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<blockquote data-quote="Ycore Rixle" data-source="post: 4015141" data-attributes="member: 675">Bit of a rant here...Is anyone else bothered by the poor writing? For example, in the first paragraph, we find that &quot;... pit fiends form an elite ruling class that oversees vast numbers of lesser devils.&quot; Then two paragraphs later, we learn, &quot;... pit fiends command vast numbers of lesser devils.&quot; Um, duh, I just read that.And how about those &quot;legion devil legionnaires,&quot; as Wolf Spider pointed out? Awkward.And the pit fiend &quot;wears an ornate breastplate decorated with evil symbols and runes.&quot; Oh, really, the big nasty devil has evil symbols? I'm shocked because in my last 3.5e game the pit fiends all had Barney embroidered on their chests. Not to mention that I'm really glad I'm clear on the fact that the breastplate has symbols and runes. We also have this gem: &quot;Penetrating the defenses of a pit fiend's castle and destroying the mighty devil in its own demesne is a deed of truly epic proportions.&quot; Even if we accept that penetrating and destroying should be considered a single deed and thus agree numerically with the singular verb (and I can agree to that - it's just a little awkward), why do I need to be told that a Pit Fiend Level 26 Elite Soldier (Leader) is a &quot;mighty&quot; devil? Gosh, I might have confused him with all those weak and pathetic Level 26 Elite Soldiers (Leaders) from the Nine Hells. And: &quot;truly epic proportions&quot;? Truly epic? Not just a little epic, or somewhat epic, but truly epic? Are they sure?Sigh. I'm still looking forward to 4th edition. I'm just tired of bad writing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ycore Rixle, post: 4015141, member: 675"] [b]Bit of a rant here...[/b] Is anyone else bothered by the poor writing? For example, in the first paragraph, we find that "... pit fiends form an elite ruling class that oversees vast numbers of lesser devils." Then two paragraphs later, we learn, "... pit fiends command vast numbers of lesser devils." Um, duh, I just read that. And how about those "legion devil legionnaires," as Wolf Spider pointed out? Awkward. And the pit fiend "wears an ornate breastplate decorated with evil symbols and runes." Oh, really, the big nasty devil has [I]evil [/I] symbols? I'm shocked because in my last 3.5e game the pit fiends all had Barney embroidered on their chests. Not to mention that I'm really glad I'm clear on the fact that the breastplate has symbols [I]and [/I] runes. We also have this gem: "Penetrating the defenses of a pit fiend's castle and destroying the mighty devil in its own demesne is a deed of truly epic proportions." Even if we accept that penetrating and destroying should be considered a single deed and thus agree numerically with the singular verb (and I can agree to that - it's just a little awkward), why do I need to be told that a Pit Fiend Level 26 Elite Soldier (Leader) is a "mighty" devil? Gosh, I might have confused him with all those weak and pathetic Level 26 Elite Soldiers (Leaders) from the Nine Hells. And: "truly epic proportions"? Truly epic? Not just a little epic, or somewhat epic, but truly epic? Are they sure? Sigh. I'm still looking forward to 4th edition. I'm just tired of bad writing. [/QUOTE]

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