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<blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 1981254" data-attributes="member: 3424">Just a couple of comments before I get down to answering the questions you raised:1. The half-ogre from Savage Species was updated in Races of Destiny. Offhand, I can't remember the specifics, though.2. I personally think that the Frenzied Berserker is a PrC that can potentially wreck games because of its ability to concentrate a lot of power at one time (rage stacking with frenzy) and the risk of the character going out of control and killing another party member. I wouldn't allow one in my game.As for your queries:1) A player who wants to use material from a book that I don't own has to let me eyeball and okay it first, and it is his responsibility to bring that book to game sessions. Another thing I do to prevent characters from getting out of hand is to only allow one non-core option (race, feat, class, spell, PrC, etc.) per level of the character. This is something that I have adapted from the RPGA.2) I'm not able to comment on whether the revised half-ogre is balanced, but I do feel that it is generally &quot;unfair&quot; to allow one PC that is noticably more powerful than the others. As a rule of thumb, I try to ensure that each PC has a different role or area of specialty (e.g. Action Hero, Influential Hero, Exalted Hero, Arcane Hero, Hero of Nature, etc.) and make sure that each has the opportunity to contribute his specialty to the overall success of the group.3) Given your doubts as to whether his character is suited for your game, it may be best for him to create a new one, perhaps a core half-orc barbarian if he enjoys playing the hulking smasher.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FireLance, post: 1981254, member: 3424"] Just a couple of comments before I get down to answering the questions you raised: 1. The half-ogre from Savage Species was updated in Races of Destiny. Offhand, I can't remember the specifics, though. 2. I personally think that the Frenzied Berserker is a PrC that can potentially wreck games because of its ability to concentrate a lot of power at one time (rage stacking with frenzy) and the risk of the character going out of control and killing another party member. I wouldn't allow one in my game. As for your queries: 1) A player who wants to use material from a book that I don't own has to let me eyeball and okay it first, and it is his responsibility to bring that book to game sessions. Another thing I do to prevent characters from getting out of hand is to only allow one non-core option (race, feat, class, spell, PrC, etc.) per level of the character. This is something that I have adapted from the RPGA. 2) I'm not able to comment on whether the revised half-ogre is balanced, but I do feel that it is generally "unfair" to allow one PC that is noticably more powerful than the others. As a rule of thumb, I try to ensure that each PC has a different role or area of specialty (e.g. Action Hero, Influential Hero, Exalted Hero, Arcane Hero, Hero of Nature, etc.) and make sure that each has the opportunity to contribute his specialty to the overall success of the group. 3) Given your doubts as to whether his character is suited for your game, it may be best for him to create a new one, perhaps a core half-orc barbarian if he enjoys playing the hulking smasher. [/QUOTE]

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