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What puts some spice in your characters?
I APPLAUD what the designers did in 4e to make the players playable from 1 -30. Amazing! Groundbreaking.
An unintended side-effect/consequence. Too vanilla. Largely the same character through the levels, just a few new bells and whistles and playing the campaign is very slow growth.
So, I tried whipping up an Essentials Character, thinking maybe they've spiced it up! I rolled up a Human Scout. I like the character. Like the balance. Very CLEARLY see his role as a squishy, movey striker. Well executed. Not a ton of spice, though. He's now two or three cool abilities (I like!), and he's got a bunch of knacks (eh...), and then there are the aspects. These come off to me as a tough road of if-then's with not a ton of payback for what amounts to about a +2 to hit and or damage. Why not just make this dependent upon a skill or opposed check and call it a day?
Here's a thought for some spice. I'll steal liberally from my friends at Rift: the scout has multiple builds that could make him an effective leader, striker, or defender! Howza!
Show me your spice!
What puts some spice in your characters?
I APPLAUD what the designers did in 4e to make the players playable from 1 -30. Amazing! Groundbreaking.
An unintended side-effect/consequence. Too vanilla. Largely the same character through the levels, just a few new bells and whistles and playing the campaign is very slow growth.
So, I tried whipping up an Essentials Character, thinking maybe they've spiced it up! I rolled up a Human Scout. I like the character. Like the balance. Very CLEARLY see his role as a squishy, movey striker. Well executed. Not a ton of spice, though. He's now two or three cool abilities (I like!), and he's got a bunch of knacks (eh...), and then there are the aspects. These come off to me as a tough road of if-then's with not a ton of payback for what amounts to about a +2 to hit and or damage. Why not just make this dependent upon a skill or opposed check and call it a day?
Here's a thought for some spice. I'll steal liberally from my friends at Rift: the scout has multiple builds that could make him an effective leader, striker, or defender! Howza!
Show me your spice!