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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 9578820" data-attributes="member: 22424">It has been a long time since I ran 3.5e. Here's roughly where we were at the end:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Characters could be created using the PHB only. When using Eberron (which was most of the time), add the Expanded Psionics Handbook and the main Eberron Campaign Setting book. (If I were doing it again, I would instead use the "core three plus one" rule that others have mentioned.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Characters could multiclass freely, ignoring favoured classes. However Prestige Classes were not allowed. (Again, if doing it again, I'd allow characters to have three classes: any one base class of their choice, their Favoured Class, and one Prestige Class.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When generating ability scores each player could freely choose from three methods: 28 point buy, or a standard array of 16, 15, 13, 12, 10, 8, or roll 4d6 drop lowest (reroll as per the PHB - I forget exactly what that was). The major caveat was that if you chose to roll you were then expected to play the resulting character in good faith - no suiciding a bad character.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Characters gained 7, 5, or 3 hit points per level, depending on their class (classes with d12 or d10 gave 7, classes with d8 or d6 gave 5, classes with d4 gave 3). This included first level, except that all characters gained a one-time bonus of 5 hit points.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Likewise, characters gained 8. 6. 4. or 2 skill points per level, including at 1st level. Cross-class skills cost 1 point per rank, just like class skills, but any character with 1 rank in a class skill gained a +3 bonus to that skill. (Essentially, the Pathfinder rule.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Encumbrance was by armour only.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Captured treasure could be sold, but only gave 20% of value. I also gave considerably more treasure than was standard, skewed fairly heavily towards 'cool' rather than 'utility' magic items - the reduction in sale cost was to encourage players to keep what they had rather than just trade it for the useful-but-dull "big six".</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Shields shall be splintered: as mentioned, a character using a shield could choose to sacrifice that shield to negate the damage from one attack. I allowed any character to see the damage roll before applying that option, though.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Gods Shall Not Be Mocked: A character who chose to carry a dozen shields for use with the above rule (or otherwise tried to abuse the rules) suffered maximum damage from all incoming attacks.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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