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<blockquote data-quote="Malisteen" data-source="post: 5395763" data-attributes="member: 44380">Words cannot express my disappointment at the Heroes of Shadow preview, but I'll try anyway.I wanted to play a Shadow hero.&nbsp; Not an arcane or divine hero with a hint of shadow flavor.&nbsp; I wanted to play a necromancer, with my character's powers and class features focused on animating and controlling the undead.&nbsp; Not a mage with a sub-par daily summon as an afterthought.When 4e was first being previewed, I loved the concept of Power Sources, and I loved that the more distinct wizard archetypes were going to be spun out into their own classes rather then the wizard being stretched to cover every magical archetype under the sun, and ever magical archetype being crushed to fit under the wizard's mantle.&nbsp; I hate that I'm seeing a return to those days.Of all the power sources, I loved Shadow the most.&nbsp; Shadow has the best fluff - an actual source to the power (the Shadowfell), clearly defined portfolios (darkness, illusion, undead), and an awesome, character defining means of accessing that power (replacing part of your soul with a shard of pure darkness through which you draw shadowstuff from the Shadowfell).I've been waiting for shadow classes since 4e was released, and now the book that should have delivered them instead puts the final nail in their coffin.&nbsp; Thanks to &quot;Heroes of Shadow&quot; there will be no actual Heroes of Shadow in 4th edition, just some lackluster builds of existing classes with purely nominal shadow flavor.&nbsp; If I wanted to re-fluff a summoner wizard I could have done that since Arcane Power.&nbsp; If I wanted to play an evil paladin, I could have just written &quot;E&quot; in my alignment bar since PHBI.&nbsp; I don't need to pay wizards $20 for permission to give existing classes a spooky backstory.&nbsp; I needed actual shadow classes.&nbsp; This book is worse then worthless, because its mere existence means I'll never get any.Ugh.&nbsp; They took the power source with the best fluff and ruined it by reducing it to a sticker to be applied the classes of other power sources.I am beyond disappointed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Malisteen, post: 5395763, member: 44380"] Words cannot express my disappointment at the Heroes of Shadow preview, but I'll try anyway. I wanted to play a [I]Shadow[/I] hero. Not an arcane or divine hero with a hint of shadow flavor. I wanted to play a [I]necromancer[/I], with my character's powers and class features focused on animating and controlling the undead. Not a mage with a sub-par daily summon as an afterthought. When 4e was first being previewed, I loved the concept of Power Sources, and I loved that the more distinct wizard archetypes were going to be spun out into their own classes rather then the wizard being stretched to cover every magical archetype under the sun, and ever magical archetype being crushed to fit under the wizard's mantle. I [I]hate[/I] that I'm seeing a return to those days. Of all the power sources, I loved Shadow the most. Shadow has the best fluff - an actual source to the power (the Shadowfell), clearly defined portfolios (darkness, illusion, undead), and an awesome, character defining means of accessing that power (replacing part of your soul with a shard of pure darkness through which you draw shadowstuff from the Shadowfell). I've been waiting for shadow classes since 4e was released, and now the book that should have delivered them instead puts the final nail in their coffin. Thanks to "Heroes of Shadow" there will be no actual Heroes of Shadow in 4th edition, just some lackluster builds of existing classes with purely nominal shadow flavor. If I wanted to re-fluff a summoner wizard I could have done that since Arcane Power. If I wanted to play an evil paladin, I could have just written "E" in my alignment bar since PHBI. I don't need to pay wizards $20 for permission to give existing classes a spooky backstory. I needed actual shadow classes. This book is worse then worthless, because its mere existence means I'll never get any. Ugh. They took the power source with the best fluff and ruined it by reducing it to a sticker to be applied the classes of other power sources. I am [I]beyond[/I] disappointed. [/QUOTE]

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