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Our group used to do 4d6 drop the lowest and arrange as desired. We've now gone to a modified point buy system. In essence, we agree to the total ability modifier for the character (+8 for example--before racial modifiers) and then choose the ability scores. Maximum starting ability score is...

One situational drawback to having the rogue taking Improved Initiative-- Surprise round--partial charge, sneak attack Round one--win initiative, multiple sneak attacks Remainder of round one--all of the other baddies you didn't kill take 5' steps and slaughter the rogue before the goodguy (or...

I have a 15th level Half-Orc Monk who is +52 on his jump checks, so his jumping numbers are a bit absurd. However, we rule he jumps and lands during a single move action provided he has moved only up to his maximum movement (as per the jump rules). Incidentally, he got to +52 by the...

Making sure I've got this correct--Mage Armor (and Bracers of Armor for that matter) surround the recipient with a force field--if you will. Since touch attacks bypass armor, the touch attack bypasses Mage Armor, correct? Secondly, both Mage Armor and/or Bracers of Armor help protect the...

What about letting another player take over as the DM? Our group has four people who can DM. One guy DMs 2/3rds of the time, but he really enjoys DMing characters through about 8th level. I like DMing the higher level PCs so we simply swap seats at the table. My adventure may have something...

I'm quite attached to my characters--especially the upper level ones. However, character death is part of D&D and D&D, after all, is a game. While I am sympathetic to the players when I DM, being too soft about killing off a character leads to the omission of an important part of the...

I really enjoy playing the paladin class. If the campaign will be an outdoor-sy one, I can use feats for mounted combat. Divine feats for fighting undead. Power attack/cleave for use against the hordes of orcs and goblins. In particular, I enjoy playing the paladin for the honor of it...

Started out on the blue basic set in '78. I remember fondly crawling through the dungeon in the back of that book. I believe a giant rat was my first kill... Never played the companion or masters set. Seemed like wasted money at the time, even though we kept playing the game. Had...

Da Chicken-- So you are saying this particular PC should NOT receive the Dwarf racial abilities? Would you also include the Dwarf racial ability modifiers (+2 con and -2 char)?

Thanks so much for the quick responses!

OK--Thanks! BTW--The Feral Dwarf is not getting fast healing, improved grapple, or extended darkvision, but that was for another thread.

A player in my group is playing a Feral Dwarf fighter/barbarian. While the question of the Feral template has been discussed at length, I have a question I couldn't find in previous threads. Does the character keep his racial benefits from being a dwarf once he adds on the Feral Template...

In several instances, the enemy has managed to run away from the fight. In this instance the bad guy chose to run away and, in the process, passed through the fighter's threatened area in such a way as to incur an AoO. The fighter chose to make a trip attack with his heavy flail as the AoO...