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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ant" data-source="post: 5838930" data-attributes="member: 17627">The answers to these questions may change slightly depending on the system I'm running (usually either 3.5 or bD&D).1. Ability scores generation method?(4d6, drop the lowest, x 6) x 2 (ie roll up 2 complete sets of stats), choose one set and then arrange as desired2. How are death and dying handled?Staggered at 0 HP. Dead at -CON.    3. What about raising the dead?    Uncommon and expensive but achievable.4. How are replacement PCs handled?I love trying to slot new PCs into the game in a fun way.  They usually come back 1 level lower than the deceased character they're replacing.    5. Initiative: individual, group, or something else?Individual for 3.5, group for bD&D.    6. Are there critical hits and fumbles? How do they work?Paizo Crit and Fumble cards for 3.5.  For bD&D a 20 is max damage and a 1 may sometimes be a humorous botch if it fits the flow of the game.    7. Do I get any benefits for wearing a helmet?Rarely factored into AC but occassionally roleplayed.    8. Can I hurt my friends if I fire into melee or do something similarly silly?I fully endorse this course of action.    9. Will we need to run from some encounters, or will we be able to kill everything?Run! It's gone bleedin' mental!.     10. Level-draining monsters: yes or no?For 3.5 as RAW but will usually have a way to ensure that the penalties are negated after a time.  For bD&D I do something similar.     11. Are there going to be cases where a failed save results in PC death?    More so in my bD&D games, but yes.12. How strictly are encumbrance & resources tracked?I'd like to track it better than I do but unless they're carrying 3 sets of armour and an anvil I'm not too fussed.    13. 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 used to require a weeks training plus a cost of 100gp x New Level but these days they just ding up mid-dungeon.  Mages and clerics still need to rest and study/pray before getting new spells.    14. What do I get experience for?Doing stuff, killing monsters, making me laugh, doing awesome stuff for the game outside of the game session.    15. How are traps located? Description, dice rolling, or some combination?    Find traps roll or located if the player is specific (or if they blunder into it).16. Are retainers encouraged and how does morale work?For 3.5 not actively encouraged and I don't use morale rules.  For bD&D it's encouraged and I use the RAW for morale.    17. How do I identify magic items?For 3.5 it is the RAW or trial and error.  For bD&D I do something similar.    18. Can I buy magic items? Oh, come on: how about just potions?I rarely have "magic shoppes" per se but magic items can usually be found (eventually) if the price is right.19. Can I create magic items? When and how?In 3.5 as per the RAW.  In bD&D, usually not although lesser magic items may be possible if the player is creative (I once had a bD&D player come up with a very imaginative way of creating a vial of holy water).    20. What about splitting the party?The party splits all the time, often to its most granular level.  I pretend that I hate it but secretly its kinda fun.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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