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I've never heard of anyone who wanted to play a bard to be the party's cheerleader. It was either a flavour thing (be the cool skill guy or some flamboyant swashbuckler) or about casting spells without being too squishy (my case). That's despite being in effect the party's cheerleader during...

Even those half-orcs had a -2 charisma penalty, the new goblins have a bonus. Neither eladrins nor elves have a charisma bonus (which is in itself all kind of wrong when dorky alien dragonborns and hell-spawns with "centuries of other races’ distrust and outright hatred", "in a world that often...

:lol: the face is almost anime but the concept is not so bad. And even the classical harpies had arms, though the medieval/heraldic ones didn’t. Some sirens were depicted a birds with human heads, while others had arms and played instruments. My preferred version for both sirens and harpies...

I think there was a similar mechanic in Iron Heroes. There are other possibilities. if monsters can randomly recharge some of their powers, i don't see why PCs couldn't use a similar mechanic. Another thing that could make encounter/dailies less artificial would be to allow power swapping...

I find blatantly artificial narration and inconsistent plot devices even more annoying in fiction. If a character can do something at some point, there'd better be a good reason why he couldn't even try it again in a similar situation. And movies are linear. The point of rpgs is not having a...

I pretty much agree with every point in the OP, even though I hate hobbits :) My major gripe is the per encounter/day and immersion thing. No matter how you try to justify it, it doesn't work for me. Making martial action somewhat "Vancian" completely defeats the point of reducing Vancian...

:D Are you some kind of goblin welfare activist? I believe they are explicitly described as vile and unpleasant to everyone (they don't even get along with each other) so that you don't have to feel bad for butchering them. Trying to understand goblins is all nice and good, but the question at...

uh okaay. Not sure what you mean. Are you saying they should get a charisma bonus for that? And these are not my words, the MM actually uses the words "ill-tempered" and "cowardly", oh and their lair is "stinking and soiled".

So basically you're saying multiclassing is bad and we shouldn't expect it to be a viable option. What if i have a character concept that doesn't fit the existing classes? What if i don't want to be stuck in a role? Should i just be thankful for "still getting to pick the 'many' options within...

For common, potentially playable humanoid monsters, more or less balanced racial traits and powers is a better solution than ECL. But these are just guidelines anyway, i don't think they can be used as is. They still want you to pay for the next manuals, campaign settings and ddi. Yes, the cha...

I'm not saying the feywild is the source of arcane energy. I was just answering your question. If Corellon is the patron/creator of the arcane, the fey and the wild*, it's not such a stretch to see some connection. Now that I think of it, he is the patron of music too and bard will also be an...

maybe: "Corellon is often depicted as an eladrin, but he is no more an eladrin than he is a fey panther […] Corellon is the patron of arcane magic and the fey. He seeded the world with arcane magic and planted the most ancient forests" also feywild = feypact = warlock = arcane (well, that one...

Oh yes they should. And you should too, for mentioning DB. Do you want to start another "dnd4 is anime" debate? They don’t have to be the same class. The rogue and the ranger have the same power source and role, and the bard will have the same power source as the blaster wizard and yet they...

Does it work on the warlock's spells (same power source)?

Where is my "as bad as expected but i'm not playing 3e either and i do like polls" option?

yay! first double post. i didn't even know how to make one.

power of the soul, power of the mind, inner strength... they're pretty much the same thing to me. Isn't the monk's motto smoething like "control of the mind over the body". I could perfectly see Monk (striker/defender), Telepath (leader) and TK (controller) with the same power source. What are...

blergh indeed. the succubus, war devil, spined devil and vampires are all recycled.

I would call it consolidation. High elves have always been on the fence beween the gray and wood elves so that makes one less sub-race. Sure, that's one more in the phb but at least, each one has its own shtick and I think there are enough elf lovers around to justify the two entries. And the...

Aaargh!!! It's her in the MM :eek: I don't mind the malebranche from Fiendish Codex II because it's a good pic, but they actually put the edited, enlarged half of a recycled, cartoony picture of a dressed succubus in the MM! It's the Succubus, fgs! :confused: Close enough. The text says they're...