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[hong]

Your enemy's mind. In an explosion of fuscia monkeys.

So, where's the problem in that case?

It's not like anyone who knows what a D&D rakshasas is kind of typically like is at some sort of advantage in any way.

The fewer barriers to acceptance of the product, the better. And that means getting rid of idiosyncrasies that only make sense to people with 25 years of experience of D&Disms.

Why would I want to let go something that makes the game good, since a "level playing field" is pretty pointless?

A level playing field is plenty pointful. But you can't get there without killing a few anachronisms.

 

[DandD]

So that's the picture about the angels in 4th edition, whom we all know (or should know) that they're not going to be exclusively good anymore (so prepare for evil angels serving Bane, or Zehir, or your own evil goddess of darkness and destruction and pancakes).
It seems this one's called an Angel of Protection. So, what do you think of it, stylistically?

 

[Fallen Seraph]

I like it, it looks angelic but not cliche angelic. It also doesn't look to good or to evil. One thing I really like is the hint of a knight's helmet in the face.

Though do want to see some multi-wing angels.

 

[AllisterH]

I like it.

Definitely humanoid and you can't tell if it is good or evil and it gives off the impression that it will kick your butt across the field if you piss it off.

How many angel pics will they have in the MM?

Angel of Valour/Protection/Vengeance/Valor Legionnaires?

 

[Shroomy]

We should all bow down to our new, faceless overlords....

 

[Rechan]

If that's a guardian angel, I definitely want it over my shoulder!

 

[Shroomy]

Lets put it this way about the angels: between the pic, the fluff, and the stats, I'm itching to use them in my adventures. I guess WoTC would count that as a success.

4e angels, being vaguely traditionally angelic but with the alien twist of no real face is a great, great idea.

 

[Ravingdork]

Ooh...pretty...

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I'm not sure that I like the faceless servents aspect of the new Angels, though it does make them much more alien and unnerving. Their swirly misty tails make me think of them more as genie-kind then angels too (just take away the wings).

The whole mercenary background wreaks of wrongness to me. I love that they are servents of all gods, but now the gods have to make it worth their while somehow? :nonono:

 

[DandD]

Hmm, I wonder about the Ultroloths. Perhaps they'll be some kind of evil demon angel or so. Perhaps an unholy crossbreed between an angel, and a demon, that creates the more mercenary like yugoloth-demons... What do you think about this theory?

 

[Rechan]

"I'm an angel. I kill firstborns while their mamas watch. I turn cities into salt. I even, when I feel like it, rip the souls from little girls, and from now till kingdom come, the only thing you can count on in your existence is never understanding why." -Gabriel (The Prophecy)