DonAdam
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Will the Vampires "Sparkle?"
If they do, I'll target them with every monster attack.
Vampire sounds goofy, especially in conjunction with the Mos Eisley Cantina approach to races that 4e has taken.
Will the Vampires "Sparkle?"
Rule of Three is scheduled to start on the 14th.Did I miss the "rule of three" article yesterday, or did they fail to do it the very first week they said they'd do it?
the Mos Eisley Cantina approach to races that 4e has taken.
Is this any worse than the "Savage Species" book from the 3E/3.5E era?
Certainly less over the top than Savage Species, but also in the Core books so more pervasive. (I move around geographically a lot, so the overall patterns of activity encouraged by the rules influence the sorts of games I play in.)
For the most part.
A particular race appearing in a "core" Player's Handbook, seems to give it an aura of "legitimacy" for casual use. This especially seems to be the case for something like the Dragonborn and Tiefling in the 4E PHB1.
The Vampire class is the class that all DM's are going to hate, and at least one person at your table is always going to want to play.
I don't see the appeal myself, but I dislike Changelings, Dragonborn, Shardminds, Tieflings and all the other monsters already. The vampire is certainly not any worse than any of those oddball options if you like your D&D in a Tolkienish flavour like I do.
I also have to admit that a new class is also the best way to add a template onto an existing player character race. As well, it isn't any more bizarre than playing a revenant, and I've seen revenant builds that are designed to look and act like vampires already.