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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ShadowDenizen" data-source="post: 2996167" data-attributes="member: 16485">Hey, Kirowan.Let me start by saying that Midnight is NOT for everyone.  It's very much a harsh world, and some players may have a hard time adjsuting to the grim setting. If you DO pick up Midnight, make sure you pick up the Revised Ruledbook; it smoothes out some fo the hinks of the original book, and also incoropartes the "Against the Shadow" players guide.To more specifically answer your question:So they have a fighting chance, beginning characters have been ramped-up, power wise compared to standard D+D characters.(More feats, skill-points, and flexibility in general.)There are more "hybrid" races;*Dworg (Dwarf/Orc)*Elfling (Halfling/Elf)And a few others I can't recall offhand.Most all of the "Core" classes have been tweaked, if not revised completely.  For instance, the Socrerer/Wizard has been replaced by the "Channeler", who uses a spell-point system, rahter than the Vancian method of core D+D.  (Takes some getting used to, but very rewarding and flexible.)  Loosely speaking, "Rangers" have changed into "Wildlanders", and "Monks" into "Defenders", with according rules/ stat changes.There are no Clerics; the only "Clerics" (called "Legates" in Midnight) worship Izrador, the Dark God.  To make up for this, and to give the PC's a fair chance, there's also the addtion of "Heroic Paths"; essentially, it's a :Outside Force: taht shapes your character; your Path goes up at the same rate as your level, giving you additional powers.  (But, as with most things D+D, my group has found that the Heroic Paths are NOT all equal; some (Juggernaut/Ironblooded) are much more powerful than others.)Best of all?The books are reasonably priced!  (It's about $15 for a supplement, and they put out a supplement every couple of months, so that even I can keep up!!)  <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=":)" />Hope this brief primer helps; you can also point your browser to:<a href="http://www.fantasyflightgames.com" target="_blank">www.fantasyflightgames.com</a><a href="http://www.pathsoflegend.org/" target="_blank">http://www.pathsoflegend.org/</a>  (AWESOME fan site w/ tons of useful stuff.)Let me know how it turns out!</blockquote>

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