A Note About Reaction Adjustments

Several of the wizard kits receive reaction bonuses and penalties as part of their special benefits and special hindrances. As noted in the Player's Handbook (page 18), characters with very high or very low Charisma receive "reaction adjustments. " A character with high Charisma gets a bonus (expressed as a plus, such as +3), while a character with low Charisma gets a penalty (expressed as a minus, such as -3).

When rolling 2d10 for encounter reactions (see page 103 in the Dungeon Master's Guide), do not add the bonus or subtract the penalty from the die roll. If the character has a Charisma of 16, thus receiving a +5 reaction adjustment, subtract that number from the die roll-- do not add it. Otherwise, the more Charisma a character has, the worse the reaction of the NPCs

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