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Catfolk: +1 LA just doesn't seem right..
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<blockquote data-quote="Nyeshet" data-source="post: 3509821" data-attributes="member: 18363"><p>Several ideas come to mind. </p><p></p><p>+4 bonus to Balance and Tumble checks (tumble checks are good vs falling damage)</p><p></p><p>Racial Bonus Feats: Agile Athlete, Improve Unarmed Strike (only with piercing damage - due to claws), Leap of the Heavens, and Run. If they do not have claws drop the IUS. Maybe Run should be dropped regardless, although it hearkens back to the charging / pouncing of typical felines. </p><p></p><p>I would also suggest replacing the +1 nat armor bonus with a +1 dodge bonus. It just makes more sense, as catfolk are not exactly depicted as covered in thick hides or metal / stone like flesh.</p><p></p><p>Scent would be too much, as would halving falling damage. Indeed, anything more than what is suggested above would likely be too much for +1, considering all else they get. As it is, adding two more +4 skills and four bonus feats is pushing the limits of what I would consider acceptable for a +1 LA. </p><p></p><p>And, as others have suggested, the buy off option for LA is wonderful - especially for lower LAs. It would slow them down a bit at lower levels, then vanish at mid levels, allowing for some catch up. By mid to lower high levels they would be back in pace with the others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nyeshet, post: 3509821, member: 18363"] Several ideas come to mind. +4 bonus to Balance and Tumble checks (tumble checks are good vs falling damage) Racial Bonus Feats: Agile Athlete, Improve Unarmed Strike (only with piercing damage - due to claws), Leap of the Heavens, and Run. If they do not have claws drop the IUS. Maybe Run should be dropped regardless, although it hearkens back to the charging / pouncing of typical felines. I would also suggest replacing the +1 nat armor bonus with a +1 dodge bonus. It just makes more sense, as catfolk are not exactly depicted as covered in thick hides or metal / stone like flesh. Scent would be too much, as would halving falling damage. Indeed, anything more than what is suggested above would likely be too much for +1, considering all else they get. As it is, adding two more +4 skills and four bonus feats is pushing the limits of what I would consider acceptable for a +1 LA. And, as others have suggested, the buy off option for LA is wonderful - especially for lower LAs. It would slow them down a bit at lower levels, then vanish at mid levels, allowing for some catch up. By mid to lower high levels they would be back in pace with the others. [/QUOTE]
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