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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mach2.5" data-source="post: 1474548" data-attributes="member: 12834">Yeah, this baffles me a bit. Granted, in my home game Atzetuk threw off the domination of the Masters of the Mind and the Templarate to become a rightful ruler rather than a puppet king, but I never wanted the kid to be a dragon-king, too cliche' and easily anticipatable. But it does then lead to questions in the Dragon/Dungeon articles of what became of the Dark Lens. If Atzetuk got a hold of it at one point in time (in order to advance as a spell granting dragon-king), does he still have it? It would certainly make the newbie one of the most feared and potent SKs in the Tablelands. Not that I have a problem with that; I've a soft spot for the guy and have been staging more and more adventures in and around Draj lately. My main arguements have been with the paladin as stated in core (chivalrous goody-goodies; which are a favorite of mine if GH so its not simply anti-paladin sentiment, pun intended). I don't have as big an issue with it being modified, though many of the modifications make it far less of a paladin and more some other class' sphere of influence. I think we do at least see a little similar, but keep getting hung on semantics (at least, I know that's some of my stubborn issue). Sorry, but I still haven't managed to nab this book up yet. Its on the 'to-buy list' though.Once again though, it depends on the background and flavor in question as to what abilities are appropriate. I would rather write the backstory of the class, then see what abilities are appropriate, rather than the reverse of looking at the abilities first and then trying to come up with a back story that justifies them. Its just my personal approach that the rules and mechanics serve my story, not the other way around. Others vary though in their approach and do so quite well. For example, dedication to any cause doesn't justify mystical abilities. Making them psionic is okay, but then you simply have a psychic warrior of sorts and hence more appropriate as a PrC.(edit) Actually, something I just realised. There's no healing at all in the PsiH (haven't got the new one yet, though I doubt that would be something added in there). No powers that resemble cure spells or anything that heals damage of most any kind. One kind of take of the psionically empowered paladin concept that may not tread too much on the toes of the other core classes would be a psychic warrior whose powers deal at least somewhat with healing (some minor cure hit point powers, cure diseases, etc). Course, that's a bit of versatility going on for a single class, but its perhaps a step in the right direction. Maybe.</blockquote>

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