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<H1>House Rules</H1>

<P>The following are the "House Rules" for the current campaign.

<P>As much as possible we will attempt to honor all rules as printed, but where it's deemed necessary, adjustments will be made.

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   <LI> <B>Experience Points (XP) are awarded "per session" instead of per Encounter</B> as described in the D&D3e PHB and DMG. See the article "<A HREF="../rpg-article-002.shtml">d20 Per Session Experience</A>" for the explanation of how XP will be given out.
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   <LI><B>New Character Creation: </B> Characters will use the "point buy" system for their ability scores as described in the DMG (pp. 19-20). However, the players will have 32 points to spend instead of the standard 25.

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      <P>A quick summary: Each player begins with an ability score of 8 in each attribute, and may spend up to 32 points to improve their ability scores. See the chart below for the point costs per ability score.

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      <TABLE>
      <TR><TD><B>Ability<BR>Scores</B></TD><TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>Cost</B></TD><TD></TD><TD><B>Ability<BR>Scores</B></TD><TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>Cost</B></TD></TR>
      <TR><TD>9</TD><TD>1</TD><TD></TD><TD>14</TD><TD>6</TD></TR>
      <TR><TD>10</TD><TD>2</TD><TD></TD><TD>15</TD><TD>8</TD></TR>
      <TR><TD>11</TD><TD>3</TD><TD></TD><TD>16</TD><TD>10</TD></TR>
      <TR><TD>12</TD><TD>4</TD><TD></TD><TD>17</TD><TD>13</TD></TR>
      <TR><TD>13</TD><TD>5</TD><TD></TD><TD>18</TD><TD>16</TD></TR>
      </TABLE>

      <P>Here is a short list of common ability score combinations that can be generated from 32 points.

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      <TABLE>
      <TR><TD><B>Common Ability<BR>Score Combinations</B></TD></TR>
      <TR><TD>16,14,14,12,12,10</TD></TR>
      <TR><TD>16,16,12,12,10,10</TD></TR>
      <TR><TD>18,14,12,10,10,10</TD></TR>
      <TR><TD>18,12,12,12,10,10</TD></TR>
      </TABLE>
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