Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 3443594" data-attributes="member: 704">The Complete Superfluous nicheThe Complete Rehash 2Is there any real need for the Complete Champion?&nbsp; Between Complete Warrior and Complete Divine, you should have it covered.&nbsp; Throw in Book of Exhalted Deeds, and it is even more covered.&nbsp; There is a real benefit if you chose not to buy at least one of those two books, but after a while, the redundancy ceases to be helpful.What I would like to see:Random Encounter Codex:&nbsp; A set of fully statted out encounters that are CR accurate, fully stat blocked out, and have combat maps where needed.&nbsp; They should also capable of being dropped into any adventure.&nbsp; They should not all be combat encounters either.&nbsp; There should be some encounters that simply require skill checks (ie, Climb, Swim, Balance, Search, Spot, Listen, Spellcraft, Bluff, Intimidate, Diplomacy, and Knowledge).&nbsp; And lastly, each encounter should have advice about how to customize the encounter, and other useful suggestions (ie:&nbsp; This encounter would be a good place to provide a new magical item, this NPC can be swapped out for an NPC you want to use later, if you need the players to have met that NPC previously).Why a Random Encounter Codex is a Good Idea:- Just because the title says random encounters does not mean you need to use them randomly- You could customize them more easily then entire adventures if you tend to customize or home brew everything.- WoTC can use them to get more use out of other books (ie, content from splatbooks)- It is easier to drop in a one shot encounter then to work in entirely new monsters that do not fit your compaign.END COMMUNICATION</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Zardoz, post: 3443594, member: 704"] The Complete Superfluous niche The Complete Rehash 2 Is there any real need for the Complete Champion? Between Complete Warrior and Complete Divine, you should have it covered. Throw in Book of Exhalted Deeds, and it is even more covered. There is a real benefit if you chose not to buy at least one of those two books, but after a while, the redundancy ceases to be helpful. What I would like to see: Random Encounter Codex: A set of fully statted out encounters that are CR accurate, fully stat blocked out, and have combat maps where needed. They should also capable of being dropped into any adventure. They should not all be combat encounters either. There should be some encounters that simply require skill checks (ie, Climb, Swim, Balance, Search, Spot, Listen, Spellcraft, Bluff, Intimidate, Diplomacy, and Knowledge). And lastly, each encounter should have advice about how to customize the encounter, and other useful suggestions (ie: This encounter would be a good place to provide a new magical item, this NPC can be swapped out for an NPC you want to use later, if you need the players to have met that NPC previously). Why a Random Encounter Codex is a Good Idea: - Just because the title says random encounters does not mean you need to use them randomly - You could customize them more easily then entire adventures if you tend to customize or home brew everything. - WoTC can use them to get more use out of other books (ie, content from splatbooks) - It is easier to drop in a one shot encounter then to work in entirely new monsters that do not fit your compaign. END COMMUNICATION [/QUOTE]

Verification