Thanks
Originally posted by Kipper Snifferdoo
Try these: Hoopak Stats
I thought you would have jumped on the opportunity like a pack of dogs on a three legged cat, Kipper...
One would assume they'll have to make an announcement soon though, as their official date is still set for this month so far as I'm aware.
Love,
Haldon
Tas
Originally posted by Amaron Blackthorn
If they kee[p this kind of stuff up, they might not be in business for long.
I hardly think so....its not been pushed back all that far....and...well....you'd like a well put together well written product wouldn't ya? You would? I thought so....okay then....keep your panties on! ;)
Tas
Originally posted by Tasslehoff the Great
You know, thats the strangest thing! Whenever I introduce myself to anyone they say things like "yea...your just like all the other tasslehoffs"
Seriously guys...there's a time and place for this IC stuff...and it isn't now or here.
They have threads...and whole boards even, for in character play. (Even though people normally don't take too kindly to someone pretending to be some iconic character.)
Perhaps she really IS Shemeska the Marauder, King of the Crosstrades, big furry Arcanoloth of doom...
Ah well.
Originally posted by L33t Angel
Hm, then why can Shemeska get away with it I wonder?
Perhaps she really IS Shemeska the Marauder, King of the Crosstrades, big furry Arcanoloth of doom...
I don't even want to know...
LOL!
Originally posted by Brimstone
I don't even want to know...
LOL!
I second that motion
Seriously guys...there's a time and place for this IC stuff...and it isn't now or here.
Sorry, no more from me.
Tas
Seriously guys...there's a time and place for this IC stuff...and it isn't now or here.
Sorry, no more from me.
Tas
Tas
Originally posted by Tasslehoff the Great
Sorry, no more IC from me
Tas
Someone bump TTG...I think he's stuck.
;)
Originally posted by Brimstone
Someone bump TTG...I think he's stuck.
;)
Just let me grab my quarterstaff
Tas
How do we start IC boards anyway, just spam a Wiz_O with e-mail until they cave?
Perhaps if we started it in the CoF they would let it spread.
Cassia R. :P
Originally posted by darthsylver
Who is selling the DM's screen, WoTC or SovStone. Amazon has nothing about the screen but they do have the Key of Destiny. Does the screen come with the Key of Destiny?
How long have you been out of the loop, darthsylver? You haven't posted in a good while. The DM screen is produced by SovPress, as is the Key of Destiny. They are being sold separately.
Originally posted by darthsylver
Let's see, went to Iraq in Apr, got back in Aug and had no phone for internet, just now getting out of Military (yeah, wooo-hooo), and finally getting to Virginia where family and I setling. So let's see, Apr, May, Jun, July, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 yep 9. 9 months. Is that really a long time, oh yeah!!!!
My brother missed being sent by about three weeks. He was lucky enough to have been changing his occupation(or whatever the military calls them), and the officer in command said that he can't be sent until he finishes his training. He has avoided being sent because of this twice now.
Well, it is good to see that you came back safe and sound!
BTW, I knew you hadn't had internet for a while, never knew it was quite that long. Well, you came back at a good time, since the DL products are hopefully gonna start rolling out at about two books a month, for right now at least. Did you happen to get a copy of the DLCS and the AoM yet?
Yeah the only reason I went was because they basically told me I could not quit my job. I was at the end of my contract and was about to get out when the whole thing started, man was my wife ******!!!!
Also, if it was made from wood taken from the Kenderwood, which is now burned to pieces, does that mean hoopaks are going to be increasingly rare, or just even more varied? At the very least, are the other, more unusual (and mostly better, IMO) kender weapons going to become more popular?
And why oh why are the kender antional weapons not light enough to be able to use weapon finesse? I understand that they were created before the feat system, but it would still make a little sense...
ps - If you want to find a place that allows kender free-form role-play, try going to the SBM in my sig, and then to the Brickflight area. It's a random made-up city mostly inhabited by kender, but anyone can get there.
SBM stands for Sugar By Mouse, the original explanation for why all the board residents were so hyper. Every time they touched the mouse, a free shot of sugar would be injected straight into the bloodstream.
Originally posted by Cassia Riverogue
Uh, I don't know...ask around! Maybe one can get started. I was sent a letter from someone sayin' stuff like that is frouned upon though...*sighs*
What's everyone looking at me for? I didn't do it this time...I promise, it wasn't me! ;)
By the way, welcome back, Darthsylver!
Originally posted by pddisc
About the kencyclopedia hoopak
Hullo, hullo
- shouldn't the staff bit be doing a little less damage, really? A normal, full size quarterstaff (although if that's twice as big, and only a quarter... is a hoopak equivalent to an eighthstaff?) does 1d6 damage (or at least it did - can't find 3.5 PHB at the moment),
Ok here was my reasoning behind all this. Most weapons come in two sizes now, small or medium. So they list damage for both sizes. Basically since the dawn of kender the hoopak has done 1d6 points of damage and according to 3E kender would now use "small weapons" as per their size. So I did think of lowering it to do 1d4, but it just felt wrong for a number of reasons. 1) all hoopaks in the hand of a kender have always done 1d6. 2) anyone that has ever played or is playing a kender would surely be disgruntled if you told them they they are now using a weapon that does 1d4 instead of 1d6 3) Tas sure did dispatch his share of goblins and monsters with his hoopak and I just couldn't bring myself to lower it.
and this isn't even going to be as effective, due to air-friction from the sling part.
Well, that's debatable. The sling may not always be large enough to catch the wind like a sail. And if they are not hitting it straight on it's not going to slow it. Even if it did catch the wind I doubt it would slow it enough to reduce the damage significantly.
Also, if it was made from wood taken from the Kenderwood, which is now burned to pieces, does that mean hoopaks are going to be increasingly rare, or just even more varied? At the very least, are the other, more unusual (and mostly better, IMO) kender weapons going to become more popular?
A good number of them were and are also made in Hylo. So I doubt there will be a drop in the number used. Now in the Desolation I doubt the afflicted kender are using them much, but True kender from Hylo would. Personally I like the idea of them using some of the other kender weapons.
And why oh why are the kender antional weapons not light enough to be able to use weapon finesse? I understand that they were created before the feat system, but it would still make a little sense...
That's a good question and it makes a lot of sense. The weight listed for a medium hoopak is (8 lbs) so a small hoopak that most kender would use would be 4 pounds. I suppose if your DM decides that qualifies as light you could use it with the weapon finesse feat.
Tas sure did dispatch his share of goblins and monsters with his hoopak
:fight!:
:DOr, free focus, kinda like halflings get, essentially, free focus in every single thrown weapon.
I always felt pretty bad for the smaller races, who can never, ever match the damage output of those larger than them. But then again, I suppose this makes sense. Still, it's awfully hard, it seems, to find weapons that do even 1d6 damage for them - especially if you're a small rogue.
As a small sidenote, a small quarterstaff would not be called an 'eighthstaff', as amusing as the name might be, since the name refers to how the staff is wielded, not its actual length.
Small bit of trivia there...Originally posted by The Udjat
I always thought of the hoopak as more of a spear and sling in one, rather than a quarterstaff and sling in one.
Despite some appearances in illustration (chiefly in Tales of the Lance), the hoopak was never intended to be a piercing weapon. In its original form it was a combination sling and jo stick - which for those of you with long memories was one of the monk weapons from 1st edition AD&D.
By rights the hoopak should only deal 1d4 points of damage with its staff component, and 1d3 points of damage with sling stones hurled or shot from the sling end. Yes, this is less damage than it traditionally did in the hands of a kender, but then short swords and daggers and other weapons also deal out less damage in 3.5 edition D&D than they used to for small characters.
Cheers,
Cam
How about this...Kender treat Hoopaks (and other Kender weapons) as one size larger.
So would a kender wielding a medium hoopak do more damage than a normal quarterstaff?
Spears also have much bigger pointy bits. It's only because it has a small metal cap at the not-sling end that people will use it as a spear. I'm more inclined to not have it as a spear, but just a part of it being a staff/sling, so it's easier to lodge in the ground when you're slinging with it.
Still since, each kender will personalise their weapons, there no need to say no hoopaks will have spear components. It's just that it's not the 'traditional' one.
Besides, the kender have to have something that would make someone want to be able to play them, and do more damage than an untrained unarmed attack. (still lethal over subdual, but come on)
Originally posted by K_Man
It is no different than a dwarf getting one extra point of damage over a battle axe with his war axe, or a human with a bastard sword (if they took the feat for their bonus...).
Yes, but dwarves and humans are Medium characters, while kender are Small. Keep in mind that as Small characters, kender have a better AC and a better attack bonus than a dwarf or human with the same ability scores and class.
Half-kender would get the benefit of a Medium hoopak, if they had one made... and it would do 1d6 and 1d4.
Cheers,
Cam
Originally posted by K_Man
True...But their should be some illusion of the 3.0.5 stats tossing back to the good old days. Just give them Prof and Focus in all kender weapons, then. People that play kender are NOT the usual armored greatsword raging warriors anyway.
I would grant them weapon familiarity with kender weapons, which would allow a kender with proficiency in martial weapons (such as a kender fighter or ranger) access to them. They could also gain proficiency in a single kender weapon automatically, just as elves gain proficiency in rapiers and bows.
Their size already grants them the equivalent of weapon focus in any weapon they use, as it's a +1 size bonus to attacks. Weapon focus has no effect on damage.
Cheers,
Cam
Surely if it was a medium weapon, then they'd all get -4 to hit for using the wrong sized weapons?
A twohanded weapon?