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Ways to solve balance problems with a Master Summoner
I'm currently running a pathfinder game and am running into balance problems with a Master Summoner.
It's a low level game (started from level 1) and the summoner is currently level 4 but about to ...
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Is maximum PC hit points going to unbalance the game?
I don't like randomization in character creation/advancement, so my preference is to not roll for hit points, but to take a fixed value every level. PCGen gives me several options, and Pathfinder ...
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How do I balance a very-low magic campaign?
Recently, my players and I got kind of bored with the fact that Pathfinder relies heavily on magic items than martial prowess for fighting classes. I realize and accept the fact that spellcasters are ...
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Overly strong level 1 barbarian
I am new to DMing (this is my first campaign) and one of the PCs rolled a 18 str char and made a 20 str Barbarian.
What is the best way to deal with this at the early levels of the game where his hit ...
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Last-minute system-related second thoughts before starting a game
I'm looking at starting a game with a bunch of friends. Between us, we have very little RPG experience; one of the party has played a little before (Pathfinder, I think) and I played a handful of ...
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Would magic 'weapons' make the monk more balanced?
The monk in D&D 3.5 (and, to a lesser extent, in Pathfinder) is generally considered underpowered.
Would adding magic 'weapons' that could add enhancement bonuses and magic weapon effects to a ...
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Pathfinder Battle Royale!
A friend and I were thinking about doing a Colosseum battle to the death with our group, for game sessions when not everyone was there, or just to let people test out character builds.
What we were ...
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Is two-weapon fighting only as a full-round action balanced versus fighting with a two-handed weapon?
One of the players in a Pathfinder game in which I am playing is arguing that characters should be able to get the additional attack for fighting with two weapons when attacking as a standard action, ...
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What steps should I go about to balance a character class?
I'm trying to tweak/balance the Wizard (and to a lesser extent the Cleric) class(es) in Pathfinder.
The two things that really irritate me are:
Spell components. Tongue of frog and Eye of newt ...
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