Fenryr
2012-08-11, 11:35 AM
Hi! I love this book because of the flavor and because it explains lots of things. I asked my DM for permission to create my own human. A human with scent and darkvision (16 RP if I remember correctly). Why this two particular skills? She was raised by orcs. I wanted to imprint something Orcish in her, beyond her Barbarian levels. This brings a lot of roleplay ... and powergame.
Now, should I be allowed such a thing? As a base I said my DM: "the Aasimar is 16 RP, the Human is 9. I add Scent and Darkvision and it gets to 14, 15. Also, we have a Drow Noble in the party. 41 RP!" That was my argument and it worked. While I know Scent and Darkvision and not powerful my DM is very sensible to powergame and optimizing. He accepted a Drow Noble in the party and banned Celerity. He wants to nerf Iron Heart Surge. He has mixed feelings about powergaming. How should I convince him it's no big deal? Or should I just back off and return to a simple, puny human?
If 'm allowed to use these book in the future, I have crazy concepts like a Crusader/Knight with Rapid Healing 1, or an Elf with Negative Energy Affinity and Carrion Sense. If 'm allowed to use these book, when it's my turn to be the DM, I will allow it with the guidelines on page 216 (increase CR according to average RP in the party). Is this a way to say my DM "Hey, if I can use it, you can use it too later!".
But anyways! The motive for this thread is "How should I convince him it's no big deal? Or should I just back off and return to a simple, puny human?"
Now, should I be allowed such a thing? As a base I said my DM: "the Aasimar is 16 RP, the Human is 9. I add Scent and Darkvision and it gets to 14, 15. Also, we have a Drow Noble in the party. 41 RP!" That was my argument and it worked. While I know Scent and Darkvision and not powerful my DM is very sensible to powergame and optimizing. He accepted a Drow Noble in the party and banned Celerity. He wants to nerf Iron Heart Surge. He has mixed feelings about powergaming. How should I convince him it's no big deal? Or should I just back off and return to a simple, puny human?
If 'm allowed to use these book in the future, I have crazy concepts like a Crusader/Knight with Rapid Healing 1, or an Elf with Negative Energy Affinity and Carrion Sense. If 'm allowed to use these book, when it's my turn to be the DM, I will allow it with the guidelines on page 216 (increase CR according to average RP in the party). Is this a way to say my DM "Hey, if I can use it, you can use it too later!".
But anyways! The motive for this thread is "How should I convince him it's no big deal? Or should I just back off and return to a simple, puny human?"