Star Pact Hexblades up

[Plane Sailing]

You say annoyance, I say business plan .

Yes, though I prefer the business plan that put classes in books rather than in an online service

 

[Scribble]

Yes, though I prefer the business plan that put classes in books rather than in an online service

Eh... In this case for me it's not much different then when they put classes or class features in dragon while in print form.

 

[Ryujin]

I'm glad to see that they didn't hit it with the CHA/CON insanity that the original has. Also nice that they've set the attributes up so that a corrupted Shardmind would make for a good character concept.

 

[WalterKovacs]

Yes, though I prefer the business plan that put classes in books rather than in an online service

Although, it does make sense to keep the size of the books down to put 2 builds per book, and then include the other builds (since most of the builds imply there must be more, like the schools of magic, cleric domains, druidic seasons, warlock pacts, weapon preference for fighters, etc) online, the alternative being waiting for a splat book to come out with the additional options. Or not getting them at all, since they seem to be set on the book size and price point, so increasing the number of builds available in the book greatly isn't going to happen. (Admitedly, they did include 3 wizard schools, but at the cost of having only one build for the thief)

 

[Wednesday Boy]

I like that their melee nature and radiant attack will make them a great foundation for a Warlock Knight of Vaasa.

(Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Excerpts: The Warlock Knights of Vaasa))

 

[Plane Sailing]

Although, it does make sense to keep the size of the books down to put 2 builds per book, and then include the other builds (since most of the builds imply there must be more, like the schools of magic, cleric domains, druidic seasons, warlock pacts, weapon preference for fighters, etc) online, the alternative being waiting for a splat book to come out with the additional options. Or not getting them at all, since they seem to be set on the book size and price point, so increasing the number of builds available in the book greatly isn't going to happen. (Admitedly, they did include 3 wizard schools, but at the cost of having only one build for the thief)

I guess in my ideal world there would have been another "Heroes' book coming down the pike which contained:

2 more warpriest domains
3 more mage specialties (transmuter/conjurer/necromancer perhaps)
2 more warlock pacts (star pact, shadow pact)
1 thief type (assassin)

Something like that.

 

[Oulak]

So true on the Vaasa front!

 

[Klaus]

I guess in my ideal world there would have been another "Heroes' book coming down the pike which contained:

2 more warpriest domains
3 more mage specialties (transmuter/conjurer/necromancer perhaps)
2 more warlock pacts (star pact, shadow pact)
1 thief type (assassin)

Something like that.

Well, we already got:

1 new domain (Earth)
1 new school (Pyromancy)
1 new pact (Star hexblade)

 

[Wednesday Boy]

Well, we already got:

1 new domain (Earth)
1 new school (Pyromancy)
1 new pact (Star hexblade)

And the Essentials Assassin playtest. (The one Essentials class that I greatly favor over the Core class.)

 

[True_Blue]

Do we think there will be a Dark pact Hexblade here soon? They still have Dark, Vestige, and Sorcerer-King pacts left, but I have a feeling WoTC does not feel like they have to cover each pact, which I agree with, but am still hoping they do so.

I think a Hexblade with a Sorcerer-King pact would be really neat personally. My problem is that I'm not sure how much more variation in weapons there would be, or if they would just sort of use the same damage die, but change the damage type.