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I give FULL HD + CON score + CON modifier. So Fighter with a 16 CON would get 10 + 16 + 3 = 29 hit points. I want players to have hit points. That was the philosophy behind the design change in the first place. There's really no reason to snip 2-4 hit points off the new, beefy number.

All great suggestions, Ragnar. I especially like the one allowing Free Actions.

First off, there have been no recent updates. Now, as for getting an updated version, it depends on whether you are talking print or PDF. For PDF files, if I update, you'll automatically receive notification from RPGnow (unless you're blocking their emails!) whenever a new version goes up--...

We'll divide it up into chunks, as they roll off the layout assembly line; but you can take as little or as much as you like. A good sized chunk would be 60-80 pages or so-- but unfortunately not all sections are equally sexy or equally sized. Vermin, about 60 pages; Animals about 80; Chromatic...

Coming along rapidly, now that the tough decisions on layout have been made. We are indeed very close to 800 pages! I've asked Glassjaw to recruit some volunteers here-- folks who might be willing to trade some proof-reading help for an early look...

If I may...? It's definitely outside the philosophy of Trailblazer to worry about counting ammunition. ;) If it makes for a better story/experience for your players to run out, just let them know they've run out. (Or are about to run out... Like, "At the end of the next encounter, if you use...

What Valhalla said. (VGH groks TB better than any customer I've seen yet.)

Thanks, cauldron!

You're the DM. Make a judgment call. If you feel later like you've made the wrong call, change it. I usually consider Magic Missile as a rote spell, because it's so iconic. I've also been tempted at times to make Bless a rote spell for much the same reason.

DOH! See that? Overlooked again!

None that I am aware of.

Expert Weapon proficiency allows you to take any weapon and (with only a couple of exceptions) make it perform like any other weapon. Which means that you don't need to carry a dagger to use as a light weapon, and a flail to use for tripping and disarming, and a long sword to carry for its...

I think I recognize this adventure. :) It's hard to forget a goblin in a dress on a stagecoach.

*stunned silence* Man... I'm gettin' all teary-eyed myself. I would at least print out page 95 (Combat Reactions). And maybe page 17 (Action Points). Combat Reactions are really more important than Action Points, in my experience. Aid Another (both attack and defense), combined with...

Personally I'd chalk that up more to the Barbarian side of that equation...

I am working on it-- though truth be told it's a work I've been "working on" for almost ten years. Your best bet in the short term is my prior foray into the topic, "Heroes of High Favor: Elves." It has a rigorous deconstruction of spells in the appendix...

Yeah, they should be able to handle (with APs, Combat Reactions, teamwork, etc.) about 1200-1500 XP worth of enemies. More enemies is better-- ie, many CR1 critters is better than a CR5 critter. It's for this reason that you'll want to use the tweaked XP advancement table as shown. You can (and...

The philosophical underpinnings behind the change ("Don't let players rifle through the Monster Manual...") are the same. That being said-- There is a lot less room for abuse with Animals. Most of them should be good to go right out of the monster manual. Go with what is easiest and least...

Quick Update: I've been busy moving over the past couple of weeks, but the workstation is unpacked and back in order, so I'm hoping to grind out a lot of progress this weekend (including several more substantial supplemental chapters GlassJaw just sent over...)

Absolutely. It will be there. But it comes under the heading of, "Content that Ben will be adding..." which is why you're not seeing it... yet. I'm going to attempt to fix CR down to fractional values as well-- there's enough room in the XP bands to pay a different value for a CR4, 4.25, 4.5...