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Post by Kaedrin on Jun 10, 2009 12:39:00 GMT -5
Before I suggest this let me say I'm not sure how well balanced Warlocks are on this server compared to the rest of the classes so this may be unnecessary.
My pack contains two of the Warlock's amulets from pen and paper that boost eldritch blast damage. The Lesser Chasuble of Fel Power adds +1d6 and the Greater Chasuble of Fel Power adds +2d6. The gold piece costs are 8k and 18k respectively. The blast script already accounts for them (including hellfire blast).
Flavor text: "This long, embroidered strip of scarlet cloth is covered with arcane sigils and mystic designs. Worn over the neck (occupying the amulet slot), a chasuble of fell power adds 1d6 points of damage (lesser) or 2d6 points of damage (greater) to any eldritch blast the wearer invokes."
The blueprints are cmi_amulet01 and cmi_amulet02 (01 being Lesser, 02 being Greater) and are already in the pack so they can be added to existing merchants or as creature drops.
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Post by siegelayer on Jun 10, 2009 17:42:28 GMT -5
Doesn't seem overpowered because I doubt anyone would use them.  Not worth losing 5 ac from nat ammy. Warlocks do pretty good on the server, with a mithral heavy shield and HiPs, the main problem with warlocks is that solo is horrendously tedious due to their slow casting and relatively low (overall) dmg, but they are very valuable to a group. My 29warlock/SD1 build will have about 18d6 blast or more after many epic blast feats. Working on a Heartwarder version this time with less damage and more DCs. |
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Post by Kaedrin on Jun 10, 2009 17:49:01 GMT -5
Technically you should be able to enchant any necklace with the natural AC bonus. Looks like the crafting system just gives you a new necklace though and doesn't upgrade an existing one. I could always make versions that include the Natural AC (with a correspondingly huge price increase).
For example (following the rules)
Lesser Chasuble of Fel Power with +5 Natural AC: 62k
Greater Chasuble of Fel Power with +5 Natural AC: 77k
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Post by siegelayer on Jun 10, 2009 19:06:48 GMT -5
That's exactly what I was thinking. Sounds cool to me but I'm no judge of balance - i'm biased. Another note though, the prices would need adjusting (maybe server-side) probably. We don't get a whole lot of gold here. |
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Post by Kaedrin on Jun 10, 2009 19:32:20 GMT -5
*nods* Which is why I list PnP prices. The amulet of Natural Armor +5 on it's own, for instance, is 50k. So the Greater Chasuble + Nat AC should be 50% more than whatever it costs now (or on a 50% harder boss  ). What's dumb (to me) is that a +7 Sword or a +7 suit of armor is the same price (actually 1k cheaper) than a +5 natural AC amulet. Just how many x/minutes day spells are there that boost natural AC? |
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Post by nicethugbert on Jun 10, 2009 20:07:15 GMT -5
Seige has it right about Warlocks. An extra 2d6 is not going to propel Eldritch Chain Warlocks into the front ranks of the solo builds. Also, warlocks have no AC advantage here and they have a d6 hitdie. So an Eldritch Chain Warlock is comparable to a Whirl Wind Fighter here with an onhit property weapon. At least that is what I want to say. I have not tried a HiPS warlock. My Peanut Picard is level 16ish now I have no yet been able to test Eldritch Glaive on LDOA, as my NWN2 is on 1.23 Beta 1. But, I do not remember calculating uber numbers for EG when we had those discussions AFAIK, all the builds soloing Cazic Thule are cleric combos using FM, CL, RDD, or SL. |
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Post by siegelayer on Jun 10, 2009 20:54:04 GMT -5
Yeah, the warlock ac is lower, can get around 56 with shield and mith breastplate, give or take, depending on the build. The damage can be nice at times but it's so slow. The main value comes in it's ability to slow or freeze the mobs and have friends beat them down. It's a real fun support character. Wish I had tried them earlier. I've got him to hit 202 dmg crits so far but compared to the damage over time of other builds, it's lacking. Made up for by crowd control. And, as for ammy price, well, perhaps it will just be a loot item like all other items. "(or on a 50% harder boss )." Ohh! an Avatar of Fear loot item! |
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Post by wettshoes on Jun 11, 2009 15:37:25 GMT -5
AFAIK, all the builds soloing Cazic Thule are cleric combos using FM, CL, RDD, or SL. as an FYI . . . I was only able to solo there with one of my cleric builds because the others didnt have a high enough caster lvl/Wis, and he happened to be a cleric 14/ftr 4/bard 2 /FM 10. did anyone esle solo there? I could see a SL variation too or a RDD with maybe 4-5 lvls of RDD but I havent built those . . . yet |
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Not worth losing 5 ac from nat ammy.
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