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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 3220023" data-attributes="member: 3424">Seriously, not everything has to be a gaming opportunity. A character ought to be able to pick up vanilla feats and "prestige" classes like Point Blank Shot, Weapon Focus, Eldritch Knight and Mystic Theurge without having to jump through hoops. Prestige classes that merely advance a character's existing abilities can be seen as a natural development given the character's knowledge and experiences.I think the OP felt that two-handed weapons, and not two-weapon fighting, was the problem. Plus, the house rule means no TWF rogues at 1st level. I'm also surprised that sorcerers and wizards would want TWF. I personally would pick Point Blank Shot or some other feat that doesn't require me to get within melee reach to use.I really don't understand the dislike for CR and EL. How does it negatively affect your game to know that a party of 4 appropriately-equipped PCs of level x should be able to defeat an opponent of CR x after expending 20% of their resources? It doesn't force you to challenge your players only with single creatures of CR equal to average party level in your games. If you want to have only a 50/50 chance of survival, go ahead - the CR/EL system tells you how many monsters of what CRs you should have.In my usual games, the PCs hardly ever face single opponents of CR equal to average party level. It's usually equal numbers of APL-2 or APL-1, half party number of APL, or a single creature of APL+1 or APL+2, with optional supporting opponents. I can do this because my regular players are rather experienced and pretty good at tactics and supporting each other. If I was running a game for a group of inexperienced players with 1st-level characters, however, I'd stick more closely to the EL1 standard, so as not to overwhelm them at the start. I can always start running tougher encounters after I get them hooked. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" /></blockquote>

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