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Fighting Styles: Which option to choose?
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<blockquote data-quote="d20Dwarf" data-source="post: 595708" data-attributes="member: 314"><p>So you are saying that only wizards should be able to expend XP to gain power? I suppose you play a lot of wizards. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>I think if you played with fighting schools a bit, you'd see that the XP loss for taking 10 schools would more than outweigh the marginal benefits you would gain for doing so. Also, any DM that allows that is getting what he paid for. <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=":)" /></p><p></p><p>As far as the CR debate you are having, Character Level=experience total=CR, which is why I suggested a CR modifier chart that would essentially be character XP + fighting schools XP = Level for determination of CR. Very simple for even the thickest of DMs. It's really not hard.</p><p></p><p>How do you resolve the issue of a wizard who constantly crafts magic items in order to stay at 11th level, while he is certainly more powerful than any other 11th level character out there due to his 1,000,000 gp worth of magic items? This is playing by the core rules, mind you, the ones you are defending and saying should be insular. <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=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="d20Dwarf, post: 595708, member: 314"] So you are saying that only wizards should be able to expend XP to gain power? I suppose you play a lot of wizards. ;) I think if you played with fighting schools a bit, you'd see that the XP loss for taking 10 schools would more than outweigh the marginal benefits you would gain for doing so. Also, any DM that allows that is getting what he paid for. :) As far as the CR debate you are having, Character Level=experience total=CR, which is why I suggested a CR modifier chart that would essentially be character XP + fighting schools XP = Level for determination of CR. Very simple for even the thickest of DMs. It's really not hard. How do you resolve the issue of a wizard who constantly crafts magic items in order to stay at 11th level, while he is certainly more powerful than any other 11th level character out there due to his 1,000,000 gp worth of magic items? This is playing by the core rules, mind you, the ones you are defending and saying should be insular. :) [/QUOTE]
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