Do you guys like Incarnum?

[krupintupple]

honestly, even with the fix me and my friends tried below, the soulborn is still easily overshadowed by the raw awesomeness that is the totemist.

however, if you're still interested, let me know what you think:

smallredtable: the soulborn

 

[Ahnehnois]

Conceptually, the rules are kind of interesting. The flavor, however, is a nonsensical mishmash. I've never really run any incarnum characters, mainly because it was too difficult to figure out what I would use them for and how to design one well.

 

[Dragonwriter]

In my opinion, Incarnum is a very fun, diverse system. You can use it to spice up/boost any build or focus on it completely with the classes presented in the book (except, as others have said, the Soulborn; it is garbage).

Incarnate changes style depending on your alignment. Good tends to focus on defense, Evil on inflicting pain/damage, Law on accuracy and Chaos is hyper-active. Really, it's best to look through the various soulmelds you can access and see what looks like it would fit together well. You have the ability to shape several at a time and keep them active, so use the complimentary soulmelds as much as you can.

Totemist is somewhat more straightforward. Despite the smaller soulmeld list, your melds get a lot of variety and significantly more offensive power. Playing a Totemist is like playing a changeable monster. In my opinion, Totemist plays a lot on cool-factor and is very much "how will I murder my foes today? Four arms with claws? Spikes flung from a tail? Mandibles dripping with acid?" and the list goes on and on.

I suggest working out what you want to focus on, then seeing how Incarnum can help you on that path.