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<blockquote data-quote="Jhaelen" data-source="post: 5534165" data-attributes="member: 46713">That's why I wrote it would be an underwhelming solution.The thing is, I absolutely _hate_ not getting the full benefit out of something. Just like I would never take two feats that both granted a +1 feat bonus to attack, I would never play a Shade and take a class that automatically gets Stealth training. Unfortunately, the two classes that do would otherwise be the perfect fit for the race. That's why I consider it to be such a bad design decision.I may not be an optimizer in the CO sense but such things do bother me.Anyway, I've now read the complete race chapter and I've been wondering why there are no new backgrounds in the book? To be honest I would have preferred that to the two flavour pieces given for each of the HotFL races.Are backgrounds out of fashion in these post-Essentials days?That would be a pity since I've found them to be the best inspiration for creating a unique and interesting character. It's one of the many disadvantages of the new Online Character Builder vs. the old one: In the old one you could choose as many of them as you liked. I generally picked three as the seeds for my character's story. It's almost like a random background generator: Pick any three and try to make sense of it and create a believable story. It's really fun!Does anyone know if the Gloomwrought box will contain any player material? Or will it be purely for the DM?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jhaelen, post: 5534165, member: 46713"] That's why I wrote it would be an underwhelming solution. The thing is, I absolutely _hate_ not getting the full benefit out of something. Just like I would never take two feats that both granted a +1 feat bonus to attack, I would never play a Shade and take a class that automatically gets Stealth training. Unfortunately, the two classes that do would otherwise be the perfect fit for the race. That's why I consider it to be such a bad design decision. I may not be an optimizer in the CO sense but such things do bother me. Anyway, I've now read the complete race chapter and I've been wondering why there are no new backgrounds in the book? To be honest I would have preferred that to the two flavour pieces given for each of the HotFL races. Are backgrounds out of fashion in these post-Essentials days? That would be a pity since I've found them to be the best inspiration for creating a unique and interesting character. It's one of the many disadvantages of the new Online Character Builder vs. the old one: In the old one you could choose as many of them as you liked. I generally picked three as the seeds for my character's story. It's almost like a random background generator: Pick any three and try to make sense of it and create a believable story. It's really fun! Does anyone know if the Gloomwrought box will contain any player material? Or will it be purely for the DM? [/QUOTE]

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