Previews for February and Beyond

[Moon_Goddess]

The link is wrong but here's the real one.



Previews for February and Beyond



Includes a lvl 30 Delve from Dungeon Delve against a red dragon,

Some pictures of Dungeon Tiles

Some plot from P3 Assault in Nightwyrm Fortress

a lvl 29 Armor from PHB2, and gnome fluff

 

[thundershot]

Hopefully Arcane Power will finally bring back familiars....

 

[WalterKovacs]

Hopefully Arcane Power will finally bring back familiars....

The word from D&D XP is that familiars have been confirmed for the book (domains for divine power as well).

 

[jephlewis]

Those cave dungeon tiles look nice. I'm hoping we get more generic sets like these, and maybe a "dungeon dressing" pack at some point to add cool stuff like altars or trap doors.

 

[Dedekind]

I'm glad they finally talked a little about he contents of Arcane Power. I'm intrigued by the new wizard build.

 

[Scribble]

Hopefully Arcane Power will finally bring back familiars....

What kind of function are you hoping familiars serve?

 

[Wolfwood2]

I'm a little unsure about the continued support of the Swordmage class. Do they really intend never to reprint it anywhere other than the Forgotten Realms Players Guide? I think a lot fewer people are going to have access to that than will have access to the PHB I and II.

 

[Wolfwood2]

What kind of function are you hoping familiars serve?

They give wizards someone to brag to.

EDIT: Not a joke. In my experience, that's their primary purpose.

 

[Nivenus]

You're right in part about the swordmage getting less support - but don't forget they did show a preview of the class back in August (much like the PHB2 classes now) and also have the class available in the Compendium, even for those that don't own the FRPG.

So yes, it's likely that, overall, more people will play with sorcerers or wardens than with swordmages, but don't count it out just because it's not being printed in PHB2. The artificer isn't either and I know tons of people are already using that class already, even though only half of it's been released so far.

Which brings up an interesting point. Do you suppose they'll cover the artificer the way they're covering the swordmage in Arcane Power? My instinct would be to say yes but then again, the Eberron books don't come out until after Arcane Power so that would mean that the so-called "expansion" material for the class would be released before the actual class... which seems more than a bit odd.

 

[Nymrohd]

TBh I wouldn't mind if they added the swordmage on the Dragon Annual they plan to publish. Would make an additional selling point for that book.