Oh, btw, you don't have to post a character sheet to this wiki or anything. Though feel free to write up a short backstory or character concept or whatever.

Added this: "You cannot raise your starting ability scores past 18 (including racial mods)"

Reasons: should discourage one-trick-ponyism and encourage well-rounded characters. Tell me if you have any objections

Oh yeah, last thing. I want to level up extremely fast... maybe 1 level per session. So if we play regularly for a month or two, there's a decent chance we'll hit paragon levels.

Made a change to backgrounds: no Scales of War. Some are just silly strong (auspicious birth), and many are just awful.

I also found out something I forgot about how backgrounds work. When you pick a primary background, you get one of the following benefits:
* Gain a +2 bonus to checks with a skill associated with your background.
* Add a skill associated with your background to your class’s skills list before you choose your trained skills.
* Choose one language connected to your background. You can speak, read, and write that language fluently.

I forgot about the +2 bonus option. That makes backgrounds look a looooot better.

I was just looking at the map, and its key. Can we please start on the scrub plains? :P

So I was going through feats, desperately trying to make my BM sticky (even though he uses a pole-arm (for now)). All I could really find were options that give me OA when mobs don't behave like I want. And as you know, there is little reason for me to get STR, making my MBA awful. I keep debating on the worth of spending a whole feat to make my defender on-par with other defenders (Melee Training Con), so I googled it.

http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/22464381/Enders_Game_-_the_Battlemind_Handbook&post_num=7#391275401

It seems that some people think it ought to be a free fix for BMs, much like other HR math fixes. For now, I'll just suck it up and take the feat in order to finish my character, but if you could think about it I'd really like a different feat :3

Also, I figured out a really fucking sweet combo for BM move-forcing and polearms. However, I basically can't take it with being a Wild BM, I guess I can't wreck the game. :(

Polearm Momentum
Dex 15, Wis 15 (yheck), Fighter (easy)
Whenever you use a polearm or spear attack to push or slide a target 2 or more squares, you can also knock that target prone at the end of the forced movement.

Consider that in tandem with my copious forced movement potential.. It makes me sad every time I remember I can't take the feat. :(

And yes, I could definitely go Wis BM, but then I lose my face abilities. So them's the trade-offs.

Regardless, I'm still super hyped.

Download the AwesomePackage Part2.zip (link at top of page) to get some new house rules. I'll post the entire list over on the House Rules page.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Spirit Companions:
http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/22949629/Shaman_Spirit_Companion_FAQ

I want to rule that all of the battlemind's Psionic Study powers (Wild Focus, Speed of Thought, etc.) now require NO ACTION as opposed to free/immediate actions. This will allow you to use them during surprise rounds (chalk it up to psychic premonition). It makes no sense to get screwed out of a class feature just because you're not in the surprise round (Battleminds don't even get Perception as a class skill to help alleviate that).

Looking at the infamous Lightning Rush battlemind power... Just to pre-empt arguments:
1. If you LR an enemy using an area/ranged attack, then yes, you get a "double whammy" (the LR attack, plus an Opportunity attack triggered by the original area/ranged attack).
2. If you use augment 2, it says you become the target of the attack. However, I want to change one thing: if it's an area/close attack, then you must become *a* target of the attack. In other words, the attack must include you as a target, but if another ally can be included in the revised attack, then that's still valid. So rushing in on a dragon's breath (close blast) or an exploding enemy (close burst) might not be the best time to use Lightning Rush, but stopping a fireball spell (area blast), a sniper (ranged), or a sword (melee) would be.

Some thoughts on Body Double, if you decide to take that instead:
1. You are the same person, just occupying two places at once, so any conditions affecting you affect your double. If your double is knocked prone, you are too. Defenses and attack rolls identical.
2. Move (Move action): Your [body double] or both of you take a move action. The move actions need not be the same. [adapted from Commanding a Beast Companion, MP41]

Oh god, Lodestone Lure. I came across this funny idea of an exploit:

"This power has some curious wording as to how it works. Under one interpretation it can almost act like a melee immobilize as well, if the creature isn't pulled preventing it from moving anywhere at all. After some thought and it appearing not once, but twice in two games and thinking about it the power will be interpreted as such: If the creature is non-adjacent to the battlemind to begin with, it can still move but it must end that move in a square adjacent to the battlemind and each square of movement must take it closer to an adjacent square. This is closer to the intent of the power I feel and means it doesn't get a secondary rider effect - effectively immobilize - that I don't think is originally intended by the power. "

Oh god, I'll sift through this in a second. So yeah, according to this thread we were doing the healing right and wrong simultaneously. But I like this the most:
"Q: Can the spirit companion be flanked?

A: No. This is a bit of complicated reasoning, but to be flanked the target needs to be a creature as defined by the PHB 57. Your SC is not a creature and therefore can not be flanked."

God, this is going to be a point by point nonsense rant. Anyway. You sure you want to change the BM feature to no actions? It could be kind of fun. Wild BM feature has some nice feats iirc. I might keep Wild instead of going for Quick -- I'll look into it. I don't have the rules with me here, but hey, I'm bored at work so I'll handwave with abandon.

For LR augment 2, it was never in my reading that it would soak up an entire AoE, just (with good positioning) make me able to be the only target in Burst 3, for example. I think it's fine without the "grenade jumping" ruling.

Body Double. Are you sure the BD gets knocked prone if I do? Not sure if "thoughts" means musings for HR or reflection on RAW. As for moving, yes. I like the idea that I can position him like a pet. Seems to make its 1 round limit a lot more attractive. I wonder if we'll have too many pets..:3 The augment suggestions seem OK. I rather have augs wow me with (controllerish?) abilities than just deal more damage, but damage is nice, too. And I could telemaport with just an Aug 1.. so.. Yeah, those seem good!

I had figured that BD RAW would allow the image to shift on Blurred step along with me. Looking for info on this on the forums. However, I have no idea about ally powers. I assume the answer would be 'one or the other' as targetted, but I have to look at the wordings of how BS and BD are written to make sure the ruling would be consistent.

And as for your lodestone lure exploit. Yes, this is exactly how it works and yes, I've been looking for a chance to use it as such. However, I haven't had any chances (goddamn pits).

Honestly I don't like the idea of an "or else" addition. Too much work for a power I'd much rather have be pure adhesive. I'm fine with rewriting the power to make enemy movement identical to charge rules: that every square they enter must bring the creature closer to a square adjacent to me. Also, they should probably be required to move their maximum movespeed until they reach a square adjacent.

LR Aug 2: Okay good

BD: Except for specific movement positioning, the double IS you for all intents and purposes. So all conditions that affect the double affect you and vice-versa. As for the bonus damage, I dunno. Lightning Rush has amazing augments while BD's augments are forgettable. Aug 1 basically lets you do a free teleport on your next turn, and Aug 2 adds 1[W] damage. Considering LR basically grants you another action and can save an ally's life...

As far as blurred shifting + body double, that's probably a judgment call on us, since by RAW i don't think the body double ever moves from its position for any reason. No force move, etc.

Lodestone Lure: Yeah, I'm not a fan of the virtual immobilize. Doesn't seem to be the spirit of the attack. So we'll go with the "every square they enter must bring the creature closer" interpretation, like charging.

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Btw, I still can't install the Character builder. I keep getting this error message

Just wondering. Is there a way to use html forms in PBwiki? Like checkboxes? I started making a template to save daily power usages for my page (for between-session tracking), but then I realized -- durr -- it needs to save the information somewhere. This problem reminds me of that really cool combat tracker you made for the Gevearth game. I think it used javascript? Or was that just so we could display multiple pages in those boxes?