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[Kurotowa]

They 'don't want to have ability score changes halting game play'. Have we heard anything about ability score damage? I seem to recall something, but if so I forget what. In any case it may be safe to assume that ability drain/damage is gone too.

I too seem to recall them saying that ability damage/drain was out, and that would match with what they said in the podcast. And I have to say, I'm not sorry to see it go. In a PbP game I'm in right now, everyone in the party has been hit for some degree of Con damage after a couple encounters with Rylkars. We're going to have to retreat and stop for a solid day or two until we can pass around enough Lesser Restorations.

 

[Incenjucar]

While I would hope that the abilities would be better/more interesting than carry capasity, Carry Capasity is still FAR more useful than a flat +2 str.

Gauntlets of Henchman Power?

 

[Traycor]

Gauntlets of Henchman Power?

Bah!
I would love to have a character that could lift the gates of the city if he was denied entry. Try to get your henchman to do that! But really, without an actually +str boost, it allows the items to give you truly interesting abilities without unbalancing your character for combat.

 

[Rechan]

Wild speculation on the gauntlets of ogre power:
Perhaps they now confer bonuses similar to the 'powerful build' ability in 3.5.

Now that sounds awesome.

The reason I say this is because I think a little guy being able to Grapple, and Push people, and THROW them with the strength of an Ogre is attractive.

 

[Incenjucar]

Oh, I agree.

Also would be great to have a Bridle or Saddle of that sort.

Would be great having a mule that could carry an elephant, but less great if said donkey could kick your head across a continent when it got mad.

I really hope this edition is more animal companion friendly in general.

Heck, LotR was full of the bloody things.

 

[Aristotle]

Wild speculation on the gauntlets of ogre power:
Perhaps they now confer bonuses similar to the 'powerful build' ability in 3.5.

dude... if they don't do that, they may in my campaign. That sounds really cool.

 

[Raloc]

What is this "powerful build" ability, not heard of it.

 

[Traycor]

Amulets of Health could give an additonal second wind per day.

But really I would hope it would do something more interesting than just give a statistacal/combat-related bonus. I would rather magic items like this make your character stop aging, or perhaps it could heal scars, and even regenerate limbs over an extended period of time. Say, 3 months to grow back a limb.

Magic items should do things to make the character more interesting as opposed to necessarily more powerful.

 

[Incenjucar]

Folding Boat

<3

 

[Henry]

I will admit, the "nerfing" of Gauntlets of Ogre Power and Belts of Giant Strength was an annoyance to me for 3E. however, I never really knew how to fix it to the kind of prestige it once had, so I left them that way when I DMed it.