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<blockquote data-quote="knottyprof" data-source="post: 6109257" data-attributes="member: 6715607">I am currently DMing a game using the Rise of the Runelords Annivesary edition and when we in the character creation process the Advanced Races Guide had just come out so of course everyone wanted some of the more powerful races found in there (and yes one was an Aasimar monk) and as starting DM (the plan is to rotate after each chapter so everyone gets a chance to play a character) I had so say no or suggest alternatives to tone it down a little.&nbsp; I don't necessarily believe the rules allow broken characters (too powerful?) as much as I think that we as DMs need to learn to scale encounters to prove more of a challenge (to me it seems like the official pathfinder modules are a little too easy anyway, after all the first encounter our party had was a handful of goblins and I even added a couple to try an make it more challenging).Also (being indoctrinated to the game back in the early 80's) I find the XP level rate to be a bit too rapid.&nbsp; I know pathfinder does offer three different rates of growth but the &quot;Suggested&quot; rate was the first one so if you add to encounters PCs get that much more XP.&nbsp; So it is a catch 22 situation, leave the encounters as is (which to me isn't much of a challenge -at least at low levels it may pick up in a later chapter) or add to them but then give out even more XP which will cause them to level up that much faster.Magic missiles are effective and I found evil clerics channeling negative energy can be effective at removing hp from party members regardless of the AC as long as their will bonuses suck.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="knottyprof, post: 6109257, member: 6715607"] I am currently DMing a game using the Rise of the Runelords Annivesary edition and when we in the character creation process the Advanced Races Guide had just come out so of course everyone wanted some of the more powerful races found in there (and yes one was an Aasimar monk) and as starting DM (the plan is to rotate after each chapter so everyone gets a chance to play a character) I had so say no or suggest alternatives to tone it down a little. I don't necessarily believe the rules allow broken characters (too powerful?) as much as I think that we as DMs need to learn to scale encounters to prove more of a challenge (to me it seems like the official pathfinder modules are a little too easy anyway, after all the first encounter our party had was a handful of goblins and I even added a couple to try an make it more challenging). Also (being indoctrinated to the game back in the early 80's) I find the XP level rate to be a bit too rapid. I know pathfinder does offer three different rates of growth but the "Suggested" rate was the first one so if you add to encounters PCs get that much more XP. So it is a catch 22 situation, leave the encounters as is (which to me isn't much of a challenge -at least at low levels it may pick up in a later chapter) or add to them but then give out even more XP which will cause them to level up that much faster. Magic missiles are effective and I found evil clerics channeling negative energy can be effective at removing hp from party members regardless of the AC as long as their will bonuses suck. [/QUOTE]

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