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<blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 132332" data-attributes="member: 96"><p>Well, when you get into 'pulp era' people also tend to start thinking in 'pulp <u>hero</u>' terms. Most of the stuff that a wrestler would do is possible with just the standard grappling rules.</p><p></p><p>"Should have" is a very nebulous thing. I've noticed that a lot of people will pile on everything that a character "should have" and then complain because they can't get it all - ignoring the fact that at 1st level they're not <u>supposed</u> to be the World's Greatest X.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Remember: 1st level. Just starting out. The amateur boxer is probably not a Golden Gloves champion, so really Improved Unarmed Strike is OK. He can get the additional benefits as he goes up in level and becomes a better boxer. If you want to play Muhammed Ali, you need a higher level character.</p><p></p><p>The Great White Hunter probably has a native guide to do the tracking for him. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> And he doesn't <u>need</u> all the ranged combat feats to be a hunter - they're nice, but not necessary. If he's the greatest hunter to come out of Africa, he's probably not first level.</p><p></p><p>The football player...doesn't Improved Bull Rush just negate the AoO? Since there aren't AoOs in Cthulhu, there's no problem...</p><p></p><p>I think the problem is that too many people look at the feats and say "I <u>need</u> this" when they <em>really</em> mean, "I <u>want</u> this" - and then they make the mistake of thinking that they have to start with it all.</p><p></p><p>J</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drnuncheon, post: 132332, member: 96"] Well, when you get into 'pulp era' people also tend to start thinking in 'pulp [u]hero[/u]' terms. Most of the stuff that a wrestler would do is possible with just the standard grappling rules. "Should have" is a very nebulous thing. I've noticed that a lot of people will pile on everything that a character "should have" and then complain because they can't get it all - ignoring the fact that at 1st level they're not [u]supposed[/u] to be the World's Greatest X. Remember: 1st level. Just starting out. The amateur boxer is probably not a Golden Gloves champion, so really Improved Unarmed Strike is OK. He can get the additional benefits as he goes up in level and becomes a better boxer. If you want to play Muhammed Ali, you need a higher level character. The Great White Hunter probably has a native guide to do the tracking for him. :D And he doesn't [u]need[/u] all the ranged combat feats to be a hunter - they're nice, but not necessary. If he's the greatest hunter to come out of Africa, he's probably not first level. The football player...doesn't Improved Bull Rush just negate the AoO? Since there aren't AoOs in Cthulhu, there's no problem... I think the problem is that too many people look at the feats and say "I [u]need[/u] this" when they [i]really[/i] mean, "I [u]want[/u] this" - and then they make the mistake of thinking that they have to start with it all. J [/QUOTE]
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