There were a few changes I wanted to make to my list of house rules and I did not feel entirely justified just foisting them on my players now that they are 17th level. So after drinking from the Fountain of Dreams and enacting the battle with the swords of Kyuss and boneyard, I informed them that subtle differences had taken place throughout the world, some things would now work a little differently, and they would be allowed to rebuild their characters (as per PH2 guidelines). Only two of them really took full advantage of it as the other two were pretty happy with their characters as is. I felt it was appropriate considering the nature of the Fountain, plus, I wanted to give them a chance to optimize their builds a bit since they had been having difficulty with some of the challenges. Brazzemal, Dragotha, and Kyuss are going to give them a run for their money to be sure. I'm not really certain they are ready to take on Brazzemal. I imagine he is going to eat their lunch, but we'll see. They continue to surprise me.
Anyway, I just thought I would share that with those of you who are running the AoW. After 17 levels, players sometimes wish they had done things a little bit differently, and a rebuild (within reason of course) seems a good way to let the players swap out things that weren't working out so well.
This is an awesome awesome idea! I love the Character Rebuild option, but have a hard time justifying it, and the Fountain of Dreams totally works as a great plot device! Nice choice!
