Junkyard Wars XLVII: SLAs + Breath Weapon - Dragonfire Adept (VOTING OPEN)

[AMFV]

No disputes here! Thanks for judging!

Edit: The only quibble I would have is that points were awarded nearly equally for one unexpected class as they were for like three unexpected classes. But that's not like actually to the level of a dispute.

[Inevitability]

Thank you for the speedy judgements: I'll await the disputes.

And to answer your question about Epilogue: I actually struggled a lot to find a nice class to stick in front of the Risen Martyr 6 I knew I wanted to take (Risen Martyr 7 directly antisynergizes with Vow of Peace and the features beyond that aren't great either), and after considering paladin for a while, I ended up doing soldier of light because it was just sliiightly better than paladin and I liked the idea of getting an incorporeal minion to scout through walls. So in brief, it's not that SoL 3 and 4 were particularly good levels, it's that they were a defensible and somewhat original/elegant way to fill in two levels that the build needed filled.

[FactualArcher]

And to answer your question about Epilogue: I actually struggled a lot to find a nice class to stick in front of the Risen Martyr 6 I knew I wanted to take (Risen Martyr 7 directly antisynergizes with Vow of Peace and the features beyond that aren't great either), and after considering paladin for a while, I ended up doing soldier of light because it was just sliiightly better than paladin and I liked the idea of getting an incorporeal minion to scout through walls. So in brief, it's not that SoL 3 and 4 were particularly good levels, it's that they were a defensible and somewhat original/elegant way to fill in two levels that the build needed filled.

That makes sense. I missed how bad Risen Martyr 7 was, and the Energon Companion is definitely sweet.

[Prime32]

I'll admit, with ten entries I'm surprised that no one used Breath of Siberys.

[Condé]

I might have some disputes.

Some are how I understand the rules.
Some are from interpretation. But I think might be the right reading. I could be wrong tho.

Thank you very much for your judgement nontheless. I am glad to have participated and happy with the result. It was a fun and exciting experience.

[Inevitability]

I might have some disputes.

Some are how I understand the rules.
Some are from interpretation. But I think might be the right reading. I could be wrong tho.

Thank you very much for your judgement nontheless. I am glad to have participated and happy with the result. It was a fun and exciting experience.

Better to dispute and find out it's you who misunderstood something than never dispute at all - PMs are free!

[loky1109]

Thanks for the quick judging!

Table.

#	Name	Alignment / Race	Class Levels	Chef	FactualArcher	Total	Place
1	Kazarhak	LG Dragonborn of Bahumut Goliath	Dungeoncrasher Fighter 6/Binder 4/Gold Dragon Samurai 9		13.75	13.75	6th
2	Sarah Silver joins the Junkyard	LN Silverbrow Human	Elemental Companion Aspect of the Dragon Druid 20		12.75	12.75	9th
3	Dracus	CG Half-Battle Dragon Dragonborn of Bahumut Elan	Lion Spirit Totem Skilled City-Dweller Barbarian 2/Skilled City-Dweller Totemist 2/Dragon Shaman 4/Bard 1/Master of Masks 2/Dragon Disciple 4/Half-Dragon Savage Progression 2/Half-Dragon Paragon 3		13.00	13.00	8th
4	Ghidorah	TN Sylph	Wilderness Companion Sorcerer 1/Incantatrix 4/Wyrm Wizard 3		14.75	14.75	5th
5	Aiyana	?? Dragonborn of Bahumut Silverbrow Human	Immediate Magic Combat Dead Levels Wizard 2/Master Specialist 3/Incantatrix 4/Initiate of the Sevenfold Veil 7/Wurm Wizard 2/Archmage 2		13.50	13.50	7th
6	DR-460	LG Dragonborn of Bahumut Warforged	Warforged Dragonborn Charging Smite Curse Breaker Dead Levels Paladin 8/Shadowcaster 3/Mystic Theurge 8/Brimstone Speaker 1		18.00	18.00	1st
7	Azorgkhal	LE Dragonborn of Bahamut Lesser Aasimar	Dragonscale Husk Duskblade 3/Dragonblood Sorcerer 2/Talon of Tiamat 4/Divine Crusader 1/Dragonheart Mage 10		15.75	15.75	3rd
8	Horatio H'Wyrmbreather	NG Dragonborn of Bahamut	Factotum 20		16.00	16.00	2nd
9	Purplebreath Crystaltongue	CN Silverbrow Human	Dragonblood Planar Sorcerer 5/Dracolexi 10/Mindbender 1/Nightmare Spinner 4		15.25	15.25	4th
10	Epilogue	NG Faerie Dragon	Soldier of Light 4/Risen Martyr 6	Inevitability	N/A	N/A	N/A

[Inevitability]

I've had no disputes yet: I'll keep my inbox open today and tomorrow, and close the round if I get nothing.

Votes for the next round are still welcome of course!

[Inevitability]

One dispute!

Thank you for judging!

You don’t actually explain how you get Miracle as an SLA, but the Spell Like Ability high arcana that you seem to be using only works on Arcane Spells, which miracle certainly is not. -1

Spell research(Miracle), Wurm Wizard class feature, is listed in the level breakdown section at 18th. Since Miracle is now a part of the Wizard spell list, this should work.

You retrain two feats, which won’t necessarily be legal in a lot of campaigns. -0.5

Feats are not retrained. One is lost since the human bonus feat is removed due to dragonborn template. The second is is traded in via dragonborn rules since dex falls to make Aiyana no longer qualify for dodge.
It is true that this is not fully explained, but I am already penalized -0.25 for not explaining things sufficiently well.

[FactualArcher]

Dispute response:

You are correct on both counts. Both penalties are removed. +1.5

New Elegance 4.5, new total score 15

[Inevitability]

#	Name	Alignment / Race	Class Levels	Chef	FactualArcher	Total	Place
1	Kazarhak	LG Dragonborn of Bahumut Goliath	Dungeoncrasher Fighter 6/Binder 4/Gold Dragon Samurai 9		13.75	13.75	7th
2	Sarah Silver joins the Junkyard	LN Silverbrow Human	Elemental Companion Aspect of the Dragon Druid 20		12.75	12.75	9th
3	Dracus	CG Half-Battle Dragon Dragonborn of Bahumut Elan	Lion Spirit Totem Skilled City-Dweller Barbarian 2/Skilled City-Dweller Totemist 2/Dragon Shaman 4/Bard 1/Master of Masks 2/Dragon Disciple 4/Half-Dragon Savage Progression 2/Half-Dragon Paragon 3		13.00	13.00	8th
4	Ghidorah	TN Sylph	Wilderness Companion Sorcerer 1/Incantatrix 4/Wyrm Wizard 3		14.75	14.75	6th
5	Aiyana	?? Dragonborn of Bahumut Silverbrow Human	Immediate Magic Combat Dead Levels Wizard 2/Master Specialist 3/Incantatrix 4/Initiate of the Sevenfold Veil 7/Wurm Wizard 2/Archmage 2		15.00	15.00	5th
6	DR-460	LG Dragonborn of Bahumut Warforged	Warforged Dragonborn Charging Smite Curse Breaker Dead Levels Paladin 8/Shadowcaster 3/Mystic Theurge 8/Brimstone Speaker 1		18.00	18.00	1st
7	Azorgkhal	LE Dragonborn of Bahamut Lesser Aasimar	Dragonscale Husk Duskblade 3/Dragonblood Sorcerer 2/Talon of Tiamat 4/Divine Crusader 1/Dragonheart Mage 10		15.75	15.75	3rd
8	Horatio H'Wyrmbreather	NG Dragonborn of Bahamut	Factotum 20		16.00	16.00	2nd
9	Purplebreath Crystaltongue	CN Silverbrow Human	Dragonblood Planar Sorcerer 5/Dracolexi 10/Mindbender 1/Nightmare Spinner 4		15.25	15.25	4th
10	Epilogue	NG Faerie Dragon	Soldier of Light 4/Risen Martyr 6	Inevitability	N/A	N/A	N/A

Updated table. I'll reveal tomorrow morning (ca 20 hours from now) if nobody else disputes.

[Inevitability]

And like that, it's over.

#	Name	Alignment / Race	Class Levels	Chef	FactualArcher	Total	Place
1	Kazarhak	LG Dragonborn of Bahumut Goliath	Dungeoncrasher Fighter 6/Binder 4/Gold Dragon Samurai 9	AMFV	13.75	13.75	7th
2	Sarah Silver joins the Junkyard	LN Silverbrow Human	Elemental Companion Aspect of the Dragon Druid 20	Nikorasuko	12.75	12.75	9th
3	Dracus	CG Half-Battle Dragon Dragonborn of Bahumut Elan	Lion Spirit Totem Skilled City-Dweller Barbarian 2/Skilled City-Dweller Totemist 2/Dragon Shaman 4/Bard 1/Master of Masks 2/Dragon Disciple 4/Half-Dragon Savage Progression 2/Half-Dragon Paragon 3	RaiKirah	13.00	13.00	8th
4	Ghidorah	TN Sylph	Wilderness Companion Sorcerer 1/Incantatrix 4/Wyrm Wizard 3	Condé	14.75	14.75	6th
5	Aiyana	?? Dragonborn of Bahumut Silverbrow Human	Immediate Magic Combat Dead Levels Wizard 2/Master Specialist 3/Incantatrix 4/Initiate of the Sevenfold Veil 7/Wurm Wizard 2/Archmage 2	Rebel7284	15.00	15.00	5th
6	DR-460	LG Dragonborn of Bahumut Warforged	Warforged Dragonborn Charging Smite Curse Breaker Dead Levels Paladin 8/Shadowcaster 3/Mystic Theurge 8/Brimstone Speaker 1	loky1109	18.00	18.00	1st
7	Azorgkhal	LE Dragonborn of Bahamut Lesser Aasimar	Dragonscale Husk Duskblade 3/Dragonblood Sorcerer 2/Talon of Tiamat 4/Divine Crusader 1/Dragonheart Mage 10	AMFV	15.75	15.75	3rd
8	Horatio H'Wyrmbreather	NG Dragonborn of Bahamut	Factotum 20	quetzalcoatl5	16.00	16.00	2nd
9	Purplebreath Crystaltongue	CN Silverbrow Human	Dragonblood Planar Sorcerer 5/Dracolexi 10/Mindbender 1/Nightmare Spinner 4	Macaberet	15.25	15.25	4th
10	Epilogue	NG Faerie Dragon	Soldier of Light 4/Risen Martyr 6	Inevitability	N/A	N/A	N/A

A thank-you to all contestants, particularly AMFV, quetzalcoatl, and of course our winner loky! I hope to see all of you in the next round.

Speaking of the next round, the next round will be:

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Robin Smooth: 1 vote, 1 judge vote

Perfect Pugilist: 2 votes

Flexible Morals: 2 votes

Sphinxes: 3 votes

Takes Two to Tango: 3 votes, 1 judge vote

Men are from Mars, Demons are from Deimos: 1 vote

Shadows' Sting: 1 judge vote


CLOAKED DANCER + COMPANION CREATURE - BARD!

New round up soon; see you there!

[Inevitability]

And our new round is up!

[loky1109]

First of all I want to say thanks for FactualArcher, Inevitability and other contestants! This was very interesting round.

Secondly... Wow! I really didn't expect gold or even place on the podium for that entry! It was made as joke entry with curiosity instead of real feat as the base. In my eyes it was low Power and average Elegance entry. Looks I underestimated it!

And I have couple of words more.

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1) To FactualArcher. I like your judging and I like very much you repeated your questions every tame in every paragraph, but... it'd be more better if you highlighted them with some formatting. Bold maybe.

2) To AMFV.

At this point our character has shifted from a follower of Bahamut to a Tiamat Worshipper. And we get to play as a fallen Dragonborn, there are notably no mechanical consequences for this, but it is a really interesting thing.

This isn't true.

As an individual dedicates her life to Bahamut’s cause and becomes a dragonborn, she is committing herself to fighting against Tiamat’s spawn. She must do this to the best of her ability. Reasonable breaks from this activity for gaining allies, recuperating from battle, and gathering resources are permitted, but any form of evil behavior is not.
...
If the dragonborn refuses to atone for her evil ways, Bahamut renounces her as his child and takes back the dragonborn form
he granted her. A tarnished dragonborn feels her skin crack, peel, and slough off. Her limbs twist, and her form distorts. This painful process of transformation reversal lasts for a number of rounds equal to her Hit Dice and deals 2d6 points of damage per round. At the end of this change, regardless of whether she survives, the dragonborn returns to her original race and form.