Paul Hutton

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Jun 4	awarded	Necromancer
May 20	comment	What are the best ways to utilize Wisdom and Charisma? The original system was written in 1989. Sounds to me like they're using the old background but updating to a new system based around D20?
May 20	answered	What are the best ways to utilize Wisdom and Charisma?
May 19	awarded	Popular Question
Apr 11	comment	How do you administer combat without an Initiative system? Heh, trying to imagine what a hoard of spiders looks like. Not too far different from a horde, I would imagine, but coming from inside a chest, perhaps?
Mar 27	answered	What can I use in place of Fudge Dice?
Feb 27	comment	Would magic 'weapons' make the monk more balanced? Monk's Belt is not a cheap item, so it would take a while until they start to look like a monk. (Curious that Monk's Belt is different in Pathfinder: Monk's Robe – doesn't add WIS-based AC bonus, only level-based.) I agree that Divine Power and Righteous Might are excellent buffs, but, as with the armour, why would you choose to not wield a weapon?
Feb 27	comment	Would magic 'weapons' make the monk more balanced? Not sure if this is worth writing up as a full question, but how does a cleric make for a good monk? To some extent this is about limitations: the monk's AC bonuses only apply if he is without armour for example. Sure, you could probably make a more effective cleric who can chose to eschew armour, but why would you? Adding +4 to your AC just by putting on a chain shirt is pretty valuable and carries few penalties for a cleric (especially if it is mithral). But he no longer looks like a monk.
Feb 27	comment	Would magic 'weapons' make the monk more balanced? Yes, I think you're right overall, especially for 3.5, whereas Paizo seem to be doing a good job of addressing some these issues and adding a little more balance to the class. That said, I'd love to see what a more focussed vision of the monk would look like!
Feb 27	accepted	Would magic 'weapons' make the monk more balanced?
Feb 26	revised	Would magic 'weapons' make the monk more balanced? Update to include comments
Feb 26	asked	Would magic 'weapons' make the monk more balanced?
Feb 5	awarded	Popular Question
Dec 26	awarded	Nice Answer
Nov 22	awarded	Yearling
Nov 8	comment	Sword-and-board balance in D&D Fair enough, exclude bucklers. Though historically they were favoured by skirmisher types and seem to have been surprisingly effective if used actively to protect from missile fire.
Nov 8	revised	Sword-and-board balance in D&D added 212 characters in body
Nov 8	comment	Sword-and-board balance in D&D Heh, yeah, lots of fun. Must say I've never seriously considered a tower shield. And, actually, as a quick house rule for de-nerfing (what's the right term for that?) shields, allowing all types to provide total cover would give a lot more of the protection vs missiles, in particular, that the rules currently lack.
Nov 8	comment	Sword-and-board balance in D&D So what AC would you say these armours are? (Or should be?) My point is that the shield AC should match the AC of the armour you'd be prepared to substitute for it.
Nov 8	comment	Sword-and-board balance in D&D Yes, these are some interesting edge cases. And the ability to add enchants relatively cheaply is a significant bonus.