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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr. Strangemonkey" data-source="post: 983505" data-attributes="member: 6533">I do like Oathbound.I don't know how much conflict there will be between AU and traditional DnD tropes.From I understand, the change will be in the parts of the techniques not the techniques themselves.Kalamar is probably the best 'traditional' setting I've seen.I would recommend Scarred Lands above it, particularly for a Greyhawk player, though.  Scarred Lands is a little less traditional in some areas, but even more hardcore in others.My favorite example of this is the way they treat wizards and armor:  Why don't wizards wear armor?-Armor check penalties.Seems like some of them would eat up the penalties for the AC?-Well, arcane magic also makes you very very warm, in fact wizards tend to wear as little clothing as possible, so there!  Plus, it makes our illustrations all cool and funky.And there you have it, even where it 'sacrifices' traditional tropes it does so in the name of remaining ever truer and more hardcore with regard to the game.</blockquote>