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<blockquote data-quote="Elric" data-source="post: 4781563" data-attributes="member: 1139"><p>I don't think Halflings are a good enough race to have 5 speed without becoming underpowered. Have you found them to be on the strong side, or is this just aesthetic? If it's for aesthetic reasons, I'd probably give them a benefit to make up for it (maybe a +2 or +4 racial bonus to Initiative).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Interesting. Careful Strike isn't going to beat out Twin Strike even with this change (which isn't saying much), but Sure Strike is strong. Still, it's not necessarily much better than, say, Reaping Strike for a two-handed fighter, unless you get a lot of static modifiers to damage. Good idea.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I was thinking of something similar, except I'd considered also changing Dwarven Stoneblood to a Paragon feat, so a level 2 Dwarven Battlerager can't get to 5 temp HP (at which point his temp HP are a high percentage of typical monster damage).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Are you changing the Barbarian's Barbarian Agility at all in light of this change? The ability was clearly designed based on the idea that a Barbarian would either not boost Dexterity, or would lose the secondary effects on his or her powers from boosting Dexterity. Now that a Barbarian can boost Strength, Dexterity, and a secondary attribute, a Barbarian can get very high AC to go with defender-level HP, at little cost. My idea was to change Barbarian Agility so that it doesn't scale; it's just a +1 AC/Reflex bonus for wearing light armor.</p><p></p><p>Given the quantity of changes, I'm surprised you haven't changed any other problematic abilities besides Battlerager Vigor.</p><p></p><p>The Orb of Imposition comes to mind. I'd probably use the common fix: Orb of imposition’s save penalty power is a free action you can use only once per encounter, but you can choose to apply it after the relevant saving throw roll has already been made. </p><p></p><p>The save-penalty items in AV deserve errata as well, but AV has so many balance issues that it would be a lot of work to compile a comprehensive house rule list in advance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elric, post: 4781563, member: 1139"] I don't think Halflings are a good enough race to have 5 speed without becoming underpowered. Have you found them to be on the strong side, or is this just aesthetic? If it's for aesthetic reasons, I'd probably give them a benefit to make up for it (maybe a +2 or +4 racial bonus to Initiative). Interesting. Careful Strike isn't going to beat out Twin Strike even with this change (which isn't saying much), but Sure Strike is strong. Still, it's not necessarily much better than, say, Reaping Strike for a two-handed fighter, unless you get a lot of static modifiers to damage. Good idea. I was thinking of something similar, except I'd considered also changing Dwarven Stoneblood to a Paragon feat, so a level 2 Dwarven Battlerager can't get to 5 temp HP (at which point his temp HP are a high percentage of typical monster damage). Are you changing the Barbarian's Barbarian Agility at all in light of this change? The ability was clearly designed based on the idea that a Barbarian would either not boost Dexterity, or would lose the secondary effects on his or her powers from boosting Dexterity. Now that a Barbarian can boost Strength, Dexterity, and a secondary attribute, a Barbarian can get very high AC to go with defender-level HP, at little cost. My idea was to change Barbarian Agility so that it doesn't scale; it's just a +1 AC/Reflex bonus for wearing light armor. Given the quantity of changes, I'm surprised you haven't changed any other problematic abilities besides Battlerager Vigor. The Orb of Imposition comes to mind. I'd probably use the common fix: Orb of imposition’s save penalty power is a free action you can use only once per encounter, but you can choose to apply it after the relevant saving throw roll has already been made. The save-penalty items in AV deserve errata as well, but AV has so many balance issues that it would be a lot of work to compile a comprehensive house rule list in advance. [/QUOTE]
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