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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BBQLord" data-source="post: 5774859" data-attributes="member: 79421">I fear you may be correct. Magic is indispensable for everyone at high level. And even HW, which I'd staked my hopes on, only really comes into his own at level 9+ (or 12+ or 15+).Before I derail my own thread too much though, I'd like to return to Terrain Dominance-related ponderings.How does one determine if a creature is native to a terrain? Is this a matter of looking up the Ecology section in a monster's entry and skip down to the "Environment" line? Is it race dependent (which has some awesome implications when used against Half-Elves and Half-Orcs)? Is it a question of where the individual lived/existed for most of it's (formative?!) years?1) Monster's Environment entry.See in my post higher up what implications this has. Suffice it to say; Forest, Underground and Mountains have the most Environment entries (and would net you all save the Halfling as a 'dominated' race).2) Race DependentIf it's race-dependent this would mean that, if Humans are native to 'Any' (all) terrains, Half-Elves and Half-orcs would also be native to all terrains by dint of their racial Elf/Orc Blood traits.Looking at the <a href="http://www.d20pfsrd.com/races/core-races" target="_blank">Core Races</a> this would mean that Humans, Half-Elves and Half-Orcs would be automatically 'dominated' through TD.Sticking to the Core Races, picking Terrain Dominance (Mountains) would yield a potentially huge bonus against: Dwarves, Half-Elves, Half-Orcs, Humans and Gnomes. And full-blood Orcs in general. The only Core Races you wouldn't have would be Elves and Halflings!3) Time spend in an environment.If it's a question of in what environment one spends most of their time, most if not all Core Races would fall under the Favored Terrain (Urban) category. Most civilized races live, eat, work and die in cities and towns! Hell, most beings sleep in a building of some kind (at least 8hrs/day) and walk on streets!</blockquote>

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