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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 9170064" data-attributes="member: 19675">One of my later 3.5Ed PCs was a Sorcerer who had very paladin-appropriate stats, but I wanted to play what I call a “mage-brute”- an arcane caster who was also a warrior of some kind.&nbsp; The problem: the DM specified we could use a fairly broad selection of books, but PHB classes ONLY; no ACF or variant versions allowed.So my Sorcerer had grown up as the beefy son of a prostitute and a mercenary of some kind of Blue Draconic heritage (opening the Draconic heritage feats).&nbsp; Because he was a big boy, he was employed as a bouncer at the brothel, equipped with scale mail and a maul (at 1st level, not proficient in either).He discovered his heritage &amp; powers, and became obsessed with his paternally derived powers, like channeling spell energy into lightning breath.&nbsp; I was generally happy with the PC on paper, but I asked for ONE houserule to complete the character.&nbsp; Most of his spells had no somatic components, so he could cast them without ASF.&nbsp; &nbsp; That also meant most of them were NOT combat spells.&nbsp; My request: all attack spells he learned that had elemental components would only be learned as lightning/electrical versions, regardless of the original spell, and without needing the Elemental Substitution feat.&nbsp; In addition, when potentially learning a new combat spell, he’d have to make a Wis roll to NOT choose an elementally themed one.&nbsp; This was intended a manifestation of his extreme fascination with his paternity.The DM granted the request.&nbsp; And if you think about it, it’s effectively a power-down, considering how many creatures have defenses against electrical attacks.So there I was, playing a PHB sorcerer in scale mail, swinging a maul, spitting lightning and (occasionally) learning/throwing electrical attack spells.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 9170064, member: 19675"] One of my later 3.5Ed PCs was a Sorcerer who had very paladin-appropriate stats, but I wanted to play what I call a “mage-brute”- an arcane caster who was also a warrior of some kind. The problem: the DM specified we could use a fairly broad selection of books, but PHB classes [I]ONLY; [/I]no[I] [/I]ACF or variant versions allowed. So my Sorcerer had grown up as the beefy son of a prostitute and a mercenary of some kind of Blue Draconic heritage (opening the Draconic heritage feats). Because he was a big boy, he was employed as a bouncer at the brothel, equipped with scale mail and a maul (at 1st level, not proficient in either). He discovered his heritage & powers, and became obsessed with his paternally derived powers, like channeling spell energy into lightning breath. I was generally happy with the PC on paper, but I asked for ONE houserule to complete the character. Most of his spells had no somatic components, so he could cast them without ASF. That also meant most of them were NOT combat spells. My request: [B]all[/B] attack spells he learned that had elemental components would [B]only[/B] be learned as lightning/electrical versions, regardless of the original spell, and without needing the Elemental Substitution feat. In addition, when potentially learning a new combat spell, he’d have to make a Wis roll to NOT choose an elementally themed one. This was intended a manifestation of his extreme fascination with his paternity. The DM granted the request. And if you think about it, it’s effectively a power-down, considering how many creatures have defenses against electrical attacks. So there I was, playing a PHB sorcerer in scale mail, swinging a maul, spitting lightning and (occasionally) learning/throwing electrical attack spells. [/QUOTE]

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