12:19 am, April 17, 2018
Hi,
I've been playing DDO for over 10 years now and for the past 5 years at least I've specialised myself by pretty much exclusively playing an Articifer. Although I enjoy playing in a group, my main [..]
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12:19 pm, April 7, 2018
Hello everyone! I am still relatively new to DDO, having played off-and-on since 2009 according to my account, but I've never leveled a character past 16. I've been playing consistently for the last m [..]
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12:19 am, April 6, 2018
For many new players, "What to buy?" is a common and often perplexing question. Everyone tells you to "Try to only buy when On Sale!" - and then a sale comes along, and you aren't [..]
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12:19 pm, April 5, 2018
I wish to make it clear before I start that this isn't a definitive guide for running ****. This guide is to build on existing guides for **** and assumes you know the basics of the raid, its progress [..]
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12:19 pm, April 1, 2018
Dungeons and Dragons Online is a 12-year old MMO set in the plane of Eberron (although other places have been added over time). It is based on the 3.5 Dungeons and Dragons ruleset. As a longtime Dun [..]
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11:19 pm, March 1, 2018
Heyo!
I've been running the Kobolds in the 12th Anniversary (a lot) and have been able to do it very very reliably with a Rogue X / Barb 1 / Wiz 1 using very high stealth and a Quickened Invis spell- [..]
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11:19 pm, February 24, 2018
I am using the following build. Currently she is at level 13, rank 63.3. She is a 32 point build. She was created as a level 10 character when Ravenloft came out.
The issue I am encountering is t [..]
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11:19 pm, February 6, 2018
I've started a Swashbuckling Elf Bard with the SWF feat (single-weapon fighting, not single white female) and considering the opportunity cost in losing out on other feats, I just don't see an advanta [..]
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11:19 pm, February 2, 2018
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3 Pieces: Assassin's Sentience: Melee and Missile attacks deal an additional 4d6 +1d6 per character epic level in acid damage. This effect will not stack with other Sentience [..]
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11:19 pm, January 26, 2018
Seeing a lot in comments that so purport.
But is that really true?
I've got an elf, 32-point build, with high Charisma and Dexterity, pretty high Intelligence (for disarming traps -- and jumping skill [..]
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11:19 pm, January 25, 2018
Hi,
taking advantage of the downtime, I thought I'd ask about an issue that has been on my mind. Namely, what are the dcs for secret doors in the ravenloft quests?
I ask because last week, before u [..]
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11:19 am, January 24, 2018
How about it?
Cast a fireball from a ledge, then Jump off with Feather Fall, all the while casting Magic Missiles?
Or, when being rushed from a distance, Lightning Storm the crowd, then with a very, [..]
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11:19 pm, January 22, 2018
...or does it just affect spells that do direct damage?
And does a general Conjuration bonus or Universal Spell Power enhance summoned critters?
And do the Characteristics bonuses help? Intelligence f [..]
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11:19 pm, January 22, 2018
I see that DDO stipulates that Sorcerers can cast their spells (in a quest or melee) more quickly. I'm guessing that means the cool-downs are quicker, generally and they can cast more spells during th [..]
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11:19 pm, January 20, 2018
Hi, I was wondering if the effects such as:
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3 Pieces: Assassin's Sentience: Melee and Missile attacks deal an additional 4d6 +1d6 per character epic level in acid damage. This [..]
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11:19 am, December 21, 2017
I've been having a problem for about two months now where my connection seems to freeze in game, but only for uploaded information. I can see everything moving around me, I can get damaged, on my cle [..]
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11:19 am, December 16, 2017
I am having issues with Ice flenser's polar rays at mid levels at the moment. I barely scraped through invaders and the first archon quest, but am now having trouble with demon assault. They do so muc [..]
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11:19 am, December 14, 2017
So, I'm getting bored with my main BF paladin, and I wanted to try an artificer. I'm not playing much right now, and there are still a few things to wrap up before the TR, but with the current veteran [..]
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11:19 am, December 12, 2017
This is a recent bug for me - the game and my system have been working perfectly for 10 years.
What is happening now is that my Function keys are no longer working as per the DDO mapping but are now [..]
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11:19 pm, November 28, 2017
Hello again all! As always thanks for taking the time to read and thanks in advance for the thoughts and suggestions. Currently im ready to start my second life. Just got my ES warlock to 20 and my 3 [..]
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11:19 pm, November 28, 2017
Can we get an update on this? My wife and I will be doing a quest and randomly as soon as someone cast a spell or uses a skill we will freeze up for atleast 3-6 seconds. As characters that need to b [..]
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11:19 pm, November 25, 2017
All of a sudden all sounds my character makes (footsteps, combat, spellcasting, etc.) disappeared.
I can still hear other players making them. All other sounds seem to work normally as well.
Reboot [..]
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11:19 am, November 25, 2017
So, I used to play back in 2011. I reached end game on my Bard, and then quit due to lack of content/other games. Decided to come back because DDO Bard is probably my favorite MMO class of all time, a [..]
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11:19 am, November 11, 2017
Hi SSG / others,
Since about 3 weeks ago I've been having weird issues with my UI. Specifically:
- When I load in I can run around just fine and see other characters move but chat doesn't load, and [..]
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11:19 am, November 7, 2017
Hello
I don't know what stacks. I undestand that if you have an item with universal spellpower and another with radiance that only the highest is taken into account. But how does it work with enhance [..]
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11:19 am, November 5, 2017
Hello,
Have 9th level character who, often when does dies, is mostly because they have been hit several times in a row with HOLD MONSTER spell while swarmed by enemies. This character is;1 lvl rogue [..]
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11:19 pm, November 2, 2017
So I have been away for years and currently leveling an AA following Scrimton's Acid Archer build. I am curious about what type of gear to find and keep while leveling to increase my damage. My list c [..]
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12:19 pm, October 15, 2017
Talking about the listed on the Staff of the Necromancer: "It increases the caster level of the spells you cast that fall within the items spell type (all for Arcane Augmentation) and spell level [..]
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12:19 am, October 14, 2017
I thought I would share some experiences from some recent runs I did while getting 100 favor in the servers I have never played on.
One of the reasons I did this was a I got a little bored trying to [..]
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12:19 am, October 12, 2017
What are the names of gear that increase’s a character’s wisdom ability score found in auction houses?
Would like to know what wording I should be searching for in auction houses [..]
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12:19 pm, September 30, 2017
Hello,
Having fun with my paladin/artificer and warlock/artificer characters. Still struggling with Monk/rogue/fighter but have not given up. My play style is 99% solo, two weapons, with a hireling [..]
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12:19 am, September 11, 2017
After reading through the reaper pointers thread, I saw someone suggest wearing both a resistance and a spell saves item.
I assumed those didn't stack but I've found some older threads saying they do, [..]
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12:19 am, September 10, 2017
If you are new to the game, first - welcome! Now if you are done soloing and have decided to group up you might look at the LFM panel and wonder what is R1/Reaper. Reaper is the hardest difficulty mod [..]
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12:19 am, September 5, 2017
Hello!
I wouldn't say I'm precisely new but I'm still in the process of leveling my first character to 20. I've asked a few questions here on the forums before, usually about small game mechanic clari [..]
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12:19 am, August 31, 2017
For time bomb Dc what does Trap Bonus mean? And what about disable device check? Does it add in improved traps and/or disable device to the DC of the knockdown?
Bonus: Alchemical traps in the mechan [..]
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12:19 am, August 24, 2017
Hello,
Do things like Morninglord, Aura of Radiance scale with anything (positive spell power or light?)? Does Warlock Eldritch Aura scale with Charisma and ..spellpower skill? I have looked at the w [..]
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12:19 pm, August 21, 2017
I've notice on LGS tier 1 that you can craft 150 "enhancement" spell power. Is this the same as "equipment" bonus and would it stack with a piece of gear that had an "equipmen [..]
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12:19 pm, August 18, 2017
I'm about to TR into a Warlock for the first time. I'm fairly familiar with the class in general, but not at all in depth.
I can't find a source which says if Eldritch Blast counts as a spell one wa [..]
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12:19 am, August 14, 2017
At first I thought things were evading, but then I noticed that whenever I cast chain lightning or ball lightning I never hit more than 6 targets. Ever. Even when the remaining targets shouldn't hav [..]
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12:19 pm, August 2, 2017
I was looking over the enhancements for the Eldritch Knight, and saw that it gets an automatic cleave with extra damage on it, and a lot of shield boosts, and light armor. So with taking Bard levels a [..]
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12:19 pm, August 2, 2017
Only took four years :D... (a few weeks of play, a boredomquit, a few months of not playing) Picking out a wizard (roughly following Pale Trapper thread) as a first life was a mistake. While I still l [..]
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12:19 am, July 27, 2017
I'm new to the game. I started up a few years ago and quit because soloing the class I wanted (1 thief/7 mage) was really hard to level without hirelings (I didn't want to use them....)
I am certain t [..]
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12:19 pm, July 14, 2017
From the release notes. When it says
" Rune Arm shots now scale with 100% Spell Power.
Rune Arm weapon imbues now scale with 200% Melee or Ranged Power (whichever is higher)."
I don't und [..]
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12:19 am, July 12, 2017
Hello there.
So, my friends and I decided that it's almost time to pursue our first heroic reincarnation, and will do so once we've finished up a few things.
As such I wanted to try out a warlock, b [..]
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12:19 am, June 26, 2017
Hello, all
I came back to the game after a long break a few weeks ago. I have been working on updating my level 30 pure artificer/xbow toon so that he can do EE content solo, and perhaps be sufficien [..]
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12:19 pm, June 23, 2017
Hi there you helpful bunch!
I have a buddy who has returned to the game after a 2 year absence, (He was waiting for Kobolds) however I told him the Dragonborn were just tall kobolds.
He bought it hook [..]
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12:19 am, June 22, 2017
I am not a new player by any means, but I am having a tough call deciding between which to have as my final life and am looking for input.
The toon is a Heroic Completionist and I'll be using this bu [..]
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12:19 am, June 16, 2017
Okay, I know I am not the only one confused about this, and it is VERY frustrating. What is the formula for figuring out which level inscription material you need to inscribe a spell?
For example, th [..]
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12:19 pm, June 13, 2017
Hi!
I've finally reached a high enough level to craft myself a ML20 equipment with cannith crafting. However, I thought I'd ask your advice on which enchantments to seek. I'm currently a fire sorcer [..]
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12:19 am, June 10, 2017
Hey Peeps,
I have been developing a DDO character planner for some time now and it has reached a stage where I would like the community to start to provide feedback and ideally some bug reports.
It [..]
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12:19 am, June 7, 2017
Hi!
I'd like some advice on the 24th level feat for my sorcerer.
I'm not sure whether to pick intensify spell or master of fire. I assume master of fire works with spell like, which would increase [..]
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12:19 am, June 6, 2017
To level-up, or not to level-up, a character that is the question I would like to get feed-back on. The details; I have about 1.5 years or more of DDO experience running many character classes on se [..]
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12:19 pm, June 2, 2017
Hi folks,
I'm hoping someone who definitively knows can confirm the meaning of a common mechanic I see. I'm referring to any situation like the following when an effect "scales with xyz% spell [..]
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12:19 am, May 27, 2017
Have been away for a while... left just after Epic levels were introduced. So the new Enhancement trees, Epic Destinies and the majority of the Epic content is new to me.
Some questions:
1. What st [..]
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12:19 pm, May 12, 2017
Two questions:
1) When an item grants for example "acid resistance +15" then what does it exactly mean and how does it work together with Elemental Resistance spell?
2) Some wearables (lik [..]
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12:19 pm, May 9, 2017
Anyone else noticed that grease spell affects you (your party) more than enemies? By that I mean that enemies seem to effortlessly run quickly through Greases area of effect when they did their save b [..]
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12:19 pm, April 29, 2017
The "GAS GIANT" Build
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10 Druid / 7 Warlock / 3 Fighter
[Huge HP Bear Tank, Warlock Aura Blaste [..]
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12:19 am, April 15, 2017
Hi guys, I'm looking for a little guidance. For all intensive purposes I am new to DDO. I played a wiz and a fight to cap over 8 years ago and haven't played since.
A few friends and I are looking t [..]
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11:19 pm, March 16, 2017
Is there some combination of f2p options that'll let me melee while wearing a skirt or is monk mandatory for that sort of thing? Ideally I'd want a bigass sword to go with the dress but dual wield dag [..]
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11:19 pm, March 9, 2017
I'm out of ideas, so I've come to plead for ideas to improve my one-and-only character. First, I'm a bit of a flower-sniffer and I'm quite content running slightly under-level HN to have some fun. S [..]
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11:19 am, March 9, 2017
OK, I'm still enjoying the Paladin build, except all of my squaddies have way more speed than I do.
Look, I understand that a paladin is going to be slower than say, a monk or rogue... but how can I [..]
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11:19 pm, March 5, 2017
So, every time a druid cast healing spring on me, that spell animation goes on and on, untill I relog. This happens since druid class came up years ago, and DDO have never cared about. Then I noticed [..]
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11:19 pm, February 27, 2017
Hi all. New to DDO, but loving it.
Quick question on spell-like effects. I did some forum searching, but haven't found this one yet. Apologies if this is a redundant post.
For spell-like effect [..]
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11:19 am, February 26, 2017
-----THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE AT THE TOP (SCREENSHOTS/LINKS REQUIRED)-----Does +4 Insightful DC item exist for Necromancy, Transmutation, and/or Illusion?
Do +8 Insightful sta [..]
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11:19 pm, February 4, 2017
When I solo with my Pale Master, there are times I miss having a tank or a distraction to keep the aggro off me.
Hirelings could do this well, but I prefer to keep my Cleric hireling safe just as mana [..]
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11:19 pm, February 4, 2017
Hi,
I played DDO from beta until sometime before the first expansion hit and have been in other games since then. Now I decided to come back and experience what I have missed :)
Logging in and seein [..]
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11:19 pm, January 24, 2017
I'm a noob. I played just to lv20 once, years ago, so the basics are familiar and I'm looking at the wiki.
I hate the undead. I don't want to be a rogue, but I hate locked doors... Thinking about a H [..]
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11:19 am, January 13, 2017
The following is a script that is written to work with AutoHotKey, software which allows you to target inputs from the user from the keyboard, mouse, or otherwise and cause other things to happen as a [..]
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11:19 am, January 8, 2017
"Strength of Spirit: When you hit with a melee attack, or cast a spell on an ally, or cast an offensive spell on an enemy, you gain 1 Spirit. Each of these three categories triggers only once eve [..]
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11:19 am, January 8, 2017
Just thinking of crafting my level 30 first life fighter some gear, not sure what to put on his gloves, insightful stunning 8, or do I go for insightful devotion? as well I use mainly cocoon for heali [..]
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11:19 pm, January 3, 2017
Question, if Cleric do not get the perform feet (N/A), do perform bonus's add to Sonic power or is resonance, spell-site used to increase sonic power? or does the perform bonus still apply to clerics [..]
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11:19 am, December 31, 2016
i just started playing a 1st life warlock about a week ago now and am level 17, nearly 18 so i decided to look through the trees to decide how i want to finish out. i feel most drawn to the enlightene [..]
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11:19 am, December 10, 2016
Do points spent on spellcraft increase spell power, or lets say if i have +4 int and skills focus spell craft +2 i get a plush +6 spell power power in addition to my spellcraft points trained on it.
[..]
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11:19 pm, November 10, 2016
I'm not sure where the best spot to post this is, but advice & guidance seemed to be the right place. If not please let me know.
Anyway, ever since the deity update I've been looking at a maul [..]
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12:19 am, October 14, 2016
Knight of the Chalice enhancement tree adds "Light damage"* to attacks - what creatures does that hurt? What creatures are immune?(* For new players, that's damage of type:light (as opposed [..]
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12:19 am, October 6, 2016
Skill Tomes give an "inherent bonus" - I'm not sure if DDO is using "inherent" as yet another type of "Bonus", like Enhancement bonuses and Festival Bonuses, etc, or whet [..]
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12:19 am, September 25, 2016
I am having trouble connecting to my main worls - Sarlona. I get the error Searching for Logon Server (attempt # of 20). The irritating thing is I can logon to every other server no problems. I have t [..]
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12:19 am, September 19, 2016
Hey all!
I had a few questions that have been stumping my friends and I who started playing together a few months back. Most of us know way more than we should about PnP D&D, but we're having [..]
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12:19 am, September 14, 2016
I made a Lich King like build. I have a level 18 Wizard with most of this already, but I wanted to improve on it by making it a Greatsword build.
When making this build, I wanted the Harper enhanceme [..]
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12:19 pm, September 13, 2016
Below is a list of some of the Known Issues that we are aware of, and below that are features that are Working as Intended but may cause confusion. Should you come across any of these issues, there is [..]
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12:19 am, September 13, 2016
Weapon proficiency and “to hit” for multi-class characters (rogue/ranger/bard)
I have a multi-class character started that is at rogue 2/ ranger 2/ bard 2 with all remaining levels [..]
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12:19 pm, September 10, 2016
My situation: One of my two main characters is a Human Wizard (Pure) Arch-mage and I intend to keep her so. As of today she has 4 Epic Past Life Feats, one in each sphere, and she will soon acquire [..]
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12:19 pm, September 9, 2016
So i have fox's cunning as one of my spells, and when I cast it, my character goes through the motions and the sound effects are there, but the effect never shows up in the top left. eagle's splendor [..]
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12:19 pm, September 5, 2016
Hi, I just leveled up to a 14th level human fighter. Now I see I have 20 points below my hit points which I thought was spell points?? Not sure what these are for a fighter??
Any thoughts?
Tha [..]
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12:19 am, August 19, 2016
How do you know if gear is an upgrade? I mean I can get dex is more than one slot but afaik more than one item with dex don't stack in D&D? So i'd have a choice of like don't use the new item [..]
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12:19 am, August 16, 2016
Hello, I am seeking advice around questions;1. As you level-up a Rogue, are you ever given the opportunity to choose feat exotic weapon kama? If yes, at what level?
2. As you level-up a Druid, are y [..]
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12:19 am, July 27, 2016
I keep seeing spell damage on not-typically-spellcaster gear, like kamas and tower shields. I know with feats and multiclassing there's no particular reason to say a spellcaster can't be using that it [..]
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12:19 pm, July 21, 2016
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Character Plan by DDO Character Planner Version 4.31.203DDO Character Planner Home PageVaerii Synast
Level 20 Chaotic Good Half-Elf Female
(20 Bard)
Hit Points: 200
Spell Points: 670
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12:19 pm, July 10, 2016
I've checked all the other posts that have anything to do with the druid spell Flameblade and I have noticed that while people ask whether or not feats or enchantments that improve other weapons apply [..]
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12:19 am, July 8, 2016
I am playing a wiz right now and i took the empower+maximize feats and im using them. When used together, they are supposed to add 225 spell power total, and that's times 3.25 damage with spells affec [..]
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12:19 am, July 5, 2016
So I started playing DDO. And got VIP couse I liked it ALOT!
And then I played around with a monk, used to be my favorite during our manly pen and paper sessions...
BUT! I am in desperate need of l [..]
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12:19 pm, July 3, 2016
Hey Guys! I am a relatively new player to DDO and just recently understood the entire game (at least i hope). This is the character that i build when i was completely a new player and did not understa [..]
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12:19 am, June 24, 2016
Hello all
I have an idea for a build and could use some feedback. The idea is to use a repeater and AA while using the warlock aura. I am not sure it will work so therefore some feedback is needed.
[..]
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12:19 am, June 22, 2016
Heya
I keep bumping into players who have not thought about this awesome skill. And when I thought back I don't think I realised what this strange thing at the bottom of the skills table was until so [..]
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12:19 am, June 21, 2016
I have run my first toon fully investing in summons, this included augument, improved augument, sion of elysiun, 3 druid lives, magister grand summoner and harper.
My toon was mage enchanter, [..]
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12:19 am, May 28, 2016
I have a warlock that is L20 (I used a store +20 heart to lesser reincarnate from a barbarian because I was curious). She is not well geared but I have the plat to buy gear.
I think that she does 9d6 [..]
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12:19 am, May 22, 2016
What kind of gear would YOU have on YOUR pure Arty @ lvl 19? Where would you get THAT particular item? What stats should you have @ that lvl?
This Arty has a good UMD and can trap well enough to ge [..]
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12:19 am, May 7, 2016
Hi all
This is the first time i play epic content and i have some difficulties doing it. I accidently made a deep gnome and therefore have to take him to level 30 to reincarnate. I ate an ottos epic [..]
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12:19 am, April 21, 2016
So, the idea of a Spell Like Ability is that it's a spell that costs the same amount of SP, no matter how much you empower it via metamagic right? Sounds great, but... It's not a spell right? Or is [..]
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12:19 am, April 20, 2016
I'm following the build here : https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...or-new-players for the bard trapper.
I'm confused about something, though: I'm level 3 and I've gotten a couple of spells that I [..]
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