Search results

Are you going to be at Gencon? If so are you planning on running any radiance events? I'd love to try it out.

Quick question on the Prodigy ability. It says you get an advanced a bility at 4rd level instead of 9th and some basic abilities at 9th but it's unclear as to whether you also gain an advanced ability at 9th. Common Sense says no, after 9th level you simply have an ability that doesn't do...

This is pretty much right out of 4E. And it's one of the few 4E changes I actually like.

I fear I may feel the same about this as the Dhampir but I will take a look.

I agree that Ancient Spirits resposne was well thought out and had some good points. I am still in the camp that doesn't think vampire and werewolf PCs are a good idea, they're monsters for a reason. So I will continue to respectfully disagree.

I agree it's a great conversation, it's nice to see a deisgner so accessible and interested in what fans have to say. (And make no mistake despite my misgivings I am a fan. If I weren't as invested in Pathfinder as I am I'd be buying a bunch of copies of Radiance in a heart beat) Still...

4E is definitely D&D but the mechanics of how Wizards worked changed drastically and is extremely different from what has come before, even more than the differences between 3E and 2E. Also 4E is only one iteration. In all other iterations of D&D having a spell book meant a lot more.

I completely agree that a magical college may have classes besides Wizards there. I also agree that colleges would still be needed to train people to enter the class. I'll even grant that you can flavor it that Wizards are learning new spells from others but there's nothing mechanical...

On this we agree at least. Were I running I'd also probably allow some form of check to potentially struggle out of it.

On this we'll just have to disagree then. To me it seems concrete that Dhampir is a race not a class. If racial abilities aren't powerful enough to model it then maybe you need rules for more powerful races in an expansion. I personally don't think Vampries should be PCs in a standard D&Desque...

Well I don't like 4E in the first place but yes I do think the 4E version didn't work as the traditional idea of the wizard Ok this one I'll concede. It's situationally useful and after considering your points I'll agree that it's no wrose than Color Spray or Sleep at 1st level in 3.5/Pathfinder.

I also have a few other specific questions from just looking through things. Why are Dhampirs a class and not a race? Even in your description of the class it says they are the offspring of Humans/Vampires. This screams race not class. If I ever ran anything using Radiance I would not...

E6/E8 keeps things fairly quick too. Also I don't think you quite understand E6/E8. Characters don't retire when they hit max level, they just stop increasing in level and get feats instead. That said I don't actually see the need to stop at 10 in radiance. A lot of the issue in higher level...

Ok I hadn't looked too in depth at themes, that does make me feel a bit better. Still overall while I like what I see I'm not convinced to run it over E6 or E8 Pathfinder. Definitely some neat ideas though.

I downloaded it the other day and looking it over I definitely like what I see. My only real critique is how skills work. While characters will certainly have the skills common to their class/profession it doesn't look like it's possible to be very good at skills outside your class focus...

You'd be wrong. paizo has said time and time again that their Adventure Path line is their bread and butter, they get more income form that than any other line.

I didn't say it was a better introduction to PFS play, I said it was a better introduction to the Pathfinder Society. MoFF has a way to introduce someone who's never heard anything about the Pathfinder Society to the Society in game, whereas First Steps assumes you're already Pathfinders.

Master of the Fallen Fortress is actually a better introduction to what the Pathfinder Society is than the First Steps Series

The Archaeologist actually replaces Bardic perofrmance entirely. So you could easily make a Bard with no singing, dancing, or performance of any other sort required. It's one of the Archetypes that takes the Bard far from the concept of Wandering Minstrel. Think Indiana Jones. As for Bardic...

Actually for social and skill stuff in general Bards can often trump Rogues. With versatile Peformance they effectively get MORE skills points then Rogues. And they have better reason to have a good charisma