Prime Junta
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The D&D ruleset is pretty complex -- all versions of them. Despite the clearly enormous amount of work that's gone into balancing the various character classes, there are some pretty major exploits in the rules. By "exploit," I mean the possibility to do something the rule designers clearly don't want to do and getting a major advantage because of it.
I thought it would be fun to list some you've come across either in PnP gaming or in the various D&D based cRPG's, in a "platform independent" way.
I'll start:
One of the major balancing factors in D&D is that the best buff and defensive spells are "caster only." The idea being that your beefy fighter has to rely on armor and protective items, but your frail little mage can protect herself with Stoneskins and Spell Mantles.
In 3d Edition D&D, there's an easy way around this:
(1) Take one level of any arcane spellcasting class for your fighter.
(2) Give your wizard the Scribe Scroll feat, and have her scribe scrolls of all her best buffs.
(3) Voilà, your tank can use all the self-buff spells your wizard knows. Enter the Unstoppable Lenin Sex Orchestra!
I thought it would be fun to list some you've come across either in PnP gaming or in the various D&D based cRPG's, in a "platform independent" way.
I'll start:
One of the major balancing factors in D&D is that the best buff and defensive spells are "caster only." The idea being that your beefy fighter has to rely on armor and protective items, but your frail little mage can protect herself with Stoneskins and Spell Mantles.
In 3d Edition D&D, there's an easy way around this:
(1) Take one level of any arcane spellcasting class for your fighter.
(2) Give your wizard the Scribe Scroll feat, and have her scribe scrolls of all her best buffs.
(3) Voilà, your tank can use all the self-buff spells your wizard knows. Enter the Unstoppable Lenin Sex Orchestra!
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