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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rvaughn_ffg" data-source="post: 1328337" data-attributes="member: 10707">Interesting idea. As a fan of Monte's book and a developer working on Dawnforge right now, I agree that the two settings complement each other. In theme, anyway. Mechanics-wise, there are plenty of distinct differences, of course.Off the top of my head, I'd say the races would port quite well. The giants could be "pseudo-giants" or ur-ogres . . . either taking over after the giants' reign fades, or acting as their ambassadors. The sibeccai would, similarly, be giant thralls. The Faen would be perfect allies to the dawn elves. Litorians may compete with the lowlanders, highlanders, or trueborn for land and resources, or may be a nice foil for the yuan-ti. The verrik are interesting . . . they could have come from Itheria, could be part of tiefling society, or could take the place of the madoc as the original residents of the Dreaming Isles. Finally, of course, the mojh would be the holy men of the lizardfolk of Tamerland.The race rituals and racial levels from AU conflict pretty directly with the racial talents and transformations of Dawnforge. You'd want to pick one or the other. The non-spellcasting classes would fit in just fine. Tiefling unfettered, trueborn champions, saltblood akashics, minotaur warmains, lizardfolk greenbonds . . . pretty cool possibilities, there. The spellcasting classes are another matter. At first glance, I'd imagine that the AU spellcasting classes would be underpowered in Dawnforge unless you ported over the magic rules as well . . . and the spell templates and ability to tailor spells by powering them with varying levels would then make the Dawnforge spellcasting classes, and spellcasting in general, overpowered. The reason for this is that, with racial talents/transformations allowing for lots of bonus spells, you take away Monte's limiting factor of the number of spells per day, and with the normal spellcasting classes, you take away Monte's limiting factor of the number of spells known.Still, as long as you're complete (keeping each book's classes with its spellcasting rules), you should be fine. Just keep an eye out for racial talents and transformations that grant bonus spells. I'd make those off-limits.Have fun!</blockquote>

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