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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fireinthedust" data-source="post: 4873077" data-attributes="member: 51930">so I'm working on a modern setting with vampires and mages and cyborgs.  They're detectives.  The catch is that I'm using d20 material as the rules set, including d20 future cybernetics.  Also the Monte Cook World of Darkness rules for the vampires and mages, as tweaked by me.The non-vampires/mages are this Generic class that I'm working on.  Basically I want it to be like the Talent Tree classes from d20 Modern and SWSE, where every other level the PC gets a talent.Question:  Are there serious pitfalls to talent trees that I should be aware of?basically the PC doesn't have any empty levels, and I've left many of the feats open.Houserules to be aware of:  I'm changing all saving throws to static defenses that the monster attacks, or the spell attacks the static defence of the PC.  This means it's more like SWSE, and I like that.  I'm also changing things so everyone uses d20+1/2 level+stat for most rolls, as I already don't like BAB from original 3.xThe main thing I'm worried about is that the generic character's player is a massive power gamer with a long history of breaking systems and making DMs cry.  [sblock=example]Dwarven defender on a flying carpet, so he could do his stance and move around at the same time.  RAW, he told me, he could do this.       Not as bad as the player who made an extending spiked chain and great cleaved through my army of minotaurs, but you get what I'm saying.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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