And ... Breathe...
Apr. 27th, 2002 08:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_gneechYesterday was an afternoon shift, thankfully, so it was a much less stressful day at work. I did have to deal with some Dilberty stuff with one of the other shift supervisors, but that was just for a few minutes as I was on my way out. Overall, it was a much more pleasant day.
Next week, unfortunately, is all 5 a.m. shifts. Bleah. I'm still job-hunting all weekend.
Anyway, the good news is, I have today and tomorrow off! Woohoo! :) A regular weekend! Something I used to take for granted! The fact that I'm excited about this, shows how dire my situation has become.
Today, I'm going to get three strips drawn, or else. I'm also going to go to a Putt-Putt (man, it's been a long time since I've been to a Putt-Putt) with Laurie and a few other friends around 11:00, and then tonight, it's D&D with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jamesbarrett and Camstone.
Lizardmen, beware. Theran's loaded up with wands, has a new leopard familiar, and I've had a bad week! He should make it to 5th level after tonight; that will make him FTR 2 / WIZ 3 and gain him some 2nd-level spells. After that, it's one more level of wizard, and he's eligible for the Spellsword prestige class.
One can of whupass, ready to be opened! >:)
From there, he'll probably alternate between levels of Wizard and Spellsword. Fortunately, he's human, so his highest base class (Wizard) is ignored for multiclassing penalty purposes, and prestige classes don't count towards multiclassing penalties, so those two levels of Fighter aren't going to cause him unnecessary grief later.
The above assumes, of course, that the campaign doesn't dictate otherwise ... and continues up into Epic Levels. Unfortunately, the Spellsword levels don't count for improving Kitty's stats, and familiars are fragile enough as it is. So Theran's going to have to do some heavy research into ways of protecting Kitty from harm once they get past 6th level or so. Kitty only has 3 HD!
Of course, the big problem with multiclassing in D&D is that all the monsters are designed for "pure" classed characters. At 20th level, Theran will be half as good a fighter as a 20th level fighter, and half as good a wizard as a 20th level wizard. So if he's thrown up against 20th-level foes, such as dragons, he won't be able to compete with them in combat or in spellcasting. His only hope, such as it is, lies in being flexible enough to do a little bit of both and wear them down.
At 20th level, Theran will have a Base Attack Bonus of +12, and the most damaging combat spell in his arsenal will be cone of cold. The group's NPCs will be outshining him in every ability. Even Katlinel the Rogue will be better at combat (especially if he keeps multiclassing as a Ranger); Whitefire the Sorcerer will be a much better magic user.
Assuming Camstone keeps his Paladin character Baylor single-classed, Baylor will very quickly begin to outshine Theran in terms of force of arms. At 13th level, Baylor will have a higher base attack bonus than Theran will ever achieve. So, even though the Spellsword looks like a fairly munchkiney class because of the reduced spell failure, at upper levels you end up being not anywhere near as effective as either a pure fighter or a pure spellcaster.
I dunno, I may have to re-evaluate this plan. I don't want to play a pure Wizard character, because my nature is to run in mano-a-mano and mix it up ... but the group needs a Wizard and in D&D the Wizards are usually the ones who get to do the most interesting stuff.
Basically, I want to play two characters! Arrrgh.
Anyway, that's enough about Today. Tomorrow, I'm building my graphics portfolio site, doing at least one piece of freelance graphics work (a business card for another Starbucks employee's sideline), and of course, sending out resumes until the cows come home. I need a better job, in an office, with regular hours. Like I said yesterday, Starbucks and SJ are incompatible -- and continuing SJ with as few interruptions as possible seems to be very important to my mental health.
Anyway, it's time for breakfast, now. Catcha later!
-The Gneech
Next week, unfortunately, is all 5 a.m. shifts. Bleah. I'm still job-hunting all weekend.
Anyway, the good news is, I have today and tomorrow off! Woohoo! :) A regular weekend! Something I used to take for granted! The fact that I'm excited about this, shows how dire my situation has become.
Today, I'm going to get three strips drawn, or else. I'm also going to go to a Putt-Putt (man, it's been a long time since I've been to a Putt-Putt) with Laurie and a few other friends around 11:00, and then tonight, it's D&D with
jamesbarrett and Camstone.Lizardmen, beware. Theran's loaded up with wands, has a new leopard familiar, and I've had a bad week! He should make it to 5th level after tonight; that will make him FTR 2 / WIZ 3 and gain him some 2nd-level spells. After that, it's one more level of wizard, and he's eligible for the Spellsword prestige class.
One can of whupass, ready to be opened! >:)
From there, he'll probably alternate between levels of Wizard and Spellsword. Fortunately, he's human, so his highest base class (Wizard) is ignored for multiclassing penalty purposes, and prestige classes don't count towards multiclassing penalties, so those two levels of Fighter aren't going to cause him unnecessary grief later.
| 1st Level: FTR 1 | 8th Level: FTR 2/WIZ 4/SPS 2 | 15th Level: FTR 2/WIZ 7/SPS 6 |
| 2nd Level: FTR 2 | 9th Level: FTR 2/WIZ 5/SPS 2 | 16th Level: FTR 2/WIZ 7/SPS 7 |
| 3rd Level: FTR 2/WIZ 1 | 10th Level: FTR 2/WIZ 5/SPS 3 | 17th Level: FTR 2/WIZ 8/SPS 7 |
| 4th Level: FTR 2/WIZ 2 | 11th Level: FTR 2/WIZ 5/SPS 4 | 18th Level: FTR 2/WIZ 9/SPS 7 |
| 5th Level: FTR 2/WIZ 3 | 12th Level: FTR 2/WIZ 6/SPS 4 | 19th Level: FTR 2/WIZ 9/SPS 8 |
| 6th Level: FTR 2/WIZ 3/SPS 1 | 13th Level: FTR 2/WIZ 7/SPS 4 | 20th Level: FTR 2/WIZ 9/SPS 9 |
| 7th Level: FTR 2/WIZ 3/SPS 2 | 14th Level: FTR 2/WIZ 7/SPS 5 | 21st Level: Epic 1/FTR 3/WIZ 9/SPS 9 |
The above assumes, of course, that the campaign doesn't dictate otherwise ... and continues up into Epic Levels. Unfortunately, the Spellsword levels don't count for improving Kitty's stats, and familiars are fragile enough as it is. So Theran's going to have to do some heavy research into ways of protecting Kitty from harm once they get past 6th level or so. Kitty only has 3 HD!
Of course, the big problem with multiclassing in D&D is that all the monsters are designed for "pure" classed characters. At 20th level, Theran will be half as good a fighter as a 20th level fighter, and half as good a wizard as a 20th level wizard. So if he's thrown up against 20th-level foes, such as dragons, he won't be able to compete with them in combat or in spellcasting. His only hope, such as it is, lies in being flexible enough to do a little bit of both and wear them down.
At 20th level, Theran will have a Base Attack Bonus of +12, and the most damaging combat spell in his arsenal will be cone of cold. The group's NPCs will be outshining him in every ability. Even Katlinel the Rogue will be better at combat (especially if he keeps multiclassing as a Ranger); Whitefire the Sorcerer will be a much better magic user.
Assuming Camstone keeps his Paladin character Baylor single-classed, Baylor will very quickly begin to outshine Theran in terms of force of arms. At 13th level, Baylor will have a higher base attack bonus than Theran will ever achieve. So, even though the Spellsword looks like a fairly munchkiney class because of the reduced spell failure, at upper levels you end up being not anywhere near as effective as either a pure fighter or a pure spellcaster.
I dunno, I may have to re-evaluate this plan. I don't want to play a pure Wizard character, because my nature is to run in mano-a-mano and mix it up ... but the group needs a Wizard and in D&D the Wizards are usually the ones who get to do the most interesting stuff.
Basically, I want to play two characters! Arrrgh.
Anyway, that's enough about Today. Tomorrow, I'm building my graphics portfolio site, doing at least one piece of freelance graphics work (a business card for another Starbucks employee's sideline), and of course, sending out resumes until the cows come home. I need a better job, in an office, with regular hours. Like I said yesterday, Starbucks and SJ are incompatible -- and continuing SJ with as few interruptions as possible seems to be very important to my mental health.
Anyway, it's time for breakfast, now. Catcha later!
-The Gneech
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Date: 2002-04-27 07:55 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2002-04-27 12:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-04-27 10:54 am (UTC)wizards rule! :)
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Re: wizards rule! :)
Date: 2002-04-28 04:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-04-28 04:43 pm (UTC)The Psi-Warrior class from The Psionics Handbook looks intriguing from that perspective, but psionics gives my DM a headache, so that kinda knocks that out. ;)
-The Gneech