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Wizard spells you wish were on her Bard list please - would be a less long winded way of asking the same question!


This is how were rolling.

Briefly for now as I have scales to practice.. The crux is on the players involved.
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Firstly we don't munchkin our characters (no slumber for a witch, no doubling damage before multiplying mythic power attack etc) as we've been playing long enough to know what is and isn't abusive - we the players made those decisions.
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Secondly, three players is enough for this AP. Action economy is so important when weighing up balance. Having 5 players is a 20% increase in actions per round, don't underestimate the difference that will make round after round. It doesn't even have to equate to extra damage, a simple extra dispel magic vs something like black tentacles will make an enormous difference to an encounter, and that's just one round. And it is one round as Wild Arcana and friends must be standard actions.
Group make up - we have no full casters (eliminates 7-9th level spells unless being used via UMD which gets expensive very fast) and no dedicated healer (Magus/WHW, Monk, Bard - duelist archer)
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Thirdly, talk to the group about everything you'd like to take and discuss how it will impact on the game. We do this as a group. It's not players vs DM ever. For the game to work you need to be honest, open and prepared for the DM to say no and not argue about it. There is a plethora of available options for every character but we all know power creep exists and if you compared newer materials with core it isn't rocket science working out what is most likely to cause problems.
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Fourthly, or DM has altered many NPC's changing out stupid/useless abilities for ones that make sense and make the monster more of a challenge. Hit points need increasing on a group by group basis, there isn't a one size fits all equation that will magically work for every group.

I have piano lesson now but will expand on this if there is any interest..

Mel X