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What's one thing that pleasantly surprised you, and one thing that disappointed you about the PHB?
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<blockquote data-quote="SigmaOne" data-source="post: 6358557" data-attributes="member: 6748799"><p>Title says it all. If you have to pick one thing that picked you up, and one thing that let you down, what would they be? I'm sure most of us have many on both sides. But pick one; and try to keep it balanced.</p><p></p><p>My pleasant surprise: I finally got around to reading through the Wizard class last night, and they did something I never imagined they could do: <strong>They made me want to play a Diviner!</strong> Diviners are <em>coool!</em> I'm not one who sits down and calculates DPR and stuff, so maybe diviner's aren't the "best" Wizard school. But they're really neat and would be a ton of fun to play. Of all the "roll control" kinds of powers/rules there are in 5e, Portent is the coolest in my book: </p><p></p><p><em>After each long rest, roll two 2d20. Record the results. Then throughout the day, you can expend each result to make that be the outcome of any one attack roll, saving throw, or ability check for you or any creature you can see.</em> </p><p></p><p>That's really neat. The mechanic just fits the flavor so elegantly. I love how many "roll control" features 5e has, between adv/disadv, lucky feat, halfling luck, savage attack, portent... am I missing any?</p><p></p><p>In fact, all the Wizard schools are pretty cool... (ignoring what seems to be the really iffyness of potent cantrip for evokers). School specialization has never had it so good. Maybe this kind of stuff has appeared in 3.PF or 4e, but I never played those, so I don't know.</p><p></p><p>My disappointment: Well. I still haven't delved enough, but it seems everyone and her brother is disappointed with how Ranger has shaped up. Oh, that's not really my big disappointment: mine is the halfling art. Is there any halfling drawn in the book who's tiny fragile foot bones and spindly legs shouldn't be crushed under the weight of their massive head? Is there any any that wouldn't generally have the shape of an ice-cream cone if it were standing still.... I count one who isn't grinning as widely as possible and one who isn't dancing. They're so universally ice-cream cone silhouetted that I'm assuming this must have been part of the art direction. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I love this book. There's so much to love in this book. There are a few hiccups.</p><p></p><p>Bonus question: How many owls appear in the art?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SigmaOne, post: 6358557, member: 6748799"] Title says it all. If you have to pick one thing that picked you up, and one thing that let you down, what would they be? I'm sure most of us have many on both sides. But pick one; and try to keep it balanced. My pleasant surprise: I finally got around to reading through the Wizard class last night, and they did something I never imagined they could do: [B]They made me want to play a Diviner![/B] Diviners are [I]coool![/I] I'm not one who sits down and calculates DPR and stuff, so maybe diviner's aren't the "best" Wizard school. But they're really neat and would be a ton of fun to play. Of all the "roll control" kinds of powers/rules there are in 5e, Portent is the coolest in my book: [I]After each long rest, roll two 2d20. Record the results. Then throughout the day, you can expend each result to make that be the outcome of any one attack roll, saving throw, or ability check for you or any creature you can see.[/I] That's really neat. The mechanic just fits the flavor so elegantly. I love how many "roll control" features 5e has, between adv/disadv, lucky feat, halfling luck, savage attack, portent... am I missing any? In fact, all the Wizard schools are pretty cool... (ignoring what seems to be the really iffyness of potent cantrip for evokers). School specialization has never had it so good. Maybe this kind of stuff has appeared in 3.PF or 4e, but I never played those, so I don't know. My disappointment: Well. I still haven't delved enough, but it seems everyone and her brother is disappointed with how Ranger has shaped up. Oh, that's not really my big disappointment: mine is the halfling art. Is there any halfling drawn in the book who's tiny fragile foot bones and spindly legs shouldn't be crushed under the weight of their massive head? Is there any any that wouldn't generally have the shape of an ice-cream cone if it were standing still.... I count one who isn't grinning as widely as possible and one who isn't dancing. They're so universally ice-cream cone silhouetted that I'm assuming this must have been part of the art direction. Anyway, I love this book. There's so much to love in this book. There are a few hiccups. Bonus question: How many owls appear in the art? [/QUOTE]
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