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| #1bozwevialMay 13, 2008 20:15:18 | This is a thread for posting any slogans, mottos, catchphrases, proverbs, or quips on, obviously, character optimization. It could be witty, funny because it's true, or be good advice (maybe even all three). Just post them here and let's increase the number of good quotes floating around. Here's a few to get you started: You can't spell Mystic Theurge without Ur(Priest). Time stops for no man, but Time Stop's for casters. |
| #2EndarireMay 13, 2008 20:57:33 | Immense power corrupts immensely, but absolute power is actually pretty neat. (Pun-Pun) I've got more spells than you've got hit points! (Mystic Theurge - Order of the Stick) There are druids who don't take Natural Spell? (Order of the Stick) Necromancers: Turning the DM's favorite minions into your Pokemon since 1997. |
| #3hogarthMay 13, 2008 21:02:53 | If you can balance a tack hammer on your head, then you can head off your foe with a balanced attack. |
| #4zorgling25May 13, 2008 21:25:42 | How come no one's brought up the good old: "Thou shalt not lose caster levels!" -Ten CO Commandments |
| #5andyjamesMay 13, 2008 21:31:02 | Because it is PROVERBS, not COMMANDMENTS ? ![]() |
| #6archerpwrMay 13, 2008 22:01:53 | Mindbender has a second level? |
| #7Nox_NoctisMay 13, 2008 22:15:45 | If at first you don't succeed, you clearly do not have all of the available source-books. |
| #8madgryphonMay 13, 2008 22:34:13 | If it ain't broke... give CharOp a couple of minutes with it. |
| #9Treantmonklvl20May 13, 2008 22:39:26 | If at first you don't succeed - failure may be your style. (Depair.com) |
| #10radicaltaoistMay 13, 2008 22:41:50 | [thread=985136]Dulce et decorum est pro alea mori![/thread] |
| #11rebel7284May 13, 2008 23:25:06 | Warmages blow goats |
| #12xaktsarothMay 13, 2008 23:32:09 | I like mine and RT's combination found here: http://forums.gleemax.com/showpost.php?p=15620608&postcount=51 |
| #13aethiosMay 13, 2008 23:39:27 | What's RAI? |
| #14zorgling25May 14, 2008 1:15:46 | Because it is PROVERBS, not COMMANDMENTS ? It was of such magnitude that it bore mentioning again. :P |
| #15reisMay 14, 2008 3:09:55 | "THIS IS MY FIREBALL. THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT, BUT THIS ONE IS MINE. MY FIREBALL IS MY BEST FRIEND. IT IS MY LIFE. I MUST MASTER IT AS I MASTER MY LIFE. MY FIREBALL, WITHOUT ME, IS USELESS. WITHOUT MY FIREBALL, I AM USELESS." -someone's sig, forget who...play off of Full metal Jacket |
| #16phoenix00May 14, 2008 3:16:13 | It looks like you don't have enough prestige classes in their...nvm you are playing a druid. |
| #17ieniemienieMay 14, 2008 5:13:23 | Alea iacta est (the dice has been thrown) Aleae iactae sunt (the dice have been thrown) |
| #18ejothimsMay 14, 2008 7:18:03 | [thread=985136]Dulce et decorum est pro alea mori![/thread] Ha... With my rusty Latin and it's closeness to alia, I had to look up alea, but very nice that. :D |
| #19radicaltaoistMay 14, 2008 8:39:59 | Did I get the tense in that sentence right? |
| #20ieniemienieMay 14, 2008 9:02:55 | Isn't it just the Passive Preasans, thus resulting in Moriri? my Lastin is 4 years old, so I could definately be wrong link |
| #21autumn_sereneMay 14, 2008 9:05:53 | Mindbender has a second level? Sublime Chord has a third? |
| #22tshernMay 14, 2008 9:14:26 | Sublime Chord has a third? Applies to Fighters too. It's weird that WotC published so many classes with 1-4 levels... |
| #23insatiumMay 14, 2008 9:53:37 | Isn't it just the Passive Preasans, thus resulting in Moriri? my Lastin is 4 years old, so I could definately be wrong link Morior is deponent (passive forms are translated actively, no 'passive' translation exists), so this is correct. For a non-deponent verb, the form in question would be the present active infinitive. As to alea (debate from the other thread), it's correct since this is a macron/long mark free environment. |
| #24WyvernhandMay 14, 2008 10:22:58 | I have a tshirt from when I did time in the Engineering Building that says: "Most people think that if it isn't broke, don't fix it. An engineer knows that if it isn't broke, its simply doesn't have enough features yet." The same holds true for CO.... |
| #25ejothimsMay 14, 2008 10:41:17 | Morior is deponent (passive forms are translated actively, no 'passive' translation exists), so this is correct. For a non-deponent verb, the form in question would be the present active infinitive. As to alea (debate from the other thread), it's correct since this is a macron/long mark free environment. This. Though said much better than I could have. :D As for the motto I'll throw in: 'There's a reason we kill kobolds so early.' |
| #26ieniemienieMay 14, 2008 11:27:14 | 'Goblins make for great cannon fodder.' |
| #27aethiosMay 14, 2008 11:39:31 | "An optimized character does not a game break." "One intelligently placed class-feature does not make a class. Similarly, a certain circumstance in which a class can be played well does not make a class 'well designed'..."- Aristotle |
| #28aethiosMay 14, 2008 11:41:09 | "Better to rule in RaW than to serve in RaI."- Satan |
| #29verenalMay 14, 2008 14:00:30 | Ask not "Can I", but "How can I". |
| #30bozwevialMay 14, 2008 14:28:29 | Gishes: 16 BaB and CL 17 or go home. |
| #31aethiosMay 14, 2008 15:04:05 | Man with no Caster Level better have high initiative... (Optional ending: "to run from one that does.") (Optional perception: "Mandatory ending: "to run from one that does.") |
| #32llochlynMay 14, 2008 16:32:58 | Gishes: 16 BaB and CL 17 or GTFO fix'd |
| #33archerpwrMay 14, 2008 16:41:53 | Gishes: 16 BaB and CL 17 or go home. Fire Elf Wizard 6/ Swiftblade 10/ Unseen Seer 4 16 bab 16 CL. |
| #34xanaduMay 14, 2008 17:48:40 | Applies to Fighters too. It's weird that WotC published so many classes with 1-4 levels... :heehee |
| #35logicninjaMay 14, 2008 17:55:08 | Fire Elf Wizard 6/ Swiftblade 10/ Unseen Seer 4 Make that sorcerer 6, swiftblade 9, and screw Unseen Seer what's it doing there besides eating up your skills and giivng -1 non-divination CL, anyway. Abjurant Champion or something. Wizard Swiftblades have the problem of, well, preparing too many hastes. |
| #36archerpwrMay 14, 2008 17:58:51 | Make that sorcerer 6, swiftblade 9, and screw Unseen Seer what's it doing there besides eating up your skills and giivng -1 non-divination CL, anyway. Abjurant Champion or something. I disagree, but let us not debate here. Perhaps the swiftblade handbook? |
| #37rabidpiratemanMay 14, 2008 18:25:38 | Monkey Grip, Oversized Two Weapon Fighting and Bastard Swords: The perfect solution. |
| #38tshernMay 14, 2008 18:29:49 | Monkey Grip, Oversized Two Weapon Fighting and Bastard Swords: The perfect solution. I swear I almost exploded when I read that and thought someone was serious about this. That's when I remembered what thread was I in... |
| #39carnivoreMay 14, 2008 18:35:35 | "I made a Halfling Hurler Build once ...... boy did those Halflings hate him":P :D |
| #40WyvernhandMay 14, 2008 18:45:05 | "I made a Halfling Hurler Build once ...... boy did those Halflings hate him":P I remember from 2nd ed, someone once dictated that the speed factor of a willing halfling was 3, while the speed factor of an unwilling halfling was more like 7. Gotta love small folk. |
| #41carnivoreMay 14, 2008 18:52:38 | the best thing is:Unconscious creatures are automatically considered willing, ;) |
| #42tshernMay 14, 2008 18:56:49 | Yet another variation of dead girls don't say no? |
| #43zorgling25May 15, 2008 16:57:07 | Candles of Invocation: "I wish I may, I wish I might, I wish I had more wishes tonight!" |
| #44tshernMay 15, 2008 17:07:32 | Modified from Blue |
| #45WyvernhandMay 15, 2008 17:07:45 | Yet another variation of dead girls don't say no? Back when I played WoW, there was a guild on our served called Sad.... |
| #46larry_the_titanMay 15, 2008 17:12:22 | "Oh no!! Its CoDzilla!!!" Done in badly done english with subtitles. |
| #47Nox_NoctisMay 15, 2008 19:19:14 | Yet another variation of dead girls don't say no? Yeah, like the poster I saw today that said, "Silence Is Consent." This is why you should never pass out at a party. ;) |
| #48Nox_NoctisMay 15, 2008 19:22:01 | Modified from Blue |
| #49bozwevialMay 15, 2008 19:25:42 | And on that same note... It is better to light one Candle of Invocation than to curse the darkness. (That's been banging around in my head for days, but it flew away when I sat down to post it earlier.) |
| #50drowvampyreMay 15, 2008 19:57:37 | CharOp: where the same spell can both locate cities and annihilate all their inhabitants. |
| #51eldritch_lordMay 15, 2008 20:11:33 | How about: Remember those kobolds you fought 19 levels ago? They're baaack...and they're maaad! or: What is CharOp? A land of mechanical perfection, where the only bugs are those in Hiveminds, the only mistakes are those made by folks who think druids suck, and the only critical failures are made by n00bs that **** PhoenixInferno off. or maybe: CharOp: Where the whole of a character is guaranteed to be greater than the sum of its parts, and the hole in a character is guaranteed to be greater than 1 mile/caster level wide. |
| #52bozwevialMay 15, 2008 20:29:32 | When you find yourself exploding because a badger was thrown at you...When the mere mention of a kobold makes your knees tremble...When a candle snuffs out the world...You know you spend too much time on CharOp. |
| #53Nox_NoctisMay 15, 2008 21:35:21 | How about: They're MAD... Just kidding, but they seriously are ****** off. :P |
| #54archerpwrMay 15, 2008 22:01:56 | "I didn't know crying was a fighter bonus feat," my bro. |
| #55autumn_sereneMay 15, 2008 22:50:00 | Who needs Playboy when you have Druid 20? |
| #56SaeviomagyMay 15, 2008 23:28:37 | ego reputo proinde ego ledo is per a silicis |
| #57ieniemienieMay 16, 2008 2:07:16 | ego reputo proinde ego ledo is per a silicis >> I reflect so that I wound them by means of a pebble? Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas - Happy is he who has been able to learn the causes of things. |
| #58kuroimakenMay 16, 2008 2:09:03 | Worst blind man is the one who doesn't want to see... unless not seeing is a class feature. or All is fair in love, war, and making your DM cry when he sees your character sheet. |
| #59ieniemienieMay 16, 2008 2:13:08 | Ancient European saying; "The PHB is harder than the head" - Anonymous |
| #60tsuyoshikentsuMay 16, 2008 2:13:54 | To paraphrase something said about me once, "Leave it to CharOP to annihilate everything in existence with a second-level spell." |
| #61sinfire_titanMay 16, 2008 13:01:29 | To paraphrase something said about me once, "Leave it to CharOP to annihilate everything in existence with a second-level spell." That's a bit slow, don't you think? Why waste a 2nd level spell when we can find a loop-hole to make it a cantrip? |
| #62tshernMay 16, 2008 13:06:26 | That's a bit slow, don't you think? Why waste a 2nd level spell when we can find a loop-hole to make it a cantrip? What would you do with the 2nd level spells then? |
| #63sinfire_titanMay 16, 2008 13:14:08 | What would you do with the 2nd level spells then? Glitterdust, Alter Self, Scroching Ray, etc. Use the cantrips to blow up the world, and then have your important spells in the proper slots. Because everyone knows being prepared is more important than destroyuing the cosmos. |
| #64clawhoundMay 16, 2008 13:58:24 | Optimized characters get optimized trouble. |
| #65Nox_NoctisMay 16, 2008 14:07:11 | Because everyone knows being prepared is more important than destroyuing the cosmos. Lies! Lies and deceit! Lies and deceit and trickery! Insidious lies and deceit and trickery! *Runs off ranting about how much fun destroying the universe is* |
| #66sinfire_titanMay 16, 2008 14:15:58 | Lies! Lies and deceit! Lies and deceit and trickery! Insidious lies and deceit and trickery! *Runs off ranting about how much fun destroying the universe is* Ah, chaos. Nothing wakes me up in the morning like an internet full of ranting, calamity, and confusion. |
| #67nightwyrmMay 16, 2008 14:20:42 | If you're healing in combat, you're doing it wrong. If it ain't broken, you're not trying hard enough. Most classes are less than 4 levels long. Most feats aren't worth the ink used to print it. |
| #68aelryinthMay 16, 2008 14:25:09 | I have to contest the Gish Phrase. BAB 16, CL 17, and 9th level spells, or go home... Cause those bards with a fighter level or two still aren't taken seriously... ===Aelryinth |
| #69aelryinthMay 16, 2008 14:27:15 | If you're healing in combat, you're doing it wrong. Most feats AND SPELLS aren't worth the ink used to print them. ===Aelryinth |
| #70nightwyrmMay 16, 2008 14:28:22 | Most feats AND SPELLS aren't worth the ink used to print them. Quite right. Can't believe I missed that. Continuing with this line of reasoning...most splatbooks are less than ten pages. |
| #71nightwyrmMay 16, 2008 14:34:07 | A new one: You can't roleplay if you're dead. |
| #72robbypantsMay 16, 2008 14:38:45 | For optimization in general: [INDENT]"Is the glass half full or half empty?" "It's twice as large as it needs to be."[/INDENT] |
| #73eldritch_lordMay 16, 2008 16:19:05 | For optimization in general: CharOp: Putting 3.629 x 104 gallons of awesome into 2-gallon buckets since 2000. |
| #74the_shamanMay 16, 2008 16:24:09 | "Simplicity is overrated" - because not even druids get 20 class levels anymore. "If it has over 2d10 unarmed damage, it's a monk build. If it has at least a level of monk, it's a traditional monk build" "Power comes at a price, but only a fool equates paying a price with gaining power" - on the RP requirements of paladins. "There are three kinds of posters at CharOp: the kind that reads the OP's request but doesn't know what to suggest, the kind who knows what to suggest but hasn't read it, and the kind that will point you towards the important links thread" "If you get enough monkeys with typewriters, they will eventually write a masterpiece. If CharOp gets involved, replace "eventually" with "Within 3 rounds". " |
| #75Midnight_vMay 16, 2008 16:39:24 | Past a certain level, it doesn't matter. Because if you're not a caster, you're a caster's hoe so your opinion doesn't matter. That or you're dead. And dead people are resurected to serve casters anyway "Leaving anything to the discretion of the DM is always a bad idea. Optimization should not rely on being given anything." -Prototype00 |
| #76WyvernhandMay 16, 2008 17:58:33 | Ok, rookie, listen to me. I'm a caster, and you are not. Your sole purpose is to follow me around and inflict HP damage upon anything I deem necessary. When I say Power Attack, you ask "HOW MUCH?". Are we clear? SIR YES SIR! EDIT: This is pretty close to something that one character (Killer Gnome) said to my character (melee mutt) at DDXP last Febuary at the Core Special. The whole table was laughing so hard we had to take a break from absolutely slaughtering the mod to catch out breath. Good times were had by all. |
| #77Nox_NoctisMay 16, 2008 18:03:38 | A new one: Right, so never drink the soda that your DM provides. Bring your own drinks and snacks to the table. |
| #78Nox_NoctisMay 16, 2008 18:05:47 | Ah, chaos. Nothing wakes me up in the morning like an internet full of ranting, calamity, and confusion. [Folger's Jingle]The best part of waking up is ... your spell slots are replenished.[/Jingle] ;) |
| #79archerpwrMay 16, 2008 19:11:16 | I have to contest the Gish Phrase. Bard gishes have 16 bab and 9th spells. They suck though compared to IC bards. |
| #80the_shamanMay 18, 2008 18:40:51 | IC bards? |
| #81tshernMay 18, 2008 18:56:21 | Inspire Courage, I believe. |
| #82archerpwrMay 18, 2008 19:30:03 | Inspire Courage, I believe. Indeed. 14d6 sonic damage per hit for the whole party at level 14 is pretty haus. |
| #83tshernMay 18, 2008 19:37:26 | Indeed. 14d6 sonic damage per hit for the whole party at level 14 is pretty haus. So I've heard. Show Not funny, I take it? |
| #84bozwevialMay 18, 2008 20:46:24 | So I've heard. |
| #85eldritch_lordMay 18, 2008 21:34:49 | Hear, hear. Or rather, don't. ;) You'll be wishing for a scroll of silence whenever that guy pulls out the ol' lute. |
| #86kaizaMay 19, 2008 15:30:27 | A new one: Nobody loves Ghostwalk. ![]() k. |
| #87eldritch_lordMay 20, 2008 17:58:25 | Nobody loves Ghostwalk. What makes you say that? If you're a ghost, you're not dead, you're either Undead or Differently-Animated, your choice of phrasing. |
| #88shadeseraphMay 20, 2008 19:31:05 | Because being GOD and being a god is different... And I still prefer the former. |
| #89carnivoreMay 17, 2009 14:33:16 | to save this resource:D |
| #90EndarireMay 20, 2009 12:25:16 | Anything worth accomplishing will be interruped by the DM, especially with a phrase like, "As you do so..." If doing something is truly harmless, it's probably useless. If it's harmless and hilarious, it's probably worth repeating. |
| #91phaedrusxyMay 20, 2009 13:27:37 | Continuing with this line of reasoning...most splatbooks are less than ten pages. I used to have a quote in my sig that was something like: "Most prestige classes could come from the same book: The Book of Complete Crap." |
| #92dr_rocktopusMay 20, 2009 15:31:53 | "This city deserves a better class of basketweaver, and I'm going to give it to them." |
| #93tshernMay 20, 2009 15:34:53 | "This city deserves a better class of basketweaver, and I'm going to give it to them." "Let's put a basket on that face of yours!" |
| #94curufinMay 20, 2009 16:15:00 | This town needs an anima, mage. |
| #95danduMay 20, 2009 16:19:35 | When in doubt, kill it with fire. |
| #96phaedrusxyMay 20, 2009 16:23:18 | This town needs an anima, mage. Truly awesome! |