Character Creation Rules
Character Choices
Players are permitted to employ the class hybrid rules in PHB3.
Players may freely use any race/class from PHB 1, 2 or 3. This includes the Shardmind, but I will need to think about how to change its back-story in order to fit into the campaign (which I won't do until someone really wants to play one).
Players may also employ:
Prohibited classes/races.
The following races and classes have been prohibited because they simply don't fit into the campaign narrative.
Altered Races
Half-orcs do not exist. However there is a race called Neands. The Neands are a humanoid race from a mountainous region in southern Yvennde, and they do not have Orc ancestry. (This change is purely for narrative purposes - in game terms Neands are identical to Half-orcs as detailed in PHB2.)
Players are permitted to employ the class hybrid rules in PHB3.
Players may freely use any race/class from PHB 1, 2 or 3. This includes the Shardmind, but I will need to think about how to change its back-story in order to fit into the campaign (which I won't do until someone really wants to play one).
Players may also employ:
- the Changeling and Kalashtar races from Eberron
- the Genasi race from Forgotten Realms
- the Swordmage class from Forgotten Realms
- the Bladeling race from Manual of the Planes (although with a back-story change)
- the Shadar-kai race from Dragon Magazine 372
Prohibited classes/races.
The following races and classes have been prohibited because they simply don't fit into the campaign narrative.
- The Drow (FR) and Warforged (Eberron) races.
- The Artificer (Eberron) class
- Races from the Monster Manuals (Gnoll, Hobgoblin, Kobold, etc)
- Dark Sun specific classes/races (this will be subject to review when the books come out, but assume not for the moment).
Altered Races
Half-orcs do not exist. However there is a race called Neands. The Neands are a humanoid race from a mountainous region in southern Yvennde, and they do not have Orc ancestry. (This change is purely for narrative purposes - in game terms Neands are identical to Half-orcs as detailed in PHB2.)
