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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KandJinIN" data-source="post: 4895496" data-attributes="member: 84931">Hello there all, I have multiple questions all related to an upcoming campaign that I am DMing.  I have DMed briefly a few times, nothing major, so this will be relatively a new experience for me.  I have my story line written out, hopefully have picked up some tips that will make the gaming experience a bit more streamlined.  All that being said, I have a few questions.One is purely mechanical, the other is more your general view of DMing...I have a player who wants to play a werewolf template'd PC.  Nothing wrong with this as long as they can give me a backstory that has a decent attempt at explaining this illness.  He is going monk/sorcerer so he can prestige into the enlightened fist PrC.  That all being said, one of the requirements is 8 ranks concentration.  Class levels, he will have 4 with the +3 level adjustment.  However, the Werewolf template gives 2 + int in skills, so does the template HD count towards the levels for the max ranks in skills?  If he were to find a feat that gave him a +2 on all concentration checks.. that is actually a bonus, not two additional ranks above the maximum correct?Second question is simply this... how much effort do you put into the enemies in your campaign.  I plan on using basic stock monsters and such from MM for the mundane fights.  But for the BBEG, or even the smaller boss fights that would end a section of the campaign... do you look at trying to optimize them and power playing them up a bit?  Just curious.Thanks</blockquote>

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