TOPIC: Combo Sneak Peek and Official Combo Formula

Trade Combos:
Flask of Survival: With three doses of elixir total, consuming a dose from this durable flask will render the character immune to naturally occurring cold and fire. The effects of this magic will last for an entire encounter (room).

Ingredients: 1x Alchemist’s Parchment, 2x Potion of Frost Resistance, 1x Bolt of lightning.

Eel Skin Gloves: These supple gloves made from the skin of a shocking underwater dweller, will charge any metal weapon held such that it will add two (+2) points of electrical damage for each successful melee attack. (Weapons include: daggers, swords, maces (most scepters), axes, and mugs) Note: The gloves can be used by a Monk for the “Flurry of Blows” attack, adding two (+2) points of electrical damage from shock, however no other bracer or weapon would be allowed due to magical incompatibility.

Ingredients: 2x Minotaur hide, 1x Oil of Enchantment, 2x Wand of Shock, and 1x Scroll of Shockbolt.

Silver Rapier (+1): With a finely forged blade of the purest silver, enchanted to be as durable as steel, this exceptionally balanced blade is said to be devastating in the hands of a master swordsman.

Ingredients: 1x Claymore, 1x Darkwood Plank, 1x Elven Bismuth, 1x 250 GP Silver Bar (or 250 GP worth of gold, gems, or treasure).


Regular Combos:
1C - Wicked Spear: When wielded in battle, any successful attack that results in a natural twenty (20) as an attack slide will weaken the monster as to reduce the damage it can deliver during melee attacks by two (-2) points. This effect only can be applied twice regardless of how many spears are used or how many natural twenty (20) slides are made for a total reduction of four (-4) points.

Version 1: 2x Cutlass, 1x Innkeeper’s Club, and one of these: Chain Devil Ichor or Dragon’s Tooth.

Version 2: 2x Cutlass, 1x Innkeeper’s Club, and 40 GP in gold, gems, and/or treasure.

2C - Minotaur Horn of Alert: Sounding this roughly shod instrument will dispel the effects of natural or magically induced sleep and allow the party to engage immediately in combat.

Version 1: 1x Ship’s Bell, 2x 10 GP Pearl, 1x Air Runestone, and one of these: Minotaur Horn or Gelatinous Slime

Version 2: 1x Ship’s Bell, 2x 10 GP Pearl, 1x Air Runestone, and 80 GP in gold, gems, and/or treasure.

3C - Shield of Deflection: This finely constructed small shield adds two (+2) points to the bearer’s Armor Class. It will also provide an additional two (+2) points of Armor Class protection for a total of four (+4) against missile attacks.

Version 1: 2x Wand of Waves, 1x Sea Elf Shield, 1x Cask of Rum, and one of these: Orc Ear or Ice Demon Tongue.

Version 2: 2x Wand of Waves, 1x Sea Elf Shield, 1x Cask of Rum, and 250 GP in gold, gems, and/or treasure.

thanks dave

Sweet! When do we get the formulas to make these?

What counts as a metal weapon? Spear and axes generally have metal heads and wooden poles. What about the 'mug' weapons?

Swords, daggers, axes, and maces. It is splitting hairs, I know, but we will not include spears, quarterstaffs, and clubs.

I will post the recipes Thursday.

dbradical wrote: Swords, daggers, axes, and maces. It is splitting hairs, I know, but we will not include spears, quarterstaffs, and clubs.

Are mugs maces or clubs?

Also, what about the monk's 'barehand' attacks?

Also, what about the monk's 'barehand' attacks?

I'd think that'd be excluded, since very few people have metal hands...

I think most of the mugs are "metal" so the mug would work, I see I am going to have to add clarification in the next version of the guide. I have already updated my working version...

As far as the Monk's barehand attacks, I honestly had not considered it. I will talk to Jeff and get back to you.

Dave

If the Gloves are generating the electricity, and that is being conducted through the weapon for the extra damage, than a bare-handed Monk attack should get the bonus since the Gloves are in direct contact with the enemy.

By the same line of thinking, Axes and Maces shouldn't get the bonus because their wooden handles should be non-conductive, so the electricity wouldn't reach the metal portion to do the extra damage.

Mike Steele wrote: If the Gloves are generating the electricity, and that is being conducted through the weapon for the extra damage, than a bare-handed Monk attack should get the bonus since the Gloves are in direct contact with the enemy.

By the same line of thinking, Axes and Maces shouldn't get the bonus because their wooden handles should be non-conductive, so the electricity wouldn't reach the metal portion to do the extra damage.

Those were pretty much my thoughts.

But many maces have metal poles.

And one could justify it be saying if the weapon is mostly metal, or if the metal part of the part of the weapon is close (a spear's head is generally much further away than an axe's), the magical lightning jumps to that. Which could disqualify the monk's hands, if the lightning requires metal to jump to...

That would make sense if I were a logical thinking person, but...

You could even make the case that most sword hilts may not be conductive either.

I will talk to Jeff about the Monk issue, but I think the basic rule of daggers (yes, even the onyx one), swords, axes, and maces being applicable and clubs, staves, and spears being non-applicable will apply.

Dave