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<blockquote data-quote="edhel" data-source="post: 5795841" data-attributes="member: 20296">This is pretty much how I have played my d20 for years now. Originally I planned this for our d20 Conan game which started to break down at higher levels like all d20 games but I've been using it in two d&amp;d campaigns and one pathfinder campaign.I also gave up the expected magic items and especially the ability boosting items. Most of the stuff PCs find are specialized (like bane swords, +2 vs spells rings or boots of speed) and don't give a general mathematical bonuses to rolls.I noticed monster ACs aren't really that arbitary even though the natural armor is served in a big clump. To me it seems that AC consists of10 - size penalty + dex + natural armor (= ½*HD + bonus that off-sets size penalty + creature's &quot;real&quot; armor bonus). Taking the ½*HD to account and without any +n swords or ability boosting items the math works very similar to earlier editions where AC represented the creatures speed and the toughness of its hide.I also noticed that earlier editions' way of handling ability boosting works very well with these rules. Gauntlets of Ogre Power won't give +2 Str anymore but Str 18. (or 16 or 20 or whatever you want it to give)It's a great item to have but you can't buff your abilities over the normal human limits anymore thus breaking the math.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="edhel, post: 5795841, member: 20296"] This is pretty much how I have played my d20 for years now. Originally I planned this for our d20 Conan game which started to break down at higher levels like all d20 games but I've been using it in two d&d campaigns and one pathfinder campaign. I also gave up the expected magic items and especially the ability boosting items. Most of the stuff PCs find are specialized (like bane swords, +2 vs spells rings or boots of speed) and don't give a general mathematical bonuses to rolls. I noticed monster ACs aren't really that arbitary even though the natural armor is served in a big clump. To me it seems that AC consists of 10 - size penalty + dex + natural armor (= ½*HD + bonus that off-sets size penalty + creature's "real" armor bonus). Taking the ½*HD to account and without any +n swords or ability boosting items the math works very similar to earlier editions where AC represented the creatures speed and the toughness of its hide. I also noticed that earlier editions' way of handling ability boosting works very well with these rules. Gauntlets of Ogre Power won't give +2 Str anymore but Str 18. (or 16 or 20 or whatever you want it to give) It's a great item to have but you can't buff your abilities over the normal human limits anymore thus breaking the math. [/QUOTE]

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