tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post6492448905848463308..comments2023-09-21T10:30:10.699+02:00Comments on Square Fireballs: The Magic Item Reset (X): Head itemsPericohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414348870266960204noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-17129660760352027862011-05-23T20:16:51.646+02:002011-05-23T20:16:51.646+02:00Thanks, got it.Thanks, got it.Pericohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12414348870266960204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-33405167571556729922011-05-22T20:20:35.325+02:002011-05-22T20:20:35.325+02:00Typo in Crown of Victory. Both paragon and epic sa...Typo in Crown of Victory. Both paragon and epic say +2 power bonus.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06501193079029723696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-79161631010190136082011-05-10T14:54:38.980+02:002011-05-10T14:54:38.980+02:00Good point, Human. I was hopeful that the intent w...Good point, Human. I was hopeful that the intent would be clear, but it is true that my initial wording for the glasses' abilities was far from lawyer-proof. I have rewritten it so as not to be as ambiguous: <br /><br />"You treat enemies with total concealment as though they had partial concealment, and ignore partial concealment on other enemies."Pericohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12414348870266960204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-63079553973799131112011-05-10T11:57:52.210+02:002011-05-10T11:57:52.210+02:00What I liked about most of your items, that they a...What I liked about most of your items, that they are quite balanced in all the tiers. So the Helm of Tactics stood out, but your reasoning makes senseAndráshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18029096265502575391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-69061399634388152332011-05-10T03:40:29.666+02:002011-05-10T03:40:29.666+02:00"Until the end of turn, you ignore partial co..."Until the end of turn, you ignore partial concealment and treat total concealment as partial concealment."<br /><br />So I treat total concealment as partial concealment? And I ignore partial concealment, ergo I can ignore total concealment as well? Fantastic!<br /><br />Oh, whoops. I had my Glasses of the Slippery Ruleslawyer still on.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06967328024041297599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-47463956000151564922011-05-09T17:33:12.218+02:002011-05-09T17:33:12.218+02:00The level 25 in Glasses of True Sight was a typo, ...The level 25 in Glasses of True Sight was a typo, it's fixed now. Thanks for pointing it out :)<br /><br />As for the scaling of ability replacement items (like Helm of Tactics)... I like the current numbers, even if their relative value shows slight variance across tiers. I don't think a couple of points between heroic and epic are such a big deal when dealing with initiative or skills (compared to, say, attacks or defenses, which these items never affect). They are intended to be on the strong side, but within reachable values (even if the +10 at epic is pushing it a bit). <br /><br />I guess the progressions that better represent the intended power level would have been either 5/7/9 or 5/7/10. However, I wanted item upgrades to be relevant, and starting off with a +5 bonus would mean that the hange from heroic to paragon wouldn't be particularly exciting. So shaving a point off the heroic version, and having a 3 point jump at each tier resulted in the most satisfying experience when upgrading gear. <br /><br />Anyway, that's the thought process behind those numbers.Pericohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12414348870266960204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-80542537762929985522011-05-09T16:42:00.246+02:002011-05-09T16:42:00.246+02:00Glasses of True sight: did you mean level 22, or i...Glasses of True sight: did you mean level 22, or is 25 intentional?<br />Helm of Tactics (and Elven Cloak, and Giant something belt): In heroic you are equal to or a bit weaker than an optimised charater. In epic you are clearly stronger than that. +10 is equal to starting with 20 in Dex pumping it every time, and going Demigod. Only a heavy optimiser can reach it at level 28.<br />I would go with 6/8/10 if you want the item to be consistently stronger than talent, or 4/6/8 if you want it balanced. I prefer the second.Andráshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18029096265502575391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-32180475237231241832011-05-09T15:03:47.401+02:002011-05-09T15:03:47.401+02:00The intent is that you can see invisible creatures...The intent is that you can see invisible creatures. From the glossary, invisibility grants you total concealment, so unless I'm mistaken, it should work as written.<br /><br />These glasses are probably the least impressive of the rares I've designed (though, admittedly, they are also among the lowest level ones), and they overlap with the uncommon glasses a bit too much. That said, I find their encounter power (and particularly the part where it lets you see through walls) to be pretty cool, unique, and rare-worthy.<br /><br />Adding some kind of additional illusion resistance would be flavorful, but not particularly useful (since illusion attacks are much less common than psychic ones). It's something I considered, but the item is already complex enough, even for a rare. I don't want to add more abilities to it, and illusion resistance (or even immunity!) is too niche to replace any of the existing ones.Pericohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12414348870266960204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-67115909616095078872011-05-09T14:10:16.905+02:002011-05-09T14:10:16.905+02:00Maybe instead of/in addition to the psychic resist...Maybe instead of/in addition to the psychic resistance, they could help you defeat Illusion effects somehow.SabreCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04504781586824397505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-21501571268860399102011-05-09T14:01:57.944+02:002011-05-09T14:01:57.944+02:00Excellent. I appreciate the nerf to Horned Helm, t...Excellent. I appreciate the nerf to Horned Helm, though that'd surely cause a lot of folks to cry.<br /><br />I'm not sure the Glasses of True Sight feel like all that huge an upgrade over the Glasses of Vision--the psychic resistance is nice, but it feels tacked-on. Does the current wording even let you see invisible creatures and objects the way by-the-glossary truesight does?SabreCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04504781586824397505noreply@blogger.com