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Do the penalties mentioned in the Spell Rage class feature replace or stack with Barbarian Rage?
Since Barbarians can enter the Rage Mage class I ran into a few questions. Does the Spell Rage feature replace the standard rage or does it Augment the Standard rage? all in all I thought that Rage ...
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What's the nicest way to handle lycanthropy when it comes to XP?
I've been running some published adventures in D&D 3.5 and two of the PCs in the party have contracted lycanthropy (they're now were-rats). They've had their first night of the full-moon. While ...
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How do raising skills work in The One Ring?
When the adventuring phase ends, PCs can use their advancement points to raise common skills and experience to raise other stats. I hav several doubts about that:
Is advancement points the only way ...
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Is there a list of optimised characters for D&D 3e? [closed]
Is there a site, page or other online resource with a comprehensive list of optimised characters for each main role (e.g. Tank, Healer) or class (e.g. Bard, Fighter) in D&D 3e? I'm not looking for ...
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In what circumstances (if any) is Fighter 3 a good level to take?
I've heard a lot about how Fighter 3 is a bad level to take. However, are there ever any circumstances in 3.x where it is a good idea for optimisation purposes?
I'd appreciate hearing the reasoning ...
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What happens if a commoner takes a prestige class?
I'm currently in a 3.5/pathfinder campaign. (Mostly 3.5, but since it's steampunk we're borrowing liberally from pathfinder as we find the need.) We started as commoners, the idea being that we would ...
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Plot granted special ability standards?
For the campaign in question, I'm running one person through a dungeon inspired by Vagrant Story. Clearly some things from the video game can't be emulated, and many of those are integral to the game: ...
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How can I add Character Advancement in Diaspora Without Breaking the Game?
How can I add some measure of mechanical character advancement in Diaspora without breaking the game?
I'm considering using Diaspora to run a game idea I've had for a while. I really like many of ...
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What does it mean to “master” a path of magic?
In Anima: Beyond Fantasy, magic is divided up into paths, some of which are opposed to each other. The rules quite clearly state that it costs twice as much to advance along a path opposed to one ...
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Experience and levels in Pathfinder
According to answers to this question some levels require more experience than they did in D&D3.x: Differences between D&D 3.5 and Pathfinder
How much experience do different levels require ...
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Neverwhere game with Dresden rules
I want to run a Neverwhere style game (kind of an underworld fantasy) where players start as regular humans trapped in the Neverwhere where their refresh is their connection to the mundane world but ...
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Is master of the nine a solid prestige class for a swordsage?
As the title suggests, i am going to play a swordsage, and while i am not a big fan of multiclassing (many of the character optimisation builds i saw had from three to 5 classes, prestige or not), i ...
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How necessary is mechanical character advancement?
I've been fiddling around with a game system for some time (ever since the 2010 Game Chef competition) that's based around characters that are shape-shifters. Because of this, characters have a fluid ...
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How often should players be advancing?
My players are advancing at a rate of about once every one to two sessions. Is this normal, or am I being too nice with more often than not highlighting their major stat?
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What is the upgrade path for characters generated with the Red Box Starter kit?
After creating a character using the Red Box and convincing my gaming group, all newbies to RPG's, to roll characters using the Red Box, I discovered that the Red Box doesn't seem to have an upgrade ...
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Can a Warlock take Hexblade powers/feats/etc? [duplicate]
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Can a Dungeons and Dragons 4e character take D&D Essentials class powers?
When a Warlock levels up, can they diversify into Hexblade Powers (etc) or does this ...
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Differences between point-based character advancements and class/level-based character advancement?
What are some of the differences between using point-based character advancement systems (like Mutants and Masterminds, or Hero System) and class/level-based advancement systems (like in DnD or ...
