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<blockquote data-quote="Elemental" data-source="post: 2404146" data-attributes="member: 7931">Silence doesn't actually nullify sound. Being an illusion, sound in the area is still produced, it just can't be heard. As such, spells with verbal components can be used with the 20% failure chance for a deafened caster. (because I really don't like Silence being Antimagic Lite, or a silenced pebble thrown at the feet of a caster as a readied action being able to thwart the mightiest mages in the land)Action points (ECS) can be used when you take damage that would reduce you to -1 or lower. Spend two and the blow knocks you to -0 unless the player and GM cannot think of any possible way the character could survive. You can only use this once per session. (so as not to kill a character with a greataxe crit in round 1--but if they hang around after the first close call in a fight, they're taking their life in their hands)Instant death effects knock the character to negative 1d6 hit points. (because losing a character to a badly timed 1 is just irritating)Cross-class skills cost 1/level, but the threshold remains the same.Rising from prone provokes an AoO if done as a move action, but not if done as a standard action. (to get rid of cheap &quot;one character trips, then everyone huddles round for the AoO's&quot; tactics)As per UA, level adjustment can be bought off for a relatively small XP expenditure at certain levels.Wind Wall and Stormrage impose a penalty of -1 per 2 caster levels to ranged attacks, rather than stopping them cold. (Ever had an epic level Psychic Warrior archer rendered utterly useless by a level 2 spell? I have, and it wasn't fun.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elemental, post: 2404146, member: 7931"] [I]Silence[/I] doesn't actually nullify sound. Being an illusion, sound in the area is still produced, it just can't be heard. As such, spells with verbal components can be used with the 20% failure chance for a deafened caster. (because I really don't like Silence being Antimagic Lite, or a silenced pebble thrown at the feet of a caster as a readied action being able to thwart the mightiest mages in the land) Action points (ECS) can be used when you take damage that would reduce you to -1 or lower. Spend two and the blow knocks you to -0 unless the player and GM cannot think of any possible way the character could survive. You can only use this once per session. (so as not to kill a character with a greataxe crit in round 1--but if they hang around after the first close call in a fight, they're taking their life in their hands) Instant death effects knock the character to negative 1d6 hit points. (because losing a character to a badly timed 1 is just irritating) Cross-class skills cost 1/level, but the threshold remains the same. Rising from prone provokes an AoO if done as a move action, but not if done as a standard action. (to get rid of cheap "one character trips, then everyone huddles round for the AoO's" tactics) As per UA, level adjustment can be bought off for a relatively small XP expenditure at certain levels. [I]Wind Wall[/I] and [I]Stormrage[/I] impose a penalty of -1 per 2 caster levels to ranged attacks, rather than stopping them cold. (Ever had an epic level Psychic Warrior archer rendered utterly useless by a level 2 spell? I have, and it wasn't fun.) [/QUOTE]

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