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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 6489260" data-attributes="member: 53980">I'm running a game set in a psuedo-post-apocalyptic world. Several hundred years ago a strange mist arose which mutated, drove insane, or killed anyone it touched. The PCs are from a valley high in the mountains (above the mist) and are rare individuals capable of entering the mist without harm. The world is overrun with monsters and other strange things, such as a forest of trees that hoot like owls. The players have been slowly exploring the area around the mountain, befriending a tribe of goblins and overthrowing a cult of lycanthropes dedicated to Baphomet.I've been tinkering with a number of house rules. Because this is a floating game (I only run it when one of the other two DMs in our group can't) I never know how many players I'll have, so I added rules that allow the PCs to capture the spirit of a slain monster and summon it as a companion. I worked out a rough CR to level equivalency, so that PCs can only capture creatures that are around their own level in power.I used the CR to level equivalence to start converting monsters into playable races, similar to Savage Species from 3rd edition (using level progression rather than level adjustment). A player who joined last session started as a minotaur, and I'm pleased with the results (so far). He has more HP than the other PCs, but less overall options, and I had no difficulty challenging him just as much as the rest of the party.</blockquote>

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