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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ingeloak" data-source="post: 6496322" data-attributes="member: 61649">it is up to the DM how he or she wants to run their game. i have made some initial mistakes regarding prematurely high character stats (i let them roll on a generous dice method) and had to correct it. i now have a house rule that no PC can have higher than an 18 score even after racial and feat mods are applied. i discovered that a cleric with a 20 wisdom out of the gate and the right feat could never be surprised or ambushed (passive perception of 23 i think it was) and saw every secret and trap without trying. he was a walking radar platform. that took the challenge out of the game so i asked for stats to be rerolled. the players were not enthused, but they did it. some of them actually came out better the second time. the game moved forward and a good time was had by all.it is up to the DM when rolling magical items for treasure how much to give out, which items should be given out, and when/if the players get something. as a rule i do not allow purchasing items in a shop. i have since relaxed this slightly, allowing a couple of minor uncommon items, scrolls and potions to be bought from curio shops, temples, and small-time local wizards. if your fighter gets all that stuff, its because the DM allowed it. same with those stat-raising books.nicely done <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.  my friend told me about an old module with not 1, but 7 vampires in it  with their assorted minions and spawn. i find the idea of doing that  module in 5th terrifying</blockquote>

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