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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 478226" data-attributes="member: 2067">Hahhaha....sorry, man! I'll avoid asking any publishers if they want me to write stuff about it...<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> (though the ECL's are kinda-OGC, aren't they? I mean, they're in the DMG...? I could be wrong on that, though...)I guess the sense of it could be explained in that a "farming" ogre probably isn't an ogre out of the MM...after all, a farming ogre wouldn't probably get Weapon Focus, nor would they bother wearing hide armor all the time, either. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> The MM Ogre is one with some adventuring experience!And, of course, some races would have more innate powers than others...not everything scales easily with levels. The Ogre actually has (by my estimation) a whooooole buncha innate powers (large size, natural armor, and ability score bonuses being the big ones, and nearly the only ones)....almost nothing about that, at least, scales with levels.Though I did come up with this back in my 2e days, while trying to make a class out of every monster in the MM....and honestly the biggest selling point for 3e for me was the easy translation from monster to PC, which I always wanted and haven't been able to get, even up to this point.GOD, I HOPE Savage Species is OGC! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Anyway, rambling now...hey, Joe, maybe we could unite our evil forces! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Anyhoo, keep this going...if no problem that's huge is pointed out, I'll see if I can't start posting these to House Rules, maybe get some helpers on this (since it's only mechanics, I feel safer giving it away than I would my Deities-A-Week(ish)). Of course, if Joe is planning on doing all the work for me, I guess I only have to buy his book when it comes out. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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