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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2013 19:03:09 GMT
This is me trying to compile a list of reasonable restrictions to put on custom races, assuming that custom races are not banned out right, and that a more reasonable method of balancing them is put into place.
For starters, I would suggest: No mental stat bonus above +2 No Physical stat bonus above +4 At will spell like abilities are self-only. Healing spells are not valid at will spell like abilities. No natural reach. No more than one natural attack other than claws. No more than +2 AC total from sources other than size or dexterity. No more than one bonus feat. Any race with more than 30 rp is flat out banned. No natural attacks that deal more than 1d8 damage, or 1d10 if large.
Flavor Guidelines: No custom races that are slight variations on already statted core races. (For example, you can't be "I'm a gnome, but with a bonus to int instead of cha") If you make a custom race, it must be posted so that other people can play it too, but they should respect the flavor of the race. If you are statting a custom race that is similar to 3.5 material, you should do your best to make it as close as possible. This is so that we can re use the race for anyone who wants to be that race, as opposed to having 3 different versions of the same thing that are all just a bit different.
Sanity Check: DM veto power, but appeal to Clout? Post to a race submission forum, requires some number of votes and more plus than negative to be allowed in?
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Aramaus
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Post by Aramaus on Aug 29, 2013 19:13:10 GMT
I like this, or at the very least I like the idea of this. I think there could be some issue with this system not discouraging the construction of high RP characters. Nor do I know if what you suggest is necessarily balanced because I haven't really thought about it for more than the time it takes to form initial impressions, but I like the concept. Which is more than I can say for a lot of the other custom race suggestions I have seen on this forum.
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cybernx
Blackwater Pirate
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Post by cybernx on Aug 29, 2013 19:39:03 GMT
I still say bann em, But first let me mkae a Jacalope...seriously I have been tring to think of what that thing was cause i knew i had seen it, then it just kinda droped on my head
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2013 23:04:12 GMT
So custom races are not banned. Do people have anything to add to this list? Do people have problems with this list, or the idea of it?
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constantine
Volken
Constantine Ilfrey, Wizard Extraordinaire. For a sum i can make you feel as good as it gets.
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Post by constantine on Aug 31, 2013 7:28:09 GMT
That look ok. But we still need to think about Paizo races. Some of them are more powerful than others.
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