Questions tagged [character-advancement]
For questions about character advancement, the process by which a character gains competence upward or laterally.
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Does this houserule solve slow advancement for many players?
The problem: Popular consensus is that the BW ideal is 2 or 3 players. I'm GMing a game of Burning Wheel for 5, and advancement is slow.
Per hour of gameplay, each player is testing around 3/5ths less ...
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Is my DM taking too long to level us up? [closed]
We spent 13 sessions, which usually run about 4 hours, just to get from our starting level of 4 to level 5. Our campaign is heavier on role play and problem solving (we’re trying to solve a mystery ...
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Were clerics without a god limited in how many levels they could gain?
It's been almost two decades since I last played D&D, so my memories of it are slightly fuzzy. I know that third edition allowed clerics to follow an ideal rather than a god, and still get spells ...
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For an exponent 1-4 skill, do I have to fill all my routine tests before I can start counting difficult + challenging ones?
BWG 42:
Advancing an exponent 1-4 skill requires a number of routine tests
equal to the exponent. Also, for exponent 1-4, a character needs
difficult tests equal to half the exponent, or challenging ...
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Impacts caused by attribute progression in Cairn/Mausritter?
What impacts will attribute progression cause in Cairn?
In Cairn and Mausritter (based on Into the Odd), advancement is largely undefined or loose.
I've decided to use the Mausritter attribute ...
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Does the Draconic Aura feat improve by character level or class level?
Let's say you're a silverbrown human and have the draconic aura feat. Normally you'd be stuck with a +1 aura, but since you have the dragonblood subtype, the feat states that:
If you are of the ...
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Epic Characters and Creatures Advancement Rules
The reason why I asked Level up with Humanoid, is because I was asked by one of my player what happens to his character when he get to ECL 21.
I have two non-standard characters in my campaign that ...
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How does career advancement work with XP
I'm new to Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, and am making a character. The career advancement with XP confuses me. I genuinely do not understand how XP converts into advances. Please help.
The problem: how ...
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What means exist to increase more than three skills to Expert/Master/Legendary?
As a character levels up in Pathfinder 2e, at every odd numbered level, they can increase their level of training in one skill. From Untrained to Trained, or, starting at level 3, from Trained to ...
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What are the repercussions for continuous usage of polymorph spells?
There are several items that allow for continuous duration alter self such as the FleshShifter Armor (Book of Vile Darkness) and the Skin of Proteus (SRD). Using these allows a character to act as a ...
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Can you make a sacrifice for dark gods in d&d 5e? [closed]
Ok so here is the story.
We are currently having a campaign of neutral/evil characters, we take what we want and of of course there are always consequences of our actions.
We have acquired a deck of ...
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What combination of Cleric & Rogue (and what cleric options) will most increase my Damage as an 11th Level Assassin?
This campaign will go to lvl 20. For roleplay reasons I am multiclassing into a cleric (of Sarenrae). My DM has restricted me to the domains of light, life, peace, and beauty domain.
What combination ...
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What's the simplest way to be able to cast Suggestion starting from a 5th level Human Fighter?
I have a battlemaster fighter who, for flavor reasons, I would love if he could cast the spell "Suggestion". He's level 5 in fighter at the moment, and since I have a level-up in my near ...
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Character progression of someone wielding an overpowered artifact [closed]
Gaining XP and progressing is viewed as a reward of learning, becoming better in what you do, with greater rewards stemming mainly (though certainly not solely) from achievements in combat, whether ...
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Starting at a Higher Level while using Automatic Bonus Progression variant rule
I am going to be creating a new character for our campaign, in which we are using variant rule Automatic Bonus Progression, and will come in at a higher level (likely 8).
When starting at a higher ...
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