RETRAINING OPTIONS

Page 192 of Player’s Handbook 2 discusses Retraining Options and how it can be accomplished. Of the options mentioned there, those that deal with Feats, Language, Skills, and Spells are available to players in Solinar. Rebuilding the character is not allowed.

 

LEVEL-INDEPENDENT XP AWARDS

This variant replaces Table 3-2: Experience and Level-Dependent Benefits (page 22 of the Player’s Handbook).  Additionally, the Crafting Magic Items variant XP cost is used as well, as is the Spell XP Cost variant.

 

SKILLS

Different skills have new or different rulings in Solinar.  They are effected as follows:

 

TUMBLE

For those who would like a more complex (and more severe) way to treat Tumble checks in combat, here are two variants: circumstance penalties and opposed tumble checks.

 

Circumstance Penalties

In this variant, the base DCs for tumbling around an opponent and for tumbling through an occupied square remain the same (DC 15 and 25, respectively). However, in less than perfect conditions (such as those in a typical dungeon), bad lighting and uneven ground can make Tumble checks more difficult than normal. Consult the following chart for appropriate penalties. Circumstance penalties stack as long as they represent different circumstances, so add any applicable entries from the above list together. For example, if a dusty floor (–2) also has bones scattered across it (–4), apply a –6 circumstance penalty on the Tumble check. This variant makes tumbling in combat more difficult. Nevertheless, it does not prevent high-level characters with the Tumble skill from tumbling rings around their foes.

 

Circumstance Modifiers

Bad Lighting (Torches or Similar Light Source)                -2

Dusty or Uneven Floor                                                       -2

Light Debris (Occassional Pebbles or Trash)                   -2

Wet Floor                                                                            -4

Crumbling Floor                                                                 -4

Moderate Debris (Strewn Across Floor)                           -4

Tumble Begins or Ends in Darkness                                 -4

Unworked Stone/Natural Cavern                                     -6

Standing Water/Deep Puddles                                        -6

Heavy Debris (Trash Pit for example)                               -6

Pitch Black                                                                          -6

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Opposed Tumble Checks

It’s logical that it would be tougher to tumble around an experienced combatant than a weaker foe. Rather than allow a successful Tumble check to eliminate the chance for attacks of opportunity altogether, allow the defender to make a Reflex save (DC equal to the Tumble check result). If the tumbler is actually moving through the defender’s space, a +10 bonus applies to this Reflex save. A defender who makes the save may make an attack of opportunity against the tumbling character; failure means no attack of opportunity is allowed. Failed Tumble checks generate attacks of opportunity normally. Note: This variant is more detailed than the “Counter Tumble” variant given in Chapter 4 of Sword and Fist: A Guidebook to Fighters and Monks. Dungeon Masters with access to both books should choose which variant they prefer and inform their players of the choice made.