Are affiliations no longer just an option? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Are affiliations no longer just an option? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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unundindur
01-03-08, 02:11 PM After I saw the Players handbook 2 had affiliations in it I wondered if this actually mean that mechanic is now part of the "official" D&D game. As far as I have been able to comprehend there is a difference between Unearthed Arcana and almost everything else in this matter.

Reason I ask is that I try to build something completely by the official book, for the heck of it.

And when I am on it, do you lose affiliation bonus-feats if you lose the rank you originally obtained the feat at?

For example, can you suddenly lose Improved critical (dwarven waraxe) by loosing affinity? It makes little sense, but I want the RAW rules.
Tequila_Sunrise
01-03-08, 11:30 PM I'm not familiar enough with affiliations to answer your rules question, but any book with the D&D logo is considered "official" in the sense that it is designed to be an option which any DM might choose to implement in his game. However, rules from supplemental books (anything other than PHB, DMG and MM) are never assumed to to be part of any D&D game. Even some core rules are officially optional.
Ocom
01-04-08, 02:00 AM I vaguely remember but i think that you do lose the benefits. Either way, using a feat like Improved Critical (Weapon) as an example makes things a little more confusing.
unundindur
01-04-08, 08:30 AM I vaguely remember but i think that you do lose the benefits. Either way, using a feat like Improved Critical (Weapon) as an example makes things a little more confusing.

I use that as an example sisnce it is in the PHBII :)

And I have always thought Anearthed Arcana to be less "official" than other books in that its supposedly just suggestions and home rules, as opposed to official rules. If I am correct may be a different matter though.
trapspringer
01-04-08, 11:14 PM I use that as an example sisnce it is in the PHBII :)

And I have always thought Anearthed Arcana to be less "official" than other books in that its supposedly just suggestions and home rules, as opposed to official rules. If I am correct may be a different matter though.

No, that's my understanding of UA's intent as well. A collection of optional and variant rules which aren't intended to be mixed indiscriminately with the existing game.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
unundindur 01-03-08, 02:11 PM	After I saw the Players handbook 2 had affiliations in it I wondered if this actually mean that mechanic is now part of the "official" D&D game. As far as I have been able to comprehend there is a difference between Unearthed Arcana and almost everything else in this matter. Reason I ask is that I try to build something completely by the official book, for the heck of it. And when I am on it, do you lose affiliation bonus-feats if you lose the rank you originally obtained the feat at? For example, can you suddenly lose Improved critical (dwarven waraxe) by loosing affinity? It makes little sense, but I want the RAW rules.
Tequila_Sunrise 01-03-08, 11:30 PM	I'm not familiar enough with affiliations to answer your rules question, but any book with the D&D logo is considered "official" in the sense that it is designed to be an option which any DM might choose to implement in his game. However, rules from supplemental books (anything other than PHB, DMG and MM) are never assumed to to be part of any D&D game. Even some core rules are officially optional.
Ocom 01-04-08, 02:00 AM	I vaguely remember but i think that you do lose the benefits. Either way, using a feat like Improved Critical (Weapon) as an example makes things a little more confusing.
unundindur 01-04-08, 08:30 AM	I vaguely remember but i think that you do lose the benefits. Either way, using a feat like Improved Critical (Weapon) as an example makes things a little more confusing. I use that as an example sisnce it is in the PHBII :) And I have always thought Anearthed Arcana to be less "official" than other books in that its supposedly just suggestions and home rules, as opposed to official rules. If I am correct may be a different matter though.
trapspringer 01-04-08, 11:14 PM	I use that as an example sisnce it is in the PHBII :) And I have always thought Anearthed Arcana to be less "official" than other books in that its supposedly just suggestions and home rules, as opposed to official rules. If I am correct may be a different matter though. No, that's my understanding of UA's intent as well. A collection of optional and variant rules which aren't intended to be mixed indiscriminately with the existing game.