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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 7659177" data-attributes="member: 6677017"><p>It's worth noting that a warforged armor bonus is a straight, stacking bonus. You can use it along with armor. I don't see any reason (and I'm sure the designers feel the same way) to go into excruciating detail and include feats and such just to essentially duplicate buying a set of armor and bolting it on. If you want a warforged in plate armor, you buy plate armor and have it permanently attached to you. Or you have it custom built and integrated into your frame. The stats are the same, unless the DM wants to charge a different price or set other role-playing requirements. If you want mithril or adamantine, well assuming you can get a suit of it, you do the same thing. I'd much rather keep the rules on these things light than bloated.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Statistically, you're probably right. But the bard is defined as an entertainer, and they aren't going to jettison that aspect of the bard for a new subclass. Wizard is the best fit as far as thematic identity--a character who learns how to manipulate magic by study. I seriously doubt they will make it a subclass of any other existing class. That said, I'm sure they will take into account feedback when they put out the survey. They may just make an entirely new class if there is too much objection to the wizard subclass. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Polymorph was a poor choice of language. When I first saw it I thought about it for a bit and decided they really just meant it's a physical alteration with no statistical significance. Way too many problems if they are allowing them to gain the sorts of features they would get from a polymorph type spell. Given that, I'd allow them to make custom forms in any race that they've seen, since the feature is otherwise underpowered. The race seems a bit underpowered even with that--but allowing actual polymorphing would make it overpowered, so it's doubtful that is the intent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 7659177, member: 6677017"] It's worth noting that a warforged armor bonus is a straight, stacking bonus. You can use it along with armor. I don't see any reason (and I'm sure the designers feel the same way) to go into excruciating detail and include feats and such just to essentially duplicate buying a set of armor and bolting it on. If you want a warforged in plate armor, you buy plate armor and have it permanently attached to you. Or you have it custom built and integrated into your frame. The stats are the same, unless the DM wants to charge a different price or set other role-playing requirements. If you want mithril or adamantine, well assuming you can get a suit of it, you do the same thing. I'd much rather keep the rules on these things light than bloated. Statistically, you're probably right. But the bard is defined as an entertainer, and they aren't going to jettison that aspect of the bard for a new subclass. Wizard is the best fit as far as thematic identity--a character who learns how to manipulate magic by study. I seriously doubt they will make it a subclass of any other existing class. That said, I'm sure they will take into account feedback when they put out the survey. They may just make an entirely new class if there is too much objection to the wizard subclass. Polymorph was a poor choice of language. When I first saw it I thought about it for a bit and decided they really just meant it's a physical alteration with no statistical significance. Way too many problems if they are allowing them to gain the sorts of features they would get from a polymorph type spell. Given that, I'd allow them to make custom forms in any race that they've seen, since the feature is otherwise underpowered. The race seems a bit underpowered even with that--but allowing actual polymorphing would make it overpowered, so it's doubtful that is the intent. [/QUOTE]
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