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<blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 1835253" data-attributes="member: 3586"><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/news/20041102news" target="_blank">http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/news/20041102news</a></p><p></p><p>I've been looking forward to <em>Complete Arcane</em> for a while now. There have been some things I've hoped it had in it. It seems that it does have them! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p><em><strong>10: Warmage...</strong> Furthermore, he deals extra damage with his damage-producing spells and can increase their power on the fly via the new Sudden feats, which he gains as bonus feats.</em></p><p></p><p>The Warmage is from the MHb, as are the Sudden metamagic feats. I haven't been looking forward to the Warmage (good though it is), but the Sudden Feats are one of the innovations in the MHb that I really like - and I'm glad they're moving into more of the mainstream.</p><p></p><p><em><strong>9. NPC Prestige Classes:</strong> ...and the mindbender can effectively create permanent thralls through her charm and dominate spells.</em></p><p></p><p>One of the PCs in my campaign is a Mindbender, and I've always disliked the write-up in Tome & Blood - I look forward very much to the 3.5e revision.</p><p></p><p><em><strong>5. Tournaments Arcane:</strong> Need an interesting event for your campaign world? How about a tournament for arcanists? Complete Arcane offers four versions of such tournaments -- the Spire Perilous, the Grand Illusion, the Wizard's Menagerie, and the Dweomerlist.</em></p><p></p><p>Tournaments are just fun!</p><p></p><p><em><strong>3. Feats for Arcanists' Enemies:</strong> ...The Mage Slayer feat prevents spellcasters threatened by the user from casting defensively...</em></p><p></p><p>Another MHb import into the Complete series, Mage Slayer is one of the more controversial feats, as it is probably better than an Epic feat. Seeing as how I think many Epic feats aren't particularly epic, this doesn't bother me - I like Mage Slayer, and I'm happy to see it here.</p><p></p><p>Of course, it somewhat detracts from the utility of the MHb... but no matter. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Cheers!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MerricB, post: 1835253, member: 3586"] [url]http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/news/20041102news[/url] I've been looking forward to [i]Complete Arcane[/i] for a while now. There have been some things I've hoped it had in it. It seems that it does have them! :) [i][b]10: Warmage...[/b] Furthermore, he deals extra damage with his damage-producing spells and can increase their power on the fly via the new Sudden feats, which he gains as bonus feats.[/i] The Warmage is from the MHb, as are the Sudden metamagic feats. I haven't been looking forward to the Warmage (good though it is), but the Sudden Feats are one of the innovations in the MHb that I really like - and I'm glad they're moving into more of the mainstream. [i][b]9. NPC Prestige Classes:[/b] ...and the mindbender can effectively create permanent thralls through her charm and dominate spells.[/i] One of the PCs in my campaign is a Mindbender, and I've always disliked the write-up in Tome & Blood - I look forward very much to the 3.5e revision. [i][b]5. Tournaments Arcane:[/b] Need an interesting event for your campaign world? How about a tournament for arcanists? Complete Arcane offers four versions of such tournaments -- the Spire Perilous, the Grand Illusion, the Wizard's Menagerie, and the Dweomerlist.[/i] Tournaments are just fun! [i][b]3. Feats for Arcanists' Enemies:[/b] ...The Mage Slayer feat prevents spellcasters threatened by the user from casting defensively...[/i] Another MHb import into the Complete series, Mage Slayer is one of the more controversial feats, as it is probably better than an Epic feat. Seeing as how I think many Epic feats aren't particularly epic, this doesn't bother me - I like Mage Slayer, and I'm happy to see it here. Of course, it somewhat detracts from the utility of the MHb... but no matter. :) Cheers! [/QUOTE]
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