Complete Mage - Is it out yet?

[Solarious]

English has vastly more words in it than any other language.

[Off Topic]Mind you, this is mostly because English mugs other languages in the middle of the night, drags them off into inky alleyways, and then rifles through their pockets for new vocabulary.[/Off Topic]

Back on topic, I've posted my comments on the WoTC boards on the Master Specialist's Estorica abilities, but I'll reiterate my final comments: I'm going to rip into the guts of that book, throw away everything I don't like, and then make a Flesh Golem out of it. Grinning like a Cthulhu Cultist on the verge of raising R'lyeh all the way.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Yeah, Master Specialist does indeed look to be a big French kiss to specialists. I especially like the very low entry requirements.

 

[Solarious]

I didn't need that mental image.

 

[glass]

"Flouted" street dates.

To flaunt them would be to go "na na, look at the street date, yoooou caaaan't haaaave iiiit!"

They could be flaunting their flouting, though!


glass.

 

[mhacdebhandia]

[Off Topic]Mind you, this is mostly because English mugs other languages in the middle of the night, drags them off into inky alleyways, and then rifles through their pockets for new vocabulary.[/Off Topic]

To more accurately quote the original James D. Nicoll:

The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.​

He certainly has a way with words. More on his Wikiquote page.

 

[Aus_Snow]

It's now (just now) the official release date, here.

Yay! As I said, I'm intrigued by this one, and I quite like a fair amount of what I've seen so far. It's off to the FLGS ASAP, for to check it out.

 

[Plane Sailing]

I look forward to seeing this arrive in the UK...

 

[Felon]

Yahoo! Complete Mage and Expedition to Castle Ravenloft were waiting for me when I got home today. Not bad for an order I placed Saturday. Good job this time, Amazon.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

I just got mine at Games Plus - and hte one immediate positive thing I noted is that the prestige class info isn't repeated in the example NPC - there's just a full stat block of the NPC. Less wasted space, yay!

 

[Felix]

Mine's on hold at my FLGS.

Teach me to go for a run without my wallet and a sweat-proof bag!