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Message: <blockquote data-quote="green slime" data-source="post: 2927215" data-attributes="member: 1325">Not really overkill.Firstly, it appears as overkill, but isn't really. It just an attempt to keep the fighter class interesting throughout all 20 levels, in competition with the mages/clerics of the world, and specifically to combat all the PrC's which grant new shiny abilities every level.What does a fighter do? He does nothing else but fight. He gets his thrilling two skill points per level. "Jump and Climb? w00t! and at 8th level, I can acquire boots of flying and never use those skills again!"By core rules, Fighters gain less feats than wizards do spells: the counter argument being, "but spells don't last all day!" Which is only partially true, as they can at higher levels. Secondly, the feats are seldomly such that they are always relevant to the situation at hand. Instead, a great many are situational. Improved Grapple, isn't going to get used every fight, unless you decide to really specialise along this line. By the core rules, there are some really dead levels for fighters:5th (+1 BAB, +2 skills, +d10 hp.... must take hours to level up).7th (same)11th (same)13th (same)17th (same)19th (same)And that is counting the bonus feat every third level, which everyone gets, as an "exciting" level.By similar comparison the rogue:14th (first level of no feat, no special ability, counting standard feat every third level, as a big bonus)20th (same as above)Barbarian:Doesn't happen!Paladin's and Ranger's are a special case, as they are extremely weak spellcasters: something should be done about 1) their spellcasting, and2) the Ranger's Dire Lamb pet. (3.5 fixed the paladin's never-present mount syndrome)Now, in this specific campaign, I have shuffled around which classes are available to which race, to provide more specific flavour to each race. Rangers and Barbarians are not available to Humans: Only Paladins, Fighters, Monks and Hexblades of the martial classes. Paladins have had their remove disease ability ability upgraded to a remove affliction, which affects most low level ailments: disease, poison, blindness, deafness, and functions as Lesser Restoration to boot. (Its 1/week at low levels for crying out loud!!!!)Paladins caster level is set to half their paladin level, or their paladin level -3, which ever is greater. Otherwise there is no point to having GMW or similar.Other changes to paladins I cannot remember right now.Rogues get more skill points.I have strived for all classes to receive something iconic for their class at each level.One reason that fighters in 3.5 are especially weak choices for players after level 4 because there are prestige classes which give stuff away every level. The easiest way to compensate for this, and to attract players to at least consider staying on the straight and narrow, is not to ban all PrCs outright, nor weaken them, but to make sure that each class is attractive as an option in its own right. True spellcasters are always attractive: they gain new spell levels every second level, always gain access to new toys (more spells). As it stands today in core, the poor fighter is the least attractive.</blockquote>

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