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<blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 1918223" data-attributes="member: 6562">My previous post's tone seems too harsh. Sorry about that. My point: feel free to post stuff that's not &quot;perfectly&quot; formatted. Plain text is a fine media.My feedback on the class itself: as written, it's trying to be both a support character and a main tank. These roles are not always exclusive -- a Cleric can do both, depending on his spell choices. Still, it should be a choice on the shoulders of the PC.The specific abilities are stepping on the toes of several other classes -- Barbarian-like DR, Fighter-like Bonus Feats, Kensai-like focus on a single weapon type, Cleric-like &quot;shield other&quot; ability, etc.Anyway, the upshot is: IMHO the abilities don't synergize well with each other, the class doesn't have enough focus, and many of the better abilities could be the provence of small, focused Prestige Classes or Feats in their own right. (Protect, for example -- great idea for a Feat. Base the AC bonus off of your BaB, and make it a pre-req for a better Devoted Defender PrC.)Sorry I can't be more positive. I like the ideas, I just don't think they all need to be in one class.&nbsp;-- N</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nifft, post: 1918223, member: 6562"] My previous post's tone seems too harsh. Sorry about that. My point: feel free to post stuff that's not "perfectly" formatted. Plain text is a fine media. My feedback on the class itself: as written, it's trying to be both a support character and a main tank. These roles are not always exclusive -- a Cleric can do both, depending on his spell choices. Still, it should be a choice on the shoulders of the PC. The specific abilities are stepping on the toes of several other classes -- Barbarian-like DR, Fighter-like Bonus Feats, Kensai-like focus on a single weapon type, Cleric-like "shield other" ability, etc. Anyway, the upshot is: IMHO the abilities don't synergize well with each other, the class doesn't have enough focus, and many of the better abilities could be the provence of small, focused Prestige Classes or Feats in their own right. (Protect, for example -- great idea for a Feat. Base the AC bonus off of your BaB, and make it a pre-req for a better Devoted Defender PrC.) Sorry I can't be more positive. I like the ideas, I just don't think they all need to be in one class. -- N [/QUOTE]

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