Excerpt: Paragon paths (merged)

[Dragonblade]

I noticed that one of the powers listed is a stance. I wonder if stances will work the same way as they did in Bo9S.

 

[Storm-Bringer]

Only if I can have my dragonborn warlock's eldritch blast come from his mouth, and call it "Imma Firin Mah Lazar!"

For everyone's viewing pleasure.

 

[Storm-Bringer]

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.

I was more referring to the assertion that 'kensai' is English. It is, as I am sure you are aware, more properly a loanword. I am not arguing for or against the porousness of English, merely that 'kensai' is hardly English.

 

[Spenser]

Ewww, he's throwing up blue.

 

[Voss]

I just hope they finally get rid of the name "druid". After all, "druid" specifically refers to the ancient Celtic priest/magistrate/scholars of that name, not some shapeshifting nature-magician. It's a specific term referring to a specific culture.

[sblock]What?[/sblock]

Your sarcasm aside, I wish they would do this.

 

[Lizard]

Did the name of a prestige class matter in your campaign world? Did people actually refer to themselves as reaping maulers, highland stalkers, etc. al?

Uhm....yes? Unless the DM explicitly said otherwise, it's been assumed PrCs are in-world terms. That's what they began as, after all - a way of modeling guilds, organizations, cults, etc.

Are people going to be referring to each other as Iron Vanguards and Spellstorm Mages in your 4E world?

Probably.

 

[Kishin]

Uhm....yes? Unless the DM explicitly said otherwise, it's been assumed PrCs are in-world terms. That's what they began as, after all - a way of modeling guilds, organizations, cults, etc.

They began as that. They most definitely evolved beyond that, even by the admission of the design staff, since PrCs were also originally intended to be 'special circumstances only' and most building was to be accomplished through multiclassing and feats (Which didn't happen of course). There are no organizations behind Frostrage Barbarians, Highlander Stalkers, among others. Its not 100% assumed with every PrC.

I, for one, prefer to use PrCs (And will use Paragon Paths/Epic Destinies) to model what a character is capable of, not to delineate what organizations he belongs to. It leaves their backgrounds a lot more open that way, and thereby I can choose whether I want to tie it to an organization or not.

Probably.

Well, you're a simulationist. I am not. We won't agree on this, so I won't derail the thread with an argument.

 

[Remathilis]

Gasp.
Heretic!
You will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.
I taught English for a few years, and I'm only five years older than you. Egads man! Of course, the best form of your example sentence is: "If a student doesn't have anything to do during a seminar, he will...". "She" is perfectly acceptable here, too. Either one is OK. "One" is inelegant, but "their" is heretical!

I'm actually quite fond of hu myself.

- Remathilis (B.S. English, Secondary Education. Resume on request).

 

[The_Fan]

For everyone's viewing pleasure.

Shoop da whoop!

 

[Storm-Bringer]

Ewww, he's throwing up blue.

Yeah, it was tricky getting a lightning effect with MS Paint. I figured the rough crayon look would go well with the LOLdragonz.