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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greg K" data-source="post: 2529942" data-attributes="member: 5038">Many of the changes that I would like to see have been mentioned already.  Anyway, here are my 4e wishesI. Ability Scores Dex to hitII. Hit Points replaced with either1) Damage Save (with use of Armor as DR)2) WP/VP (preferably set amount of VP that do not increase with level-- class based defense, combat expertise, armor as DR, and action points can be used to increase survivability of higher level characters)III. Race1)  Fewer absolutes (see Misc Rules section of Sean Reynold's site)2) Gnomes: Gnomes may choose Bard or Illusionist as favored class (as per Sean Reynold's site)3) Half Elf: fewer absolutes (see Misc. Rules section of Sean Reynold's site)4) Half Orc: As per Sean reynolds site: half orcs do not receive charisma penalty, but penalty to diplomacy, gather info, handle animal5) Humans: provide a choice of backgrounds (e.g, herder, hunter, noble, nomad, urban, street etc.) to choose from. Each background provides a bonus to a few skills and these skills are always class skills for the character.6) Half-ogres: add this as core raceIV. Classes  1)Barbarian: a) add the Barbarian Hunter and Totem Barbarian variants from UA as options b) remove automatic proficiency with medium armor (let character spend a feat)2) Bard: a) add the Bardic Variants (Bardic Sage, Divine Bard, and Fey Bard) from UA as optionsb) add an option for non spell casting bardsc) less emphasis on the bard as a jack of all tradesd) remove automatic proficiency with medium armor (let character spend a feat)3) Cleric:a) remove heavy armor and shield as per Sean Reynold's siteb) remove medium armor (let the character spend a feat)c) reduce hd to d6d) add more skill pointse) remove spontaneous healing and turn undead as automatic class abilities and provide appropriate domain related abilities in their place.f) add champion of good and cloistered cleric options from UA4) Druid eliminate the class and use domain clericif kepta) light armor onlyb) hit die d6c) fewer absolutes (see Misc. Rules section of Sean Reynold's site)5) Fighter:a) remove medium and heavy armor  and let feats be spent on themb) add more skill pointsc) provide various archetype options such as the Thug from UA each with additonal archetype appropriate class skills6) Monk:a) add fighting styles from UAb) fewer absolutes (see Misc. Rules section of Sean Reynold's site)b) provide options to choose from rather than set level abilitiesc) no multiclass restriction7) Paladin: a) Make PrC and use champion of good cleric from UA in its placeb) add Blessed or Faith Feats that characters can take to represent being blessed (e.g. a True Faith Feat might allow a good character to turn undead)c) if kept as core class, no multiclass restrictiond) if kept as core class, fewer absolutes (see Misc. Rules section of Sean Reynold's site)e) if kept as core class, option for non spellcasting 8) Rangera) make prestige classb) use wilderness rogue and fighter variant (use UA Thug as guideline) for outdoorsmanc) if kept as core class, provide variants for no spellcasting outdoors typed) favored environment as per UA as an option9) Roguea) add wilderness rogue variant from UA as an optionb) add bonus feats in place of sneak attack option from UAc) add other options than can replace sneak attackd) add a social rogue variant for conmen, charlatans etc.10) Sorcerora) add battle sorceror variant from UA as an optionb) Bluff, Diplomacy, and UMD as class skillsc) bonus metamagic feats11) Wizarda) Decipher Script as a class skillb) combat wizard vriant as per UA12) Specialist Wizardsa) make the specialist wizard abilities from UA coreb) give each specialist wizard their own unique spell list as per 1e illusionistc) add even more specialist wizardsV. Skills1) fewer absolutes (see Misc. Rules section of Sean Reynold's site)2) add Navigate, Research, and Knowledge (Streetwise) from d20 Modern3) ditch Use Rope4) no further consolidation of skillsVI. Featsreplace Unarmed Strike with Combat Martial Arts, Defensive Martial Arts, and Brawling feat chains from d20 ModernVII. Combat a) Armor as DRb) Class based Defense Bonus: not the version in UA but one that works in conjunction with wearing armorVIII.  Magic Systema) Replace the Vancian Magic System (preferably feat and skill as per Star Wars force and True 20 magic)b) Add invocation rulesIX. Magic Itemsa) Less reliance/emphasis on magic items and more emphasis on character abilitiesX. Action Pointsadd action points or M&M 2e style Hero Point as coreedit:I forgot a few things1) Change from gold to silver standard2) Completely rewrite epic level rules3) ditch the x/day4) no psionics in core4) make the PHB  non world specific.  Place Greyhawk material in a chapter of DMG devoted to an example of creating a world.  Then create a Greyhawk campaign hardcover for greyhawk fans.5) UA weapon groups as core</blockquote>

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