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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 2831988" data-attributes="member: 172">A few off the top of my head<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Paladin and Monk multiclassing restrictions are gone.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I too use Artificer's Handbook for costs, though I do use XP costs (but you can possibly defray them through the use of levin from Green Ronin's Advanced GMs Manual</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I too use action points, the Unearthed Arcana variant to be exact (I like the emulate feat bit), though I am leaning towards a "new allotment every level" scheme like Eberron.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Multiple action points spent in one round are possible. The cost is accumulative (i.e., first point spent costs 1, second costs 2, third costs 3, etc.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I have a few feat and spell rulings. e.g., Power Attack does not double for 2-handed weapon; it follows the same rules for weapon damage as strength mods. (x1.5 2 handed, x.5 light). To make Spell focus and Greater spell focus worth it, the bonus is added both the DC and caster level (this has the side effect of making the feat more worth it for schools that feature few save-based spells.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Critical effects rules: You can dig up the house rule on this forum, but long story short: if you ever take half of your remaining HP in one event (attack, spell, etc.), you have to make a fortitude save or suffer a side effect.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Random death: characters do not die at -10. They die at a negative (con check) level, made by GM. Action points apply.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">All ressurection magic comes with a price tag.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No godless clerics. Your deity need not have a human-like visage/form like classical pantheist deities, and may be an abstract force. But people who derive power from an intense personal conviction aren't divine, they are psionic.</li> </ul>I also have character building rules that vary from game to game. My latest set looks something like this:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Heroic Array (16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Instead of standard feat progression, 1 feat per level except levels you get ability increases (i.e., 1-3, 5-7, 9-11, 13-15, 17-19)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Many races open. 1 free ECL. Players who take ECL 0 races get compensating bonuses. (There are many worlds out there...)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2 bonus skill point per level, and the possibility of extra class skills through background feats (I emphasize skills more than other GMs...)</li> </ul></blockquote>

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