Complete Arcane Vs Tome & Blood [Archive] - Wizards Community

Complete Arcane Vs Tome & Blood [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Hairfoot
11-16-04, 10:33 PM Can any of the lucky pre-release holders of CA let us in on what remains of the Tome & Blood feats?

I'm having great fun with Sculpt Spell, and I'd hate to see it go.
JuliusCaesar
11-16-04, 10:43 PM It's in there,
basically if it was in tome&blood it's in complete arcane with the execption of candle caster, but who cares about that. It's tome&blood + more stuff
Hairfoot
11-16-04, 10:57 PM Thanks, Julius.

Glad to see you recovered from that assassination.
law
11-16-04, 11:52 PM Ya it has most of the T&B stuff in it. Plus many new things from other places. Even gives a new kinda skill boosting feat (ok it gives you a small selection of spellike abilities per day but it fallows the same idea). Its worth it, it even states what I though of spell attack types (that there is realy only to that casters realy need to worry about).
green_yawgmoth
11-17-04, 01:48 AM It's in there,
basically if it was in tome&blood it's in complete arcane with the execption of candle caster, but who cares about that. It's tome&blood + more stuffOh noes, not the candle caster! How will I make a wizard who can easily explain away his fear of the dark? :weep:

Oh man, the sarcasm there hurt even me that time.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/yawgmoth/kittyjig.gif
[GSV] Kirstar
11-17-04, 03:30 AM i wonder if they have balenced some of those feats
smrtgmp
11-17-04, 04:22 AM Why do you say lucky pre-release holders of CA The official release date was Nov 12 (unless you are waiting for Amazon to stock it, but then they are always late on releasing books).
DungeonMaster
11-17-04, 05:57 AM Kirstar']i wonder if they have balenced some of those feats
Are you joking? Check out the character optimisation boards.
It's now the Wiz1/Clr3/MT (practiced spellcaster) combo everywhere.

The more things change the more they stay the same is the saying.
[GSV] Kirstar
11-17-04, 06:24 AM im still goner get this book, but im going to beat it flat with the nerf bat first
Doomhawk
11-17-04, 11:13 AM Just because a single feat (Precocious Apprentice) was not too well thought out doesn't mean you have to hit the entire book with the nerf bat. Of course there are overpowered things in Complete Arcane, no book is perfectly balanced. There are also underpowered things (Remember the Elemental Savant? Remember how it was balanced before? Well, they nerfed it anyway), and a large number of things which are just about right.
[GSV] Kirstar
11-17-04, 01:57 PM ill be fair. i always am
cwslyclgh
11-18-04, 02:13 PM I am somewhat dissapointed at how much less versitile they made the Orb spells... I thought that they were well balanced as 4th level spells as they were in T&B, but they took away all options to split up the damage, so it now fires a single orb at a single target that does 1d6 per caster level (15d6 maximum).... I wish the designers would stop thinking that we are to stupid to figure out spells with multiple potential uses, etc.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Hairfoot 11-16-04, 10:33 PM	Can any of the lucky pre-release holders of CA let us in on what remains of the Tome & Blood feats? I'm having great fun with Sculpt Spell, and I'd hate to see it go.
JuliusCaesar 11-16-04, 10:43 PM	It's in there, basically if it was in tome&blood it's in complete arcane with the execption of candle caster, but who cares about that. It's tome&blood + more stuff
Hairfoot 11-16-04, 10:57 PM	Thanks, Julius. Glad to see you recovered from that assassination.
law 11-16-04, 11:52 PM	Ya it has most of the T&B stuff in it. Plus many new things from other places. Even gives a new kinda skill boosting feat (ok it gives you a small selection of spellike abilities per day but it fallows the same idea). Its worth it, it even states what I though of spell attack types (that there is realy only to that casters realy need to worry about).
green_yawgmoth 11-17-04, 01:48 AM	It's in there, basically if it was in tome&blood it's in complete arcane with the execption of candle caster, but who cares about that. It's tome&blood + more stuffOh noes, not the candle caster! How will I make a wizard who can easily explain away his fear of the dark? :weep: Oh man, the sarcasm there hurt even me that time. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/yawgmoth/kittyjig.gif
[GSV] Kirstar 11-17-04, 03:30 AM	i wonder if they have balenced some of those feats
smrtgmp 11-17-04, 04:22 AM	Why do you say lucky pre-release holders of CA The official release date was Nov 12 (unless you are waiting for Amazon to stock it, but then they are always late on releasing books).
DungeonMaster 11-17-04, 05:57 AM	Kirstar']i wonder if they have balenced some of those feats Are you joking? Check out the character optimisation boards. It's now the Wiz1/Clr3/MT (practiced spellcaster) combo everywhere. The more things change the more they stay the same is the saying.
[GSV] Kirstar 11-17-04, 06:24 AM	im still goner get this book, but im going to beat it flat with the nerf bat first
Doomhawk 11-17-04, 11:13 AM	Just because a single feat (Precocious Apprentice) was not too well thought out doesn't mean you have to hit the entire book with the nerf bat. Of course there are overpowered things in Complete Arcane, no book is perfectly balanced. There are also underpowered things (Remember the Elemental Savant? Remember how it was balanced before? Well, they nerfed it anyway), and a large number of things which are just about right.
[GSV] Kirstar 11-17-04, 01:57 PM	ill be fair. i always am
cwslyclgh 11-18-04, 02:13 PM	I am somewhat dissapointed at how much less versitile they made the Orb spells... I thought that they were well balanced as 4th level spells as they were in T&B, but they took away all options to split up the damage, so it now fires a single orb at a single target that does 1d6 per caster level (15d6 maximum).... I wish the designers would stop thinking that we are to stupid to figure out spells with multiple potential uses, etc.