter class's role that it posits. I don't think the fighter has a role problem, really, but this is pretty much the same thing, isn't it?
I do really like the favored enemy alternative. I've been looking for a way do that myself.
And the 3D range finder is very handy.
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You are more than welcome to use some of the fighter talents Kirth came up with. I have them posted here.
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A quick look, but this really doesn't seem to address the "problem" of the fighter class's role that it posits. I don't think the fighter has a role problem, really, but this is pretty much the same thing, isn't it?
It doesn't change the role, it addresses the rather boring nature of the role.
I dislike the Inspire Conscience.
Yikes, that's some bad editing! The 1 mintue duration was *supposed* to get converted to "for as long as the bard performs" when I changed those songs over to Pathfinder performances. Now, as to whether or not it's balanced - I have no honest answer, because I haven't had a player use this ability since converting to Pathfinder. I'm always interested in hearing feedback from those who have though.
As to the 9 hit point thing, I have a two-part response. 1) Just because you're at 0 hit points doesn't mean you're bleeding, it means you're staggered. And 2) my *personal* interpretation of hit points (which is not necessarily at odds with the core interpretation of hit points) is that when you lose hit points you aren't sustaining visible injury, you're just getting worn down. It's the old Turn a Lethal Blow Into a Skimming One™ theory of hit points.
If you're wondering how temporary negative hit points would work: they can't be recovered until the temporary duration ends, at which point you instantly get them back. (And yes, this can render you "dead," then suddenly alive when the bard goes away - I'm fine with that.)
You are more than welcome to use some of the fighter talents Kirth came up with. I have them posted here.
I took note of that when it was first posted (good stuff), but at the time a certain someone was harassing folks about OGL statements and I didn't want to seem like I was on that bandwagon by asking if it was open. So thanks!
Hey Tom, a quick suggestion. I am not aware of this, but is Ki Blast non OGL ?
As it works a lot better than Hadukyn or however you spell.
Just throwing name alternatives out there.
As I know people who for the life of them will not use certain abilities, features, classes or such because of the names. So just giving a tip to maybe get some use for ya.
I'll probably use a few bits and pieces of your stuff for my own campaign.
A suggestion though, I found that Shield Deflection feat on the PF Database.
I edited it a bit, I think. Yours doesn't allow to deflect natural attacks. Mine allows to deflect projectile natural attacks such as spines. I think that perhaps your feat would be better if you included that in it. I mean, it just doesn't make sense to be able to deflect an arrow, and not a spine from say a porcupine, in my opinion.
Ring of the Golden Bell >.> Where ya get that from?
Oh, and Tom, Perhaps add a method to contact you via e-mail on the website. As in an e-mail to contact you instead of just twitter.
May make acquiring feedback more successful. I tried searching around your site for a e-mail contact, couldn't find. Maybe I missed it.
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Hey Tom, a quick suggestion. I am not aware of this, but is Ki Blast non OGL ?
As it works a lot better than Hadukyn or however you spell.
I am not aware of the feat of which you speak; what source is it in?
Re: Hadokyen: Yeah, I had a player who wanted to play a street fighter type monk, and I really struggled to come up with a usable ki-based ranged attack. The player *said* she loved it, but it got such little use I think she was just being nice.
A suggestion though, I found that Shield Deflection feat on the PF Database.
Link? I'd like to compare.
I edited it a bit, I think. Yours doesn't allow to deflect natural attacks. Mine allows to deflect projectile natural attacks such as spines. I think that perhaps your feat would be better if you included that in it. I mean, it just doesn't make sense to be able to deflect an arrow, and not a spine from saw a porcupine.
I simply copied the text from Deflect Arrows - if it's good enough for Paizo, it's good enough for me. (Except when it comes to Spring Attack and Vital Strike, but I digress.)
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May make acquiring feedback more successful. I tried searching around your site for a e-mail contact, couldn't find. Maybe I missed it.
Used to have one, got tons of spam. It's been floating around in the back of my mind to try and add a comments section to each page, so I'll nudge that up the mental to-do list.
Anyway, my profile has my email.
Tom, instead of adding a comments section to each page. Why not just make a single feedback section that has comments.
Then it would be more organized and not all over the place.
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Tom, instead of adding a comments section to each page. Why not just make a single feedback section that has comments.
Then it would be more organized and not all over the place.
You mean like a forum? :) I used to have one of those also, but asking people to register, create a thread, *then* offer feedback is asking too much of the general populace (meaning, most people won't bother). Comments turned out to be easier than I thought, should be working now.
Actually, what I meant was a single "Comment" sub-category in each of your main categories.
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A single Comment main category where people could just go and leave comments for all aspects of your work.
Thus you wouldn't have to put a comment box on each page of your work?
Maybe a better, cleaner idea? Not sure, up to you.
Example;
Pathfinder
-> Classes
-> Skills and Feats
-> Comments / Feedback