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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hellcow" data-source="post: 3636277" data-attributes="member: 15800">Not entirely true. The warforged entry in FoW states (page 101) "Even the rawest warforged deployed in battle is a trained fighter rather than a mere warrior, which helped to justify the expense of a construct soldier." This is born out in the following stat blocks. Meanwhile, the earlier sections on the armies of the Five Nations do present most common soldiers as having levels in warrior or even commoner. So FoW specifically calls out that all warforged - even the "rawest" - use PC class levels, which in Eberron is a remarkable thing. Meanwhile, the warforged dragonshards - which have to be approved by WotC design and are technically canon - says:Personally, I don't see FoW as posing a serious conflict with the dragonshards. Both state that the warforged use PC classes, reflecting a remarkable level of skill. FoW states that "even the rawest" warforged - to my mind, one forced into service without taking full advantage of that "chrysalis" period - is a first level fighter. But if the trainers take the time to USE that chrysalis period, when the warforged is capable of learning at a rapid rate, the result is a character with two levels in a PC class (if a PC class is desired). So in my opinion, warforged always use the elite array and have maximum hit points at first level, helping to increase their value. *I* personally maintain that most warforged found on the field were at least second level, and this is born out in adventures and sourcebooks that I write. FoW simply says that even the rawest warforged is superior to the typical human soldier; it's up to you to decide how many "raw" soldiers were sold and how many went through the chrysalis training. As for the gun issue, I'm going to stay out of it - you can find my opinions on older threads. With that said, improving crossbows is a fine thing to explore!</blockquote>

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