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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 6337603" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>Zireael, it's great to see another Eclipse fan! As a huge enthusiast of the system, I think it's criminally under-recognized for what it does for d20-based games.</p><p></p><p>You mentioned that you've seen the conversion guidelines for recreating existing classes and races in Eclipse, so I assume you're familiar with <a href="http://ruscumag.wordpress.com/atheria-d20/" target="_blank">Thoth's blog</a> right? Beyond that, I'll try to offer some useful advice.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure how you plan to keep pre-existing races and classes in the game while using Eclipse, since the point of it is that players don't need to use pre-made "packages" of racial or class abilities. As such, I'd say give everyone 24 CPs when they level up, like normal (and 48 at level 1). In terms of race, I'd suggest limiting the CP expenditure to 31 CP or less (a +0 ECL race), probably on top of the existing racial make-ups (which will prevent the high-CP races such as elves from spending anything else).</p><p></p><p>Insofar as what powers to restrain or disallow, that's somewhat more intuitive to consider. I'd allow no more than one instance each of Fast Learner or Adept, as those can quickly allow for surprisingly large bonuses later on in a campaign (since they're freeing up a lot of points to be spent elsewhere). Also, you might want to consider putting a cap on how much Innate Enchantment can be taken (e.g. no more than 12 CP's worth).</p><p></p><p>On that note, I'd also recommend watching out for things like bumping up witchcraft via a huge amount of power points (e.g. taking levels in the wilder progression, without a caster level and corrupted for two-thirds cost/no actual powers gained, just power points - will give you a large amount of power for 2 CP per wilder level, which can then be used to keep witchcraft running essentially endlessly).</p><p></p><p>If there are any other questions or concerns you've got, I'd be glad to help! Also, try posting on Thoth's blog, as he's very receptive to questions!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 6337603, member: 8461"] Zireael, it's great to see another Eclipse fan! As a huge enthusiast of the system, I think it's criminally under-recognized for what it does for d20-based games. You mentioned that you've seen the conversion guidelines for recreating existing classes and races in Eclipse, so I assume you're familiar with [url=http://ruscumag.wordpress.com/atheria-d20/]Thoth's blog[/url] right? Beyond that, I'll try to offer some useful advice. I'm not sure how you plan to keep pre-existing races and classes in the game while using Eclipse, since the point of it is that players don't need to use pre-made "packages" of racial or class abilities. As such, I'd say give everyone 24 CPs when they level up, like normal (and 48 at level 1). In terms of race, I'd suggest limiting the CP expenditure to 31 CP or less (a +0 ECL race), probably on top of the existing racial make-ups (which will prevent the high-CP races such as elves from spending anything else). Insofar as what powers to restrain or disallow, that's somewhat more intuitive to consider. I'd allow no more than one instance each of Fast Learner or Adept, as those can quickly allow for surprisingly large bonuses later on in a campaign (since they're freeing up a lot of points to be spent elsewhere). Also, you might want to consider putting a cap on how much Innate Enchantment can be taken (e.g. no more than 12 CP's worth). On that note, I'd also recommend watching out for things like bumping up witchcraft via a huge amount of power points (e.g. taking levels in the wilder progression, without a caster level and corrupted for two-thirds cost/no actual powers gained, just power points - will give you a large amount of power for 2 CP per wilder level, which can then be used to keep witchcraft running essentially endlessly). If there are any other questions or concerns you've got, I'd be glad to help! Also, try posting on Thoth's blog, as he's very receptive to questions! [/QUOTE]
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