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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 5678911" data-attributes="member: 58416">eh... if I could return it, I would.  It's the first 4E book I've purchased in a long time, and I'm unsure if I made the right choice by picking it up.  The alternate racial abilities are somewhat cool, but they present some interesting thoughts such as 'can I have the sun elf alternate features and take the moon elf feats which were previously presented in earlier material?'  Still, I do like the idea of alternative racial features.  Though, another downside I see is that we'll potentially see that design concept spammed in a similar manner to alternate class features.  Eventually there's a way for every class and and every race to mimic any role, and we wind up the same place where I started to get fed up with 3rd Edition.  There was a point where it seemed as though classes and races in 3rd Edition had lost a lot of their feel to the overwhelming multitude of mechanical options and back roads.  Then what?  I have both the issues with 4th Edition I don't care for *and* the old 3rd Edition issues I wanted to get away from.Bladesinger... well, I'm not sure.  Depending on your build, it seems like it could either be total crap or full of cheese.I think a lot of the fluff is very good.  However, there are a lot of things in the book which make me feel I'm no longer part of the target audience for D&D.On a side note:  am I the only person who finds the Essentials format more difficult?  I like the new monster layout in the newer monster books; that I like.  However, the new way of presenting player options such as classes and feats leaves a lot to be desired.  I had a much easier time finding the information I wanted in the early 4E books and understanding the information presented in the original 4E format.</blockquote>

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