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<blockquote data-quote="Trine" data-source="post: 411294" data-attributes="member: 5659"><p>Time to add my two cents (or more).</p><p></p><p>First of all, I don't really care how they statted out the archfiends and such. I'll look them over and use the stats if I like them, but I won't lose any sleep over it if I don't.</p><p></p><p>What I'm more interested in is the entire book. How useful do the feats seem? Is there anything especially cool about them? I read the initial review, but I'm definitely interested in seeing other people's opinions about the whole book. I've (personally) gotten bored with all of the people griping about how the archfiends were statted.</p><p></p><p>So, for a couple of questions about the spells too. What kind of spells were in the book? Straight-out damage your opponent spells? Hunt-down your opponent spells? Make your opponent cry like a sissy girl because he's so scared spells? Make your opponent freak out and want to beat you down even more because you went after their loved one spells? Also, what kinds of penalties and restrictions (as were mentioned in the initial review) are associated with the spells? Temporary ability damage to yourself when casting, etc.</p><p></p><p>What else? Oh yeah. Other opinions on the equipment found in the book. Are the trapped armors being really mean to your players (effectively taking away possible gear for their use/selling at a later point), etc? Do the traps have to be found through magical means or can a Rogue use their Search skill to detect them? Details please. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>In closing, I'll just revisit the archfiend topic quickly. If they statted them as divine beings, I'd probably be annoyed. If they did them as EL beings, I'd probably be annoyed. They'd be wasted (to me) pages, pages which I have to pay for. I say go to WotC and suggest a web enhancement for the book. They could be interesting to see, but not something I'm interested in paying extra for.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and we are a niche community in a niche market. Add to the fact of our niche status that not everyone is going to post their comments on the subject, this thread here is even more niche-d. You could always start a poll in another thread to see how people think the archfiends should have been treated, but for the love of gah, stop arguing about it in this thread!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trine, post: 411294, member: 5659"] Time to add my two cents (or more). First of all, I don't really care how they statted out the archfiends and such. I'll look them over and use the stats if I like them, but I won't lose any sleep over it if I don't. What I'm more interested in is the entire book. How useful do the feats seem? Is there anything especially cool about them? I read the initial review, but I'm definitely interested in seeing other people's opinions about the whole book. I've (personally) gotten bored with all of the people griping about how the archfiends were statted. So, for a couple of questions about the spells too. What kind of spells were in the book? Straight-out damage your opponent spells? Hunt-down your opponent spells? Make your opponent cry like a sissy girl because he's so scared spells? Make your opponent freak out and want to beat you down even more because you went after their loved one spells? Also, what kinds of penalties and restrictions (as were mentioned in the initial review) are associated with the spells? Temporary ability damage to yourself when casting, etc. What else? Oh yeah. Other opinions on the equipment found in the book. Are the trapped armors being really mean to your players (effectively taking away possible gear for their use/selling at a later point), etc? Do the traps have to be found through magical means or can a Rogue use their Search skill to detect them? Details please. :) In closing, I'll just revisit the archfiend topic quickly. If they statted them as divine beings, I'd probably be annoyed. If they did them as EL beings, I'd probably be annoyed. They'd be wasted (to me) pages, pages which I have to pay for. I say go to WotC and suggest a web enhancement for the book. They could be interesting to see, but not something I'm interested in paying extra for. Oh, and we are a niche community in a niche market. Add to the fact of our niche status that not everyone is going to post their comments on the subject, this thread here is even more niche-d. You could always start a poll in another thread to see how people think the archfiends should have been treated, but for the love of gah, stop arguing about it in this thread! [/QUOTE]
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