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Jeff Wilder · 28th August 2008, 07:08 AM

The only area in which I agree with the OP is in racial ability mods. (In particular, getting rid of the d4 HD and the incentives for favored classes are big plusses, as far as I'm concerned. FWIW, Monte Cook is on record as saying that the only reason he accepted d4 HD without more of a fuss is that bear's endurance had a much longer duration in 3.0. He redid the sorcerer long ago with d6 HD.)

I haven't crunched the numbers (and can't check right now), but how does Pathfinder's "standard" point build correspond with 3.5's? I read that you can build the elite array (15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8) with both, but I'm wondering about higher scores. Is it more or less expensive to spike a stat or two? If it's more expensive, maybe "dual +2" is okay. If it's the same, or less expensive, I think that the double-bonus needs to go.

And there's a simple fix: just let the player pick one of the two potential bonuses.

28th August 2008, 07:08 AM	#10 (permalink)
Jeff Wilder "Please, call me Jeff." Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Daly City, California Posts: 2,016	The only area in which I agree with the OP is in racial ability mods. (In particular, getting rid of the d4 HD and the incentives for favored classes are big plusses, as far as I'm concerned. FWIW, Monte Cook is on record as saying that the only reason he accepted d4 HD without more of a fuss is that bear's endurance had a much longer duration in 3.0. He redid the sorcerer long ago with d6 HD.) I haven't crunched the numbers (and can't check right now), but how does Pathfinder's "standard" point build correspond with 3.5's? I read that you can build the elite array (15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8) with both, but I'm wondering about higher scores. Is it more or less expensive to spike a stat or two? If it's more expensive, maybe "dual +2" is okay. If it's the same, or less expensive, I think that the double-bonus needs to go. And there's a simple fix: just let the player pick one of the two potential bonuses. __________________ Jeff Wilder, San Francisco Bay Area ROMEO ... Mercutio's soul / Is but a little way above our heads, / Staying for thine to keep him company: / Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him!