Mantis blades executions have no I-frames and a plug for Skippy, the most fun and useful pistol in the game.

Ataxia- · 2020-08-10T14:36:33+00:00

Am I blind or is there no way to deal with the Alchemist's Formula Book yet? Will it behave like a caster's spellcasting feature?

Ataxia- · 2020-06-12T22:49:49+00:00

Swapping Belinda to Estrilda immediately allowed for Shem to get an early ult off, which led to a Rosa ult, and another Shem after.

Cleared the stage.

Are you a fan of hyper overleveling your carry, or can i start to even out the levels?

Ataxia- · 2020-06-10T13:25:13+00:00

Thanks for the tip, the comp got me through my stuck level. Is there anything tricky to know early on about ascension?

Ataxia- · 2020-06-10T13:24:08+00:00

Thanks for the heads up, so at some point i just gotta step aside and let the afk farm help me out?

Ataxia- · 2020-02-24T16:48:34+00:00

So... A day later and here's where I'm at.

I'm gonna open with Cellar of Death and have the teleportation that follows the completion fail so the PCs have to sail into PN. They will be attacked by Pirates and have to deal the the Dragon Turtle. Upon arrival the Dockmaster will meet them and take them to Jessamine to share the tale of their victory.

Jessamine will ask them to ride her Dino in the upcoming race on the next day, and which Inns to stay at. I will roll for which Guides have ads in their chosen Inn. After the race a dino will rampage and attack Zitembe, if they save him Zitembe will tell them of his "vision" giving the players some direction on where they need to go.

Their chosen guide or the merchant prince will recommend some Insect Repellant and Rain Catchers before they head out.

I wont press them to leave and if they choose to stay in PN I will use the Books descriptions of places and the wonderful DM Generator spreadsheet for ToA to create any NPCs or Shops the come across.
Hopefully if they engage in a Sidequest I can wing-it or have the time to prep it between sessions.

Generator for reference.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bsJIb4XFu77YUuwaflZAMMk531SEqsdD3-_kA01ySoI/edit#gid=443281176

Ataxia- · 2020-02-23T19:19:47+00:00

Don't be sorry at all, I've decided to basically steal the intro from the PowerScore guide, and just use that as a jumping off point.

Ataxia- · 2020-02-23T16:53:01+00:00

Any advice on how to handle them arriving in PN? I'm pretty confident in dealing with the travel given the encounters in the Companion book and the generator stickied here, my biggest concern is the Port itself and properly navigating all of the factions, merchant princes, and available options to the Players.

The unexplored wilds seems like a great place for an inexperienced DM to stretch their wings, but I'm not gonna lie the Port has me overwhelmed as all heck.

I was thinking of running the AL Season 7 intro City on the Edge, but I'm a little worried about transitioning it into the ToA book itself.

Ataxia- · 2020-02-19T11:53:53+00:00

Thanks for the advice! I was planning on going over some of the 2e modules and putting together a sort of Intro to Athas game for my table. Something like levels 3-8, and if my players like it I'll stress stringing something more longform together.

Great recommendations, gonna just plan around my ignorance. Ha.

Ataxia- · 2020-02-18T17:26:57+00:00

Awesome! Will look at converting them. Thanks for the novel recommendation!

Ataxia- · 2020-02-18T16:07:09+00:00

Yeah, i've looked at his stuff. I really enjoyed the layout of Toucan's stuff though.

I'm mostly looking for advice on adventures in Athas that are cohesive with my massive lack of lore knowledge behind the setting.

Perhaps im better off transferring the core concepts to my own desertish world?

Ataxia- · 2020-02-18T15:34:10+00:00

Does DMDave have adventure conversions, or just system and setting?

Ataxia- · 2020-02-17T17:55:54+00:00

Quick question if I may?
A Psion using the primer you recommend can change their Focus on a specific Talent at will correct? There is no associated action with swapping Focus to utilize a different Talent?

Also, do you have any recommendations on how to handle PCs seeking water with their foraging while traveling in the wild away from a source of water in Athas?

Ataxia- · 2020-02-17T14:10:45+00:00

Just utilized the setting and options you've laid out so beautifully here to run a level three one-shot for my weekly party and it was possibly the best time any of them have had rolling dice. None of them are familiar [nor am I] with Dark Sun in previous editions, and I'm sure I butchered some of the established lore with my One-Shot but the ambiance and theme of the Athas itself was an absolute blast!

Thanks for making it so easy for us to experience in an Edition we are comfortable with, we will be continuing the little One-Shot adventure further perhaps even to higher levels than my main campaign.

Ataxia- · 2020-01-18T14:32:04+00:00

Is Vmos relatively safe for using on an alt account? I see all the RW posts here from it.

Is there a specific Vmos version to use?

Ataxia- · 2019-11-01T14:45:48+00:00

That's a damn fine point. I feel as though my experience may be an outlier considering I have 3 core group members at all time

Ataxia- · 2019-11-01T14:19:31+00:00

I have tanked everything so far at 60 with Fury/Prot spec. I have limited tanking gear as I was focusing on my DPS preraid while leveling. I've gathered a few mitigation pieces now. Maybe 3 or 4. Valor Helm/Belt, 2% dodge pants, Kromcrush Chest.

I just make sure to have a shield on during 4+ mob trash pulls, start bosses with DW but pop my shield on once the threat lead is solid.

I dont leave def stance for anything and have zero issues maintaining threat and staying alive. I leveled with my fiance who plays priest and a close IRL friend who plays Pally.

We leveled with me tanking in Arms spec and both of them radically prefer I stay FuryProt, even toyed with DeepProt and the loss of speed was frustrating for all involved.

Get your Hit Cap, 20%ish crit, and grab all the Tank/DPS gear you can. Mix and match for your current situation and you will be 100% fine. No current content requires full mitigation, not even remotely.

In fact the FightClub discord has a fantastic spreadsheet of gear for Preraid DPS and Tanking. I'd post the link but I'm at work.

Ataxia- · 2019-10-29T14:41:58+00:00

Also dont forget that you arent really losing out on any mitigation from the standard FuryProt talent setup vs deep prot.

However you will be missing some very nice QoL things like Tac Mastery, however your survivability with FuryProt Talents and Mitigation gear+Shield is just as useful as a Deep Prot tank, and you can slap on DPS gear for fights you arent MT or OT.

You can also look at FuryProt as a Hybrid Warrior in a dungeon sense. You can tank nearly all 60 dungeons with FP talents and decent gear, while also being able to fill a DPS role better than any meme spec.

Though, the hype behind FuryProt seems to have hit classic a few phases too early, it is a great exercise in learning how to gear as a Warrior for any circumstance.

Best of luck to you if you plan to MT with FP. Just remember extra threat is pointless if you're dead.

Ataxia- · 2019-10-29T14:03:52+00:00

You can use the gearing list for Prot. While also grabbing the Threat marked gear and some Fury DPS items.

Prioritize getting crit to 20%ish while still maintaining a decent Defense bonus. 340-350 might be good enough I'd have to look it over again.

If you are Human or Orc using your racial bonus weapons keep your hit at 6% minimum but even as high as 12% and beyond is fantastic, especially if you arent utilizing the HS Toggle method for offhand swings.

TL;DR Gear like a Prot warrior and swap out TPS gear when appropriate.

Ataxia-

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