PHB3 cover!

[Rechan]

Why would WotC want a red herring? They seem rather eager to give us hints and previews.

 

[Remathilis]

Here is a sneaking suspicion I have for the divine classes in PHB3:

There will be two new classes. They will be called something like, "crusader," and, "priest." The crusader will be a single primary stat defender designed to replace the paladin. The priest will be a single primary stat leader designed to replace the cleric. Viola! No more problems with dual primary stat classes.

(I'm thinking here about how the Bo9S crusader was essentially designed as a replacement paladin.)

Nah. I think it will shake down like this...

Divine Power will introduce a bunch of new powers for clerics (all keyed off wisdom, some using Str as a secondary stat, some using cha as a secondary stat) and paladins (all keyed off cha, some using str as a secondary, some using wis).

In addition, there will be a feat called Divine Focus: [Heroic] Benefit: Choose Wisdom OR charisma. All powers with the divine keyword use that stat instead of their normal score.

Viola! You've fixed str clerics and str paladins!

 

[Nymrohd]

Doubt it. Just releasing more powers for those classes fixes all their problems and we're likely to see that in Divine Power. No need for an entirely new class.

A divine striker that's more of a caster would be neat. As would a healer class that doesn't deal damage but buffs the snot out of their party to compensate.

Agree completely, the problem with most V shaped classes is not that they are MAD but that they don't have enough options to support each built well. The starlock for one is in far better shape now after Arcane Power than he was before. The same will happen to paladins and clerics with Divine Power.

 

[RefinedBean]

Why would WotC want a red herring? They seem rather eager to give us hints and previews.

Fair enough. They're also prone to making mistakes, so that might be the case.

 

[Shroomy]

I be quite happy to see Thri-keen, though if there is no Elan in a book with Psionics then I will be most displeased *in best evil voice*

I think that the elan are a lock for PHB3; a psionically inclined, aberrant humanoid race that doesn't look extremely freaky. Its a natural fit.

 

[Klaus]

That cover is undoubtedly the best 4e cover yet (and it is the one with Psionics too so even better!) I hope they get the artist to do more book covers and art in general for 4e.

Michael Komarck already did the cover for the FR Campaign Setting.

I love the cover. Easily the best 4e cover so far, and I don't even care for giths. I bet Michael Komarck could have made the tiefling and dragonborn look cool.

Look at the first illustration in the MM1. It's by Komarck and features a tiefling (alongside other PCs) staring down at a horde of monsters, from skeletons to a red dragon.

 

[Klaus]

I think that the elan are a lock for PHB3; a psionically inclined, aberrant humanoid race that doesn't look extremely freaky. Its a natural fit.

I think the elan will be rolled into the Kalashtar. In Eberron elan are quori spirits forced into humanoid bodies as punishment, while the kalashtar are a volutary merge of human and quori.

 

[Rechan]

I think that the elan are a lock for PHB3; a psionically inclined, aberrant humanoid race that doesn't look extremely freaky. Its a natural fit.

I never really understood the draw to Elan. I understand that they are artificially created (The fantasy equivalent of grown in a vat), but... they're identical to humans.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

I never really understood the draw to Elan. I understand that they are artificially created (The fantasy equivalent of grown in a vat), but... they're identical to humans.

Their physical appearance yes. But not their physical limits such as endurance, life span, psionic capabilities, etc.

There is also a mystery behind them. In them choosing specific Human to become a Elan, the act to become a Elan, their secret enclaves, etc. There is also the mystique of being hidden and something else then you seem.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

Michael Komarck already did the cover for the FR Campaign Setting.

Woops, your right. I don't personally own it so I forgot. Well he should still do more