Bill's special rule requests

• The rules say that the Giantblooded heroic path isn't open to dwarves. I'm fine playing a giantblooded Erenlander, but I'd really like to have that character a dwarf. It seems the main reason the rules say this is due to dwarves being mostly a small-sized creature, and the 'path eventually makes the character Large-sized. But, I really like the idea of a large dwarf, who looks like a more-burly version of Blob (remember that he was Large?) who gains most of his size from being thick.

• [Orphic] is a new core class from the Against the Shadow fansite. It looks kinda neat, and I was thinking about making an orphic for a back-up character in case someone dies.

• [Founling] is a new heroic path from the Against the Shadow fansite. I'd like to choose this for my necromancy-focused channeler. Basically, the path is for a person who is born somewhat apart from reality. Less than totally alive. At level 20 the character becomes incorporeal, like a ghost, which isn't really something I'd look forward to necessarily, but it would drive the development of the character into a really neat direction. That's the main reason I like it so much. If not, second choice is Charismatic - but that will not develop the character's personality and such in the direction I'm really excited about.

• [Bloodletter] is a new heroic path from the Against the Shadow fansite. I thought this would be really strange but fun, for a dwarven barbarian. A very front-line fighter who acts as a literal meat shield, taking hits frequently and just barely scraping through. Very reckless and dangerously fun!

• Spells from the Book of Vile Darkness. // None of these have the [Evil] descriptor. They just happen to have a neat effect, and are from that book. I don't want evil spells.

• • Angry Ache - causes pain that imposes a -2 per 4 lvls penalty to attacks.
  • No Light - it's the opposite of light, by creating an absense of light (not magical darkness).
  • Preserve Organ - a lower-level and weakened version of gentle repose. This preserves a portion of a corpse, rather than the whole thing. Mainly, I could see this useful for preserving steaks, or a portion of a body that needs to not decay, like if you were bringing it to someone who could reincarnate a dead ally.
  • Suspend Disease - doesn't cure disease, but slows it, like slow poison.

• Spells from Dragon Magazine
  • Bestow Greater Curse - upgrade to bestow curse, from Dragon ###.