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<blockquote data-quote="wysiwyg" data-source="post: 4916709" data-attributes="member: 16985"><p>String, I was looking at section in the E6 rules about feat progression once 6th level has been reached. There are 3 options (see below). Which are you going to implement?</p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Bold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Bold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><p style="text-align: left">ON ALLOWING FEATS</p><p></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><p style="text-align: left">There are 3 philosophies on what feats to</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px">allow in an </p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Minion-BoldItalic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-BoldItalic'"><span style="font-size: 12px">E6 </span></span></span></span></em></strong><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px">game, each more generous</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px">than the last:</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px">1) The Cautious Approach</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px">2) The Gestalt Approach</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px">3) The Lean Upward Approach</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The Cautious Approach is exactly what it sounds like – a GM chooses what feats to allow in his </span></span></span></span><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Minion-BoldItalic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-BoldItalic'"><span style="font-size: 12px">E6 </span></span></span></span></em></strong><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px">game very, very carefully. This GM does not make exceptions or new</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px">feats to accommodate players chaacter concepts - he chooses what feats to allow and the players agree to work within that framework.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The Gestalt Approach dictates that if an ability can be learned under 6th level, then it’s learnable via some chain of feats. The Gestalt Approach usually means all WotC sources are available, as well as a few extra feats to provide ways to learn class features. These can be done on an ad-hoc basis for a given player or they can be gathered from sources like the Book of Unusual Feats. The Gestalt theory is the one used in playtesting.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The Lean Upward Approach looks at the Gestalt Approach and says “6th level plus many feats is clearly more powerful than 6th level. Thus, it won’t be game-breaking to allow feat chains that bring characters from 6th level to 8th level, although this progression should be quite slow.” GMs</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px">who like the Lean Upward approach might have feats to bring BAB to +8, or to gain 4th level spells, or 8th level class features, additional hit dice, and so on.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Minion-Regular'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wysiwyg, post: 4916709, member: 16985"] String, I was looking at section in the E6 rules about feat progression once 6th level has been reached. There are 3 options (see below). Which are you going to implement? [B][FONT=Minion-Bold][SIZE=3][FONT=Minion-Bold][SIZE=3][LEFT]ON ALLOWING FEATS[/LEFT] [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Minion-Bold][SIZE=3][FONT=Minion-Bold][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Minion-Regular][SIZE=3][FONT=Minion-Regular][SIZE=3][LEFT]There are 3 philosophies on what feats to allow in an [/LEFT][/SIZE][LEFT][/left][/FONT][LEFT][/left][/SIZE][LEFT][/left][/FONT][LEFT][B][I][FONT=Minion-BoldItalic][SIZE=3][FONT=Minion-BoldItalic][SIZE=3]E6 [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/I][/B][I][FONT=Minion-BoldItalic][SIZE=3][FONT=Minion-BoldItalic][SIZE=3][/size][/font][/size][/font][/I][FONT=Minion-BoldItalic][SIZE=3][FONT=Minion-BoldItalic][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Minion-Regular][SIZE=3][FONT=Minion-Regular][SIZE=3]game, each more generous than the last: 1) The Cautious Approach 2) The Gestalt Approach 3) The Lean Upward Approach The Cautious Approach is exactly what it sounds like – a GM chooses what feats to allow in his [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][B][I][FONT=Minion-BoldItalic][SIZE=3][FONT=Minion-BoldItalic][SIZE=3]E6 [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/I][/B][I][FONT=Minion-BoldItalic][SIZE=3][FONT=Minion-BoldItalic][SIZE=3][/size][/font][/size][/font][/I][FONT=Minion-BoldItalic][SIZE=3][FONT=Minion-BoldItalic][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Minion-Regular][SIZE=3][FONT=Minion-Regular][SIZE=3]game very, very carefully. This GM does not make exceptions or new feats to accommodate players chaacter concepts - he chooses what feats to allow and the players agree to work within that framework. The Gestalt Approach dictates that if an ability can be learned under 6th level, then it’s learnable via some chain of feats. The Gestalt Approach usually means all WotC sources are available, as well as a few extra feats to provide ways to learn class features. These can be done on an ad-hoc basis for a given player or they can be gathered from sources like the Book of Unusual Feats. The Gestalt theory is the one used in playtesting. The Lean Upward Approach looks at the Gestalt Approach and says “6th level plus many feats is clearly more powerful than 6th level. Thus, it won’t be game-breaking to allow feat chains that bring characters from 6th level to 8th level, although this progression should be quite slow.” GMs who like the Lean Upward approach might have feats to bring BAB to +8, or to gain 4th level spells, or 8th level class features, additional hit dice, and so on.[/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/LEFT][FONT=Minion-Regular][SIZE=3][FONT=Minion-Regular][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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