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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sammael" data-source="post: 2522603" data-attributes="member: 4475">Here's my list. And, believe it or not, I tried to be objective rather than simply listing my house rules 1. WP/VP instead of hit points.2. No absolutes (or very, very few absolutes)3. Add the Aristocrat (a common fantasy archetype) as a base class4. Rename Barbarian to Berserker to escape the cultural conotations5. Reinforce the Bard as a true jack of all trades6. Every class should have access to every defining class feature from level 1; hence, druids should get some kind of lesser wild shape right from the beginning 7. More high-level Fighter feat chains8. Eliminate Paladin as a core class; make a prestige class based on the current paladin9. Replace the Ranger with a Scout/Ranger hybrid (add skirmish but drop the combat styles and favored enemies)10. Replace Sorcerer with Warlock (minus the whole "dark arts" baggage)11. Change the skill cap to max rank = level. Eliminate cross-class skills. Instead, every class gets a competence bonus (variable with level) on a couple of signature skills 12. Merge similar skills13. Improve the feats' categorization14. Adopt one of the "metamagic on the fly" systems, but retain the old system as well15. Favored Enemy should be a feat available to everyone16. Armor as DR; if it's a core rule, people won't keep forgetting to apply it17. Eliminate the X/day mechanic; I don't care how they do it, but I think the way kensai's power surge works may be the key18. Rework the economics system to make it at least somewhat plausible19. Reduce the dependence on magic items (but NOT, and I repeat, NOT in the same manner as Iron Heroes); also, reduce the expected treasure levels and eliminate all stat-boosting items (or make them MUCH more expensive)20. To compensate for #19, give feats at every other level, or even at every level 21. Reduce the number of bonus types22. Overhaul the CR system 23. Overhaul the ECL/LA system24. Remove multiclassing penalties and get rid of the favored class concept (or change it dramatically)25. Change the saving throw progression so that multiclassed characters no longer have ungodly saving throws26. Change the BAB progression so that multiclassed character no longer suffer from really poor BAB27. Change the spellcasting progression to make multiclassed spellcasters more viable (but still weaker than full casters)</blockquote>

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