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<blockquote data-quote="Kerrick" data-source="post: 4428700" data-attributes="member: 4722">Part of the &quot;unwinnable grapple&quot; syndrome is because of the goofy size bonus. I haven't tried it out with the new system yet, though. The attack bonus thing isn't the problem, really - it's the fact that character AC has a glass ceiling, because there's only so much stuff you can stack on, whereas monster HD keep scaling. Add to that the fact that monster AB/saves don't use the epic progression, and... I'm going to use it, but I was thinking of changing the first column to 3/4. Even if it doesn't grant new levels of spells, 1:1 is a bit much, IMO. 3/4, 2/3, 1/2 could work - 3/4 for full casters of the same type of magic (arcane-arcane, divine-divine), 2/3 for bards, paladins, and rangers, and casters of the opposite type, and 1/2 for non-casters. Change the spell save formula to 10 + 1/2 caster level + ability mod, and you've got a workable system.Aha. I don't see why PF didn't boost everyone to have at least 4 skill points/level. It wouldn't have broken the system - by dropping the x4 at first level, you have to recalculate everyone's skill points anyway.Care to elaborate? I'm curious what you mean.I was thinking about this last night. This is the Pathfinder RPG. It's not labeled as &quot;D&amp;D 3.75&quot; or even &quot;D&amp;D&quot;. So... why didn't they just create a new system and say it's compatible with D&amp;D? Then they could've made whatever changes they wanted, as radical as they wanted, and there wouldn't be any expectations or preconceptions on the part of their fans (like the ever-popular &quot;It's D&amp;D turned up to 11.&quot;). The WoW RPG took most of the SRD and reprinted it verbatim, but people aren't calling THAT D&amp;D...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kerrick, post: 4428700, member: 4722"] Part of the "unwinnable grapple" syndrome is because of the goofy size bonus. I haven't tried it out with the new system yet, though. The attack bonus thing isn't the problem, really - it's the fact that character AC has a glass ceiling, because there's only so much stuff you can stack on, whereas monster HD keep scaling. Add to that the fact that monster AB/saves don't use the epic progression, and... I'm going to use it, but I was thinking of changing the first column to 3/4. Even if it doesn't grant new levels of spells, 1:1 is a bit much, IMO. 3/4, 2/3, 1/2 could work - 3/4 for full casters of the same type of magic (arcane-arcane, divine-divine), 2/3 for bards, paladins, and rangers, and casters of the opposite type, and 1/2 for non-casters. Change the spell save formula to 10 + 1/2 caster level + ability mod, and you've got a workable system. Aha. I don't see why PF didn't boost everyone to have at least 4 skill points/level. It wouldn't have broken the system - by dropping the x4 at first level, you have to recalculate everyone's skill points anyway. Care to elaborate? I'm curious what you mean. I was thinking about this last night. This is the Pathfinder RPG. It's not labeled as "D&D 3.75" or even "D&D". So... why didn't they just create a new system and say it's compatible with D&D? Then they could've made whatever changes they wanted, as radical as they wanted, and there wouldn't be any expectations or preconceptions on the part of their fans (like the ever-popular "It's D&D turned up to 11."). The WoW RPG took most of the SRD and reprinted it verbatim, but people aren't calling THAT D&D... [/QUOTE]

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