PHB4 content

[RangerWickett]

The same friend who leaked me a copy of Tome & Blood way back in 2001 has gotten me an early playtest document of the PHB4. A lot of it's tentative, but there is some awesome stuff on the way.

I don't have much time now, so I'll post more as I read through the document. Hopefully WotC won't shut me down first.

First off, new races.

• Bullywugs. Nuff said.
• Bunny Folk (officially called Moonkin). Folks who say 4e caters to WoW players can now gnash their teeth about catering to Final Fantasy Tactics 2 players. Their origin is tied to the moon, which fits Japanese myths that see not a man in the moon, but a rabbit. Seems to tie in closely to the next race.
• Critterin. Who hasn't longed to play a Watership Down campaign? Now 4e finally has rules for animals as PCs. You can even use alternate rules to play tiny creatures, by converting to 2.5-ft. squares. Racial powers are diverse, including Cat's Grace, March Hare, Bunnicula, Rikki Tikki Takedown, and Wag the Dog. Finally, my friend and I can run our buddy adventuring team inspired by Caligula and Incitatus.
• Flumph. Oh, they don't call them flumphs; they're "elder spawn." Tentacled flying horrors from the far realm. But since they're designed for PCs, they're kinda small, and you're supposedly a noble rebel. They even have an immediate interrupt power that distorts reality, which can be used to stop a creature's motion, including "making a creature take no damage from falling."
  
  Looks like the WotC designers read Order of the Stick.
• Horta. This elemental earth race has no limbs or sensory organs, but has an encounter power to burrow with caustic acid, and can wield gear telekinetically.
• Seelie. Play a full on faerie, with wings and everything. Racial power options let you mislead a target (dominating it for a round), or fly short distances, or frighten foes if you're an unseelie fey.
• Velociraptor. Hyperintelligent dinosaurs. Have complex racial traits where they trade weapon proficiencies for enhanced melee attack options.

More when I get a chance.

 

[Rechan]

It actually took me a bit of time to realize this was a joke. I missed the Humor tag.

And here I was, thinking WotC finally decided to "screw it" and start catering to severely different tastes.

I was excited about the Seelie (assuming the domination racial was defanged).

 

[Moon_Goddess]

Their origin is tied to the moon, which fits Japanese myths that see not a man in the moon, but a rabbit. Seems to tie in closely to the next race.

Has nothing to do with folklore, it's all about angle your looking at the moon from....

I see a rabbit too, never have understood where the man thing comes from.

Defianttly not as there as the rabbit.

 

[Armadillo]

After the PHB3 races, I'm looking forward to the Otyugh as a playable race.

 

[Oni]

I'd totally play some of these. Definitely want to play a hyper-intelligent Velociraptor Assassin with a monocle.

 

[Henry]

Bullywugs. Nuff said.

Dear Me! Bullywugs!

Horta. This elemental earth race has no limbs or sensory organs, but has an encounter power to burrow with caustic acid, and can wield gear telekinetically.

NO KILL I!
(Racial Ability)
Minor Action Encounter Close Burst 1
Target: Each Enemy in Burst
Attack: CHA vs. Will
Hit: 1d8 Psychic Damage, and creature cannot target you with an attack until the end of your next turn.

 

[Dice4Hire]

You forgot the Flumph racial abilities:

What the ...
Whenever you hit with an attack power, you miss. Whenever you miss with an attack power, you hit but deal minimum damage. You cannot score criticals.

Whenever another creature within 20 squares of you takes falling damage, you must teleport to the same square, and you take all falling damage instead of that creature. You also fall prone. .

 

[I'm A Banana]

As a fan of the Ceptu, I'd love the Horta.

I'd also play rabbit-based moon creatures, the velociraptors, and the seelie.

But I like weird races.

 

[catsclaw227]

As a fan of the Ceptu, I'd love the Horta.

I'd also play rabbit-based moon creatures, the velociraptors, and the seelie.

But I like weird races.

Ceptu(!) rock. Can't believe you pulled that one out. I dig me some Jellyfish love.

And yes, I saw Horta and I wished that I could be like that sometimes. Just close my eyes and think and things will get done telekinetic like.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

Well we got plant people and rock people.

Next up surely must be sonic people or radiance people or something else we can hardly imagine having boobs but a WotC artist will surely find a way to draw it.