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Give me a competent arguement that WotC is "changing rules for the sake of change"
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<blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 3785805" data-attributes="member: 54846"><p>Different strokes; I prefer it. And I also see <em>the reason</em> for it. They gave the Kobold a little bit more legitimacy and better flavor, imho, and also to spotlight the Sorcerer class, and give DMs an extra took in their kobold box: magic.</p><p></p><p></p><p>And would you say his addition to the PHB was done "For the sake of change"? After all, there were monks in 1e.</p><p></p><p></p><p>In 1e, Races were classes. In 2e, Race X could only be Class A B or C. In 3e, any race could be any class. So someone in your exact position in 2000 could have said "Okay, we're playing D&D. So I should warn you that Dwarves can only be Clerics or Fighters, Halfings can only be clerics, thiefs or fighters, and gnomes can only be theifs, clerics or illusionists." </p><p></p><p>Just so you know, Gnomes have been said to be in the 4e MM, and it's been said that there will be PC race options in the MM. </p><p></p><p>And just because tiefs are present doesn't mean that people are Planeshifting to go hump a succubus on their day off. There are <em>other options</em>. As it was hinted at, Tiefs are also related to Demonic Pacts; so it could be that "My dad was a Warlock, and when he made a pact with that devil for the power, it infused his very being, including his blood, and that carried over when he impregnated mom". Eberron's creator Keith Baker has proposed several reasonable and legitimate sources for Tieflings, namely tieing tieflings to births when the planes are touching in specific areas, and radiation from various malignant sources.</p><p></p><p>It's the same reason that the fluff of the Sorcerer says "Blood of Dragons" but you can have sorcerers with any number of reasons for their power, from fey or demonic heritage to magical radiation.</p><p></p><p>A decision was made to include this race and not that one, but the issue of this thread is this: was that decision made for the hell of it, or do you believe there was a <em>reason</em> for that change beyond "this is different"?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rechan, post: 3785805, member: 54846"] Different strokes; I prefer it. And I also see [i]the reason[/i] for it. They gave the Kobold a little bit more legitimacy and better flavor, imho, and also to spotlight the Sorcerer class, and give DMs an extra took in their kobold box: magic. And would you say his addition to the PHB was done "For the sake of change"? After all, there were monks in 1e. In 1e, Races were classes. In 2e, Race X could only be Class A B or C. In 3e, any race could be any class. So someone in your exact position in 2000 could have said "Okay, we're playing D&D. So I should warn you that Dwarves can only be Clerics or Fighters, Halfings can only be clerics, thiefs or fighters, and gnomes can only be theifs, clerics or illusionists." Just so you know, Gnomes have been said to be in the 4e MM, and it's been said that there will be PC race options in the MM. And just because tiefs are present doesn't mean that people are Planeshifting to go hump a succubus on their day off. There are [i]other options[/i]. As it was hinted at, Tiefs are also related to Demonic Pacts; so it could be that "My dad was a Warlock, and when he made a pact with that devil for the power, it infused his very being, including his blood, and that carried over when he impregnated mom". Eberron's creator Keith Baker has proposed several reasonable and legitimate sources for Tieflings, namely tieing tieflings to births when the planes are touching in specific areas, and radiation from various malignant sources. It's the same reason that the fluff of the Sorcerer says "Blood of Dragons" but you can have sorcerers with any number of reasons for their power, from fey or demonic heritage to magical radiation. A decision was made to include this race and not that one, but the issue of this thread is this: was that decision made for the hell of it, or do you believe there was a [i]reason[/i] for that change beyond "this is different"? [/QUOTE]
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