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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dark Psion" data-source="post: 2621125" data-attributes="member: 959">I am have trouble "seeing" the new classes in the Magc Of Incarnum, the Incarnate, the Soulborn and the Totemist. With previous books, something would immediately come to mind as I read the description of a new class. With the original Psionic handbook came the Psychic Warrior and Xena was the Iconic version of that for me. With the Expanded Psionic Handbook came the Wilder and Robin from Witch Hunter Robin came to mind. She only does fire, but she does it quite well.But with these new classes, very little is comming to me to visualize them. Now the Soulborn does remind me of Kazuma from <a href="http://www.scryedanime.com/home.html" target="_blank">sCryed</a>. But the Incarnate??Maybe it is the Alignment aspects that are throwing me. I understand why Paladins are LG and why Druids are Neutral, but why are Incarnates so extreme in their alignment? Yes, soulmelds are divided by alignment, but they could just as easily be divided by Elements, signs of the Zodiac or something else.The Totemist is a little easier to see, but the "Illiteracy" is a strange class feature to include. How many character designs are wiped out by that one word?  And the feats in the book are very uninspired, spend a point to gain a point of ___________.And yes, yes I could just ignore those aspects, but I am trying to understand the thinking behind these classes. Why did alignment become so infused with them during the design stage? At what point did they decide that a Totemist shouldn't be able to read? And were they running out of Essetia when they got to the feat section?Another aspect that bothers me a little is the fact that they just "know" all their Soulmelds. Part of the fun of creating Wizards and Psions is in creating new spells and powers. When Magic of Eberron comes out, do all Artificers get an internet update for any new Infusions in the book?So, if you have already created Incarnum characters, who do you see them as? What was your inspiration? Or are you as confused as I am?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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