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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 7732038" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>Now that I've thought about it, I think both of these points could easily be on the money. Other than the Beastmaster Ranger, what have been some of the subclasses people have complained about? The Wild Mage Sorcerer... the Champion Fighter... the Four Elements Monk... the Frenzy Barbarian. If WotC discovered through their work in trying to retrofit the Ranger and came to the conclusion it was easier/better to just give alternate class/subclass features rather than create a whole new version of the class out of whole cloth... they could then begin looking at the next wave of subclasses that might need looking at too.</p><p></p><p>But rather than coming right out with a UA and saying "Hey, here's some alternate features for the Champion, whatcha think?"... and then getting whole heaps of people screaming at them "Why are you working on these?!? The Champion is FINE!" Or "I don't want a Champion, I want PSIONICS!"... they create these subclasses with the barest hint of fluff just so we'd spend time actually debating the mechanics, rather than whether the mechanics were <em>necessary</em> to "help" the subclasses the mechanics were meant for.</p><p></p><p>Under that light... I think its easier to see what these game mechanics could be used for. The Brute's are possible alternate feature for the Champion... the Inventor's are alternate features for the Wild Mage *and* new mechanics for the Artificer... and the Circle of Spores could actually be its own real subclass since it has the most cohesive theme behind it. And hell, if I didn't know any better... the Circle of Spores has at its essence the theme of death and decay, which is the primary theme of the <strong>Children of Winter</strong> druidic sect in Eberron. There's been talk that perhaps the Artificer has been moved up while the Mystic has been pushed back... maybe what we're seeing here is the potential previews of what could be April's book of the <em>Five Nations Adventure's Guide</em>?</p><p></p><p>On the one hand, it seems kind of early to produce a Eberron sourcebook with little to no playtest push on things like the Eberron races and such... but on the other, I've been getting the feeling that they don't intend on producing a single "alternate campaign settings book" with the mechanics for each of them all bundled together... but rather that they're going to dole them out one at a time. And if the spring book isn't going to be a Manual of the Planes type of tome because they're saving that for one of the Autumn books... maybe they decided to use their spring book to do the settings instead? No idea what's true or likely... I'm just trying to divine possibilities from the rumors we've been hearing.</p><p></p><p>And if we have a new druid subclass that has an Eberron influence, final work being done on the Artificer, and alternate features for the Champion and the Wild Mage to go along with the Beastmaster... they might have enough stuff to actually have some player content to go into an Eberron setting guide. We'll know better come February should they give us a UA with new shifter / warforged / changeling race write-ups. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 7732038, member: 7006"] Now that I've thought about it, I think both of these points could easily be on the money. Other than the Beastmaster Ranger, what have been some of the subclasses people have complained about? The Wild Mage Sorcerer... the Champion Fighter... the Four Elements Monk... the Frenzy Barbarian. If WotC discovered through their work in trying to retrofit the Ranger and came to the conclusion it was easier/better to just give alternate class/subclass features rather than create a whole new version of the class out of whole cloth... they could then begin looking at the next wave of subclasses that might need looking at too. But rather than coming right out with a UA and saying "Hey, here's some alternate features for the Champion, whatcha think?"... and then getting whole heaps of people screaming at them "Why are you working on these?!? The Champion is FINE!" Or "I don't want a Champion, I want PSIONICS!"... they create these subclasses with the barest hint of fluff just so we'd spend time actually debating the mechanics, rather than whether the mechanics were [I]necessary[/I] to "help" the subclasses the mechanics were meant for. Under that light... I think its easier to see what these game mechanics could be used for. The Brute's are possible alternate feature for the Champion... the Inventor's are alternate features for the Wild Mage *and* new mechanics for the Artificer... and the Circle of Spores could actually be its own real subclass since it has the most cohesive theme behind it. And hell, if I didn't know any better... the Circle of Spores has at its essence the theme of death and decay, which is the primary theme of the [B]Children of Winter[/B] druidic sect in Eberron. There's been talk that perhaps the Artificer has been moved up while the Mystic has been pushed back... maybe what we're seeing here is the potential previews of what could be April's book of the [I]Five Nations Adventure's Guide[/I]? On the one hand, it seems kind of early to produce a Eberron sourcebook with little to no playtest push on things like the Eberron races and such... but on the other, I've been getting the feeling that they don't intend on producing a single "alternate campaign settings book" with the mechanics for each of them all bundled together... but rather that they're going to dole them out one at a time. And if the spring book isn't going to be a Manual of the Planes type of tome because they're saving that for one of the Autumn books... maybe they decided to use their spring book to do the settings instead? No idea what's true or likely... I'm just trying to divine possibilities from the rumors we've been hearing. And if we have a new druid subclass that has an Eberron influence, final work being done on the Artificer, and alternate features for the Champion and the Wild Mage to go along with the Beastmaster... they might have enough stuff to actually have some player content to go into an Eberron setting guide. We'll know better come February should they give us a UA with new shifter / warforged / changeling race write-ups. ;) [/QUOTE]
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