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<blockquote data-quote="Ace" data-source="post: 1405157" data-attributes="member: 944">Flavor is an easy thing to add --Keeping D&amp;D balanced is basically a numbers game-- all the rest is FXWHen I want to add flavor I change the FX on spells and monsters FREX-- Fireball is boring -- so I change it to iceball&nbsp; Lightning Bolt becomes Fireline -- the effects are the same but the flavor Ah....Flowery names are another good flavor source -- change &quot;Foe Hunter&quot; to Fell Handed or &quot;Eschew Components&quot; can become Power Within As long as you don't change the casting time on a spell whay not make it a song &quot;Wail of the Banshee&quot; becomes Song Of Death Shout can become &quot;Breaking Word&quot; and so onMonster too are easy to change -- Instead of a beholder describe a faceless manlike thing in robes with eyes on its hands &quot;Servants of the Eye&quot; are functionally the same as a Beholder but to jaded players seem new and unusual Make a Dragon into a new kind of elemental -- change the way it looks and you change the flavorYou can even do this with gear by tweaking names -- make a long sword a &quot;willow sabre&quot; short sword becomes &quot;leaf knife&quot; Breastplate stats are used for &quot;5 fold armor&quot; or whatever --Mechanically the game is the same but it feels very different</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ace, post: 1405157, member: 944"] Flavor is an easy thing to add -- Keeping D&D balanced is basically a numbers game-- all the rest is FX WHen I want to add flavor I change the FX on spells and monsters FREX-- Fireball is boring -- so I change it to iceball Lightning Bolt becomes Fireline -- the effects are the same but the flavor Ah.... Flowery names are another good flavor source -- change "Foe Hunter" to Fell Handed or "Eschew Components" can become Power Within As long as you don't change the casting time on a spell whay not make it a song "Wail of the Banshee" becomes Song Of Death Shout can become "Breaking Word" and so on Monster too are easy to change -- Instead of a beholder describe a faceless manlike thing in robes with eyes on its hands "Servants of the Eye" are functionally the same as a Beholder but to jaded players seem new and unusual Make a Dragon into a new kind of elemental -- change the way it looks and you change the flavor You can even do this with gear by tweaking names -- make a long sword a "willow sabre" short sword becomes "leaf knife" Breastplate stats are used for "5 fold armor" or whatever -- Mechanically the game is the same but it feels very different [/QUOTE]

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