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<blockquote data-quote="mkill" data-source="post: 5202386" data-attributes="member: 55985"><p>Maybe I should have made more clear that I'm talking about different things here.</p><p></p><p>- "Advanced" Rules that are in the PHB or other books, but won't be in the Essentials Series (the Invigorating keyword, retraining rules etc.)</p><p></p><p>- Errata to the PHB rules, motivated by the Essentials series development (I include Infernal Wrath here, the charge change, and conditions)</p><p></p><p>- How the race and class writeups will look like. For example, if they only include Wis-based powers for the Cleric and no Str-based ones, the class is no longer V-shaped if you only play with the Essentials series. Even though this will not affect existing Clerics, it would be a major change from the PHB.</p><p></p><p>..................</p><p></p><p>I'm also wondering about feats. I hope that the feats in the Essentials series will be more widely useful. 4th edition lists 2378 feats in the compendium. There are too many which only support niche builds. For example, why do we need over a dozen epic feats to roll critical hits on 19 and 20? Why can't this be one feat for everyone?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mkill, post: 5202386, member: 55985"] Maybe I should have made more clear that I'm talking about different things here. - "Advanced" Rules that are in the PHB or other books, but won't be in the Essentials Series (the Invigorating keyword, retraining rules etc.) - Errata to the PHB rules, motivated by the Essentials series development (I include Infernal Wrath here, the charge change, and conditions) - How the race and class writeups will look like. For example, if they only include Wis-based powers for the Cleric and no Str-based ones, the class is no longer V-shaped if you only play with the Essentials series. Even though this will not affect existing Clerics, it would be a major change from the PHB. .................. I'm also wondering about feats. I hope that the feats in the Essentials series will be more widely useful. 4th edition lists 2378 feats in the compendium. There are too many which only support niche builds. For example, why do we need over a dozen epic feats to roll critical hits on 19 and 20? Why can't this be one feat for everyone? [/QUOTE]
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