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As much as I hate to admit it there is ultimately going to be a default explanation and you can always change that fluff. I think it is more important to get the details right than to say that I have to come up with new fluff every time. That is part of why I find the two souled sorcerer so...

I misread your post. Yeah, of course I'll playtest before I answer, same as last time. Cheers, thanks for the clarification to my idiocy.

Really? Is it one of those "what do you think excluding the playtest materials' kind of survey? If you're serious I'll certainly do it now before I have a chance to play this packet.

A few things first, neither of these statements take into account how leveling or classes work at all in DnD. Also, the statement of every sage being an archmage is akin to saying everyone who goes to university should become a professor. As for the sorcerers becoming the best wizards? I think...

This brings up a good point. How good or effective should a multiclass character be? How much of a new class should get added to an existing class? Should a level 5 fighter/level 1 wizard be the same as a level 3 fighter/level 3 wizard? I don't have any answers here. I think that we need to...

If anything I have no idea where the good dragons (metallic) belong. On a good day I can remember their alignments and breath weapons but good dragons are so similar in colour (gold, bronze, brass) and temperament that I often forget their nagging little details. And that isn't including the...

Not that I disagree Stalker0 but the 3e XP penalty was relatively minor. I know some games that used it - those are the same games that used XP at all - but most didn't. BUT, at least with the Zustiur 's last suggestion the penalties are not minor. The normal way is 1000 * level, which more than...

Right, but that is the part I and the article seem to greatly differ on. Which of these is attributed to Sorcerer and which to Warlock? Personally the first seems warlocky to me and the second sorcery. What do you think? Also, I agree with Dausuul

I happen to agree with this, the closest I ever understood this was the warmage in 3e and even that was pushing it. I think AT BEST the explaination is that they have the magic in them so they don't need to study, which opens up time for training like a fighter but I agree that they shouldn't be...

Yeah, I'm definitely not sold on these versions of Sorcerer and Warlock. In fact, this sorcerer seems a lot more like a Warlock, and the warlock a lot more like a Wizard (up until the meddlers part). I think of my sorcerers as those who have magic in their background or bloodline, but more...

I know a lot of people have had bad experiences with the 3e method mostly due to abuse, but I still think it is the best for the playstyle I like. It is the only one I know of where I can change my mind midstream and have it become more advantageous. I like when I can use mutliclassing to...

Okay, I went looking and the only reference to Vassal of Bahamut I can find is in the Book of Exalted deeds. If you are using a different source then I can look at that one too. So based on that I am going to make some assumptions based solely on the language used. I can't quote the Book of...

The paladin still has all the tools - smite evil and detect evil - to go kill that evil dragon either way. Usually it is mandate by their order/god/religion to do it. Just because they are being told which target doesn't mean that the target isn't worth killing. In a specific sense the paladin...

Which is a potentially serious problem. However usually inexperienced DMs run games for inexperienced players so this is usually less of a problem. Experienced players may use less treasure more effectively than the inexperienced players. Plus with the flatter math as long as the DM does...

A. That is a requirement of the class. They must kill someone for no reason other than to join. That is generally speaking murder. In every game I've ever played this assassination is either directed by the assassin guild (ie. go kill this person to join us) or it is a significant assassination...

So far I'm having a hard time seeing the 3e that is all I'm saying. You brought up a number of areas where things are pre-3e or 3e and 4e, but the 3e-ness is hard to find. I get you think it resembles 2e/3e but I'm having a hard time seeing the 3e of it. That is fine though as they seem to be...

No, my only point is that assassination always implies killing a person stealthily. That it always implies KILLING too. But that just as not all killings are murders not all assassinations are murders. Assassinations are probably MOSTLY murderers but I think that it depends on the goals and...

In a broader sense you are probably right. But I would still have to think that if I could go back in time and assassinate Hitler I would. That doesn't make me evil by any stretch and it would be almost universally considered a good act. I think murder is definitely a sub-set of killings and...

Very few of the mechanics resemble 3e. And with the exception of higher AC being good (as opposed to descending AC) and some other cursory similarities it doesn't resemble 3e much at all. I keep hearing how 5e so far provides a good feel of the old school or classic games, which is all well and...

With VERY limited experience with 2e and most of my knowledge of DnD being 3e and PF.. I have to say it looks unlike DnD to me. I'm not sure what I should make of that. I never really played the old school of the game so for me that is nothing to reach for. It certainly doesn't resemble what I...