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<blockquote data-quote="argo" data-source="post: 1622664" data-attributes="member: 5752">What samurai class are you using?&nbsp; I am familar with the OA Samurai and IMHO that class is not that much more powerful than a fighter that you would be &quot;giving things away for free&quot; if your player were to play a little fast and loose with bushido.&nbsp; Maybe you should consider easing up on the Code.&nbsp; As others have pointed out a samurai is not obligated to make every fight a &quot;victory or death&quot; scenario, if he did there wouldn't be that many samurai left.&nbsp; The most important bits ought to be obedience to his lord and safguarding his personal honor.&nbsp; Whatever you do decide though you definetly need to get it down in writing and work it out with the player right now.And you absouetly need to tell him he can't have the half-dragon template.&nbsp; That +3 LA is a killer.&nbsp; Maybe suggest he work towards the Dragon Desciple PrC as a way of &quot;reawakening his dragon heritage&quot; or if he is really dead set on having a template find or invent one that is +1 LA (lose the breath weapon for example).&nbsp; He seems really keen on the concept so you as the DM ought to try to find a way to make it work.In short I vote that you cut him a little slack.&nbsp; He may have the heart of a powergamer but, at least as things stand right now, he sure doesn't seem to have the skills of a powergamer.&nbsp; This is his first pnp game, do what you can to help him have a good time and worry about balance when he makes his second character.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="argo, post: 1622664, member: 5752"] What samurai class are you using? I am familar with the OA Samurai and IMHO that class is not that much more powerful than a fighter that you would be "giving things away for free" if your player were to play a little fast and loose with bushido. Maybe you should consider easing up on the Code. As others have pointed out a samurai is not obligated to make every fight a "victory or death" scenario, if he did there wouldn't be that many samurai left. The most important bits ought to be obedience to his lord and safguarding his personal honor. Whatever you do decide though you definetly need to get it down in writing and work it out with the player right now. And you absouetly need to tell him he can't have the half-dragon template. That +3 LA is a killer. Maybe suggest he work towards the Dragon Desciple PrC as a way of "reawakening his dragon heritage" or if he is really dead set on having a template find or invent one that is +1 LA (lose the breath weapon for example). He seems really keen on the concept so you as the DM ought to try to find a way to make it work. In short I vote that you cut him a little slack. He may have the heart of a powergamer but, at least as things stand right now, he sure doesn't seem to have the skills of a powergamer. This is his first pnp game, do what you can to help him have a good time and worry about balance when he makes his second character. [/QUOTE]

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