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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GodOfCheese" data-source="post: 3737878" data-attributes="member: 19170">Keep: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Feats</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Point-Buy</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">d20 basis (d20+modifiers vs DC=xyz, modifiable by N as opposed to THAC0)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Spontaneous casting of certain spells (Cure, Summon...)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">different spells take different casting times (rounds, minutes, Immediate action, Swift Action, Full Round Action...)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cleric Domains.  Awesome concept-- better for customization and the granted powers rawk.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Spell Save DCs modifiable by feats, requisite ability, etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Clear(er) rules on magic item creation</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Creature Templates</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Magic Weapons and Armor can have special abilities that make them "+N" more powerful.  Example: Flaming.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Creature Advancement in hit dice and size.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Effective Character Level</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Challenge Rating</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Magic Item Slot Affinities</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">3.5-style Damage Reduction (N/magic, instead of 5/+1).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Spell Resistance</li> </ul>Improve:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Turn segmentation (Free Action, Full-Round Action, Standard Action, Move Action).  It's okay, but couldn't we just say a turn is N seconds long, this action requires N seconds, and if you've saved up enough seconds to use the action, it goes off?  This way, you could SpeedUp Spell to take half the time for +2 spell level.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Skills, Saves, Spells, Attack Bonuses improvement rates.  Why can't I check my Melee Attack against his Ride?  Why can't he use Tumble to save against my Fireball?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bonuses that do/don't/sometimes/kinda/seldom stack.  Put something in the bonus name that tells us if it stacks or not, like formatting (Dodge) or a name (DodgeStack).  Don't make me guess or remember.</li> </ul>Eliminate:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">the word "impossible".  In a world that includes Epic Swim DCs to swim up a waterfall, I should be able to cast in an Insect Plague, Feint a Barbarian, or take actions in a Windstorm if I'm good enough.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Flat DCs (Tumble is the worst offender) on Skill/Save/etc. checks.  Some landslides are worse than others-- why do they all have the same Save DC?  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I would love to lose the "per 24-hour" rules for spellcasting, special abilities, etc.  Recordkeeping for this is HELL.  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">High-price magic items that cast attack spells with low save DCs.  Example: Arrow of Slaying.  By the time I'm good enough to create one, I wouldn't want it!</li> </ul></blockquote>

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