Neverwinter Nights Revolutions

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Tuberski
Yeah the 5xp for everything I kill is great!

Jamski is so miserly. Get him to give you 7.

[Jamski]

I increased it from the previous minimum xp award of ONE to FIVE last week. Go fight some monsters your level (there are a few) Or start a new character

-Jam

[Tuberski]

Like the damn huge scorpions!?

They suck.

ACK!

[Snotty]

Hey Jamski! I messed up when I leveled, I took fight lvl 5 fighter instead of lvl 1 blackguard And I couldnt figure out why I failed my apply poison roll every time

Is it a hassle for you to fix that for me? I dont want to keep bugging you for stuff every 5 minutes

I found a good enough axe in the mean time, and Im trying to find dwar. I might be lost though but its great fun to explore!

[Tuberski]

Get past the giants and go north!

ACK!

[Jamski]

I'll log in now as DM and fix stuff Snotty. Feel free to bug me for stuff btw, everyone else does

Tubs, if you don't like the scorps, make me a set of new epic monsters. I want 5 different creatures of the same type with descriptions, names etc of challenge ratings 28, 30, 32, 34 and 36.

Give them all tags and ResRefs which start jm_m_
Make sure each monster has "something"

Export them as an .erf file and I'll make you a "tuberski monster island" map

-Jam

[DrSpike]

Can't say fairer than that!

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Jamski
I'll log in now as DM and fix stuff Snotty. Feel free to bug me for stuff btw, everyone else does

Tubs, if you don't like the scorps, make me a set of new epic monsters. I want 5 different creatures of the same type with descriptions, names etc of challenge ratings 28, 30, 32, 34 and 36.

Give them all tags and ResRefs which start jm_m_
Make sure each monster has "something"

Export them as an .erf file and I'll make you a "tuberski monster island" map

-Jam

Okay, how do you di it?



The scorpions just kick my butt, not saying they are dumb.

ACK!

[Jamski]

I was killing mutant scorps last night with a level 26 monk/cleric/wm. Ok, they were tough enough to need a rest every 10 minutes or so, but they only have about 900 HP. That's 10 good whacks or good spells. Or one Dev Crit

Ok... this is a quick "make a monster" tutorial

1.) Open the toolkit
2.) Use the "Creature wizard"
3.) Give the creature name as any 16-letter combo that starts with jm_m_ (this will set up the tag and resref)
4.) Edit the creature's properties. Change its name to whatever the monster is meant to be called. Give the monster classes, feats, levels, equipment. Whatever you like untill you get the desired challenge rating (CR)
5.) Use the export function and "export creature blueprints"
6.) Email to me

-Jam

[Vlad Antlerkov]

Out of boredom, here's my plan (the first thirty levels) for my next Folderol character, Nameless (shamelessly ripped from Jet Li's character in Hero). The idea is a katana strength-based dual-wielder. Why katanas? Because they look cool, and you don't see many people wielding two of them.

Nameless
LN human male
Starting stats:
STR 16
DEX 15
CON 14
WIS 08
INT 14
CHA 08

All stat boosts go to strength.

1) Fighter @1, Weapon Proficiency (Exotic), Weapon Focus (Katana), Power Attack
2) Fighter @2, Dodge
3) Fighter @3, Mobility
4) Fighter @4, Weapon Specialization (Katana)
6) Fighter @6, Expertise, Spring Attack
8) Fighter @8, Whirlwind Attack
9) WM @1, Cleave
12) WM @4, Improved Critical (Katana)
15) WM @7, Two-Weapon Fighting
16) Fighter @9
17) Fighter @10, Ambidexterity
18) Fighter @11, Improved Two-Weapon Fighting
19) Fighter @12, Great Cleave
21) Fighter @14, Epic Weapon Focus (Katana), Great Strength 1 (STR 22)
23) Fighter @16, Epic Weapon Specialization (Katana)
24) Fighter @17, Great Strength II (STR 24)
25) Fighter @18, Overwhelming Critical (Katana)
27) Fighter @20, [Knockdown], [Improved Knockdown]
29) Fighter @22, Devastating Critical (Katana)
30) Fighter @23, [Armor Skin]

Anything that I have in brackets is not critical to the build, but I figure would be nice to have. As you can see, due to the ridiculous number of feats needed for both WM and dual-wielding, there isn't much room for choice until you get into epic levels.

Whether I get the patience to actually go through with this build is another matter. The only character that I've ever taken into epic levels is Reidmar the Mediocre, and the only one that I've ever taken even past level 10 without ant-farming is Iskander. Both are retired, so to speak.

[Jamski]

Nice build I approve very much of the dedicated route to Dev Crit

-Jam

[Vlad Antlerkov]

One problem I just realized. I don't know where to find katanas for sale. They aren't in the Gypsy Camp, Hawkmoon, or Southrun. That still leaves Gnoma (won't be able to get there solo for a while), Hidden Vale (ditto), Dwar Proper (ditto, and they aren't likely to have katanas), the Formian Hive (like that, only more so)... and I think the Eastorlings as well; I haven't been there yet at all. So long as I can get my hands on one before I start taking WM levels, I'll be okay. (The cost of a nonmagical katana won't be an issue, as the mid-second-level Nameless has about 6000 gold at the moment. )

Thinking some more about post-DevCrit development... I don't see the need for more than 26 Strength, as I feel that I can get enough above that through +STR items and Ant's/Bear's Strength potion chugging. Realistically, it's only helpful for critical-immunes (seeing as if I land a critical hit, the sucker is as good as dead). If I kept up adding to strength, I could fit in another 2 Great Strength feats, ending up at 30... or I could take +Constitution and Great Constitution feats after level 32, ending with 18 Constitution. Works better for tanking that way, IMHO. (Of course, HP doesn't matter if you can just end the fight before the enemy can inflict significant damage and you have a bunch of Nobuzz Potions in your inventory, which is why I'm not fully committing to increasing Constitution.)

Skills: Nameless will of course have the requisite 4 Intimidate, and will probably max Discipline and Heal. Beyond that, maybe 25-30 Lore ranks to help with brewing, and 11 Search to get a 95% success rate for foraging. (Figuring that I'll always fail on a roll of a 1, and need to just get a 15 to succeed... 2 (base roll)+2 (Int)+11 (Search ranks)=15. I'll also figure out a way to fit in Spellcraft (why the heck not, works out to +4 saves against spells if I go all-out) or Tumble (+4 AC). In the end, something like this:

(215 skill points available)
43 Discipline
4 Intimidate (cc, 8+43=51)
30 Lore (30+51=81)
11 Search (cc, 22+81=103)
20 Spellcraft (cc, 40+103=143)
20 Tumble (cc, 40+143=183)
32 Heal (32+183=215)

Nameless's AC will never be as high as Reidmar's, mainly because he won't have a shield once he starts dual-wielding. Because of that, I'm almost tempted to take Improved Expertise sometime.

[Jamski]

For Katanas may I reccommend the Yellow Lotus Cloister You can get there as soon as you think you're tough enough to face baby scorpions - perhaps straight off the ship for fighter types with equipment

-Jam

[Tuberski]

Can't you get them from the exotic weapons guy also?

ACK!

[Vlad Antlerkov]

Originally posted by Tuberski
Can't you get them from the exotic weapons guy also?

ACK!

You mean Kensai Ryu, all the way up in Hidden Vale? Past a bunch of ogres and mountain giants? With my 3rd-level fighter? Not gonna happen.