GitP PrC Contest Chat Thread

[boomwolf]

Agreed on the bump.

Moderators should really pin up this contest, it USED to be offical thing, but it seems they abandoned it...


Thinking about it-is any of them even AROUND? I don't remember seeing any of them post for a very long time now.
Silly thing is, we would not know if they are working unless sombody spams/flames, and nobody around here does these days. (a good thing. although quite strange.)

Anyways, Shockwave piper is going well, will be submitted sometime this week.

[Jogi]

Agreed on the bump.

Moderators should really pin up this contest, it USED to be offical thing, but it seems they abandoned it...


Thinking about it-is any of them even AROUND? I don't remember seeing any of them post for a very long time now.
Silly thing is, we would not know if they are working unless sombody spams/flames, and nobody around here does these days. (a good thing. although quite strange.)

Anyways, Shockwave piper is going well, will be submitted sometime this week.

Yay, sounds cool! I really wanted to see good bard classes, as the original bard sounds kinda weaker than other classes.

[TSED]

I originally had this awesome metal prestige class with a ton of subgenre thingummies going on and you could mix and match them for assorted different powers. You could advance one subgenre up to 5 times (once every even level, 10 level class) and either unlock a new ability from another subgenre freely, or an old subgenre at a higher level.

It was awesome.


And I got a natural 1 on my Remember To Save roll.

This is why I haven't posted anything yet. I've been a little discouraged by the death of that project, but have been working in a dual advancement warlock / bard Black Metal prestige class instead. It's almost done, will be posted within the hour for sure, probably somewhere around 15 minutes.

Anyways, I just wanted to mention one thing that I do remember that I liked quite a bit:
Drugs & Alcohol (thrash 2, folk 4). You have warped and twisted your metabolism through heavy use of mind-altering chemicals. You become immune to most fortitude saves, exactly like an object or undead. You may voluntarily choose to attempt a fortitude save you would normally be immune to, but you gain a +6 bonus to the check.

EDIT:: And it's up.

[ErrantX]

Agreed on the bump.

Moderators should really pin up this contest, it USED to be offical thing, but it seems they abandoned it...


Thinking about it-is any of them even AROUND? I don't remember seeing any of them post for a very long time now.
Silly thing is, we would not know if they are working unless sombody spams/flames, and nobody around here does these days. (a good thing. although quite strange.)

Anyways, Shockwave piper is going well, will be submitted sometime this week.

The reason why it is no longer pinned is because Roland very nicely asked me if I minded pulling the pin on it to reduce the number of stickies in the homebrew forum, and while I did not want to, I felt as this is a free service to us that we're all taking advantage of, I thought it would be wrong to say no.

-X

[Jogi]

Haha, I lol'd at black metal vocalist. :D looking forward to see it finished.

Oh, anyone, any thoughts on the Bow Minstrel?

[TSED]

Haha, I lol'd at black metal vocalist. :D looking forward to see it finished.

Oh, anyone, any thoughts on the Bow Minstrel?

It essentially is finished.

I ditched the Metalhead class and all the subgenre-y goodness, because I forgot to save.

[TSED]

So, uh, any PEACHes for Black Metal Vocalist or Witchlamp?

[Lord_Gareth]

Work is going VERY slowly on the Sons of Discord; this is because I have no internet at home and some PUNK totally stole my flash drive.

[Jogi]

It essentially is finished.

I ditched the Metalhead class and all the subgenre-y goodness, because I forgot to save.

Oh, sorry I hadn't seen it before. I read it now and I have some peaches:

- Headbang: I wouldn't use it, since being a BMV doesn't give you unnarmed proficiency, you'd get oportunity attacks coming. It also dazzles you, so what's the use in grappling an oponent since you'll be dazzled in a second?

- Spellcasting: I'd limit it to arcane, but that's just me - I don't see black metal together with divine.

- Corpse Paint: I don't really see why change the cold iron thing there.

- Loud Music: Maybe, just maybe, immunity might be too much. I dunno, might be better to have a bonus to save against deafness/damage by sound.

- Terrifying: Radius tripled? Sounds like a lot. But then again it must just not be.

- Inhuman Screech: Well, I dunno. Might have it's uses now and then but I don't see it as a 8th level ability.

[Salvonus]

I do have an idea for this one, but I often get bogged down whenever I attempt to homebrew things. We'll see if I can produce a quality début entry.

[The Neoclassic]

Well, I entered the Picture is Worth a Thousand Words contest, and my entry is almost complete (just a bit of fluff left). If anyone wants to PEACH, the entry is here: Face of the Beast.

Thanks!

[TSED]

Oh, sorry I hadn't seen it before. I read it now and I have some peaches:

Thanks!

- Headbang: I wouldn't use it, since being a BMV doesn't give you unnarmed proficiency, you'd get oportunity attacks coming. It also dazzles you, so what's the use in grappling an oponent since you'll be dazzled in a second?

Good point. I'll specify that it doesn't provoke AoOs, I figured since they were flatfooted they wouldn't get one.

- Spellcasting: I'd limit it to arcane, but that's just me - I don't see black metal together with divine.

Non-good divine casting? Satanism and the occult are stereotypically tied to Black Metal (for some reason), so, yeah. I can see it pretty easily.

- Corpse Paint: I don't really see why change the cold iron thing there.

Only when adorned with corpse paint, though. It's mostly a mechanical bonus, really, to make you want to wear corpsepaint more often.

- Loud Music: Maybe, just maybe, immunity might be too much. I dunno, might be better to have a bonus to save against deafness/damage by sound.

Deafness isn't that big a deal, though. I am speaking anecdotally, but I've *never* encountered something that caused deafness. I remember one character I had lugged around some thunderstones in case he ever needed to inconvenience a spellcaster. He gave up and sold them around 8th level; never regretted it. Is deafness really that big a deal? If so, I'll change it.

- Terrifying: Radius tripled? Sounds like a lot. But then again it must just not be.

My reasoning here was that you were either insanely multiclassed (DN5, War3, Brd2, BMV 5 for total of 15) or playing something with a huge LA (dragons) and so the DCs were too low to matter against 'proper' challenges, so why not let them scare off tons of mooks?

- Inhuman Screech: Well, I dunno. Might have it's uses now and then but I don't see it as a 8th level ability.

Mind affecting abilities on undead? Fascinate the lich? Suggestions to the mindless daemonic horde? I only made it 50% because I was afraid of breaking it, actually.


Thanks for your feedback. I'll go and double the radius instead, and mention that you don't provoke AoOs for headbanging!

[Jogi]

Lol, someone please PEACH the Bow Minstrel :P Im kinda desperate for opinions

[Jogi]

Bumping again, just keeping it alive.

[playswithfire]

Working on something; might be able to get a first draft up on Sunday; Bard/Crusader or Warblade Prc with working title of War Leader.

Will likely PEACH others to help get creativity going.

[Jogi]

Saddly, we've still only got four entries...just bumping again, trying to keep this alive.

[The Neoclassic]

Will the "Worth a Thousand Words" contest's voting thread be up soon?

[The Witch-King]

Will the "Worth a Thousand Words" contest's voting thread be up soon?

So--did this contest just die or what?

[The Neoclassic]

So--did this contest just die or what?

No, it shouldn't've, because it finished and there were plenty of entries... I just wonder what Djinn's been up to. I'd PM him but I don't want to seem pushy...

[Salvonus]

Djinn went away for a day or two... He should be back soon, I think.

[Violet Octopus]

Made a class. Figured bards need to seize the role of creature-identifier away from wizards. I was aiming for something like the Archivist's dark knowledge ability, but more interesting than static bonuses.

I know the 10th level ability needs to be more clearly explained, am working on it.

Any critique is welcome, as are any suggestions for better names for class abilities

[Jogi]

Thanks!

Non-good divine casting? Satanism and the occult are stereotypically tied to Black Metal (for some reason), so, yeah. I can see it pretty easily.

Hmm, yeah I can see it too now.

Deafness isn't that big a deal, though. I am speaking anecdotally, but I've *never* encountered something that caused deafness. I remember one character I had lugged around some thunderstones in case he ever needed to inconvenience a spellcaster. He gave up and sold them around 8th level; never regretted it. Is deafness really that big a deal? If so, I'll change it.

Oh well, being deaf means 20% chance of arcane failiure in spells that involve speaking :P. It also might mean immune to some sonic damage.

My reasoning here was that you were either insanely multiclassed (DN5, War3, Brd2, BMV 5 for total of 15) or playing something with a huge LA (dragons) and so the DCs were too low to matter against 'proper' challenges, so why not let them scare off tons of mooks?

I see :D

Mind affecting abilities on undead? Fascinate the lich? Suggestions to the mindless daemonic horde? I only made it 50% because I was afraid of breaking it, actually.

Hmmm, I like idea of controling undead :D, but I'll try to suggest something better soon, no ideas right now.

Thanks for your feedback. I'll go and double the radius instead, and mention that you don't provoke AoOs for headbanging!

You're welcome :)

[Forevernade]

I have started another class Algorithmic Composer.
Needs lots of balancing, and unfinished at the moment, but comments and criticisms welcome!

[Siegel]

I would kill to see a Incarnum-Bard Class....

[FirebirdFlying]

Posted a class, the Wardancer; criticisms welcome and appreciated, as I'm a bit leery as to the balance of it.

[Forevernade]

Are we going to get any feed back, let alone votes in this Bard Contest?
Cmon people! this stuff is peach!

[Lord_Gareth]

Witch Doctor ahs updated!

[The Witch-King]

Was a Voting thread ever opened for the Picture is Worth A Thousand Words contest and if not, would any one mind if we just opened one up ourselves? I think we all put in work on those classes and deserve to see how things turn out.

[The Neoclassic]

Was a Voting thread ever opened for the Picture is Worth A Thousand Words contest and if not, would any one mind if we just opened one up ourselves? I think we all put in work on those classes and deserve to see how things turn out.

A voting thread for it was never opened. I also PM'd Djinn and he never got back to me. I know he's been around the boards, as I've seen him posting elsewhere, but apparently he's abandoned this without explanation. I don't know what the proper course of action would be here, but I do agree that a voting thread would be nice, even if we have to run it ourselves.

[The Witch-King]

A voting thread for it was never opened. I also PM'd Djinn and he never got back to me. I know he's been around the boards, as I've seen him posting elsewhere, but apparently he's abandoned this without explanation. I don't know what the proper course of action would be here, but I do agree that a voting thread would be nice, even if we have to run it ourselves.

I PM'd him as well and got no response. I have therefore opened a voting thread. I apologize to Djinn and to the forum but I invested a lot of time and work in my submission to the contest and I'd at least like to see the entries voted on.

The Voting Thread can be found at: http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124614

We should determine how long we want to keep voting open and then I'll go back and amend the initial message.