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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 5837381" data-attributes="member: 6669384"> <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Ability scores generation method?   We prefer point buy, but allow rolling 4 D6 lose the lowest.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    How are death and dying handled?  Neg hit points equals dying.  Hit points at or below the negative of the character's Con equals dead.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    What about raising the dead?  We've eliminated the Raise Dead spell, and it's relatives.  In place, we run an adventure where someone has to go to the "Land of the Dead", in whatever flavor, to find and retrieve the person.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    How are replacement PCs handled? New characters joining the group, whether as new players or replacement characters, enter one level lower than the lowest in the group.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    Initiative: individual, group, or something else?  Individual</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    Are there critical hits and fumbles? How do they work?  Critical hits as per the standard D&D rules, no fumbles.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    Do I get any benefits for wearing a helmet?  D&D 3.5 doesn't give explicit advantage, but rather presumes that a helmet is included as part of whatever armor your character is wearing.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    Can I hurt my friends if I fire into melee or do something similarly silly?  Yes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    Will we need to run from some encounters, or will we be able to kill everything?  Our game world doesn't level up with the characters.  Some encounters are best avoided, and victory in battle is never guaranteed.</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? There are "Save or Die" spells in the games, and there are monsters with death gazes, petrification attacks, and/or just really deadly poisons.  If you want guaranteed safety, visit Disneyland.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    How strictly are encumbrance & resources tracked? We start out fairly strict, but as Bag of Holding and it's cousins come into the game encumbrance becomes less of an issue.  Resources are always tracked, as limited food and other resources are basic of our game world.</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?  No training as such.  The level reflects the fact that you've been "training" as you gained the EXP for the level.  New spells are automatic.  Advancement seldom occurs in mid-adventure. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    What do I get experience for?  Successfully facing challenges, be they combat or RP.  Noting that sometimes "Success" is a relative term, and in some cases, escaping with your life is counted as a success.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    How are traps located? Description, dice rolling, or some combination?  Most commonly, the first trap of a scenario is located by someone triggering it <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.  Then, and only then, do they remember that they're supposed to be looking for traps.  Dice rolls are used. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    Are retainers encouraged and how does morale work?  Retainers and hirelings are rare enough that morale has never been an issue.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    How do I identify magic items?  Potions can be identified with a Craft:Alchemy check, as per the rules in the book.  Scrolls can often be identified with Read Magic (if you have confidence that it isn't trapped or cursed).  All of these, and anything else, is identified using Identify, or Analyze Dwoemer.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    Can I buy magic items? Oh, come on: how about just potions?  It depends on where you are.  Large city?  Probably, but there isn't a "Wiz-Mart" anywhere in our world.  Some items get rolled for to see if they're available, some are common enough that you just buy them, and some simply aren't available.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    Can I create magic items? When and how?  Yes, using the normal Feats designated for the purpose.  When?  Any time you can take a day off (Per the rules, creation efforts are done in 8 hour chunks, not a few minutes here and a few minutes there.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">    What about splitting the party?  In town?  Happens all the time, particularly when there's a shopping trip planned.  Elsewhere?  Generally not.  And in a stress/danger situation?  Someone will begin to sing: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waa2ucfgVgQ]Never Split The Party - YouTube[/ame]</li> </ol></blockquote>

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