Tragedy at Silvergard OOC Thread

[Voda Vosa]

I have not the 4th edition book. Im fine with 3.5

 

[Helfdan]

Now that 4E is here, what do you guys think (for those who have it or have perused it enough to form an opinion)?

I like it so far... though I have yet to read through it. I have some comments about the ranger class, of all things, which I'll pick your brain about once I've finished the chapter

 

[crazy_monkey1956]

I have some comments about the ranger as well. I'll hold on to them for the moment.

Suffice to say that my opinion is mostly positive but still mixed.

 

[Yttermayn]

No Idea. Wasn't aware it had been released yet. Will have to check it out when I can...

 

[Jemal]

I enjoy it, but I haven't gotten too deep into it yet. I still prefer the breadth of options available in 3.5.

 

[Amaury]

me too. do not intend to buy it unless forced.

 

[Helfdan]

I have some comments about the ranger as well. I'll hold on to them for the moment.

Suffice to say that my opinion is mostly positive but still mixed.

Read through the classes chapter last night. I think my problem with the ranger is my perspective. I started with 1st ed. 1st ed ranger was based on Aragorn from LOTR books. There, he does not touch a bow, never fights with two weapons, and puts on armor and shield at the end to kick @ss. WOTC slowly moved away from this concept, till finally they even reduced the hp to d8 so that you couldnt be a front liner even if you wanted to, and had to be a skirmisher.

The 4.0 ranger has some cool stuff, especially the hunter's mark (almost straight from Iron Heroes). I like that he can use his exploits with ranged or melee, despite the path he chooses. They even gave the melee ranger bonus HP, to make up for the fact that he's not as tough as a fighter....

Dammit, and thats the problem
1-he's not as tough as a fighter
2-the melee path is, of course, two-weapon fighting

I guess the easy-fix house rule would be that he doesnt need to have two weapons to use his meleee exploits... that way you can have the LOTR movie version of Aragorn

 

[Arkhandus]

Same as Voda Vosa. Don't have it, won't be picking it up, fine with 3rd Edition.

 

[crazy_monkey1956]

As I was reading through the ranger powers, one character kept springing to mind for me...

Drizzt

It's not a bad concept, per se, if a little overdone.

Overall, 4th is going to be fun to play, but I don't see it fully replacing 3.5 either, at least not for me.

 

[Voda Vosa]

I'll post late today. Promise. ^_^