Excerpt: Paragon paths (merged)

[GoodKingJayIII]

1) There are over 30 paragon paths in the PH.

2) My paladin took a multiclass cleric feat so she could qualify for a cleric paragon path.

I was generally ok with being forced into a particular PP based on my "1st" class. This is better, though.

Dunno if people glossed over this one, or they aren't tuning in, or they consider the matter resolved, but I figured I'd quote this just so people could take a look.

 

[Wormwood]

Only if the best approach to dealing with concerns is to dismiss them entirely if you don't share them.

Then may I suggest that your problem could be solved with a simple Sharpie.

 

[Cadfan]

TPK- Don't worry. A priest who wears heavy armor and smacks people with a mace is quite possible from level 1 onwards. Your warpriest character won't have already taken these specific abilities because they aren't available, but we already know about other warpriest like abilities available to a low level character and built directly into the cleric class.

As for your gish, no one knows anything yet about gishes. The Battle Mage PP doesn't seem designed for gishes. It seems designed for non gishes who want to get a little closer to the front line.

 

[RigaMortus2]

Sly Hunter
Wis 15 +3
damage with bow against isolated target

Isolated? New game term? What could that mean/reference? My guess... A target that doesn't have anyone adjacent to it?

 

[Wormwood]

Isolated? . . . A target that doesn't have anyone adjacent to it?

Sounds logical to me.

And that would open up some interesting design options as well.

 

[Dausuul]

Not really, no. It is, in fact, right.

Dictionaries do not define language. They *describe* it. A word means what most people use it to mean, no more, no less. Language is fluid, and English? English is a superheated gas.

Me has BA in englush. Me noes this stuph.

None of which demonstrates that "kensai" is in common usage in English--as far as I know, it isn't. The Hubble telescope describes distant galaxies, it doesn't define them... but if the Hubble telescope says a particular galaxy is redshifted, I'm inclined to believe it. And if a variety of dictionaries say a word isn't an English word (meaning, it isn't in common usage), I'm inclined to believe them, too.

In this case, it's one word. That's a lot better than pages and pages of houserules.

Yeah, and any one houserule is pretty simple to implement, too. The question is how many of these "translations" and re-flavorings will be necessary.

 

[Voss]

Then may I suggest that your problem could be solved with a simple Sharpie.

If you'll front the gas money, I'll buy the sharpie and drive to WotC's printer.

 

[ThirdWizard]

None of which demonstrates that "kensai" is in common usage in English--as far as I know, it isn't.

I think it is less important whether it is English than whether it is in the common lexicon of gamers.

 

[Daemonicious]

Has no one else noticed this little tidbit under Battle Mage found within the flavor text:

You have even learned of a technique for using arcane energy to temporarily stave off death—and you can’t wait to try it out in battle!

Maybe an arcane utility that grants you another healing surge? Rock on...

 

[Lacyon]

I think it is less important whether it is English than whether it is in the common lexicon of gamers.

Indeed. Jargon is still English.