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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7337360" data-attributes="member: 20323">My go to resource when making new races is Tyler Kamstra's Monstrous Races on DMsGuild. I'll give a quick point build analysis of your gorgon. You want to be at 8 - 10 points to be balanced against official races.Humanoid 0 Ability score increases 3Darkvision (60') 2Almost Dwarven Resilience 1Bonus Cantrip at-will 0.5Reverse of Slippery (advantage *to* grapple) 0.5So far that's 7 build points. Generally I aim for about 9.Gaze Attack is the tricky one to evaluate. Since there are no guidelines for short-rest recharging damaging racial powers, I have to compare to something...can't think of any races...really the Gaze Attack is more like a spell than anything else. With the point guidelines, a 1st level spell usable 1/day would be 1 point, a 2nd level spell usable 1/day would be 2 points, and so on. However, a short rest recharge...I'd value that as 3x a spell usable 1/day...so a power equivalent to a 1st level spell with short rest recharge would be worth about 3 points. Which would put your Gorgon at the higher end of the power scale, but still within tolerances.The question becomes: what level spell is Gaze Attack worth? I'm not going to do that design work, since you probably are capable & it likely will involve some judgment calls, but that would be my next step were I designing this. I will tell you this much: right now, it's clearly worth well above a 1st level spell!Cheers!</blockquote>

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