All of you little optimizers take note... [Archive] - Wizards Community

All of you little optimizers take note... [Archive] - Wizards Community

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aelryinth
06-30-05, 06:02 PM I haven't seen anyone quote them yet, but there's a couple more unnamed stat bonuses you can shove on power builds (for a lot of cash, of course).

The srithilar grafts from Book of Madness grant +2 to str, con and/or dex, for only 110k per (heh, slightly more then a Tome...but its untyped!), and can also feed you a +4 racial bonus to Initiative, balance, Tumble and Escape artist (initiative builds should find that nice.)

And, of course, they are permanent and non-magical, although a DM can and probably would rule they don't apply if you polymorph...since all the changes to your body go away.

Would the Hulking Hurler build do another few million pts of dmg now?

==Aelryinth
Yare
06-30-05, 06:35 PM What's with the condescension in the thread title?
Auxryn
06-30-05, 09:06 PM I sometimes think that optimizations make the WoTC people sad.
After all, it makes so much work for them. On the other hand, it keeps them in business.
aelryinth
06-30-05, 10:22 PM Because I'm not going to call you 'twinkie-hounds' or 'Munchking Mavens', THOSE are condescending. Little optimizers likens you to little gnomes bending over rulebooks with quiet, yet sinister 'hee hee hees' as you, like me, find another rule to lawyer into effect.

I LIKE seeing the minds here at work. No condescencion implied...I noted that I hadn't seen the bonuses on any of the builds here yet. That does imply that I read them, yes?

==Aelryinth
colm_l
07-01-05, 05:38 AM Right, I believe I'm just going to ignore you.

Read the code of conduct before posting
Ashaman Nash
07-01-05, 08:57 PM Ahh, the wonderful medium of text.
Alaina
07-02-05, 12:47 AM Little optimizers likens you to little gnomes bending over rulebooks with quiet, yet sinister 'hee hee hees' as you, like me, find another rule to lawyer into effect.
I like the tag. Maybe not the 'hee-hee' part, although I definitely do chuckle when I see how certain things from various books just click together.

But I've come to expect that from WotC, since that strategy is the essence of MtG, their bread and butter.

Maybe colm_l objected to the 'little' part. But there definitely IS a breed of player who scours the books and makes the numbers work in their favor. Its fighting back against crap like beholders. Now THOSE are muchkin-monsters.
Alaina
07-02-05, 12:50 AM Plus, the original point of the post, that the grafts from BoM are silly-sick, is dead-on true.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
aelryinth 06-30-05, 06:02 PM	I haven't seen anyone quote them yet, but there's a couple more unnamed stat bonuses you can shove on power builds (for a lot of cash, of course). The srithilar grafts from Book of Madness grant +2 to str, con and/or dex, for only 110k per (heh, slightly more then a Tome...but its untyped!), and can also feed you a +4 racial bonus to Initiative, balance, Tumble and Escape artist (initiative builds should find that nice.) And, of course, they are permanent and non-magical, although a DM can and probably would rule they don't apply if you polymorph...since all the changes to your body go away. Would the Hulking Hurler build do another few million pts of dmg now? ==Aelryinth
Yare 06-30-05, 06:35 PM	What's with the condescension in the thread title?
Auxryn 06-30-05, 09:06 PM	I sometimes think that optimizations make the WoTC people sad. After all, it makes so much work for them. On the other hand, it keeps them in business.
aelryinth 06-30-05, 10:22 PM	Because I'm not going to call you 'twinkie-hounds' or 'Munchking Mavens', THOSE are condescending. Little optimizers likens you to little gnomes bending over rulebooks with quiet, yet sinister 'hee hee hees' as you, like me, find another rule to lawyer into effect. I LIKE seeing the minds here at work. No condescencion implied...I noted that I hadn't seen the bonuses on any of the builds here yet. That does imply that I read them, yes? ==Aelryinth
colm_l 07-01-05, 05:38 AM	Right, I believe I'm just going to ignore you. Read the code of conduct before posting
Ashaman Nash 07-01-05, 08:57 PM	Ahh, the wonderful medium of text.
Alaina 07-02-05, 12:47 AM	Little optimizers likens you to little gnomes bending over rulebooks with quiet, yet sinister 'hee hee hees' as you, like me, find another rule to lawyer into effect. I like the tag. Maybe not the 'hee-hee' part, although I definitely do chuckle when I see how certain things from various books just click together. But I've come to expect that from WotC, since that strategy is the essence of MtG, their bread and butter. Maybe colm_l objected to the 'little' part. But there definitely IS a breed of player who scours the books and makes the numbers work in their favor. Its fighting back against crap like beholders. Now THOSE are muchkin-monsters.
Alaina 07-02-05, 12:50 AM	Plus, the original point of the post, that the grafts from BoM are silly-sick, is dead-on true.