BEWARE THE SNAIL

In my last game on OpenRPG a player of mine IanOB, told me how a snail attacked his character sheet. I shit you not BEWARE OF THE SNAIL.

I guess he was coming home one night from where ever and was looking for his character to review it like any true RPG addict would. Well he found his sheet on the floor 4 pages I think. Anyway, he found a snail sitting on it and it had eaten two holes through the pages.

This attack on character sheets cannot go unchecked. If you find your character sheet threatened by a these house-toting slugs then take action... capture it in a jar and sell him as escargot, only drastic measures of this sort will ensure your character sheet remains safe.

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This is really funny.

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http://www.stuntcook.com/index.php?p=f&i=5698

ARCANE TRICKSTER/DAGGERSPELL MAGE: & now the smart way to make this character:

This is something I came up with on the fly at the request of FE. I still made it a close range support specialist, just like the arcane trickster. It has much better hit points, but I would go into melee WITH CAUTION. If you want to go into melee, a maxed out escape artist skill is a must, or a ring of freedom of movement, since a successful grapple against this character will take him down very quickly. Returning daggers are a must for this character to exploit its full effectiveness. IF conditions are right, by the end of this character build, one should be able to do somewhere between 18-24d6 sneak attack with a full ranged attack of thrown daggers (& 2 weapon fighting) after wraithstrike is cast, not to mention also the spells being channeled through the daggers. Other advantages include two outstanding saving throws, lots of skill points, versatility of being a wizard, etc. Anyway, here's the character build:

BOOKS USED: PHB 3.5, DMG 3.5, Complete Arcane, Complete Adventurer, Libris Mortis.

RACE: Human (as usual)

ALIGNMENT: C.N.

CLASSES: Rog 2/Wiz 5/Daggerspell Mage 10/Arcane Trickster 3

BAB: 1+2+7+1=> 11/6/1

ABILITY SCORE PRIORITIES: INT, DEX, CON, WIS, CHA, STR

BASE SAVES:
Fort: 0+1+3+1=5
Ref: 2+1+7+3=13
Will: 0+4+7+3=14

HP: 6+11d6+8d4+ (CON MOD*20)
SKILL POINTS: (8+INT)*5+ (2+INT)*5+(6+INT)*10+ (4+INT)*3 + 23 (human)
CLASS SKILL: gees… what ISN’T a class skill?

PROFICIENCIES: Whatever rogues & wizards get… I assume a dagger is included though… I don’t know.

CLASS FEATURES & FEATS:

Rogue:
1. Sneak attack +1d6, trapsense, point blank shot (1st LV), precise shot (human).
2. Evasion.
Wizard:
3. Scribe scroll, summon familiar, Weapon focus dagger (3rd LV).
4. –
5. -
6. Two weapon fighting (6th LV).
7. Silent spell (wiz bonus feat).
Dagger Spell Mage:
8. Dagger cast.
9. Invocation of the knife, practiced spell caster (9th LV).
10. Sneak attack +2d6.
11. –
12. Double dagger cast, improved initiative (12th LV).
13. Sneak attack +3d6.
14. Arcane Infusion.
15. Arcane throw, still spell (15th LV).
16. Sneak attack +4d6.
17. Dagger spell flurry.
Arcane Trickster:
18. Ranged ledgerdemain (disable device) 1/day, fell drain (18th LV).
19. Sneak attack +5d6.
20. impromptu sneak attack 1/day.

REAL CASTER LEVEL: 17.
EFFECTIVE CASTER LEVEL: 20 (Practiced spellcaster).
SPELLS PER DAY: 4/4/4/4/4/4/4/3/2/1 +bonus spells.

IDEAL WEAPON: A pair of +1 keen, spellstoring, returning, wounding daggers.

PARTICULARLY USEFUL SPELLS: Sadism, E's black tentacles, haste, imp. invisibility, etc.

Now that its out of my ass for a while, this build is a little more refined.

FIGHTER/MAGE COMBO (final revision):

NOTE: The following character build was inspired by Forced Evolution’s epic spellsword & half vampire fighter. Thanks, you taught me well (I think?). Also, since you don't find Wraithstrike to be overpowered, it would be a lethal spell for this character, in addition to sadism, & a bunch of 2nd level pearls of power.

Class feature & feat references: PHB 3.5, DMG 3.5, Complete Arcane, Complete Warrior, Libris Mortis.

Race: Human (for the sake of simplicity & versatility)

Alignment: Lawful neutral or neutral evil >;-]

Classes: ftr 2/wiz 4/spellsword 5/eldritch knight 9

Ability score priorities: INT, STR, DEX, CON, WIS, CHA.

BAB: 2+2+5+9=18/13/8/3

SAVES:
Fort: 3+1+4+6=14
Ref: 0+1+1+3=5
Will: 0+3+4+3=10

HP: 10+1d10+4d4+5d8+9d6+(20 X Con)+20 (imp. Toughness)
Skill points: (2+INT) X 23 +23 (human)
Class skills: Fighter & wizard class skill list.

Proficiencies: All simple & martial weapons; all armor & shields.

Feats/Features:

Fighter:
1. Power attack (1st LV), Improved sunder (bonus), Improved bull rush (human).
2. Improved toughness (bonus)
Wizard:
3. Scribe Scroll, Summon Familiar, Practiced Spellcaster (3rd LV).
4. –
5. –
6. Extend Spell (6th LV).
Spell Sword:
7. Ignore Spell Failure 10%.
8. Combat Brute (bonus)
9. Ignore Sp Fail 15%, Shock Trooper (9th LV).
10. Channel Spell 3/day.
11. Ignore Sp Fail 20%.
Eldritch Knight:
12. Fell Drain (bonus), Empower Spell (12th LV).
13. –
14. –
15. Arcane Strike (15th LV)? Having second thoughts about this one... any better suggestions?
16. –
17. –
18. Maximize spell (18th LV).
19. –
20. –

Real Caster Level: 15. Effective Caster Level: 19 (Practiced Spellcaster). Max spell level: 8.

Spells per day: 4/4/4/4/4/4/3/2/1 + bonus spells.

Suggestions & comments???

Is WRAITHSTRIKE overpowered?

This is another topic that has popped up in the D&D boards. Some people say the second level spell "Wraithstrike" (Complete Adventurer page 158) is overpowered. I was initially skeptical, but after reading the spell, I kind of agree.

This second level spell is a swift action personal spell that allows melee attacks to be resolved as touch attacks for 1 round. Thus it ignores any armor, shield, & natural armor bonuses.

The spell has an affect very similar to the "brilliant energy" weapon enhancement (Dungeon Master's Guide 3.5, page 244), except it affects undead & it ignores natural armor.

I think this spell is overpowered mainly because it allows a character to replicate an effect close to (if not BETTER THAN) that of a +5 equivalent weapon AS EARLY AS 3RD CHARACTER LEVEL. If its not banned outright in a D&D campaign, the spell level of Wraithstrike should at least be increased to 4th or 5th, IMHO.