Timeline for Is this custom Sniper Crossbow magic item correctly priced?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:45 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Sep 7, 2015 at 10:54 | vote | accept | 0x539 | ||
| Sep 4, 2015 at 15:45 | comment | added | Hey I Can Chan | @KRyan The idea's probably a relic. I just glanced at the maps for the AD&D adventures The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth and Against the Giants (2E never really having been my thing) and both have maps with really long sight lines. Similarly, the 3E adventure Sunless Citadel on its Grove Level has some absurdly long sight lines. However, all but one of the maps in the 3.5 adventure Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave would barely accommodate the typical AD&D party much less them and their foes. | |
| Sep 4, 2015 at 14:16 | comment | added | KRyan | Most dungeons I have seen have been too tight to allow such things. | |
| Sep 4, 2015 at 14:02 | comment | added | Hey I Can Chan | @KRyan (To speculate, the designers may've costed darkvision so high because, under take-no-prisoners RAW, encounter distance is serious business, and PCs possessing longer-range darkvision than the monsters means, in many dungeon-specific cases (y'know, Back to the Dungeon! and all), bypassing (hence overcoming hence gaining XP from) a lot of encounters. Even a party with 90 ft. versus foes with 60 ft. probably gives the party enough edge to at least find concealment. I've not played in a campaign where that kind of range would've made a consistent difference, but it may be a thing.) | |
| Sep 3, 2015 at 22:17 | history | edited | Hey I Can Chan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Moved darkvision concerns closer to the heading.
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| Sep 3, 2015 at 21:26 | comment | added | Hey I Can Chan | @KRyan Never did I say that darkvision should cost that much, only that the game puts prices on darkvision and that the game puts a really high price on long-range darkvision. I agree completely that the game overvalues such an ability. | |
| Sep 3, 2015 at 21:14 | comment | added | KRyan | So very much disagree that this darkvision is worth nearly this much. Consider that the darkvision is use-activated, rather than continuous: the darkvision will let you make the attack, but it’s not likely to let you see the ambush. Though I’d probably codify that in some manner. Anyway, superior darkvision, and darkvision in general, seems massively overpriced to me in the first place. | |
| Sep 3, 2015 at 21:10 | history | answered | Hey I Can Chan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |