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I'm going to be that guy.

I don't like traits not because they are bad,
but in my play group what happens is one of 2 things

one the players just take the best traits to power game.
or
the players don't care and just pick 2 with out giving it much thought. then move on forgetting they even have them.

so here is what i have done. i do not give free traits to my group i give them a free non-combat feat at first level. if they want traits they may take the feat that gives them 2 traits. i have been doing this for 5+ years now. in all the games i have ran not one player has use there free feat to get traits, not even the players who pushed for them in the first places.

i know this is just how my playgroup is they are roll players :(

played the game the the -5 on the second attack almost had know effect on the attacks hitting or missing. tho this is normal the case at low levels the roll on the d20 swings things more. are dps fighter was doing on average 10 a hit rolling d12 for damage and his 2nd attack would still hit like 50% of the time thanks to things like sweep and flanking

and as the caster vs fighter this is a argument as old as time and the grass will all ways look better on the other side

at low levels you do get a lot of damage with duel wielding but if you are looking for raw damage most players i know will tell you its a trap a good two hand weapon build dose more in the long run. i have not done the math tho as i play caster for the group

so i think most do it for the fondness of it but i do agree it would be cooler if you could do all that parry or feint with stuff

well i have play tested it i played a level 1 druid so some things i like

the flat hp every level
the point buy
the back grounds
the skills being combined tho they may have go a little over board with this
the races seemed fine maybe pick 2 races feats at level 1

things i'm mix about

the charter sheet like the spell page hated the first page lay out may me feel like i was looking at a test in school

druid did not feel like a druid more like i was a spell sword tho this may just be low level and the order i picked was storm / may have had a different fill if i had picked animal or wild

things i did not like

the combat and spells i feel like the spell casting is lacking
why cast a ray of frost for a 1d8 when i can attack for 1d8+2 and than attack again for 1d8+2 at a -1 to hit the 2nd time

also having to raise your shield was a pain and and just feels like a wast it did very little for me

complaints form the others in the game
alchemist was out of bombs and elixirs very quickly (may fix its self at higher levels)
barbarian hated that rage was a action
that it only last 3 rounds.

gm wanted the attack profile for the bad guys to have the - for the 2nd and 3rd attacks fill out

he also did not like it when i cast burning hands and had to check the saves vs 4 DC's to find out if they took no damage, half damage , full damage, or double damage as he said you ten guys in a fire ball it going to take some time to work all this out for each guy

all in all it has some good points we had fun with the game but we all fill at the moment p1 is for us but will give this a try when they release it for real with hopefully a bit more flushed out rules

i know i misspelled in the header don't know how to fix plz forgive me as i am already being nagged about it by my girlfriend who has a 4 year English degree

shampoo i think a new game might be in order if they complaining about pron shooter candy land anyone :}

Boon Companion is one i really like for rangers

lock wood wrote:

wow these are good

i had a toon that would have loved flensing strike

fey foundling i wonder if they also take the trait rich parents ?

Why would you? Rich Parents is terrible, and in that combination wouldn't make a lot of sense, either.

i was making a joke on the rich parents for all the reason you stated

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