PH3 Playtest Race: Wilden

[Nymrohd]

Killoren were a big part of my 3E homebrew which is slowly getting converted to 4E (about the same speed as the campaign my players are running there is expanding). I was planning to write them up if needed but it seems someone beat me to it Still I don't get why they need a Playtest. Cool guys, love to have them but this is more of a preview article to me. The somewhat variable mechanics are hardly complex enough that the race needs to be playtested for the next 4-6 months till the PHB3 goes to print.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Killoren were a big part of my 3E homebrew which is slowly getting converted to 4E (about the same speed as the campaign my players are running there is expanding). I was planning to write them up if needed but it seems someone beat me to it Still I don't get why they need a Playtest. Cool guys, love to have them but this is more of a preview article to me. The somewhat variable mechanics are hardly complex enough that the race needs to be playtested for the next 4-6 months till the PHB3 goes to print.

Playtest don't just have to be about how a game feature is "breaking" the game.

It might also be important to figure out whether the game feature is used at all. For example, do people really change the ability around? Or do they always use the same one? Is one of them overall more powerful and thus the choice is not meaningful? How class dependent is this? Are people happy if they get to switch a lot or are they happy if they always stick to the "best" for their character/class/role?

 

[Justin D. Jacobson]

That was my thought. I tmight be as simple as them running this style up the flagpole as opposed to, say, the two flavors of shifter.

 

[Nai_Calus]

I put french dressing on them and make a salad.

Nevermind tree-hugging elves, these guys *are* the trees.

Seriously though, it's interesting enough, though I'd drop the 'we' thing since in practice it would merely be annoying. Dunno that I'd actually play one though. If I want to be weird and fey I can just play an Eladrin or a Gnome.

 

[Felon]

Hmm. A chance to play a carrot? I might have to finally spring for a DDI account.

"Wilden" is a terrible name though.

 

[Nymrohd]

Yeah I really don't get why they thought Wilden was a better name than killoren. Also I give them a free pass to reprint the killoren art from Races of the Wild. I loved that piece (and they will end up having something reprinted in PHB3 anyway so it might as well be that?)

 

[Nebulous]

Yeah I really don't get why they thought Wilden was a better name than killoren. Also I give them a free pass to reprint the killoren art from Races of the Wild. I loved that piece (and they will end up having something reprinted in PHB3 anyway so it might as well be that?)

Would they change the name back to killoren if the playtest feedback was generally negative about "wilden". Which, i agree, is a totally sucky name.

 

[Nymrohd]

I think they would. I mean it is a playtest so it is not set in stone and they have been quite responsive to playtest reports. A race should be expected to have some reports on the fluff right? We should push for Killoren (and make polls!).

 

[Estlor]

Hmm... that's kind of what I expected, but not really. I figured if it was something "new" it would be totally off the wall.

So, does this give us any hints as to what power source besides ki we'll see in the PHB3? Elemental maybe? That's kind of a stretch since Elemental != Nature in this edition, and especially != Feywild.

 

[Felon]

I think they would. I mean it is a playtest so it is not set in stone and they have been quite responsive to playtest reports.

Perhaps. OTOH, somehow "deva" made it through the design process when "aasimar" was fine to begin with.