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#1 vagabundo Mar 12, 2009 6:13:28	Hey guys, I was building one of my players PCs in the character builder, but I ran into to some problems. I found it hard to get the stats right, without it going into homebrew mode. My player just used the standard array. I couldn't choose Astral fire as he didn't meet the stat requirements, but even when I altered the stats manually it still wouldn't let me choose it. So I forced it in by telling it to show all illegal stuff. But the extra damage doesn't show up on the power cards. The Bracer's of Perfect Shot doesn't appear to add to the damage of Magic Missile. I believe it should, but I've to confirm this problem when I get home tonight. Should I rebuild the character up using the standard array and make sure it is all legal, will that fix this issue with Astral Fire?? Thanks
#2 TheBouncyPherret Mar 12, 2009 7:40:43	Hey guys, I was building one of my players PCs in the character builder, but I ran into to some problems. I found it hard to get the stats right, without it going into homebrew mode. My player just used the standard array. I couldn't choose Astral fire as he didn't meet the stat requirements, but even when I altered the stats manually it still wouldn't let me choose it. So I forced it in by telling it to show all illegal stuff. But the extra damage doesn't show up on the power cards. The Bracer's of Perfect Shot doesn't appear to add to the damage of Magic Missile. I believe it should, but I've to confirm this problem when I get home tonight. Should I rebuild the character up using the standard array and make sure it is all legal, will that fix this issue with Astral Fire?? Thanks What level is your PC? If they're 4th or higher, you don't add in the ability score bonuses for leveling. The character builder wants your base ability scores. Which version of the CB are you using? I just made a level 1 wizard with an 11 Dex, and added both astral fire and bracers of the perfect shot. Both magic missile and scorching burst are incorporating the bonuses for me. Could you give me a break-down of what you did, so I can replicate it better? TBP
#3 vagabundo Mar 12, 2009 9:29:22	What level is your PC? If they're 4th or higher, you don't add in the ability score bonuses for leveling. The character builder wants your base ability scores. Which version of the CB are you using? I just made a level 1 wizard with an 11 Dex, and added both astral fire and bracers of the perfect shot. Both magic missile and scorching burst are incorporating the bonuses for me. Could you give me a break-down of what you did, so I can replicate it better? TBP Thanks for the reply. The PC was 5th level. I followed the character builder level to 5th and just took two place holder feats and then after upping the score after 4th level I tried to swap out for Astral Fire and a Warlock pact. I'll do an update tonight and pay more attention to the scores from the start. I'll figure out how my player build him and then work from that, as long as I know it works I can mess around a little. I'll report back how it goes. Thanks. Pablo.
#4 TheBouncyPherret Mar 12, 2009 10:24:48	Thanks for the reply. The PC was 5th level. I followed the character builder level to 5th and just took two place holder feats and then after upping the score after 4th level I tried to swap out for Astral Fire and a Warlock pact. I'll do an update tonight and pay more attention to the scores from the start. I'll figure out how my player build him and then work from that, as long as I know it works I can mess around a little. I'll report back how it goes. Thanks. Pablo. Hope it goes well for ya! TBP
#5 vagabundo Mar 14, 2009 2:59:48	All went well. :D I reverse engineered what my player had done from the standard array and it worked perfectly. I don't think I was equipping all the items. One thing: Wand of Scorching Burst adds an extra D6 fire damage to the centre square. It is mentioned in the magic item descript, but not on the power. Not a biggie as I can add a little note.
#6 TheBouncyPherret Mar 16, 2009 10:00:30	All went well. :D I reverse engineered what my player had done from the standard array and it worked perfectly. I don't think I was equipping all the items. One thing: Wand of Scorching Burst adds an extra D6 fire damage to the centre square. It is mentioned in the magic item descript, but not on the power. Not a biggie as I can add a little note. Good to hear! I really think that the community needs to set up a wiki on how to use the bloody program. There's so much that you need to know to use it well... TBP