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Truia · Grandmaster Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Posts: 404

Okay so I spent some time with the harper scout prestige class recently.... I tried every concevable combo of useing this class......

I have determined that it is utterly useless.....

Bioware should have saved that spot for something usefull

ANYTHING BUT THE FREAKING HARPER SCOUT THE LAMEST CLASS EVA

maybe they should have put in the Archmage..... or just Mage class it woudl have been more fun then

Falkhor · Fri 09/19/03 2:04am

duh...

Grusk · Fri 09/19/03 3:25am

Hey now .. Harper Scouts are great fodder!

Marquis Drayfox · Fri 09/19/03 4:48am

Its called R.o.l.e. P.l.a.y!! It's an interesting concept and idea! You should all try it sometime!

Conrad Hollows · Har-Rhun Project Leader Joined: 07 Sep 2002 Posts: 2161

Throw in a Harpers organizational area and Harper Scout class-specific items from a custom vendor/quest that are of decent ability and watch how suddenly popular the class becomes on a module.
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Truia · Fri 09/19/03 7:06am

through role playing a harper is fine.... but most servers dont have the harper organization......

Sep · Elder Joined: 22 Apr 2003 Posts: 899

I agree, if the mod has certain parts that are exclusive to the Harpers, then being a member would reap quite the benefits. Remember in BGII when you get Jaheira's pin?
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Tae · Master Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Posts: 117

I have a Harper Scout on the mod I play in. The best thing is to think that this is a role play class, not an uber-kill class. If you compare the NWN scout to the pnp scout, you'll quickly see how they really left out a lot of class features (the pnp scout is a lot more versatile and powerful). My guess is that they threw the class together real quick. Also, a lot of things don't make sense, such as requiring 4 ranks of search, yet not allowing search to be a Harper class skill.

I agree 100% with Conrad's point. So, mod designers...
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Falkhor · DysoMOD|DM Joined: 14 Sep 2002 Posts: 1264

Harper scouts in tuskan will likely become a secret branch of the ranger guild. They'll have the special advantage of being able to see all wilderness maps (and those who played tuskan know it can be hard navigating through the wild).
Rangers in general will most times be able to wander the wild without being attacked by wild animals.
Anyone any ideas on something special for the Harpers though? Maybe expand their potion making capabilities?

Kindo · Great Deity Joined: 21 Sep 2002 Posts: 4068

Hehe, potion making. Boy did that suck. Even if you used it as roleplay, no normal player would need to use them anyway.

Conrad Hollows · Har-Rhun Project Leader Joined: 07 Sep 2002 Posts: 2161

Well for what its worth, we plan on having a Harper group operating in Har-Rhun, and as those people who like to play bards and such can attest, we've been making decent progress in providing some "support wrinkles" for some of these often-ignored classes.
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Sep · Fri 09/19/03 8:02pm

And I love it.

Marquis Drayfox · Fox Child Joined: 08 Oct 2002 Posts: 1390

Truia · Sat 09/20/03 7:45pm

*nods* Har Rhun is looking Up conrad..... and I mean UP... everyone in vovled on the module has done a great job......

Tae · Master Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Posts: 117

Marquis Drayfox · Tue 09/23/03 8:57pm

Heh, nah, still not worth it!

Ner'dulla Serthalyss · Noob Joined: 01 Dec 2002 Posts: 7

As seen on another server, Harpers had a different harper's tools that allowed the class to make items as soon as 1 lvl.

I think that at 5th level harper we could make Platemails (special unavailable in mod armors) that had like +3/25 DR... and a lot of smaller stuff along the way !

Pretty damn nice add-on for worthless class

Sep · Tue 09/23/03 10:05pm

+3/25?????

At level 5? Are you kidding?

Seriously overpowered.

Marquis Drayfox · Fox Child Joined: 08 Oct 2002 Posts: 1390

Well, 5th level Harper which means that you have to get to about... level 10 or so in order to make? Yeah, that's still pretty uber, but at least gives them a good non-rp only purpose...
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Nei · Hero Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 558

I really like Tae's idea, I think if you want harpers to have more of a place, then do it through a harper society, there can be all kinds of neat little perks in there, besides its always more fun to play when you're part of a community.

Conrad Hollows · Har-Rhun Project Leader Joined: 07 Sep 2002 Posts: 2161

I plan on having stuff put into place that should (hopefully) encourage some folks to go the harper route. Some specific items available only to them to buy (now maybe someone PPs it off you, so sure some other might get ahold of something), and various other little things like safehouses and what not ... not to mention a quest or three targetted specifically to that class. We are really going to try to have some organizations, areas and quests that are more less set up for each class. It's safe to say that if every module tends to have a "feature class," then the feature class in Har-Rhun is rogue followed closely by paladin ... but we really do want to make it so each class has a decent opportunity to use some of their skills and such in game to the fullest.
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Marquis Drayfox · Wed 09/24/03 3:51pm

bard, bard, bard, bard, bard, bard, bard........

AliZee' · Thu 09/25/03 5:47am

Bards are cool...been experimenting with um recently...

Griff Inn · Ice Lolly Joined: 10 Sep 2002 Posts: 679

Nothing much for me to add here, except to say that if it is needed we can change those useless potions to something better. Maybe potions of greater cat's grace/ eagle's splendor.
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Conrad Hollows · Har-Rhun Project Leader Joined: 07 Sep 2002 Posts: 2161

That works for me or maybe some potions that don't exist otherwise? I mean, it's not difficult to create some new potions with specific spell effects that are not otherwise available.
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Marquis Drayfox · Sun 09/28/03 5:37pm

Potions of TIMESTOP!!!!!

Ner'dulla Serthalyss · Noob Joined: 01 Dec 2002 Posts: 7

Well, maybe it was 25/+1, at any rate, the server was fun. And the goal of a mod is to have fun. So it was ok..

I dont know anything about the power level you want players to acheive.
If 5/+1 is considered UBER, then dont put that on armors. But put other nice stuff instead.. .

Like if mod only goes to +3 bonuses, maybe harper can make +4 or +5 armors. And by the way, we used to PAY our equipment using standard 3rd edition rules. The best armor was I beleive, something like 5'000 XP and like 50'000gps. XP came like 10-25 a kill, with bosses ranking 200. And gold was acquired slowly from selling items. When a fullplate+2 guarded by a CR15 sells for 1500gp, and that's the best item to sell.... 50k is a lot.

The numbers and such are always suggestions, tweak them to your heart's content !

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