EZ_Arafain
02-22-02, 08:57 AM
We recently started an advanced campaign - all characters begin at 12th level, with 3 minor magic items and 2 major magic items. DM rolled up 24 minors and 18 majors, straight out of the book's random loot table, then let us pick what our characters wanted.
One of the party is a human Barbarian/Fighter with Weapon Master prestige class, who started at 17 strength. Upon picking his gear, he somehow ended up with Gauntlets of Ogre Power (+2 str while worn) and a Manual of Gainful Exercise +5 (+5 permanent strength once read).
This puts him at 24 strength, which is a +7 bonus. However, he's also a barbarian, which allows him to rage twice per day to jack his strength up 5 more points.
This boy will be running around at 29 strength, a +9 bonus, using a two-handed masterwork weapon, with weapon feats out the wazoo. He is at +10 to hit, +16 to damage.
WITH A MASTERWORK WEAPON.
Insane!
Of course, my choices of the items didn't exactly suck either. The ring of X-ray vision, the Amulet of +5 natural AC, and the Ring of Jumping promise to be interesting - as will the Hand of Glory. -- Veteran Arafain Entreri, 60 Assassin
-- Arafein Soulstriker, 54 Champion Relic
-- Arafax Kokorozan, 20 Monk Giantfriend
-- Requiem of Souls
-- Formerly of The Rathe Server, now of Zebuxoruk
"Once, in the old west, a gentleman shot a professional gunfighter in the back. When asked why he didn't give the other chap a chance to draw, he replied, 'Well, he's dead and I'm alive and that's how I wanted it to be." -- from <u>Red Planet</u>, Robert A. Heinlein[i]
One of the party is a human Barbarian/Fighter with Weapon Master prestige class, who started at 17 strength. Upon picking his gear, he somehow ended up with Gauntlets of Ogre Power (+2 str while worn) and a Manual of Gainful Exercise +5 (+5 permanent strength once read).
This puts him at 24 strength, which is a +7 bonus. However, he's also a barbarian, which allows him to rage twice per day to jack his strength up 5 more points.
This boy will be running around at 29 strength, a +9 bonus, using a two-handed masterwork weapon, with weapon feats out the wazoo. He is at +10 to hit, +16 to damage.
WITH A MASTERWORK WEAPON.
Insane!
Of course, my choices of the items didn't exactly suck either. The ring of X-ray vision, the Amulet of +5 natural AC, and the Ring of Jumping promise to be interesting - as will the Hand of Glory. -- Veteran Arafain Entreri, 60 Assassin
-- Arafein Soulstriker, 54 Champion Relic
-- Arafax Kokorozan, 20 Monk Giantfriend
-- Requiem of Souls
-- Formerly of The Rathe Server, now of Zebuxoruk
"Once, in the old west, a gentleman shot a professional gunfighter in the back. When asked why he didn't give the other chap a chance to draw, he replied, 'Well, he's dead and I'm alive and that's how I wanted it to be." -- from <u>Red Planet</u>, Robert A. Heinlein[i]