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Originally posted by Sir Bozak The Damned

Also, a 6 second round would mean my friend's Troll in a campaign I am a player could heal 50 hit points in a minute...that seems quite ridiculously overpowered. If someone could please shed some light on those issues, I would be more than grateful. Thanks in advance.

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Originally posted by glumag

I really don't know what kind of explanation you are looking for. Your players are right. The Manual says it in plain English and there is no other way to interpret it as it is pretty straight forward. round = 6 seconds; turn = 10 rounds or 1 minute.

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Originally posted by Sir Bozak The Damned

Thanka, I wanted to make sure. It will be easier to count now. The problem might lie in some typos in the duration of spells. The 1/minute per level spells like Bull's Strenght are actually an entire level/level in my 3.0 OA book, which I changed back. Do you guys find Haste overpowered or not ?

Oh, and our characters started as level 3 and are now level 8, so my Minotaur is ready to get that level of Barbarian for rage and my friend has 3 levels of Troll left. 3 was decided since my character's Drow mistress ( Collar of Obedience ) had a +2 LE. This is tyhe most fun I have had as a player in a long time...

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Originally posted by nyjastul69

Haste adds a single extra attack, but only if the character takes a full attack action. That is, he can only take a 5' step and get the extra attack. Is that any clearer?

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Originally posted by bshugg

Are you using the 3.0 rules or 3.5. I saw you mention 3.0 above. In 3.0 Haste is broken beyond belief. In 3.5 it just gives you 1 extra attack when you make a full attack, and some minor bonuses. If you could take 2 swings you can now take 3 for example. No doubling of attacks.

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Originally posted by Sir Bozak The Damned

I use 3.5. Yes, but a Double-Blade and a Katana/Wakisashi give 4 attacks instead of 2, so the bonus attack ( at full BAB ) actually ups them to 6. then attack 3/6 times ?

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Say he is in an opponent's zone, he would have to get out of it, get an AoO against him ( unless he tumbles )

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Originally posted by Sir Bozak The Damned

To get full attacks, do you not have to move at least 1 square ? It seems that was I read in the Combact section of the PG...

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Originally posted by Sir Bozak The Damned

To get full attacks, do you not have to move at least 1 square ? It seems that was I read in the Combact section of the PG...

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Originally posted by Sir Bozak The Damned

Okay, so once you are in an opponent's zone, you can always do ALL your attacks, is that it ?

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Originally posted by Sir Bozak The Damned

Well, the dual-weapons like the Orc's double-axe are what are puzzling me, since an attack with it is supposedly with both edges always, I am wondering if for AoO, charging and hasted, that rule of thumb changes... So far, I know about using two weapons, but this continues to evade me. The rules I read are not clear on those points when it comes to such weapons. I am only asking questions, not demanding answers. With this one answered, all will be fine before my next game.

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Originally posted by Sir Bozak The Damned


Thank you for being so patient :)

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Originally posted by Sir Bozak The Damned

Thanks nyjastul69, you cleared everything up now, if I am to assume that a hasted character again gets that bonus attack with one weapon or one end, as Benimoto wrote. I had understood about usinmg two weapons, I just wanted to make sure it is the same for a double weapon.

Thank you for being so patient :)

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Originally posted by Sir Bozak The Damned

Thanks nyjastul69, you cleared everything up now, if I am to assume that a hasted character again gets that bonus attack with one weapon or one end, as Benimoto wrote. I had understood about usinmg two weapons, I just wanted to make sure it is the same for a double weapon.

Thank you for being so patient :)

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As a suggestion, to save time for everyone (as people have spent quite a lot of time answering many questions which do seem pretty clear in the book), I also encourage everyone to reread the PHB chapters 8 - 10 (sections Combat, Adventuring and Magic; pgs 133-180). Even experienced DMs/players benefit from rereading these sections about once a year ... and I advise taking notes to help make the info stick in the brain. I reread the section every August. It may take an hour of your time, but you'll 'get that time back' pretty quickly, as you won't need to ask as mnay questions here, and your sessions will run a lot smoother and faster.

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Originally posted by jgsugden
As a suggestion, to save time for everyone (as people have spent quite a lot of time answering many questions which do seem pretty clear in the book), I also encourage everyone to reread the PHB chapters 8 - 10 (sections Combat, Adventuring and Magic; pgs 133-180). Even experienced DMs/players benefit from rereading these sections about once a year ... and I advise taking notes to help make the info stick in the brain. I reread the section every August. It may take an hour of your time, but you'll 'get that time back' pretty quickly, as you won't need to ask as mnay questions here, and your sessions will run a lot smoother and faster.

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Thanka, I wanted to make sure. It will be easier to count now. The problem might lie in some typos in the duration of spells. The 1/minute per level spells like Bull's Strenght are actually an entire level/level in my 3.0 OA book, which I changed back. Do you guys find Haste overpowered or not ?

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Changing the duration of buff spells from 1 hr/level to 1 min/level was an intentional change. Too many people felt they were over-powered in 3.0. I don't find the 3.5 haste to be too powerful. I also house ruled the buff spells to 1hr/level, it hasn't broken my game in the least.

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Well, the dual-weapons like the Orc's double-axe are what are puzzling me, since an attack with it is supposedly with both edges always...

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Originally posted by Monsoon28

a cleric could self-buff with many of those spells (especially with the old Persistant metamagic feat) and totally make any fighters in the group obsolete. I mean who needs Fighters/Barbarians when you can cast Shield of Faith, Magic Vestment & Divine Power and have them last the enitre day?!

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Thanka, I wanted to make sure. It will be easier to count now. The problem might lie in some typos in the duration of spells. The 1/minute per level spells like Bull's Strenght are actually an entire level/level in my 3.0 OA book, which I changed back. Do you guys find Haste overpowered or not ?

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Changing the duration of buff spells from 1 hr/level to 1 min/level was an intentional change. Too many people felt they were over-powered in 3.0. I don't find the 3.5 haste to be too powerful. I also house ruled the buff spells to 1hr/level, it hasn't broken my game in the least.

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I believe the main problem for many of these 1hr/level spells was that a cleric could self-buff with many of those spells (especially with the old Persistant metamagic feat) and totally make any fighters in the group obsolete. I mean who needs Fighters/Barbarians when you can cast Shield of Faith, Magic Vestment & Divine Power and have them last the enitre day?! At lower levels they don't seem so bad, but at higher levels you can see where the arguement for reducing the duration came from.

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