Remathilis
Legend
ask any questions, but I'll preface it with some FAQs.
The WotC preview is up, discussing gods, domains, feats, and the ToC. http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20060911a&page=1
In general (and I haven't read everything) the book looks fanatastic. Each faith is fully detailed and given lots of breathing room to flow. It also discusses holy days, clerical training, and the last war though each faith's eyes.
Each of the Sovereigns have their own holy symbol, as well as a variant of the Octogram (the symbol of the whole pantheon).
The Dark six get their own pantheon symbol as well, a hexogram.
There are Five Prestige classes: Sovereign Speaker (who gains a domain at each level!), Escalation Mage (Dark Six, a mage who draws upon the Shadow), Argent Fist (Silver Flame, a paladin/monk class), Planar Shepard (a druid of the planes prc) and Thief of Life (Vol, a class who uses SA to steal life from their foes).
They go into greater detail on Sovereign, Dark Six, Druidic Sects (including a small new one, the Nightbringers), Silver Flame and Blood of Vol all one chapter each. The rest of the faiths (and there are new ones) get a large chapter to cover them all.
New faiths? There are the Warforged Mysteries Cults (The Reforged, the Lord of Blades, and the Becoming God), Valenar Ancestor Worship, The Path of Inspiration (clerical inspired), and more on Seren Dragon Worship. The Undying Court, Path of Light, and Dragon Below Cults get treatment here as well.
There are two new domains: Ancestor (Valenar), and Warforged (Warforged Mysteries). Some additional new spells, but not many.
New feats, some new magical items, and psionics round off the list.
I'll entertain specific questions. Ask away.
The WotC preview is up, discussing gods, domains, feats, and the ToC. http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20060911a&page=1
In general (and I haven't read everything) the book looks fanatastic. Each faith is fully detailed and given lots of breathing room to flow. It also discusses holy days, clerical training, and the last war though each faith's eyes.
Each of the Sovereigns have their own holy symbol, as well as a variant of the Octogram (the symbol of the whole pantheon).
The Dark six get their own pantheon symbol as well, a hexogram.
There are Five Prestige classes: Sovereign Speaker (who gains a domain at each level!), Escalation Mage (Dark Six, a mage who draws upon the Shadow), Argent Fist (Silver Flame, a paladin/monk class), Planar Shepard (a druid of the planes prc) and Thief of Life (Vol, a class who uses SA to steal life from their foes).
They go into greater detail on Sovereign, Dark Six, Druidic Sects (including a small new one, the Nightbringers), Silver Flame and Blood of Vol all one chapter each. The rest of the faiths (and there are new ones) get a large chapter to cover them all.
New faiths? There are the Warforged Mysteries Cults (The Reforged, the Lord of Blades, and the Becoming God), Valenar Ancestor Worship, The Path of Inspiration (clerical inspired), and more on Seren Dragon Worship. The Undying Court, Path of Light, and Dragon Below Cults get treatment here as well.
There are two new domains: Ancestor (Valenar), and Warforged (Warforged Mysteries). Some additional new spells, but not many.
New feats, some new magical items, and psionics round off the list.
I'll entertain specific questions. Ask away.