Design Notes: Mutations

The ability to change and modify a character or monster without adding class levels or applying templates is something that D&D just doesn’t really do; however, d20 Modern introduced a system of Mutations that do exactly that. I’ve brought that system over for Aldhaven while modifying and expanding it to work within the game a … Read more

Design Notes: Ancestral Bloodlines

Bloodlines (introduced in Unearthed Arcana) are one of those things that is really cool in concept but poorly designed and explained. The shifting level adjustment and virtual bloodline levels that sometimes increase other class features and sometimes don’t and other oddities are often poorly understood and poorly implemented as well as being ripe for abuse … Read more