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6th level Wizard spell: Transmute Flesh and Stone

"Turns subject creatures into statue, or restores petrified creature."

<t>Heh, I know I can "do it any way I want"...I also know it's one of the widest spread houserules, and that 3E made it into an official rule. I simply had this discussion with a friend recently, who claimed (pretty loudly, too) that this was an official rule in C&C as well. This made me check u...

Huh, did I miss something in the PHB? Could somebody point me to the page where it says that 1st level characters get full Hit Points? Because I can't find it myself, apparently. So far, I was under the impression that HP were rolled at 1st level.

<r>I started on a dedicated Necromancer class, collecting a spellist from various D20 products as far as the OGL allowed. Managed to convert the spells up to 5th level before a HD crash came along and ate most of the conversion right up. Managed to regain 0 and first level spell conversions. Here's ...

Well, in the case of a spitting cobra, it would have been immediate and permanent blindness on a successful hit, not death, so that might as well be averted by a saving throw...think of the snake as a crawling poison trap.

slimykuotoan wrote: Actually, now that I think about it further, I'm guessing the spitting snake would be a special case, in that they typically aim for the eyes of a predator. So they'd probably be quite proficient at this method of attack. From a different point of view, I'd simply rule that atta...

<t>Uhm...don't get me wrong, it's not like I sat down and combed through the book until I found the word "stack" somewhere. All I did was check the part where I thought such rules might hide themselves...the part about magical armor. It was roughly 2 minutes worth of reading. I definitely am not the...

<t>Well, as far as I see it, we did manage easily with the same amount of descriptions in the Basic Set and didn't mind "stacking" all the magical bonuses on top of each other because that was the obvious thing to do...so I'm not sure more clarification is really necessary. It's simply a consequence...

serleran wrote: First, there is no such thing as "stacking" in C&C. Nowhere is there a reference to it. Hence, it is impossible because it does not exist. Therefore, you could rule that: only one piece of AC adjusting goods apply, including shield with armor, or helmet -- though that ...

Treebore wrote: The M&T and rules do not describe what can and cannot stack. Bracers with magical chain? Amulet of Natural Armor stacks or doesn't stack with what? Rings? Cloaks? I have been defaulting to the 3E SRD on this but I have come to realize TLG needs to put out official clarification....

<t>Personally, I've taken a bit of inspiration from AD&D 1E, where caster level and spell level were taken into consideration of magic resistance. I've simply put the SR in M&T on a base of "against a 12th level caster casting a 1st level spell" and modify the actual SR by caster level and s...

<t>I had this weird idea to attach another probability curve to the standard 3D6 curve C&C uses...one that starts at 18 and ends at 108. It would cover the 18D6 range and be used for every critter with exceptional attributes. 18 would be the overlap to the "minor" races, and be the lowest end. D...

Sounds like it, yep.

BASH MAN wrote: Change the Ranger's Prime from STR to DEX. It instantly solves the problem. Bingo, sounds like the most sensible and easy solution. and since Ranger comes before Rogue anyway, alphabetically speaking, we can even pretend that the Ranger was supposed to start the section of Dexterity...

Is it just me, or does this same discussion come up again every 4 to 5 weeks, with the same results? Just wondering if I'm having weird flashbacks here due to exam stress.

Dragonhelm wrote:
Does Monte Cook's variant bard work well with the C&C rules?

Can't really see a reason why not. The biggest difference to other classes would be the 3-tiered magic system of spell muss, that might take a little looking into.

<t>Well, seeing that the divine spell list is by far not as overblown as the 3E list, adding Domains like in 3E would broaden the spell selections for clerics (and priest custom classes) a little without ripping it wide open. I was pondering on that kind of addition a few times but haven't found the...

<t>Well, I rememmber seeing the "Schools of Magic" first time in the 1E Dragonlance Adventures HC, where they were used to limit the spells the different moons granted the wizards. After that I saw them in the 1E MotP, where they were used to describe what effects which plane had on what kind of mag...

<t>Hmmm, see, that's why I'm a bit puzzled. I understood that he meant the General Skills that were introduced in Gazetteer 1: Grand Duchy of Karameikos, and carried through from there to the Rules Cyclopedia. Because those are not included in the document as far as I can see.<br/> <br/> On the othe...

rabindranath72 wrote: No, General Skills are General Skills (from gazetteers and Rules Cyclopedia). That's why I said results are strongly biased; no surprise that the Magic-User does not work. Okay, now I know what you mean, but I fear I have to ask you to quote that part of the article to me then...

<t>Hmmm, what you mean with General Skills is the Weapon Mastery rules, right? All the other stuff is part of the "core" BD&D ruleset, if I recall correctly, including the Expanded Combat Maneuvers for fighters and demi-humans. I'd guess the Weapon Mastery part can be easily subsumed into some o...

There's still this pretty good article by Erin D. Smale about decontructing the Basic D&D classes, and fitting the XP tables to that. It gets 100% reversible results, except for the magic-user, which turns out to be too expensive, XP wise. Might have some good ideas, too.

Very glad we were able to be of assistance. Hope you're having lots of fun with your game.

To give a quote that might shed some light on the question, and on Serleran's answer on it...page 112 again. Quote: It is important to note that the abilities of each class have the best results when used by only that class. A rogue can move silently with a absolute absence of sound. A fighter, ther...

If you have the 2nd printing, there's a chart for poisons in the Assassin class write-up, if I remember correctly.

<t>Yep, I agree with Arioch...and C&C makes it easy to use multiple variants side by side. For example:<br/> <br/> - For characters to whom two classes are an intimate part of the make-up, simply blend both classes together, add the XP tables up into one, and treat it as one class (e.g. the old ...

Hmmmm, nice work indeed! Definitely looks good.