Questions tagged [retraining]
For questions about retraining (also known as rebuilding or respeccing), the act of making changes to a character's build after its creation has been finalized. Some RPG systems may contain formalized rules for retraining a character, whereas other systems might require house-rules in order to allow retraining.
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Can feats received due to race traits be retrained?
In Pathfinder certain races receive bonus feats due to their race(Such as Half Elves receiving skill focus feat as a bonus feat.) The text for retraining reads as such:
You may change one feat to ...
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Do I need additional retraining to transfer a feat from one slot to another?
Let's say my Fighter takes Sudden Charge at level 1, and at level 8 I want to learn Sudden Leap and replace Sudden Charge with something else. Can I rearrange which feats are in which level slots, to ...
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How does feat retraining interact with psicrystal affinity?
Inspired by remanifest psicrystal
The feat to get a psycristal:
Psicrystal Affinity [Psionic]
You have created a psicrystal.
Prerequisites
Manifester level 1st.
Benefit
This feat allows you to gain ...
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Can I change the cantrip I get from my Pact Boon with Eldritch Versatility?
I need to check with my GM first whether this is allowed but I'm considering retraining one of my fourth level Warlock's cantrips she learnt from her Pact of the Tome. Looking at the optional class ...
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If my Pact of the Chain warlock switches to Pact of the Tome, will it affect the form of my existing familiar from the Find Familiar spell?
I'm currently playing a Warlock, and at 3rd level, I picked Pact of the Chain as my Pact Boon. I then, using one of the special forms provided by Pact of the Chain, summoned a Sprite familiar:
When ...
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Can I change my choices for racial ability scores after play has started?
I'm still fairly new to the game, and I'm working out the schematics of my character. I play a half-elf character, and I was wondering: can racial bonuses be changed once the characters been made, or ...
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If you change your Wizard subclass from Chronurgy Magic to something else, do you retain the subclass-specific dunamancy spells you've learned?
For reference, Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (p. 8) adds official (optional) mechanics for changing your subclass. It states, in part:
[...] With your DM’s approval, you can change your subclass ...
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In OD&D, how do you calculate XP, HP and Max HP when switching class?
In Original D&D, specifically the rules described in Men & Magic, it says:
Elves can begin as either Fighting-Men or Magic-Users and freely switch class whenever they choose, from adventure ...
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Does a character remain in a martial stance they no longer know?
A Tome of Battle stance can be initiated as a swift action, and "remains in effect indefinitely...until you change to another stance you know as a swift action." (p. 38)
If a character ...
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Does the "Changing a Skill" optional rule from Tasha's allow me to change a skill proficiency from the background for one offered by the class?
Does the "Changing a Skill" optional rule from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (p. 8) allow me to replace a skill proficiency from my background with a skill proficiency offered by my class?
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Can you retrain a feat acting as a prerequisite if you get a different ability that fulfills the prerequisite?
From Retraining:
You may change one feat to another through retraining. Retraining a feat takes 5 days with a character who has the feat you want. The old feat can’t be one you used as a prerequisite ...
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Can I have two archetypes at level 6?
I am playing level 6 fighter, and I was thinking if I could retrain my 3 class feats to archetype feats. The trick is that we have Free Archetype variant rule and I already have one archetype.
Will I ...
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How exactly do the rules on changing your subclass from "Tasha's Cauldron of Everything" work?
I bought Tasha's Cauldron of Everything last month and have enjoyed it thoroughly. My question has to deal with the "Changing Your Subclass" rules found on page 8.
The first paragraph under ...
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Can I swap a maneuver known with another one if I have te requisite before the swap but stop having it after?
The Tome of Battle states the following:
Upon reaching 4th level, and at every even-numbered swordsage level
after that (6th, 8th, 10th, and so on), you can choose to learn a new
maneuver in place of ...
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Can a PC take a utility skill power before level 6?
Having just reached level 4, I want my battlemind PC that's just taken the feat Hero of the Faith (Divine Power 144)—picking the skill Streetwise—to retrain his level 2 battlemind utility power ...
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