Exclusive Bruce Cordell interview

[Bacris]

I just hope that's Expanded Psionics Handbook Bruce talking, and not Psionics Handbook Bruce talking

Otherwise, excellent job in the interview!

 

[Aloïsius]

Q: Will there be a monk in the PHB?
A: "Answer: murky."
My sense motive: Yes

Yes ? I'm not fluent enough in english to guess what that "murky" means. Do you think it means nothing has been decided ? Or that the monk will have a darker flavor (ninja ?) ?

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

Yes ? I'm not fluent enough in english to guess what that "murky" means. Do you think it means nothing has been decided ? Or that the monk will have a darker flavor (ninja ?) ?

He probably means "unclear" - murky in english originally refers to clarity of water; therefore murky water is hard to see through. Metaphorically, it means that he can't really say for sure things will look that far ahead, and the answer could decided wither way in the future.

 

[Aloïsius]

He probably means "unclear" - murky in english originally refers to clarity of water; therefore murky water is hard to see through. Metaphorically, it means that he can't really say for sure things will look that far ahead, and the answer could decided wither way in the future.

Thank ! I guess WotC is watching some of the polls here and there to see wich class they must keep in the PHB1, and wich ones will have to wait...
No bards, please...

 

[Branduil]

Given that there will only be 8 classes in the first PHB, I certainly hope they don't waste one of them with a class that belongs in an Oriental campaign.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Given that there will only be 8 classes in the first PHB, I certainly hope they don't waste one of them with a class that belongs in an Oriental campaign.

You can say that again. I hope the sense motive roll was wildly off on that one (though it wouldn't bother me if you could build a monk by applying special abilities to other classes, for those that want to have that option).

I've never felt monks fit D&D, even back when all that was available was 1E. Wrong flavor -- ki powers that were unique to monks just didn't fit anywhere. My monks were all scholarly friars who didn't know jack about quivering palms.

 

[Mouseferatu]

My monks were all scholarly friars who didn't know jack about quivering palms.

Given that they're supposed to be celibate, I'd think that most such monks were quite familiar with quivering palms, IYKWIMAITYD.

 

[Klaus]

I do very much hope monks are in the PHB. The Asian flavor could be ditched.

For instance:

 

[Samnell]

Given that they're supposed to be celibate, I'd think that most such monks were quite familiar with quivering palms, IYKWIMAITYD.

Heh.

I recall once an anthropology teacher I had mentioned a presentation he saw that wondered about how celibate monks ended up writing about some of the things they seemed to be writing about for their private use. Then he laughed and suggested that the presenter was very, naive.

 

[KingCrab]

Great job on the interview!

I hope saving throws don't change back to the petrification/polymorph and paralyzation/poison/deathmagic days. I really appreciated the simplicity if the 3.x saving throws.