tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post115135574993632352..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: 3 Quick FeatsJeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-1151505939014817412006-06-28T09:45:00.000-05:002006-06-28T09:45:00.000-05:00'And by the way, shouldn't it say "Big boned membe...'And by the way, shouldn't it say "Big boned members of small races are actually Medium size." in the Big Boned text?'<BR/><BR/>Yeppers, it should. Correcting some more...Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-1151454358923013912006-06-27T19:25:00.000-05:002006-06-27T19:25:00.000-05:00Green Ronin's Wrath&Rage has a Runt (general)feat ...Green Ronin's Wrath&Rage has a Runt (general)<BR/>feat that drops your size one catagory.<BR/><BR/>The AoO and threat rules seem to keep<BR/>size increases to +1 or better LA races.<BR/>Not necessarily a bad tradeoff, but ranged threat<BR/>{Feats, orig. from mongoose} allows a 5-6 <BR/>level fighter to threaten a 20ft area with<BR/>ranged attacks.Intruder_Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322242036586961094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-1151447926373164112006-06-27T17:38:00.000-05:002006-06-27T17:38:00.000-05:00Well, reach is powerful and giants have become a l...Well, reach is powerful and giants have become a lot more dangerous than in previous editions...<BR/><BR/>Let's take a first level human fighter: Big Boned, Exotic Weapon Proficiency(Spiked Chain), Combat Reflexes. He now threatens everything within 15 feat of him. At third level he'll take Improved Trip. He now has a +8 bonus to tripping (+4 size, +4 feat) and anyone within his immense reach who stands up grants him another AoO. I won't even start about Enlarge or psionic Expansion...<BR/><BR/>And by the way, shouldn't it say "Big boned members of small races are actually Medium size." in the Big Boned text? If you ever want to sell to female gamers, better call them "petite" and "plus-sized" ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-1151445179887299402006-06-27T16:52:00.000-05:002006-06-27T16:52:00.000-05:00While reach is powerful I'm not as worried about i...While reach is powerful I'm not as worried about it as Wizards seems to be. Reach isn't the end-all and be-all of combat. Try telling all the countless ogres and giants killed by PCs over the years how great reach is!Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-1151441819176379162006-06-27T15:56:00.000-05:002006-06-27T15:56:00.000-05:00A size increase is considered to be pretty importa...A size increase is considered to be pretty important, so there are some cases where WotC took quite some effort to avoid actually changing size categories while retaining some of the advantages.<BR/><BR/>Some Forgotten Realms accessory (Unapproachable East?) had the "Jotunbrod" feat, Half-Giants (Psionics Handbook) and Goliaths (Races of Stone) have the "Powerful Built". You'll gain the grapple and bull rush modifiers of Large creatures and increased weapon damage.<BR/><BR/>Greater reach seems to be the big thing they don't want you to have without an ECL increase. Even a character with all the other benefits and <I>without</I> the AC and attack penalty seesm to be better balanced... <BR/><BR/>So I'll wager a guess that you'll never see a feat that lets you increase the size from Medium to Large from WotC. Small to Medium doesn't matter as much, if I remember correctly, there <I>are</I> small dwarves somewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-1151434439567194102006-06-27T13:53:00.000-05:002006-06-27T13:53:00.000-05:00Hah! Good catch! That's a newbie mistake! Corre...Hah! Good catch! That's a newbie mistake! Correction forthcoming...Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-1151420357347589852006-06-27T09:59:00.000-05:002006-06-27T09:59:00.000-05:00There's something similar to Big-Boned from WotC t...There's something similar to Big-Boned from WotC that they used for Goliaths and, I think, Half-Giants. Basically, they're treated as Large in many respects, but they're basically not /really/ Large.<BR/><BR/>Might be worth taking a look at. Goliaths are in Races of Stone, as I recall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com