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10 + half HD + Con mod

Also, this thread is old, and a lot of the things could do with tweaking to be less a mess of abilities and more balanced (it doesn't help that I consider the core races to all be shit, and that the balance point should be a human and the bonus Tome feat they get at first level).

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Alright, now I can work on my own stuff.

If this thread is old, why not make a new one? By the way, if it isn't too much asked, could you check out the homebrews I made on another thread? I was kind of worried that they might be too weak for an actual Tome game now that you told me how weak the Core races are.

And I don't think people should really care about trolls like him. Though I wonder why I haven't seen him on EnWorld for a while...actually, fix that. I did see him, being forced to talk less like a dick though still coming off as one. Well, better for us here.

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icyshadowlord wrote:Alright, now I can work on my own stuff.

By the way, if it isn't too much asked, could you check out the homebrews I made on another thread? I was kind of worried that they might be too weak for an actual Tome game now that you told me how weak the Core races are.

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Your races are definitely better than core. I took a look but I've much happening to have the inclination to take a long, beady-eyed look at them.
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icyshadowlord wrote: If this thread is old, why not make a new one?
Maybe I will at some point. But I'd have to retool the races to be all balanced and stuff, and that means deciding on whether they're balanced with "YOU HAVE POINTY EARS AND LONGBOW PROFICIENCY" or "Here, have an extra Tome feat".

Because Core races are what Tome is balanced for, it's just that there is a huge disparity between them all. And I personally find core races to be shit, and would much prefer the races to be hardcore and to still define some of your abilities later on down the track.

But a lot of people don't want that, some going as far as to say that the race should only be another descriptive word and do nothing mechanically. And doing it would change the power level of the entire game, which is beyond the scope of the Tomes.

*maybe* I could give a list of little perks the races hand out as you gain Hit Dice, that never actually matter and thus maybe you'll write on your sheet (and then go "Okay, so that's 120 Fire damage, I'm down to 1/4 HP. Oh wait, hahaha, reduce that by 5!") and maybe you won't bother writing them down and it saves space on the sheet.
By the way, if it isn't too much asked, could you check out the homebrews I made on another thread?
I'll get around to that at some point.
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