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Gotta say, using Mare Do Well was a stroke of brilliance for the guy.
Don't swordmages need a proper weapon to be effective? Or can they work with throw-able / improvised weapons as well?
If that's the case, I can imagine him lobbing enchanted giant boulders from the sky, essentially carpet-bombing his enemies.
Also, how does a "search and rescue" cutie mark boost his magic so much (especially since he's only half-unicorn), excluding situations where he has to rescue someone from rubble with it?
If that's the case, I can imagine him lobbing enchanted giant boulders from the sky, essentially carpet-bombing his enemies.
Also, how does a "search and rescue" cutie mark boost his magic so much (especially since he's only half-unicorn), excluding situations where he has to rescue someone from rubble with it?
But of course, a skilled DM can make a player regret taking too many flaws.
Player: I'll take deathly allergic to cattle for those extra skill points. There's no way we'll need to go near a farm.
DM: You are stampeded by wild cows.
Player: I'll take deathly allergic to cattle for those extra skill points. There's no way we'll need to go near a farm.
DM: You are stampeded by wild cows.
I had one player that I had to say 'no' to repeatedly because he'd take too many flaws to keep track of. I think it was 1287 points worth of disadvantages in GURPS (for a 150 pt game with a 50 point disadvantage limit) including more than 30 personality flaws and at least twelve enemies.
He whined about it. A lot. "But I need all these to flesh out my character!"
And then sulked about how without those disadvantages he'd be bored... ugh... x.x
He ended up ONLY having enough for 150 million dollars worth of magical items from Wealth. That's all he put the points into. I think originally he owned the universe or something.
He whined about it. A lot. "But I need all these to flesh out my character!"
And then sulked about how without those disadvantages he'd be bored... ugh... x.x
He ended up ONLY having enough for 150 million dollars worth of magical items from Wealth. That's all he put the points into. I think originally he owned the universe or something.
I could have literally made the entire campaign about punishing him for his flaws and still would have only been dealing with about 10% of them. There were just too many.
Two questions though, if he was that bad why keep him in the group? And what kind of backstory can he come up with to justify the flaws?
The only backstory that could justify that many enemies and social flaws is already taken by Wolverine. However, one of his flaws could have been a nagging feeling that he was a ripoff of someone cooler than he was.
He's usually the GM. And he's a pretty good GM. He's also an active and imaginative player once you actually start playing -- it's just character creation that's like pulling teeth. x.x
He moved away in the middle of the campaign though. v.v
He moved away in the middle of the campaign though. v.v
Interesting choices on that point buy. I can't figure out how it works out to 22 points. Everything I've tried comes out too high or (assuming the race has +2 in Int and one other ability) too low.
Pony genes in general don't make much sense if you consider the Cakes have twin pegasus and unicorn fillies.
If both the unicorn and pegasi genes are recessive, and (because magic) when both are present, the result is an Earth pony (like in Shadowrun with an elf and dwarf parent, if they get both metatypes they are always human), then you could argue that the cakes each had one parent that was a pegasi and one that was a unicorn, resulting in fraternal twins that got both the recessive genes of each species respectively.
Given that he was made by Cory, really it's just a case of Cory only caring about math when it comes to min-maxing. That's the only logic at play here.
This is the guy who made a character that was 1/16 fishman 1/16 giant. (14/16 human)
I'm assuming something similar here.
I'm assuming something similar here.
Even Mr. Cake wasn't sure of his own explination.
It works better if you don't overthink it.
The screen shots definitely aren't helping, though.
I don't understand why so many people go with "Mrs. Cake cheated on her husband" when it wouldn't explain how they got both a pegasus and a unicorn. Pony genetics just work differently, a lot of things in Equestria do.
Female cats can get pregnant by two males cats at once. Perhaps its the same for ponies?
If you really want to look at pony genetics in terms of real world genetics this guy made an interesting vid on the subject...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bolwd7xaZvs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bolwd7xaZvs
Re: The Cakes
Recessive genes can linger in a family for generations before expressing. But if we assume that pony genetics work like real world genetics, both parents would have had to have both unicorn and pegasus recessive genes.
Recessive genes can linger in a family for generations before expressing. But if we assume that pony genetics work like real world genetics, both parents would have had to have both unicorn and pegasus recessive genes.
Simple. Start with an earth pony, and then add the 1/2 pegasus and 1/2 unicorn templates.
It's sort of like being a half-celestial half-dragon half-fiend half-elf. There's nothing saying you can't use more than one of those templates at once (at least not in 3.5. I don't know about 4.0).
It's sort of like being a half-celestial half-dragon half-fiend half-elf. There's nothing saying you can't use more than one of those templates at once (at least not in 3.5. I don't know about 4.0).
As weird as that sounds. It says as much in the rules even. They should have found a different name.
A lot depends on what exactly each "half" template actually represent.
for instance: imagine that the three pony races are basically the same the exception being an organ channelling their magic which is unique to the subspecies, the horn and some connected parts of the brain for unicorns, wings and collected muscles for pegasus and, say special bone composition for earth ponies.
A 1/2 pegasus might then have a hybrid of the wing muscle type and the baseline muscle type and a 1/2 unicorn a hybrid of the horn skull and synapses.
A 1/2 unicorn, 1/2 half pegasus Earthpony would then be an earthpony with both traits due to some quirk of genetics.
for instance: imagine that the three pony races are basically the same the exception being an organ channelling their magic which is unique to the subspecies, the horn and some connected parts of the brain for unicorns, wings and collected muscles for pegasus and, say special bone composition for earth ponies.
A 1/2 pegasus might then have a hybrid of the wing muscle type and the baseline muscle type and a 1/2 unicorn a hybrid of the horn skull and synapses.
A 1/2 unicorn, 1/2 half pegasus Earthpony would then be an earthpony with both traits due to some quirk of genetics.
Well, isn't it possible that Mr and Ms. Cake each had a parent who was half unicorn or pegasus? Sure, the gene could be recessive and could conceivably come up in the babies. Especially since each of the 3 races has their own brand of magic, and maybe which race the baby is comes down to 1/4 parts genetics and 3/4 parts magic coin flip :P.
In canon there is no such thing as a "half-Unicorn" or a "half-pegasus", you are the type of pony you are, no matter who your parents might be.
Also the Sister are Unicorn/Pegasus/Earth pony hybrids* not just Unicorn/Pegasus hybrids. (the earthpony part is most immediately visible through their size)
*and gods in Celestia's/Luna's case (don't know if the same is true for cadence)
Also the Sister are Unicorn/Pegasus/Earth pony hybrids* not just Unicorn/Pegasus hybrids. (the earthpony part is most immediately visible through their size)
*and gods in Celestia's/Luna's case (don't know if the same is true for cadence)
......And watch as Mare-Do-Well gets shot down faster than a triplane over the English Channel.
My experience is that the worst game I've run that gets into bad power-creep is superheros in GURPS. Once characters hit something like 300 points, they all become The Tick.
...sometimes mentally too XD
...sometimes mentally too XD
This is why I prefer the pathfinder take on flaws. In that game you skill points instead of feats.
Man...If NeverWinter Nights 1 or 2 had flaws..... I'd have made such epic characters... oh well.
My DM house rules in flaws (we use pathfinder for our system), but he limits everyone to just 1 flaw (sometimes 2, if we're playing a campaign that's meant to have powerful player characters). It seems to work pretty well.
Earth Pony (Half Unicorn/HalfPegasus)
Half Unicorn/Half Pegasus? why not Alicorn? or the player think that whas to excessive? XD
You also don't have "arcane spell failure chance."
so he's an alicorn? God I hope on of the characters is at least descent.
“At least I didn’t arrive six hours late! And I’ll have you know that Alicorns are perfectly legal PCs!” Twilight snapped, slamming her hoof on the table so hard that it sent cheese puffs and dice flying. “They have a level adjustment of 3!”
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/53/21/The-Empty-Room/April-Fools-Chapter
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/53/21/The-Empty-Room/April-Fools-Chapter
Hadn't realized this fic had that chapter.
This is clearly the only good way it could go.
This is clearly the only good way it could go.
Wait 19 AC on a swordmage? That's terrible by normal standards (Most swordmages start with 20-21 at first level)
By power gaming standards I'd expect something like 25 AC 20 Will 21 Reflex and 18 Fort...
By power gaming standards I'd expect something like 25 AC 20 Will 21 Reflex and 18 Fort...
Rarity with bling is incredible. On a one to ten scale I'd say it's over nine thousand.
Just Saiyan.
Just Saiyan.
Hey, does anyone else think Mare Do Well looks like a ponyfied Spoiler from DC's 90s-era Robin?
You should head over to Scans Daily. There's much with the Steph-love in that neck of the inter-woods.
The hat's very Darkwing, I'll give you that, but the mask and color scheme really look Spoiler to me.
So does this mean that the Mysterious Mare Do Well is non-canon in FiD?
Yay!
Yay!
Rarity: Let us never speak of this again.
TS: I agree.
AJ: Eyup.
FS: Thats for the best.
PP: I dunno, they werent that bad.
RD: You kidding? There's a line between "awesome" and just plain "sad".
I always like how ADRPG handles flaws. Namely? PC conflict.
Having 5,000 flaws when it is just the GM trying to screw you over? Not that much worse than having 5 flaws.
Having one weakness when it's your fellow PLAYERS who will be screwing you over? Fatal.
Having 5,000 flaws when it is just the GM trying to screw you over? Not that much worse than having 5 flaws.
Having one weakness when it's your fellow PLAYERS who will be screwing you over? Fatal.
Fits the description, at least.
http://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=136
Since the one is the other, you're arguing a purely semantic difference.
Power creep definitely becomes a problem as a campaign runs on. But starting out with overpowered characters right out of creation? I can't even imagine.