PHB3 cover!

[Jack99]

The next setting is supposed to have a far realms influence. None of the obvious candidates have a clear Far-Realms thing going on. So what is it?

I think it is Dark Sun. Dark Sun rebooted. Dark sun where far realms invasions are behind it all and there is enough wilderness remaining that Primal characters have a lot to do.

Nah, it's the PoL world that Wyatt uses for his Greenbriar Campaign - It fits with primal stuff like the Wilder and the Far Realm influence etc.

 

[Plane Sailing]

The next setting is supposed to have a far realms influence. None of the obvious candidates have a clear Far-Realms thing going on. So what is it?

I think it is Dark Sun. Dark Sun rebooted. Dark sun where far realms invasions are behind it all and there is enough wilderness remaining that Primal characters have a lot to do.

nah, Eberron!

Xoriat is the 'far realm', source of a major war/catastrophe in the campaigns history, source of Daelkyr and all aberrations.

Eberron can have a big far-realms vibe to it (unlike Dark Sun, which doesn't)

 

[Nebulous]

Nice!

That's some of the best cover artwork I've seen in 4e thus far.

Agreed, that cover is BAD-ASS. See, if they'd pulled something like that out for the PHB1 there wouldn't have been so much hate flying around. I knew they could do it...

 

[Upper_Krust]

Totally love the cover!

However, I am more interested to see the cover for Monster Manual 3, if its the same artist then I am sure its in good hands. Though just who will be on the cover I wonder...Asmodeus...Lolth...Cerberus?

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Well at least this cover is a little better then the horrid Forgotten Realms one, but it's still far from great. IMO. I LOVE WAR's stuff, so this really a huge disapointment.

I hope the powersource listing is a place holder, i think it would be much better to get two or three new powersources. Not sure there is much more to do with the old ones. How many options do we really need in each role for each source?

 

[vagabundo]

What campaign setting?

While Minotars might hint at Dragonlance, Psionics might hint at Dark Sun...

Take your pick.

 

[Henrix]

Eberron can have a big far-realms vibe to it (unlike Dark Sun, which doesn't)

Indeed Eberron - a world of mutated batweird monsters.

I seem to recall complaints that the 4e Realms were eberronized by the inclusion of spellscarred monstrosities

 

[Piratecat]

I never really understood the draw to Elan. I understand that they are artificially created (The fantasy equivalent of grown in a vat), but... they're identical to humans.

I think you're misremembering. They're actual people who have traded their humanity for eternal life and vitality. So your 20th lvl fighter gets accepted for "conversion" into an elan, and they come out at 1st level and with all of their memory gone. Same person, though; the potential plot hooks with old foes they couldn't remember were a whole lot of fun for us.

 

[Tilenas]

Yey, just what we need: more divine classes! And races already presented in the MM! And what's that I hear, Martial Power 2? Is this ever going to stop?
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Sorry to be ants at the picnic here, but this whole schtick of serialized volumes (PH 1,2,3,n) really bothers me. It seems to me that Wizards is trying to lure unsuspecting customers into believing that PH3 is a core rulebook and not a splatbook.
How about another campaign setting or two in lieu of all these character options? This would surely slow down the power creep. Or lets have some more original and exciting monsters!

 

[Zaukrie]

There is a Maened writeup in Kobold Quarterly....

Great cover. I'd like two flavors of psioncis, one all crystally and new-agey, and one all power from yourself like (or maybe a collective memory/soul thingy).