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Will Shadow Heroes know what evil lurks in the heart of men? :cool: I'm thinking 4E will merge Ki powers and psionics in some way. The designers have been consistently referring to psionics as Psi powers, and I interpret that as psionics being redefined and reimagined in some way.

I'm going to bring this point over from the other Dark Sun thread so as not to derail it. I'm not sure if I like the idea of there being a power source for everything and his dog. I think the idea of templars making warlock-style pacts with the Sorcerer-Kings as presented in this thread is a...

I brought up the topic in the Dark Sun thread and people offered some convincing arguments that becoming a Sorcerer-King would indeed be an Epic Destiny. :)

This made me consider how suitable epic level play is for Dark Sun. Although we know little about high-end play in 4E, the impression I have got from the previews is that epic levels will involve planar travel and battles, and accomplishments that can change entire worlds. I think this goes...

Ha! That's lovely. Moorcock sometimes described Stormbringer as a 'hell-forged runeblade'. Now I want to make an albino Tiefling warlock/fighter who wields a hellforged bastard sword...

But, isn't that like saying the sorcerer should have a different power source from the wizard?

Or perhaps CoWzilla, as in "Cleric or Warlord-zilla"? ;)

I believe Leader only describes the combat roles of certain classes, and it has little to do with which character makes the big decisions in the party. The Warlord and the Cleric seem to be the prime 'party enablers' - not only do they buff the other characters, but also give them opportunities...

I second this recommendation. The short stories Moorcock wrote at the beginning of the sixties comprise my favorite Elric books. The string of stories starts with The Dreaming City and terminates with the novel Stormbringer. The omnibus in question is volume 17 of the fabulous Fantasy...

Nah. Tiamat the Band.

I'm still looking forward to introducing magical implements based on the four suits of the Tarot: swords, staves, chalices and pentacles. Hopefully the rules will be flexible enough to make that and other modifications relatively easy. :)

Yes, but this was because Chaos was overwhelming the world. In a world where the Lords of Law would be dominant Chaos might seem like the better choice. There is an example in another Eternal Champion novel (whose title I can't remember for the life of me) of a world where Law has triumphed, and...

Yeah, I remember when the 4E 'siloing' of spells was first mentioned people suggested that you could 'silo' the skills as well. I'm hoping there won't be skill points in 4E, but other than that I think that Green Knight's suggestion of separating combat-related skills from the rest is a...

Why yes, yes it would have. You can do this fairly easily in 3E by getting rid of cross-class skills. For example, Conan's thief abilities are limited to Hide and Move Silently - I certainly don't recall him picking locks or disabling traps on a regular basis. Fafhrd's artistic abilities are...

Thinner slices of the same loaf. A 1st-level Fighter might have, for example, a base attack bonus of +5 ("classes can significantly alter the base value"), meaning that he can actually hit something right from the get-go. However, the same Fighter might have a base attack bonus of "only" +20 at...

:D Well, I laughed. I'm not that bothered by these overly florid names myself, but I can see how they could bug the living hell out of someone.

Yeah, I guessed that some of them would have been statted up at some point - after all, there have been a billion elven subraces as well. Just as I don't see the need for valley elves and snow elves, I don't see a reason for breaking the nymph into a dozen different creature entries either. :)

I don't think dryads should even have a separate creature entry from nymphs. Nymphs in mythology don't live in water alone; they live all over the place, and a dryad is simply a nymph tied to a particular tree. Just as there are no separate entries for alseids, auloniads, hesperides, leimakids...

As much as I agree with Midget and Raven on this issue, I'm always wary when some party tries to claim a product as their own. I bet 4E is marketed to people who do like D&D, but their D&D might be vastly different from the D&D you (and I) like.

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