Aquillion
2007-04-08, 01:04 AM
From the SRD:
In a rage, a barbarian temporarily gains... (yadda yadda)
He can use any feat he has except Combat Expertise, item creation feats, and metamagic feats.Why did they feel the need to specify this? In playtesting, were Barbarians sitting down and creating magic items while raging? Were there players who argued "It doesn't forbid me from creating magic items during a rage, therefore I can create any magic item during the 3 + con mod rounds it takes to rage instead of the multiple days it would take otherwise?" Since we can't scribe scrolls while raging, does this mean no Conan the Librarian?
...that line has just been bothering me ever since I first saw it, is all I'm saying. Given all the loopholes and problems in the rules, and all the things that aren't addressed that should be, why on earth did they take the time to note that barbarians are forbidden from doing something that takes, at a minimum, one day of peaceful work in a clean, well-lighted place during their, oh, say, one or two minutes of rage at most?
...and also, how would you argue to house-rule this away? Do you think a Barbarian / Artificer build who goes into rages in his workshop and hacks at materials until he has a suitable magic item is viable?
In a rage, a barbarian temporarily gains... (yadda yadda)
He can use any feat he has except Combat Expertise, item creation feats, and metamagic feats.Why did they feel the need to specify this? In playtesting, were Barbarians sitting down and creating magic items while raging? Were there players who argued "It doesn't forbid me from creating magic items during a rage, therefore I can create any magic item during the 3 + con mod rounds it takes to rage instead of the multiple days it would take otherwise?" Since we can't scribe scrolls while raging, does this mean no Conan the Librarian?
...that line has just been bothering me ever since I first saw it, is all I'm saying. Given all the loopholes and problems in the rules, and all the things that aren't addressed that should be, why on earth did they take the time to note that barbarians are forbidden from doing something that takes, at a minimum, one day of peaceful work in a clean, well-lighted place during their, oh, say, one or two minutes of rage at most?
...and also, how would you argue to house-rule this away? Do you think a Barbarian / Artificer build who goes into rages in his workshop and hacks at materials until he has a suitable magic item is viable?