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Post by Vene on Dec 14, 2010 11:20:18 GMT -5
Because, why not?
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Post by the sandman on Dec 14, 2010 11:32:00 GMT -5
Easiest way to make a mage totally badass:
Plan A: Step 1: Play 1st Edition AD&D Step 2: Hide behind the fighters until you get level 3 spells. Step 3: Fireball/Lightning Bolt Step 4: Continue to hide behind the fighters, pretending to be weak and in desperate need of them until you get level 9 spells. Hope they do not notice that your powers and abilities are scaling up way, way, way faster than theirs are, and your damage potential is far outstripping their additional hit points. If they do notice, SILENCE THEM. (Try Skittles. Gamers are mad about Skittles.) Step 5: Well, now you have level 9 spells, you're basically a god. Have at it.
Plan B: Step 1: Play a mage. Step 2, Option 1: Bring plenty of pizza, drinks, and sundries to each game session and drop subtle hints that if Korvager the Omnipotent snuffs it, the gravy train is over. Step 2, Option 2: Sleep with the DM. Step 3: Have at it, you are now unkillable.
Warning on Plan B: If improperly executed, Step 2, Option 2 can have the exact opposite of the desired effect. Also, using Step 2, Option 2 with multiple game groups at the same time can result in you trying to explain to an ER nurse how you got a 25mm scale Ancient Red Dragon figure up your colon.
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Post by mechtaur on Dec 14, 2010 12:47:22 GMT -5
So... Would an idea of a badass mage be something along the lines of Shanoa from Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia?
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Dec 14, 2010 16:26:58 GMT -5
No. No, it isn't. She summoned the ice from no-where, and directed it towards Squall. At no point did she touch the ice or Squall. Then read closer. In the second scenario, the mage actually charges and perforates the target's lungs with basically a direct attack involving a weapon they aren't even holding. In the first scenario, they're doing exactly what Edea is doing. Standing back and gesturing and then ice shards fly out. So, repeat, what's the difference between a block & a spear? What makes it badass with a block, but not a spear? Vene: Why didn't someone just shoot him while he was doing his fancy poses & shouting?
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Post by Vene on Dec 14, 2010 20:24:32 GMT -5
Vene: Why didn't someone just shoot him while he was doing his fancy poses & shouting? 1) None of them had any ranged weapons. 2) The single one who could have cast a defensive spell was too stupid to do so, even when asked. 3) Good is dumb (this probably explains everything).
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Post by Magnizeal on Dec 14, 2010 20:32:31 GMT -5
... So... I was supposed to realize that 'ram' meant 'run at the enemy' instead of: - strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"
- force: force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"
- crash: undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"
- a tool for driving or forcing something by impact
which is the actual definition of 'ram'. She drove the ice against Squall with an impact heavy enough to drive him back. She forced him to a state of falling backwards. The ice crashed into Squall. You, Zackski, are not making sense, and are wanting two different and contradictory things.
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Dec 14, 2010 23:52:51 GMT -5
Vene: Then why didn't someone throw a rock at his junk, or something? Supernova takes less time than that did. Probably.
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Post by Vene on Dec 15, 2010 0:06:24 GMT -5
Vene: Then why didn't someone throw a rock at his junk, or something? Supernova takes less time than that did. Probably. Did you not see point 3?
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Dec 15, 2010 0:19:30 GMT -5
But I'm not dumb!
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Post by Vene on Dec 15, 2010 0:45:09 GMT -5
But the characters in the show were, especially their healer.
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Dec 15, 2010 1:39:04 GMT -5
But the characters in the show were, especially their healer. Damn it, I was hoping to get you in a Catch-22.
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