How's the Tiefling Book?

[Scribble]

The newest books have me feelin like I should be smokin a Marlboro cuz I'm in flavor country...

Ok yeah that was lame, but does anyone have the new Tiefling book? Is it any good?

 

[BrokeAndDrive]

The newest books have me feelin like I should be smokin a Marlboro cuz I'm in flavor country...

Scribble -- Level 7 Elite Punner
Resist thrown fruit 10
[blahblah]
Emulate Groucho Marx (standard, encounter)
Burst 3; no roll; targets take 2d8+13 bad pun damage and a -4 penalty to resist groaning (save ends).

 

[Scribble]

Scribble -- Level 7 Elite Punner
Resist thrown fruit 10
[blahblah]
Emulate Groucho Marx (standard, encounter)
Burst 3; no roll; targets take 2d8+13 bad pun damage and a -4 penalty to resist groaning (save ends).

Oh snap- he de-leveled me by 3 levels!

 

[Black Knight Irios]

I don't have the book but what I heard at WotC CharOp it seems to buff fire powers to a new height. At least mechanically there are solid things if I go with their estimations.

 

[Rechan]

Is there anything in there for a Tiefling prescient bard? Or anything that's basically for the bard that's not specific to the Cunning or Valor guys.

 

[Scribble]

How's the flavor is more what I was asking...

Is it flavorful or flavor-lite crunch-heavy?

 

[Herschel]

It tastes like a notebook I ate last week.

I can check it out tonight but someone else will likely beat me to it.

 

[Crothian]

Flavor wise I like it. It seems to have about as much as the Dragonborn book.

 

[Shroomy]

Is there anything in there for a Tiefling prescient bard? Or anything that's basically for the bard that's not specific to the Cunning or Valor guys.

There's only one crunch element that is specifically geared towards bards and that's the heroic tier feat Stirring Song of Baator; it provides temporary hit points to an ally when you hit an enemy with a bard attack power that has the fire or fear keyword. However, there are some other things that may appeal to you. The arcane, divine, and psionic paragon paths can all use Charisma as their primary attack stat and there are several general feats such as Clever Tail (allows you to draw or stow an item as a minor action with your tail, as well as perform Thievery checks with it), Glasya's Charming Words (a paragon feat that gives a +1 feat bonus to attack rolls with the Charm Keyword and when you score a critical hit with a charm power, the target is also dominated) and Secrets of Belial (another paragon feat that allows you to swap a bard utility power for another class's utility power) that fit with the general "bard" concept. Also, depending on how you multi-class, the other feats may also appeal to your character.

There also a couple of magic items such as the amulet of seduction and the mask of the impish grin that provide item bonuses to such skills as Diplomacy and Bluff, as well having some interesting daily powers and properties involving charm and illusions. The epic destiny, Heir to the Empire, provides a bonus to your Charisma and Intelligence scores, provides a bonus to several skills, and has some abilities that may appeal to bards.

 

[Kingreaper]

Glasya's Charming Words (a paragon feat that gives a +1 feat bonus to attack rolls with the Charm Keyword and when you score a critical hit with a charm power, the target is also dominated)

Unfortunately, doesn't stack with Expertise at present, so it's probably a question of houserule-age until they errata it.

Personally, I would have liked a bit of reprinting of feats. Sure, it's not NEEDED, but it'd be nice to be able to go "hmm, tiefling, well, let's pull out the book on them" rather than having to use ddi.

As is though, it's a reasonable book.