JoeGKushner
Adventurer
I don't know. It seems a little... off.
I definately don't like the Player's Handbook sequels every year. The first one was great. It filled a lot of roles that have been in the game a long time. The PHB III? Races are really going to be a stretch to fill. Classes, powers, feats, and other bits? Not a problem I believe but unless they start hitting some weird bits...
I'll reserve judgement of the DMGII until I see it.
Adventurer's Vault II? Man, I'm dying to see more relics and things of that nature. I'm hoping they do a take of Weapons of Legacy and Tome of Artifacts in one of these suckers.
I'm a little disappointed that it looks like they won't be going the old "Oriental Adventures", "Expanded Psionic's Handbook", etc... route, wrapping things up into the PHB series. Could be a great way to handle it if the books are actually themed but I don't think that's going to happen.
Now the Monster Manuals are solid and everything but I'm dying for WoTC to one day just go wild on monsters and do an A-Z of every monster from the system like they did magic items and spells back in 2nd edition.
The adventure path is also... not bad by far, but it's the only game out there. Where are the individual adventures that aren't linked to anything? Where are the updates of classic adventurers? I know we've got the boxed set for the Giants coming out later but man, with it's long history, there are so many classics that I'd love to see updated. I liked having numerous adventurers that I could pick and choose from. Part of this problem though is STILL the quick nature in which PC's level. Not a whole lot of need for those 'sweet' spot adventurers I suppose.
The various 'Power' books I'm rather m'eh on. As a GM, I don't care. As a player, I find it easier to flip through the book, see what other people are talking about, log onto the character builder and plug away. This is a case where I think the internet with it's 'insta' builds kinda kills the enjoyment of reading for me. My fault for checking out all those sites and nothing WoTC can do about that mind you.
I guess my biggest 'loss' is no campaign setting support. I know we've got some stuff in Dragon and some campaign bits in Dungeon but I miss the old 192 page books from early 3e and have actually (gasp!) started reading the fiction line for my fix.
How about everyone else? Just right? Fantastic? Nothing you want to see?
I definately don't like the Player's Handbook sequels every year. The first one was great. It filled a lot of roles that have been in the game a long time. The PHB III? Races are really going to be a stretch to fill. Classes, powers, feats, and other bits? Not a problem I believe but unless they start hitting some weird bits...
I'll reserve judgement of the DMGII until I see it.
Adventurer's Vault II? Man, I'm dying to see more relics and things of that nature. I'm hoping they do a take of Weapons of Legacy and Tome of Artifacts in one of these suckers.
I'm a little disappointed that it looks like they won't be going the old "Oriental Adventures", "Expanded Psionic's Handbook", etc... route, wrapping things up into the PHB series. Could be a great way to handle it if the books are actually themed but I don't think that's going to happen.
Now the Monster Manuals are solid and everything but I'm dying for WoTC to one day just go wild on monsters and do an A-Z of every monster from the system like they did magic items and spells back in 2nd edition.
The adventure path is also... not bad by far, but it's the only game out there. Where are the individual adventures that aren't linked to anything? Where are the updates of classic adventurers? I know we've got the boxed set for the Giants coming out later but man, with it's long history, there are so many classics that I'd love to see updated. I liked having numerous adventurers that I could pick and choose from. Part of this problem though is STILL the quick nature in which PC's level. Not a whole lot of need for those 'sweet' spot adventurers I suppose.
The various 'Power' books I'm rather m'eh on. As a GM, I don't care. As a player, I find it easier to flip through the book, see what other people are talking about, log onto the character builder and plug away. This is a case where I think the internet with it's 'insta' builds kinda kills the enjoyment of reading for me. My fault for checking out all those sites and nothing WoTC can do about that mind you.
I guess my biggest 'loss' is no campaign setting support. I know we've got some stuff in Dragon and some campaign bits in Dungeon but I miss the old 192 page books from early 3e and have actually (gasp!) started reading the fiction line for my fix.
How about everyone else? Just right? Fantastic? Nothing you want to see?
