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Ya'll say "failed UA."
I say "cool house-rule."
I say "cool house-rule."
Two things. First, not all campaigns are about heroes of light and justice. Some are about a party of downright bad folk. Second, witches can curse or aid, a PC witch aiding a farmer's ailing crops over a matter of weeks is also possible.There's also the issue that long winded curses and hexes like that feel a little too evil for a PC option to me.
And even if you use it on a VILLAIN, waiting around a couple weeks for the bad guy to keel over from an evil eye feels really inefficient compared to a good ol’ stabbin’
Sure, but if the villain is Lord Southrock, and you jump him when he's passing through the town square and shank him to death, there will be more massive repercussions than if he passes away from a wasting disease in bed in a few weeks. In any case, I'm not sure how the evil eye is more inherently "evil" than the eldritch blast (at least, aside from the name!)There's also the issue that long winded curses and hexes like that feel a little too evil for a PC option to me.
And even if you use it on a VILLAIN, waiting around a couple weeks for the bad guy to keel over from an evil eye feels really inefficient compared to a good ol’ stabbin’
Maybe it's like 1e where Gygax felt converting someone to good by the sword and then murdering them before they could backslide was LG, but poisoning someone was evil and most classes couldn't use it.Sure, but if the villain is Lord Southrock, and you jump him when he's passing through the town square and shank him to death, there will be more massive repercussions than if he passes away from a wasting disease in bed in a few weeks. In any case, I'm not sure how the evil eye is more inherently "evil" than the eldritch blast (at least, aside from the name!)
I sometimes get the feeling that a lot of unrealized UAs are nice things we can't have 'because D&D fans'.Ya'll say "failed UA."
I say "cool house-rule."
That's certainly true of the Psion (codename "Mystic") Unearthed Arcana from a while back. It was a cool idea, but...we can't have nice things.I sometimes get the feeling that a lot of unrealized UAs are nice things we can't have 'because D&D fans'.
Yeah, Gary's AD&D alignment system was... interesting. I did like when other games took alignments and cranked them up to 11, like Palladium.Maybe it's like 1e where Gygax felt converting someone to good by the sword and then murdering them before they could backslide was LG, but poisoning someone was evil and most classes couldn't use it.![]()
Plant Growth's 8 hours version can already help with the yield of crops over the next year so that's not out of the realm of possibility.Two things. First, not all campaigns are about heroes of light and justice. Some are about a party of downright bad folk. Second, witches can curse or aid, a PC witch aiding a farmer's ailing crops over a matter of weeks is also possible.
I just feel like, if Lord Southrock is being abusive to his serfs and people are dying from hunger or whatever... might as well get rid of him NOW rather than laterSure, but if the villain is Lord Southrock, and you jump him when he's passing through the town square and shank him to death, there will be more massive repercussions than if he passes away from a wasting disease in bed in a few weeks. In any case, I'm not sure how the evil eye is more inherently "evil" than the eldritch blast (at least, aside from the name!)
Arcana Cleric isn't bad. I'll grant that the other ones that haven't been reprinted are...usually pretty bad.Eh, if they were in the Sword Coast Adventurer Guide and were never reprinted, I count them as a failed UA![]()
Well, usually somebody like him is an ass to some people, but good to other people. And there are always, always people who are superhumanly devoted to supporting people who go against their best interests. Doesn't mean some out-of-town yahoos can just go and off him without consequences.I just feel like, if Lord Southrock is being abusive to his serfs and people are dying from hunger or whatever... might as well get rid of him NOW rather than later![]()
Well, sure, they're the best kind of adventures, the "find out" portion ofPlus, consequences are just the seeds of more adventures![]()
I'll have to look at that. I didn't know Palladium had an alignment system.
I LIKED the psi-dice! It was an interesting mechanic! Imagine an entire class based on it, where every special power you use risks burning you out for a while!I sometimes get the feeling that a lot of unrealized UAs are nice things we can't have 'because D&D fans'.
Nope. Didn't like it, especially for a psion.I LIKED the psi-dice! It was an interesting mechanic! Imagine an entire class based on it, where every special power you use risks burning you out for a while!
Imagine new classes period.I LIKED the psi-dice! It was an interesting mechanic! Imagine an entire class based on it, where every special power you use risks burning you out for a while!
I loved the psi-dice and thought it was a great mechanic. And with the refresh the odds of you not getting several uses out of the dice were very low. The people who were like, 2 uses and done weren't looking at the math with an open mind.I LIKED the psi-dice! It was an interesting mechanic! Imagine an entire class based on it, where every special power you use risks burning you out for a while!
I LIKED the psi-dice! It was an interesting mechanic! Imagine an entire class based on it, where every special power you use risks burning you out for a while!
Nope. Didn't like it, especially for a psion.
And this would be why I said, in the "what's the big deal with psionics" thread, that the fundamental stumbling block for producing a new psionic class is not whether or not people want one. It's that WotC doesn't have the ability to collect the amounts and kinds of data necessary for their developers to produce a class that can actually unite the warring factions of psi-enjoyers.I loved the psi-dice and thought it was a great mechanic. And with the refresh the odds of you not getting several uses out of the dice were very low. The people who were like, 2 uses and done weren't looking at the math with an open mind.
Sure they do. They just need to put all of them out there and have people rank them. I like psionic points to fuel powers, I like the psionic dice, I like the mystic, and I'm sure there are some others I would like. The problem is that they just put out one and have people give it a thumbs up or thumbs down and if it's not someone's absolute favorite(for me the psionic points to fuel powers), it's going to get a thumbs down.And this would be why I said, in the "what's the big deal with psionics" thread, that the fundamental stumbling block for producing a new psionic class is not whether or not people want one. It's that WotC doesn't have the ability to collect the amounts and kinds of data necessary for their developers to produce a class that can actually unite the warring factions of psi-enjoyers.
If you look at the psionic threads here, the vast majority of people who want psionics have other methods that they would be happy with, even if it isn't their favorite. They say so in every thread. There are a few die hards that are my way or the highway, but less than 30% of us here are that way. Probably less than 10%. Not that we're truly indicative of the gaming population at large.It could easily be that even 80% of fans want to see a new psionic class. But if half of them hate a particular approach enough to oppose it, then 60% of people overall are opposed to it, and it won't survive. The feelings run very strong when it comes to psionics for most people. Love or hate, and if love, what exactly one loves about it, are all strong opinions.
Even as a fan of the Hexblade, I have to agree. It could have used a little more polish.I think some of the dislike for the hexblade is how... cludgy the greater context is. Pact of the blade needed fixing, and instead we got a combat-focused patron. Ok, sure but it still makes non hexblade pact of the blade warlocks a bit weak. And it's now an incredible one-level dip - an OP one really...
So a bit like the GOO, I love the idea of the hexblade, but the execution, the context, is not so great.