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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 4778320" data-attributes="member: 18280">You are far, far from offending me, Hexmage.  I greatly appreciate the feedback, as well as the rational tone of the conversation!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I have said in the past, and I will probably say in the future, that there are some things that 4e does very well.  I am not "down" on all aspects of 4e, but there are aspects of 4e that I am very down on -- in terms of my personal preferences; I don't mind that others have different personal preferences.RCFG is intended specifically as a fusion of what I like from 3e with what I like from "retro clones".  There is nothing in RCFG derived from 4e mechanics, although there is a considerable amount idea-wise derived from conversations here on EN World about the snippets we were getting, what they meant, and whether or not 3e failed where the 4e ads nudge/winked that they did, prior to the release of 4e.I will, again, remind you that this is an Epic level ability,Fifteenth level is called “Epic” level.  No character can progress beyond 15th level, although characters can continue to grow without further levelling.  At the moment of his death (and sometimes, if the character is willing, before actual physical death), the character ascends to the outer planes and becomes a minor figure in the local pantheon, such as a saint, an angel, or a demigod.and is something of an exception in the ruleset.  If, however, you believe that the ability as worded is too open to interpretation, I will also remind you that you are reading a rough draft.  As with some other things that have been pointed out to me, I will endevour to make the intent clearer in the final version.I am in an extremely good position, though, to tell you that Living Shadow was intended as a character, not a player, ability.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Perhaps if the designer(s) of 4e would be so good as to make their own intentions clearer, we would be in a better position to speak intelligently about whether character abilities in 4e are actually character abilities or are, in fact player abilities (as some contend).  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />RC</blockquote>

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