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<blockquote data-quote="Nemesis Destiny" data-source="post: 5397033" data-attributes="member: 98255">Tosh. There are still folks happily playing 1e &amp; 2e on a regular basis.For the record, while I liked, nay, loved the Beguiler, I thought that the Dread Necromancer and Ninja were terrible. Just way too cheesy. I have no experience with the others you mention. I suspect that by the time they were released, I had all but given up on 3.x.Using logical fallacies to support your position isn't helping your case.All I want out of it are some good thematic spells that aren't&nbsp; exclusively fear and undead based (I will likely be let down but it's too early to tell), and the Necromancer Mage benefits. I am curious to see how they get around the fact that Necrotic damage is mechanically subpar at the best of times. I have my own houseruled solution, but I want to see how it balances against what, if anything, they come up with.A scant four months before shelf date seems like too late, but then I don't work in the publishing industry, so I can't say for sure. That said, I wish you luck in your quest.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nemesis Destiny, post: 5397033, member: 98255"] Tosh. There are still folks happily playing 1e & 2e on a regular basis. For the record, while I liked, nay, [I]loved[/I] the Beguiler, I thought that the Dread Necromancer and Ninja were [I]terrible[/I]. Just way too cheesy. I have no experience with the others you mention. I suspect that by the time they were released, I had all but given up on 3.x. Using logical fallacies to support your position isn't helping your case. All I want out of it are some good thematic spells that aren't exclusively fear and undead based (I will likely be let down but it's too early to tell), and the Necromancer Mage benefits. I am curious to see how they get around the fact that Necrotic damage is mechanically subpar at the best of times. I have my own houseruled solution, but I want to see how it balances against what, if anything, they come up with. A scant four months before shelf date seems like too late, but then I don't work in the publishing industry, so I can't say for sure. That said, I wish you luck in your quest. [/QUOTE]

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