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<blockquote data-quote="Haffrung Helleyes" data-source="post: 1913480" data-attributes="member: 1068"><p>OK, reading about races of destiny has got me thinking that WoTC has just run out of creative energy.</p><p></p><p>First of all, these illumians (or whatever) just sound ridiculous. A race like humans, but with glowing runes revolving around their head? who needs that?</p><p></p><p>And I just read Andy Collins writup on the WoTC page...where he outlines a scenario for introducing the illuminans (this race with GLOWING RUNES AROUND THEIR HEAD that no one has heard of until now) that is a total railroad job.</p><p></p><p>I mean, I haven't read anything like this since 2E. He suggests introducing this new race through an NPC that is a spy who automagically knows everything about the parties tactics -- because he has charmed their friends or something to that effect. And the PCs are supposed to make a DC 23 listen check to notice him sneaking up on them (-10 if they are sleeping). And then he steals some magic item that his race cares about. I suppose it gets even funner after that but I was too annoyed to read any more.</p><p></p><p>And then I'm reading a thread on this board and see that they've introduced a city god named 'Urbanus'. Groan.</p><p></p><p>in film, when a tv series should have ended a few seasons ago but just degenerates into lameness it is said to have 'jumped the shark'. Has 3E/3.5 done so?</p><p></p><p>Ken</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Haffrung Helleyes, post: 1913480, member: 1068"] OK, reading about races of destiny has got me thinking that WoTC has just run out of creative energy. First of all, these illumians (or whatever) just sound ridiculous. A race like humans, but with glowing runes revolving around their head? who needs that? And I just read Andy Collins writup on the WoTC page...where he outlines a scenario for introducing the illuminans (this race with GLOWING RUNES AROUND THEIR HEAD that no one has heard of until now) that is a total railroad job. I mean, I haven't read anything like this since 2E. He suggests introducing this new race through an NPC that is a spy who automagically knows everything about the parties tactics -- because he has charmed their friends or something to that effect. And the PCs are supposed to make a DC 23 listen check to notice him sneaking up on them (-10 if they are sleeping). And then he steals some magic item that his race cares about. I suppose it gets even funner after that but I was too annoyed to read any more. And then I'm reading a thread on this board and see that they've introduced a city god named 'Urbanus'. Groan. in film, when a tv series should have ended a few seasons ago but just degenerates into lameness it is said to have 'jumped the shark'. Has 3E/3.5 done so? Ken [/QUOTE]
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