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Looks like Amazon has posted the cover for Primal Power. I hadn't seen it before. Looks pretty nifty. Elvish-looking (Warden maybe?) character kicking gnoll butt.
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How many power books will there be? 4e just began last year. I hope they just limit power books to two. Hopefully there isn't Martial Power 7...power are really all the same but with different names, a shift here and there, an ongoing effect here and there, and different flavor description.
But if they limit it to two...lol, how will they make money? I suppose they can come out with DM's guide to sand adventures, DM's guide to snow adventures, DM's guide to water adventures. Milking it the WoTC way.
But if they limit it to two...lol, how will they make money? I suppose they can come out with DM's guide to sand adventures, DM's guide to snow adventures, DM's guide to water adventures. Milking it the WoTC way.
You mean Sandstorm, Frostburn, and Stormwrack, right?
Nice cover, but what kind of primal character could that be? I would think ranger except they are not primal. Maybe it is an alternate build for barbarians that dual wield instead of using a two-handed weapon. I am a little concerned about barbarians becoming even more powerful with this book, since they are already edging out to almost overpowered as is.
I'd say it's a warden, perhaps utilizing a new water/sea based build (Guardian Might: Oceanbound, anyone?). In fact, I really hope it is, since I think it's one of the things that are missing from the Warden as is; too much focus on earth this and stone that - I want the fury of the friggin ocean! :P Fits thematically aswell.
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You mean Sandstorm, Frostburn, and Stormwrack, right?
All three of which were amongst the best books published for 3E. There's so much material to mine in there, mechanically and fluffwise, it is almost ridiculous.
Also, I intensely dislike this cover. It looks silly. Terribly silly.
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No scented words nor frankincense:
Only this love, that burns in me
Like a vain fire in valleys whence
The sun has flown beyond the sea."
-Clark Ashton Smith, 'The Song at Evenfall'
"Oh pick up flutes and fiddles, a new tune is beginning
A melody forsaken, on the chords of our elders' song
Each note is telling a story, a fragment of existence."
-Elvenking, 'Oakenshield'
All three of which were amongst the best books published for 3E. There's so much material to mine in there, mechanically and fluffwise, it is almost ridiculous.
I have to agree. Definitely some of the most satisfying stuff in my 3.5 library. That said, if they ever wind up publishing 4e equivalents, I hope they're much more DM-centric. Frankly, for me the PC material mostly just got in the way. Not that it was bad, just that it felt out of character with the rest of the book. I like how strong the divide is between PC and DM material in 4e for the most part.
As for the cover... I'd prefer to see the gnolls taking the tendons out of that fellow's legs. I like gnolls, but I hate that ridiculous character design, expression, and pose on the elf...
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