PH3 Playtest Race: Wilden

[Fallen Seraph]

I hope these pics are black & white at the moment, and that they'll be a healthy shade of green in PHB3.

Yeah that is just concept art, in the physical descriptions it talks about their colour:

As a wilden ages, its body moves through the seasons. Young wilden exist in the spring stage, filled with life and vigor, their bodies a rich green hue. The summer phase marks maturation and the wilden’s body reaches its full size and stature. Wilden in autumn phase undergo a profound change, their bodies turning colors to fiery reds, yellows, and orange. Finally, the winter phase, the last stage, heralds the end of the wilden’s life, as bright colors give way to browns and white, and the body thins and withers. A typical wilden lives upwards of one hundred years.

 

[Hawke]

Not really what I was expecting... as a result I'm kind of really unimpressed. I mean, if it were a MM3 preview, I'd be interested... I just don't seem to see much of a drive or a lot of complexity that entices me to say "I want to be one!"

Maybe that's just cause it's so far from what I was thinking... I'll have to revisit it.

I do agree with Fallen Seraph that a good thing is it seems they are willing to step outside some traditional bounds... this might not be the race, but it seems like they're thinking.

 

[Kunimatyu]

That preview made me think of this: something positive: archive

I suggest that all Wilden have Southern accents; love of french fried tater chips optional.

 

[chaotix42]

Ah, that's cool Seraph! I didn't read the flavor stuff at all, just the mechanics.

So, what does Con & Wis work well with? Shaman springs to mind.

 

[Keefe the Thief]

Hey, those guys come in handy! They´ll fit very well into a future Earthdawn 4e campaign, and i can use them to represent the stranger parts of forests where feywild meets POLand.
I admit, i really crave more fantastic races that are unique to 4e. Come on, more fantasy and creativity, people!

 

[Jack99]

Stuff like this definitely won't make me buy PHB3. It's just too far away from the traditional fantasy game I want to play. But I think it's fair enough that WotC explore that avenue, since quite a few seem interested in "weird" races and they (WotC) have already covered my needs for races.

 

[ferratus]

Completely uninteresting to me, but I saw some people expressing the hope that the Killoren would come back in the speculation thread, so I'm happy for them.

I'd like to see my Dromites come back myself. They were human enough to be easy to insert in a campaign world, but the insect flavor made them fantastical as well.

 

[Rani]

I already want to incorporate these guys into my campaign as an NPC race (maybe a PC race when the PH3 actually comes out)! Their unique relationship to the earth and their antagonism with the FarRealm works perfectly into my story!

 

[ppaladin123]

I prefer the name Killoren. It is easier to pronounce and sounds nicer than Wilden.

I like the variable aspects but the actual racial powers are sort of boring, weak and situational.

I might want to make a Wilden Shaman at some point though.

 

[RefinedBean]

The mechanics are par for the course, but I really enjoy the fact that they tied 'em in with the fluff.

Honestly, these guys intrigue me about as much as Goliaths do; but I don't expect every race to trip my trigger, and the fluff is substantially different from everything else we've seen that it doesn't bother me that much.

I'd like to see two players play stumpy, identical-looking Wilden that keep giggling "One of us!" Although I wouldn't want to PLAY with 'em.