Races & Classes spotted?

[BASHMAN]

To think I've been sitting on a copy of the book for two week now, patiently biding my time until I can post a review when the book is released, and some stupid game store in Hungary makes it all pointless.

It's not pointless. There are all sorts of things you can shed light on. What is the Marshall like? What did he mean that all classes use the same charts?

 

[Odhanan]

No, it was only 8% who said they hated draconic guys the most. I'm sure there are plenty of people who, like myself, hated draconic guys but hated something else even more.

Correct.

 

[Rechan]

No, it was only 8% who said they hated draconic guys the most. I'm sure there are plenty of people who, like myself, hated draconic guys but hated something else even more.

Indeed.

So it could be worse, and no matter what, people would be complaining.

 

[erf_beto]

Still, wonder what their niche (I hesitate to say favorite) class is with sorcerer no where near the starting line? (human: any, dwarf: fighter, elf: ranger, eladrin: wizard, halfling: rogue, tiefling wizard warlock, half-elf: multi-class, dragonborn: ?)

Oops

I think the dragonborn will be paladins, since Bahamut will be the the good god, as someone mentioned earlier. Could be clerics too, but I don't think so...

 

[Rechan]

Oops

I think the dragonborn will be paladins, since Bahamut will be the the good god, as someone mentioned earlier. Could be clerics too, but I don't think so...

It was said somewhere in one of the recent playtests that the mystery race makes good clerics.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Dragons have a perfect metabolism. Ergo, they don't crap at all.

I hate to say it, but there's nothing more fun to spring on groups than dragon crap; huge, smelly and possessing the effects of the dragon's breath weapon.

Yes, I owned a large dog or two growing up, why do you ask?

 

[fuindordm]

My first reaction was disappointment, but I can live with it. I think it ties into the whole "humanity rising", PoL setting they're trying to promote.

It also kinda ties into Eberron, which had the Age of Demons (source of tieflings?) followed by the Age of Dragons (source of dragonborn?), followed by the Age of Giants...

I think we've heard that the default setting is one of ancient, inhuman empires. Do you want your character to be a relic of the past, or part of the hope for the future? I kind of like it.

Random musings, that's all...

 

[Rechan]

It also kinda ties into Eberron, which had the Age of Demons (source of tieflings?) followed by the Age of Dragons (source of dragonborn?), followed by the Age of Giants...

Not... really. The Dragons in Eberron are sequestered all by themselves. Dragon-lite races just don't work very well there.

 

[Mad Mac]

Yeah. I think Dragonborn could be cool, with the caveat that their potential coolness rises exponentially the more their new fluff coincides with lizardmen, and plummets rapidly the more 3.5 edition "Dragon-borney" they get.

An ancient, noble, somewhat primitive, once mighty but now declining race of lizardmen long-ago descended from dragons whose most powerful heroes sometimes display characteristics of true dragons could be cool and offer a lot of role-playing possibilities. A bunch of random Bahumut fanboys who hopped in an egg to gain dragon powers is lame.

I'm pretty sure they're going to be more like the first idea, though...I'm pretty sure Wizards hasn't gone completely nuts yet, and I'm positive they wouldn't stick a brand new race in the first PHB without giving it a real place in the world.

I like the idea of them being good clerics too. Priest-Kings are just a better fit for Lizardmen than archmages, somehow.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Not... really. The Dragons in Eberron are sequestered all by themselves. Dragon-lite races just don't work very well there.

Unless you're one of the barbarians of Argonessen.