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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ruemere" data-source="post: 3161717" data-attributes="member: 5515">No tables. Calculating jump distances/turn checks/encumberance is tiresome.Less spells. Each spell is unique instance of a rule. Too many spells and spellcasters really slow down game.Develop/expand spell properties.Arcana Unearthed. 'Nuff said.Make low skill ranks more effective. Make high skill ranks more expensive to acquire.As written, low level of skill is highly dependent on character traits and, with high variance of d20 roll, highly unpredictable. There is a reason why there are no 4th level Commoner Artisan masters - their skill ranks would not make them effective.Example:Skill check: d20 + ability bonus + skill ranks + skill rank bonusSkill ranks: Skill rank bonus0 skill ranks: -41+ skill ranks: +06+ skill ranks: +211+ skill ranks: +4.... every 5 ranks: add additional +2(formula: divide by 5, round down, multiply by 2)Skill ranks: Skill cost bonusThe cost to add additional rank is equal to (1+skill rank bonus of new rank).(1-5 - 1 skill point per rank, 6-10 - 3 skill points per rank and so on)No crafts, no professions, simply skills.Enough of this mess and questions like: I'm a sailor, can I swim just a bit?More skill points per level. Let everyone have the same number of skill points.We've got Intelligence bonus already. We don't need class-based progression for every class in existence.If you're worried about Expert-type characters, make additional skill points a class feature.For the skill rank system proposed above, 6 skill points per level should be sufficient.Make hero development more customizable.Grant feat every level. Grant ability increase every level. Limit starting ability scores to 8-12 range. Group feats into feat trees (to avoid cherry picking).Limit ability development to certain difference between lowest and highest score (to avoid min maxing chaos).No material components for spells. Use spell foci instead.Spell focus - item one has to attune to in order to be able to cast spells. Once removed from characters possession, the character is rendered powerless (the way to avoid mute-blind-with-broken-fingers way of subduing spellcasters).That's also removes some pain of tracking items.No material costs for powerful spells. Use drain-type cost instead.Powerful spells should be limited by ability and experience drains. Otherwise, any such spell is only limited by character's personal wealth. Also, increase casting times.Nerf game breaking spells. Give peace a chance.Nerf:- Instant transportation spells (suggestion: long preparations, the target location is somehow marked during spell casting - strange lights, maybe? - so there is no surprise factor involved).- Buff spells (suggestion: ability drain for both the caster and recipient).- Raise dead spells (long casting time instead of high cost, ability drains requiring additional healing, clinical death rule instead of unflexible -10 damage threshold).- Instakill spells make the character dying, not dead (use clinical death rule).- Direct damage spells are fine, but also make the character dying rather than dead.- Massive damage makes the character dying, not dead.Clinical death rule: the character immediately below 0 hitpoints is unconscious, a little more below - dying, but not dead. He needs professional help within minutes, not seconds....And many more fixes. In short, more power to the people, albeit with fewer instant kill / instant know-how-to abilities.Regards,Ruemere</blockquote>

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