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I actually agree ENTIRELY with this. I don't want the floating attribute bonus, I want feat support. If WotC really wants to make races more versatile they should try to give some kind of class/power source bump to all the races with an appropriate feat. You only really need a 16 in a key stat...

One of the things I've noticed about the supplements that have come out in the 4E product line is that as the years pass, everyone begins to start pooh-poohing the old stuff and most of the new stuff is celebrated as more refined in terms of content and focus. Now, I'm not here to debate on...

You know I can make some really bad puns, so just you wait when I start playing in your campaign... I'll have a Changeling Rogue/Sorcerer whose name is Morden Meetsda'ai.

Shadowhaunt is a great recommendation, and the story undercurrent to it plays out very well even if you're not the most masterful DM in the world.

I'll be in my bunk.

The d5 is the d6's shorter but more handsome brother. Reports are that he's well hung to boot.

The Dark Sun Campaign Setting actually makes more room for the use of kalashtar than any other Eberron-derived race. As usual, they've phrased it in such a fashion so that players aren't expressly forbidden from playing them 'out of the box' as kalashtar, but they do say: "...some humans are...

'Course not! I'm working right now and have merely transferred your entire post into a text document that I will view on the road. I do that for all the crunch heavy posts my poor brain can't handle when I'm multitasking. I'm specifically looking at that Paladin/Warlock build and figuring out...

oops. double post.

I want a Modron player race.

Wouldn't a Sorcarian be just double striker? Not that I'm complaining, mind you. I do like your fluff angle, too. ;) I'm not entirely worried about party makeup right now. The Kalashtar Psion might be out, and I'm trying to encourage him to be a defender as he rarely gets to be a macho man...

Flavor-wise, Bards are always appealing to me, mostly for the 'scholar/artist' vibe, and I thought making 'Cyrean Dirge Singer' melds well with 'Untamed Arcane Fury' so that's what I was exploring at this moment. However, a CHAladin could be flavored as a Changeling born with arcane fury in his...

Perhaps. How would a Changeling fare as a Chaladin Sorcerer? Would that work as a Hybrid or as a Multiclass? The other race option I'm favoring is Dragonborn. Taste-wise, I've never played classes with the keywords 'Squishy,' 'DPS' or 'Arcane' before, which is kind of why I favored the...

Wow, thanks for a very flavor-rich reply! I will get back to her on your ideas of class/relationship dynamic. The 'covets power' angle would work well if we pursue the idea of 'Angry Last War victims' especialy since we're thinking about being Cyrean refugees. She might desire power to gain...

Starting a new party with some friends, and well I want to consult on some possibilities. We're playing within Eberron, and the flavor is that my girlfriend and I are playing as a husband and wife team (not necessarily the same race). This is one of the few times that neither of us is the DM...

Yes. The PHB and DMG frequently make an unspoken assumption that you've at least seen how an RPG plays, and I think that you are absolutely right: Presentation matters. I think Essentials, on top of the new mechanics, is revised presentation. Now, they could easily just say, here's a PHB, DMG...

So... ...how about them races?

But it was Festivus talking? *confused* O_o Well IMHO, I think Essentials is definitely going to acquire new gamers and agree with the many alls of your premizes, that is to say the way narrative and mechanics are tied together to make things more accessible. Also, by MBA do you mean 'Melee...

I agree entirely and wholeheartedly with your premise, but not necessarily with your supporting statements. :D For me, I feel like it is going to be easier for 4E DMs with moderate experience to teach newcomers how to play 4E with Essentials classes, than without. And I say this as someone who...

I know. Like I already pointed out, it is a faintly ridiculous assertion on my part. Still, from my experience I've seen players spend entire months rolling with good consistency and I've seen players entire months astonishingly bad. As for the ones who roll consistently high? Their dice...