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Thanks much! I have a couple of questions, if you'd indulge...
- The Battlesmith artificer previewed in Dragon was Int primary, Con secondary. What's the secondary attribute for the Tinker?
- House Orien's mark in 3rd edition allowed for some limited in-combat teleporting (dimension leap). The new plan for marks seems to be giving enhancements to abilities rather than granting new abilities. How's that playing out for Orien? Does the Mark of Passage feat grant any non-ritual based teleportation? How about the Orien Swiftblade paragon path?
can you give us an idea of what the Tinkerer build for the artificer looks like? (including its what stats it uses and if it still gets mechancial homculi?)
If you have info on the Eladrin, Devas, Goliaths, or Genasi we'd LOVE to hear about it!
How many pages are given to chapters 1 and 5?
Also, if you know anything about the setting, tell us the first thing about the book that really struck you (either as different or as well done, something like that).
(Kalashtar) Pretty powerful? - +2 wis, +2 cha, +2 insight +2 skill of own choice, save at the beginning of their turn against daze and dominate effect, and a racial encounter power that gives you and all allies in a close burst 5 a +4 bonus to Will as an immediate interrupt.
- The Battlesmith artificer previewed in Dragon was Int primary, Con secondary. What's the secondary attribute for the Tinker?
Wisdom
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- House Orien's mark in 3rd edition allowed for some limited in-combat teleporting (dimension leap). The new plan for marks seems to be giving enhancements to abilities rather than granting new abilities. How's that playing out for Orien? Does the Mark of Passage feat grant any non-ritual based teleportation? How about the Orien Swiftblade paragon path?
Mark of passage gives a +1 bonus to all shifts and teleports granted by a power. The Orien Swiftblade has quite a few teleport powers, including a daily that lets you attack, teleport to another target, attack and then teleport again to a third target and attack that.
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can you give us an idea of what the Tinkerer build for the artificer looks like? (including its what stats it uses and if it still gets mechancial homculi?)
Mechanical what? If you mean mechanical constructs, then yes, quite a few dailies are like that. He summons an elemental spirit and binds it to the object, animating it (works like a summon, mechanical-wise)
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Prescient Bard is almost a perfect fit for a class Hellcow had made with the Kalashtar in mind (the thoughtsinger). I kind of expected the psion leader to give me that option but it seems it's been here for over a month now
If you have info on the Eladrin, Devas, Goliaths, or Genasi we'd LOVE to hear about it!
Devas: Former allies of the couatls in the old battles against the demons and rashakas, persisting despite the couatls being long gone.
Eladrins: Have always been there, but kept to themselves, only coming out of their 7 great cities when they occasionally world-falled. But after the Day of Mourning, they found themselves severed from the Feywild and stuck on Eberron. From what I read, they are still trying to get back.
Goliath: Originate from Xen'drik, but left when the giants rose to power. They exist as always, spread out in the mountains, living as they always have, with traditions etc etc.
Genasi are extremely rare and no one knows what they are, not even themselves! They could be everything from dwarves warped by the volcanic eruptions of the fist of Onatar or creations of the Arcane Congress. They have no homeland and live on the frindge of society.
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How many pages are given to chapters 1 and 5?
19 and 38.
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Do they go over region by region with background feats like the FRPG?
You get associated skills, depending on your region of origin. From those associated skills, you pick one to get a +2 bonus to, or to add to your class skill list. And yes, they go over region by region.
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Gnoguh, human fighter/cleric (kensei->adamantine soldier)
Carric, elf cleric/ranger (radiant servant->saint)
Torn, tiefling wizard/cleric (divine oracle->sages of ages)
Truxas, human feylock/bard (feytouched->feyliege)
Tagron, human rogue (daggermaster->deadly trickster) 21th level Musings of an Epic Virgin
You get associated skills, depending on your region of origin. From those associated skills, you pick one to get a +2 bonus to, or to add to your class skill list. And yes, they go over region by region.
So the PHB2 system then, rather than emulating the (somewhat overpowered) FR and SoW options.
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Jack99 could not be found for comment as it is believed he is currently somewhere in the future picking up the yet undisclosed campaign setting for 2011.
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I would be very interested in seeing a full example of a dragonmark. Are there still least, lesser, greater, and sibyris marks? What about aberrant marks?
Mechanical what? If you mean mechanical constructs, then yes, quite a few dailies are like that. He summons an elemental spirit and binds it to the object, animating it (works like a summon, mechanical-wise)
Sorry, my spelling is horrible, but if I'm remembering correctly (but I could be wrong) 3.5 Artificers has something similar to a familar but it was a construct (it looked mechanical in the pictures I remember), i was asking if there was something similar to them in the book
Goliath: Originate from Xen'drik, but left when the giants rose to power. They exist as always, spread out in the mountains, living as they always have, with traditions etc etc.
This bit of fluff was established in 3E.
Dragonborn form Argonessen? Well that's to be expected. Granted they already detailed Argonessen in the last edition but it really makes sense.
Any word on Tieflings?
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