Talk:Bender of Earth (3.5e Class)

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	Zhenra-Khal favors this article and rated it 4 of 4!
	I have always enjoyed the idea of Bending in D&D and this Earthbender is more than worth using. Dwarven and Drow Earthbenders would be very interesting in my opinion.

What does Master Builder actually do? The first part seems redundant.

I guess the implication of it being a distance moved wasn't especially clear. --Foxwarrior 19:19, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Doesn't it say that the basic bend can already move stone a maximum of 5' per level?

Argh. I should read the things I write more often. I think nerfing the Basic Bend was probably the right solution, but I trust someone to explain why it wasn't. --Foxwarrior 22:22, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

One more question. If I am in a cave and I touch one wall can I move stone from the other wall, or does part of the actual stone moved have to be touched? Rather than effect a 5' cube could I effect something like a 1'x 1'x 125' section?

I'll stick with a cube, because I don't think that every 1st level Bender of Earth should be able to cover a cliff in beautiful carvings with a single touch. --Foxwarrior 19:02, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Quicksand + Quick as Dirt, falling backwards off of a castle after a run-through of hijinks creates the most amazing cinematic combo I think I've ever pictured. I feel that there is virtually no way I, as a DM, would be able to predict the actions of my players who played this class, and that alone makes me want to allow it in my campaigns. Also, I'd like to say that I think you've done an excellent job with making bending work. Very well done. Maninorange (talk) 02:02, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

IP Changes

I ended up reverting your changes, unknown IP. It's customary to try and contact the author before making mechanical changes. Thank you for understanding. -- Eiji-kun (talk) 22:29, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Lavabending

In light of Legend of Korra, any ideas on how to make this into a bend?

Monolith Impale

A question; Is there some way that Monolith Shove and Impale could be combined into the same action if both are known? Thanks. Zhenra-Khal (talk) 09:14, 26 December 2016 (MST)

New Bend Ideas

Hey! Me again. I was looking at Animate Objects and wondered; Could a Bender Of Earth have a Major Bend that replicates that effect but only with objects made of earth and stone (Or metal/flesh depending), thus animating their own armor? Thanks!~ Zhenra-Khal (talk) 21:30, 15 January 2017 (MST)

They could also theoretically achieve threat by pushing on the planet beneath them, much like the Bender Of Fire can fly. Since the planet's mass is greater than their own, rather than the planet moving, they move; And by controlling where the planet is relative to them - Or rather, where they are relative to the planet - They could easily "fly" by earthbending. Zhenra-Khal (talk) 01:31, 16 January 2017 (MST)

I'm pretty sure there is a lot of evidence that completely rules out equal and opposite reactions. Unless you mean they should be pushing the whole planet 100 feet downwards, which seems a bit excessive. Could a team of earthbenders destabilize the earth's orbit? --Foxwarrior (talk) 19:41, 16 January 2017 (MST)

Theoretically yes; Though one singular Earthbender would only be able to push themselves away from the earth due to mass. Earthbenders ARE after all limited on the mass of earth they can move at one time. The idea of a flying Earthbender is thematically absurd but at the same time, it makes sense mechanically, if they wanted to move themselves. If nothing else, they could fly by manipulating stone or metal objects worn, which of course opens the door for tossing armor armored enemies like popcorn. Zhenra-Khal (talk) 22:16, 16 January 2017 (MST)

Magic?

For the purposes of using these in a normal non-avatar game how do these classes interact with anti-magic fields and the like? -- Aeturo (talk) 12:59, 24 January 2017 (MST)