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<blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 3954046" data-attributes="member: 48965">Okay, read over it and will say this...Group Awareness...Don't know about this one.&nbsp; As others have said it will be a pain to keep track of if this type of bonus if they are widespread, and/or stack.&nbsp; I also think another aspect that may be problematic is that combats are suppose to be with larger numbers of opponents in bigger areas and encourage more movement.&nbsp; If this is the case it could easily become a situation where different PC's are steadily moving in and out of the areas of each other's aura like abilities...and that just seems way too problematic to keep track of in a combat that's suppose to be flowing and fast.&nbsp; It also is kind of a headache because it depends on another character to be aware and coignant of what each PC is doing, and if he/she is occupied with something else in combat the player may not even remeber to inform the other PC's of this ability.&nbsp; I can see alot of...&quot;Oh wait my Group Awareness should have gave him a +1 to perception, so he shouldn't have been surprised.&quot; type exclamations.&nbsp; It puts a DM in a bad position because it wasn't the player who missed the rolls fault, it was another PC with the ability who should have announced it before the rolls were made.I usual only comment on the things I don't like about 4e (doesn't mean I don't like 4e but I see no reason to discuss something if I've already made up my mind I like it.). But I just want to say &quot;THANK YOU WotC.&quot;.&nbsp; Finally elves have the same range of skin tones as human beings.&nbsp; I always loved this about Earthdawn (where you could actually have an elf that had the skin tones of a black/native american/asian/etc.).&nbsp; I know it may seem insignificant or trivial to some but I, being a black gamer, am truly happy that the only dark-skinned elves are no longer regulated to the Drow.&nbsp; Way to go WotC.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imaro, post: 3954046, member: 48965"] Okay, read over it and will say this... Group Awareness... Don't know about this one. As others have said it will be a pain to keep track of if this type of bonus if they are widespread, and/or stack. I also think another aspect that may be problematic is that combats are suppose to be with larger numbers of opponents in bigger areas and encourage more movement. If this is the case it could easily become a situation where different PC's are steadily moving in and out of the areas of each other's aura like abilities...and that just seems way too problematic to keep track of in a combat that's suppose to be flowing and fast. It also is kind of a headache because it depends on another character to be aware and coignant of what each PC is doing, and if he/she is occupied with something else in combat the player may not even remeber to inform the other PC's of this ability. I can see alot of..."Oh wait my Group Awareness should have gave him a +1 to perception, so he shouldn't have been surprised." type exclamations. It puts a DM in a bad position because it wasn't the player who missed the rolls fault, it was another PC with the ability who should have announced it before the rolls were made. I usual only comment on the things I don't like about 4e (doesn't mean I don't like 4e but I see no reason to discuss something if I've already made up my mind I like it.). But I just want to say "THANK YOU WotC.". Finally elves have the same range of skin tones as human beings. I always loved this about Earthdawn (where you could actually have an elf that had the skin tones of a black/native american/asian/etc.). I know it may seem insignificant or trivial to some but I, being a black gamer, am truly happy that the only dark-skinned elves are no longer regulated to the Drow. Way to go WotC. [/QUOTE]

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