Prohibited Options
General Restrictions
Setting-Specific Material
While material from setting-books is allowed (the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting is even part of the basic resources), setting-specific material is not. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:
Races: Warforged, Shifters, Kalashtar, Dromites
Prestige Classes: Harper Scout, Hathran, Red Wizard, most Eberron PrCs
Feats: Thunder Twin
Other: Dragonmarks
Material that has setting-specific lore prerequisites (such as “Must be inducted into an Order”, “Must be from a particular clan or region”, or “Must have Pelor as patron deity”) may have alternative prerequisites. If lore prerequisites would normally render certain setting-specific options incompatible (such as two prestige classes that requires different patron deities), the options will likely remain incompatible even if the lore is removed entirely.
Prohibited Books
See Books and Sources for more details
Tome of Battle is banned. Nothing within is allowed within the game. Tome of Battle is banned because the classes within are oftentimes better versions of PHB classes, and allowing Tome of Battle would effectively force new players to pick up a book other than the PHB in order to play a martial character.
Additionally, all “Compendium” books are banned. This includes Dragon Compendium, Magic Item Compendium, Rules Compendium, and Spell Compedium.
Specific Restrictions
Classes and Prestige Classes
The following classes and class variants have been banned outright:
- Artificer
- “Abrupt Jaunt” Conjurer
- Paladin of Freedom/Tyrrany/Slaughter
The following prestige classes have been banned outright:
- The Abjurant Champion
Feats
The following feats have been banned outright:
- Born of Three Thunders
- Craven
- Natural Spell
- Nymph's Kiss1)
- Spellcasting Prodigy
Crafting Feats
Feats that reduce the cost (in gp or xp) of crafting magic items are banned, including:
- Extraordinary Artisan
- Magical Artisan
- Legendary Artisan
Leadership
Due to balance issues and the problems inherent in a single player running two characters in a game, the Leadership feat was banned by a majority vote of the DM team.
Items
Weapons
Spiked chains cannot be bought or crafted in town. They must be aquired as adventure loot.
Races
The following races have been banned outright:
- Hellbred
- Lesser Planetouched
- Necropolitans
Changelings are allowed, but their Shapechanger subtype and Minor Change Shape ability do not fulfill prerequisites meant to require Polymorph or Wild Shape, such as Warshaper prerequisites.
In addition, the following races have been changed for use in this server:
- Blues
- Drow (Dark Elf)
- Gray Elf
- Hobgoblin
- Sun Elf
The updated statistics can be found here.
Spells and Powers
The following spells have been banned outright:
- Bands of SteelCArc
- Last BreathCD
- Luminous ArmorBoED
- RevivifyMH
- Spectral WeaponCAdv
The following power has been banned outright:
- Psychic ReformationEPH
The following spells and powers cannot be offered by spellcasting NPCs in town:
- Bestow PowerEPH
- Imbue with Spell AbilityPHB
- Psionic IdentifyEPH