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Message: <blockquote data-quote="marelion" data-source="post: 5736022" data-attributes="member: 6679828">At CharGen the only goodiie I throw to my players is a free Adventurer`s Kit.Throwing out extra feats would be a big no-go for me, for an extra feat at first level screws up the balancing pretty badly. I am perfectly fine with letting a player choose any skill as a class skill though, if it fits the concept. This generaly helps since in our group we ruled out themes and limited background benefits to one benefit per char.And I guess I could be persuaded to grant an extra skill, especially if the group is small(i.e. there are less han 4 players). But an extra feat? Nope, sir.As far as magical items are concerned as a DM I am a lot more restrictive than the CB as well. i will give out magic items as per the official guidelines as far as levels are oncerned but do not expect me to give away frost/radiant weapons for frostcheese/radaiant mafia. In fact, the Lasting FrostWintertouched-combo is banned at my table for being too cheesy.There may be further restrictions, butr these generally depend on the group. For example, in my current group I have a warlord in my party so I will not allow Bracers of Mighty Striking until the party hits Paragon. The two strenght-based melee characters are giving my monsters a hard time anyway weith their warlord support, so my group is nowhere near missing the extra damage these bracers could offer. i don`t like to play 4E as a variant of the Cold War  where both sides of the game try to bring as many nukes to the party as possible.Giving out bonusses to ability scores helps some classes while the benefits to other builds are quite limited. If i had a party solely consisting of MAD classes then maybe I might give this try for a high-power-approach. But generally i would be careful with this as well.BTW: Why the interest? Are you planning to beef up a party of experienced players who want to advance more quickly? Or is this just some experiment to take a closer lok at the math and the feeling involved?</blockquote>

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