Editorial Calendar for April

[Nymrohd]

April Editorial Calendar is up!
Editorial Calendar

Two Playtests (One is probably the Monk later in the month, one seems to be the return of Dual-Classing?)
Familiars, Ecology of Deva, Creature Incarnation: Orcs, Excerpts from AP, MM2, and a few of new articles (Arcane School, Character Concepts, Court of Stars).

I was expecting the monk, find Dual-classing weird (especially since the 4E multiclass is essentially a dual-class, unless the ridiculous 2E rules return . . .) and even though I like playtests I still find Dragon a bit too thin compared to the early issues.

 

[chaotix42]

Gotta love Creature Incarnations! I can always use some more monsters. Ditto to Ecology articles.

Lots of PHB3 playtests! I wonder what the second one is - we're not getting the Monk until May, right? Hmmmm.

Another thing that makes me go hmmmm - Arcane School? A Dragon & Dungeon article both? Wonder what it could be...

Also, MM2 excerpts make me glee. Can't wait!

 

[samursus]

I saw it too...and went....wtf!?!?!?!??!?

Dual Classing? Where did that come from? Its not like I have seen people clamoring for the return of that old beast.

I can't even remember how it worked.

 

[Nymrohd]

If you are a human, you have the strange and mystical ability to pick up a second class and completely forget your old class (even if you had like 20 levels in it). When your new class level surpasses the old one, you magically got all that experience back!

Obviously I would be shocked if they try to do anything like that in 4E, it is probably a better way to create class hybrids (and hopefully takes the place of paragon multiclassing). Seems like an artificial fix to paragon multiclassing to me.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

What be interesting if it was a Level 1 option. So if you Dual Class, it can represent someone who from the beginning has split his efforts between two classes. Could be something for those who have a long backstory, where they were a Rogue, but studied to be a Wizard, etc, etc.

It is nice that we are getting our first Court of Stars.Hmm... Perhaps Arcane School is like the Gladiator article, except one is now in Dungeon (more of a actual adventure rather then campaign guidelines?)

 

[Kez Darksun]

If the Monk playtest is still scheduled for May, then I really hope the April PH3 playtest is a Psionic class.

 

[Charwoman Gene]

What be interesting if it was a Level 1 option. So if you Dual Class, it can represent someone who from the beginning has split his efforts between two classes.

That sounds exactly right.

 

[Nymrohd]

I think, but I cannot remember exactly where I read it, that they had said way back before release that they wanted two multiclassing systems, one for dipping into another class and one for full on hybrids. That would make the character systems sans paragon multiclassing the dipping one (and it does work reasonably well for that purpose) and whatever dual-classing is, the second system.

 

[avin]

"Ecology of the Deva"... I can't understand why focus on races presented in PHBs.

Unless the article aims for racial variations (different origin, shape, color) it's almost useless *to me*.

 

[Jack99]

"Ecology of the Deva"... I can't understand why focus on races presented in PHBs.

Unless the article aims for racial variations (different origin, shape, color) it's almost useless *to me*.

I think a lot of people want more information about this "new" race.