thoughts on Everquest D20

[ced1106]

I'm still not seeing what segment of the populace would pick up EQ over D&D.

No problem. I know of entire gamer segements who don't see why anyone would play D&D.


Cedric.
aka. Washu! ^O^

 

[ced1106]

You must not be familiar with EQ. The caster classes in EQ are a LOT more unique than the specialist mages in D&D. A wizard and an enchanter have completely different spell lists, with almost no overlap. A D&D specialist, on the other hand, only has a handful of spells which set him apart from a normal mage.

Yep. And Bards get two chapters to themselves: Bard songs, and bard song mechanics. The bard song mechanics are **so** not 3e! And if someone wants to "twist" (play multiple songs) at once, by golly, I'm gonna make them SING two songs at once!

That oughtta speed combat!


Cedric.
aka. Washu! ^O^

 

[MeepoTheMighty]

Yep. And Bards get two chapters to themselves: Bard songs, and bard song mechanics. The bard song mechanics are **so** not 3e! And if someone wants to "twist" (play multiple songs) at once, by golly, I'm gonna make them SING two songs at once!

That oughtta speed combat!


Cedric.
aka. Washu! ^O^

Heh - I had a DM once who would only let you play a bard if you sang. Due to the horrible singing talents of one of our players, he ended up banning the class completely