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Human at-will help

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#1
lonefire
Oct 27, 2009 10:00:26
OK I have a human dhampyr bard focused around hypnosis like powers so instead of taking the normal extra at-will from your class I decided to make one:
Lure
At-will * Arcane
standard action Ranged 5
target: one creature
attack: cha vs. will
Hit: you may pull the target up to 5
squares. the target is grabbed and
takes a -5 penalty to escape this
grab until the end of your next turn,
also automatically hit w/ your blood
drain power as long as the target
is subject to this penalty.
#2
lonefire
Oct 27, 2009 10:14:59
is this good or does anyone have a better idea plz I am not very good at homebrewing
#3
candi
Oct 27, 2009 10:36:56
Woah.

At first glance that seems a bit over powered. 5 square pull, grab with penalty to escape and free hits successively?

Remove the auto hit first and foremost.

From there, immediate changes I would make (if I was making this for a player) would be 3 square pull, and if that pulls them into an adjacent square you grab it. So it would look like:

Lure
At-will * Arcane
standard action Ranged 5
target: one creature
attack: cha vs. will
Hit: You pull the target up to 3 squares.
If the target is pulled to an adjacent square
you grab the target.

I have to wonder why you can't just reskin a bard power to fit your concept. In my group homebrewing a power is a last ditch effort to accomodate a character concept, but your concept seems general enough that a quick flavour text tweak would probably sate you.

Glancing at the character bulider, Cutting Words seems to suit you perfectly. It does 1d8+Cha damage and a 2 square pull (looks more like my variation of your power). But adding a synergy (in the form of free hits) for an encounter power is a bit much I think.

#4
lonefire
Oct 27, 2009 11:21:43
At level 5 I have never hit w/ blood drain once through the whole campaign. My character is a teenage dhampyr girl, I maxed out Cha and have Int as second highest so I have no Dex, Con or Str for a hit bonus on blood drain, I want the auto hit but I like your version of the power better than my first one, so I think I will add "auto hit until the end of your next turn" to your power. My group is made up of heavy roll players so combat is not too awful important.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 lonefire Oct 27, 2009 10:00:26	OK I have a human dhampyr bard focused around hypnosis like powers so instead of taking the normal extra at-will from your class I decided to make one: Lure At-will * Arcane standard action Ranged 5 target: one creature attack: cha vs. will Hit: you may pull the target up to 5 squares. the target is grabbed and takes a -5 penalty to escape this grab until the end of your next turn, also automatically hit w/ your blood drain power as long as the target is subject to this penalty.
#2 lonefire Oct 27, 2009 10:14:59	is this good or does anyone have a better idea plz I am not very good at homebrewing
#3 candi Oct 27, 2009 10:36:56	Woah. At first glance that seems a bit over powered. 5 square pull, grab with penalty to escape and free hits successively? Remove the auto hit first and foremost. From there, immediate changes I would make (if I was making this for a player) would be 3 square pull, and if that pulls them into an adjacent square you grab it. So it would look like: Lure At-will * Arcane standard action Ranged 5 target: one creature attack: cha vs. will Hit: You pull the target up to 3 squares. If the target is pulled to an adjacent square you grab the target. I have to wonder why you can't just reskin a bard power to fit your concept. In my group homebrewing a power is a last ditch effort to accomodate a character concept, but your concept seems general enough that a quick flavour text tweak would probably sate you. Glancing at the character bulider, Cutting Words seems to suit you perfectly. It does 1d8+Cha damage and a 2 square pull (looks more like my variation of your power). But adding a synergy (in the form of free hits) for an encounter power is a bit much I think.
#4 lonefire Oct 27, 2009 11:21:43	At level 5 I have never hit w/ blood drain once through the whole campaign. My character is a teenage dhampyr girl, I maxed out Cha and have Int as second highest so I have no Dex, Con or Str for a hit bonus on blood drain, I want the auto hit but I like your version of the power better than my first one, so I think I will add "auto hit until the end of your next turn" to your power. My group is made up of heavy roll players so combat is not too awful important.