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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The_Gneech" data-source="post: 4516355" data-attributes="member: 6779">The only aspect of 4E I have in mind to move directly over is the XP Budget system, which I've <a href="http://www.gneech.com/swordandsorcery/#encounterbudget" target="_blank">already done here</a>.The general list of changes I have in mind:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Revamp the races. The Horse Lords are underpowered and rather dull by comparison, and I'll probably remove negative stat mods and just go with bonuses.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Change favored class to give you +1 hp/level of favored class, rather than an extra talent.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Give the spells another pass at editing to find ways to simplify them; hopefully add a few more.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Revise weapon and armor stats/rules. This part will also be in the monster doc, which will probably be done by the end of the coming weekend.</li> </ul>I probably won't address the prestige classes this time around, but will do them as a separate document later.ValhallahGH expressed it pretty well -- there are magic items, but they tend to be a lot less common and a lot more powerful -- sorta skipping the "+1 dagger" phase and jumping straight to the "artifact" phase. They also tend to not stick around very long.Small-scale healing potions and the like can easily be put in; beyond that, when it comes to magic items, try to come up with neat and funky effects rather than numerical bonuses. For a weapon or armor, I wouldn't go above a +1 bonus -- the system is already scaled to balance without magic items. Instead, things like a gem of true seeing or a carpet of flying should be the kind of thing to look for.No, it's a social benefit. It makes you a vested priest of an established church, which usually confers some authority and access to resources.I'd have to look at it again, but IIRC curse of the long death has Remove Poison as a prerequisite, because Remove Poison is a prerequisite of Brew Poison.The minimum level prerequisites, as I recall, were usually for play balance, or because a certain talent didn't "feel right" below a given level. Again, I'd have to look at the specific talent to say.It's not directly compatible at all; you'd be better off using 3.5 materials, which can be converted on-the-fly by flipping the saving throws to defense scores. (Again, the monster doc will have guidelines for this.)I haven't examined how Saga will perform past 20th level, but it should be viable. There will be a slightly larger discrepancy between attacks and defenses, particularly for characters with the 3/4 BAB, but it won't completely break the way 3E does.-The Gneech <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

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