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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Duke Arioch" data-source="post: 5837379" data-attributes="member: 89050"><p> <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Ability scores generation method? -Point buy or 4d6-worst roll</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    How are death and dying handled? -PC: -Con score=death, 0=unconscious; NPC: 0=death</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    What about raising the dead? -Try to avoid (timely rescue by a recurring uber NPC) but, if funds are available, resurrection is possible</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    How are replacement PCs handled? -Woven in storyline, if possible</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    Initiative: individual, group, or something else? -Individual, but sometimes last for encounter</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    Are there critical hits and fumbles? How do they work? -Crits are per game rules, fumbles depend on situation - from AoOs to dropped weapons...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    Do I get any benefits for wearing a helmet? -As per rules </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    Can I hurt my friends if I fire into melee or do something similarly silly? -Yes. There are feats (precise shot) that would be obsolete if ruled otherwise. Same goes for spells</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    Will we need to run from some encounters, or will we be able to kill everything? -Depends on situation. Sometimes, party simply rolls badly, and even simple encounter can end up in disaster. Why not run and live another day, then return when you are ready again?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    Level-draining monsters: yes or no? -Yes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    Are there going to be cases where a failed save results in PC death? -Ofc. Barbarians like beating you to pulp. Wizards like to make you think giant monster wants to eat you. Why deny him that?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    How strictly are encumbrance & resources tracked? -Not very strictly... with those haversacks and bags of holding, it is not very difficult to pack 12 tanks, a ship two horses and an elephant and not be encumbered anyway. Resources are tracked strictly. Except for ammo, and food.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">     What's required when my PC gains a level? Training? Do I get new  spells automatically? Can it happen in the middle of an adventure, or do  I have to wait for down time? -I usually dole out XP at the end of session or adventure, so it can't happen in the middle of it. Some things are immediately upgraded (saves, BAB, HP, skills) others need training (feats, spells). I assume time spent on previous level counts as training for BAB, saves, skills.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    What do I get experience for? -Wit, originality, and per rules.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    How are traps located? Description, dice rolling, or some combination? -Search, spot. XD</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    Are retainers encouraged and how does morale work? -I usually disallow retainer/cohort feats/classes, but there are missions/quests/encounter where there will be NPCs working with party.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    How do I identify magic items? -If PC has knowledge/appraise, I let them roll percentile, and on certain (very high) roll they remember or discover what the item does. Or, in shops (or with scholars/sages) percentile roll decides if the shopkeeper/scholar/sage knows it or not. Fee is in place, ofc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    Can I buy magic items? Oh, come on: how about just potions? -Yes. Not every shop has every item, but many of them can be ordered and would arrive a bit later in game time (if shop doesn't have it in stock)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    Can I create magic items? When and how? -I tend to discourage players from item creation feats, but if they want to do it, I let them per game rules: skills/feats and XP cost</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    What about splitting the party? -Player choice, and also, sometimes storyline demands it.</li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>

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