Recent content by Vlos

Still... Today I could design a Mage to be a Striker type, no? Or even Leader? A Rogue could have leadership quality, abilties. Again they should be separate from Class... They are forcing specific molds onto characters, thus limiting play.

See, this kills me about 4ed. I've never played a Cleric as a leader... Why now are my clerics classified as a Leader type? Nor has my Wizards/mages ever been a Controller? Trouble maker, yes, but they couldn't control their own tempers let alone someone else half the time. Why do we now have...

Funny, This is what I am hearing... Right now we've got the designer's and story team telling us what they want D&D 4e to accomplish... 1.) Streamlined and faster play. 2.) Easier and faster monster/NPC generation 3.) Faster leveling 4.) More kewl abilities and powers with...

Started out excited about it, but every other day it drops more and more. I think I am now at the point of not even bothering... Biggest Issues: - D&D Insider Subscription --- Additional Content only available to DDI - Yearly republications of Core Books. - Skill based? - Major Changes to...

That in their statement they are going to make it more like WOW, they are going to make it into WOW. That is using a skill point system, where weapons use skills, staves wands, etc. You will have skill in each of these (along with everything else as in WOW) and based upon your skill you will...

It's funny how people say if I roll a "1" and die that is "unfun"? If the only way you are going to die is on a "1", which means the only way your going to fail a save is on a "1" then I wonder why your playing? As stated this game is about heroic adventurers, going out and slaying creatures...

What my concern is that WoTC would take from WOW is the factions and such. WOW is a grind, anything in WOW is a grind. I have never seen or felt that D&D is a grind, for playing over 20+ years I have never felt like I have had to "grind" anything out in a character to achieve anything. My fear...

Yes. When I pay $120 or buy three books that contain PrC or monsters etc, I expect that I can use that book when ever I want to. So a year from now when I no longer want to pay WoTC their monthly subscription fee. What do I have to show for it? ? ? Nothing? I only have my three(3) core...

Just found this over on the DNDI thread of what is "known"... So, $120 a year to access DNDI. Which you will probably need to access to play the game properly... That is like buying 3-4 books a year. afterwhich I own. At the end of year, I have nothing to show now. Now books I can go look at...

Also, don't get me wrong. Alot of the changes that they are talking about sounds great. I am looking forward to it. But the single set of books and the DDI I am very leary about. I do use the online SRD almost every day, so can see a good DDI site (that is free to use) a great boon to the game...

Oh, I could be mistaken. I heard otherwise that they were publishing full updated editions each year. Because people complained about PHB2. And that again leads to having to carry around 20 books which leads again to the problems of too many books. After a single year you now have 6 books, two...

But that is the problem. It HAS to have all the RULES in it. It has to be the complete Players book Every time the print it. Otherwise a new set of players (no experienced player with them) will have to go out an buy every previous players book, just to play the game. And they have to make sure...

Not sure if all of you are thinking this through. First how much content can you fit into a book? Lets take the Players Handbook? Now lets take all the "Complete ..." books. Throw out half the junk in them, then throw out half of whats left. So you have a quarter of what you started with. Now...

Also, you have to think, that almost every other playable race does not get the wings either. Thus about the only one that does get it is something like a half-ogre. So being a Halfling is nothing special. If he were a Human, he would also not get the wings. Would you give him the template at +2...

Looks like my account got messed up and I lost PM access. Trying to get that fixed now with EnWorld. Please respond to me privately if need to vlos@miniworld.com Hopefully will have this fixed soon.