Paragon Path names revealed by Jonathan Tweet!

[Lackhand]

wizard/spellstorm mage

Goodish. Only great if it actually involves weather patterns; if it's just "I toss a lot of spells", bad use of adjective.

fighter/iron vanguard

Great!

ranger/battle archer

Ew.

warlord/battle captain

Ew. But not as bad as the other ew.

paladin/astral weapon

Great! So long as it's Astral Weapon of Athena, as said above.

 

[Klaus]

As for "Iron Vanguard" vs. "Vanguard," the answer's simple. Paragon paths, like PrCs in prior editions, are meant to represent specializations. "Vanguard" is way too general a term (to say nothing of the fact that using it now means the term is unusable for any other related or similar paths later).

I think it's vital for paragon paths to have names that are unique and unmistakable.

That said, while I'm fine with some of the names, I do agree that "battle archer" and "astral weapon" could use a bit of tweaking.

Howzabout:

Battle Archer -> Bow Initiate
Astral Weapon -> Weapon of Divinity

 

[SteveC]

Howzabout:

Battle Archer -> Bow Initiate
Astral Weapon -> Weapon of Divinity

...and here we have another example of "why haven't they hired Klaus over at WotC yet?" I mean you can come up with decent names, and I'll bet have some great art of sample characters following those paths as well.

--Steve

 

[Fifth Element]

...and here we have another example of "why haven't they hired Klaus over at WotC yet?" I mean you can come up with decent names, and I'll bet have some great art of sample characters following those paths as well.

Well, Order of the Bow Initiate was a PrC published by WotC, so don't give him too much credit there.

 

[Patlin]

Were those general 4e paragon paths, or specific to his campaign? Or a mix of both?

 

[Transit]

It still sounds strange to me that someone can start out as a Warlord and after a lot of effort work his way up to Battle Captain.

 

[Relique du Madde]

DM: The shadow demon begins to laugh as he calls upon his his spectral panthers to attack.

BC: "Iron Vanguard your motivation is running low, shall I pin your opponent?"
IV: "Yes, Battle Captain, pin them now so they will not move and thus you will grant me a bonus to attack. Spellstorm Mage , what do you plan to do?"
SsM: "I shall shoot them with my 11th level spell of flaming wrath then I will shift behind Astral Weapon."
AW: "By the powers of love, beauty, strength and justice! I shall Heal the Iron Vanguard's motivation to fight by granting him a healing surge! You do not have to fear being brought down to negative hit points this round, for evil shall not prevail!"

My god... 4e is becoming anime....

 

[mrswing]

Makes you long for the days of Dragon Tail Cut...
Good luck to Necromancer Games getting a 1st Ed. feel with THIS material.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

Meh, names don't bother me one way or the other. I almost never use the names from the books, especially not class names.

Probably the only name I ever take are basic weapon and armour names, ie: breastplate, longsword, etc. and Humans. Only names I use throughout all my campaigns, and the occasional God name if it fits with the setting (though that God is usually completely different).

 

[Fallen Seraph]

Makes you long for the days of Dragon Tail Cut...
Good luck to Necromancer Games getting a 1st Ed. feel with THIS material.

I don't see how names would affect the feel, if it plays and thus feels like 1st edition, then how do names affect that. Names are simply a way for us to more easily identify stuff in the rulebooks nothing more, nothing less.