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<blockquote data-quote="Arnie_Wan_Kenobi" data-source="post: 8306801" data-attributes="member: 7028767"><p>I think</p><p></p><p>I know I've mentioned it upthread, but think the thing that's interesting me is how the classes the iconic characters are given in the minis compares with the classes on the cards, frankly. I'm assuming the WizKids' minis classes would be the classes these characters have in any "official" material.</p><p></p><p>Dina (Witherbloom): MTG Class: Druid/WizKids Minis Class: Druid</p><p>Killian (Silverquill): MTG Class: Warlock/Wizkids Minis Class: Wizard</p><p>Quintoruis (Lorehold): MTG class: Cleric/WizKids Minis Class: Artificer</p><p>Rootha (Prismari): MTG Class: Shaman/WizKids Minis Class: Bard</p><p>Zimone (Quandrix): MTG Class: Wizard/WizKids Minis Class: Wizard</p><p></p><p>The "switched" classes are most interesting to me, <em>from a flavor-first, mechanics-second sense:</em></p><p>Why make Killian a Wizard for D&D when Warlock would have made equal sense--especially having read his story and knowing he's being torn between creation and destruction? (ETA: Unless there's some intent to avoid Patrons or the potential for Elder Dragon's to be patrons; conceptually, Shadix Silverquill would be a darn cool Patron choice just based on appearance aesthetic. But this thread has shown how sticky even traditional patrons can become.) Heck, mechanically, College of Whispers Bard screams "Silverquill."</p><p></p><p>I get why they made Rootha a Bard, she's the "Artsy Kid" in the story, but her mercurial nature seems sorcerer. Given the elemental connections for Prismari, I'd have put her as a Storm Sorceror.</p><p></p><p>And like I've said before, Quintorius as a Cleric made "just enough" sense since he "talks to spirits." Making him an Artificer is curious to me, especially seeing as Lorehold has an artificer in Osgir ("The Reconstructor") from their Commander deck. (ETA: Trying not to conflate MTG classes with D&D classes, just holding them up in comparison. No "sacred cows" I'm defending--they haven't statted or teased an Ardent Dustspeaker anyway.)</p><p></p><p>I guess adding the UA playtest subclasses to all of these makes the flavor more-or-less work, except that they didn't give Lorehold to Artificers, or Prismari to Bard, so I'm assuming that's a potential issue the book will resolve.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arnie_Wan_Kenobi, post: 8306801, member: 7028767"] I think I know I've mentioned it upthread, but think the thing that's interesting me is how the classes the iconic characters are given in the minis compares with the classes on the cards, frankly. I'm assuming the WizKids' minis classes would be the classes these characters have in any "official" material. Dina (Witherbloom): MTG Class: Druid/WizKids Minis Class: Druid Killian (Silverquill): MTG Class: Warlock/Wizkids Minis Class: Wizard Quintoruis (Lorehold): MTG class: Cleric/WizKids Minis Class: Artificer Rootha (Prismari): MTG Class: Shaman/WizKids Minis Class: Bard Zimone (Quandrix): MTG Class: Wizard/WizKids Minis Class: Wizard The "switched" classes are most interesting to me, [I]from a flavor-first, mechanics-second sense:[/I] Why make Killian a Wizard for D&D when Warlock would have made equal sense--especially having read his story and knowing he's being torn between creation and destruction? (ETA: Unless there's some intent to avoid Patrons or the potential for Elder Dragon's to be patrons; conceptually, Shadix Silverquill would be a darn cool Patron choice just based on appearance aesthetic. But this thread has shown how sticky even traditional patrons can become.) Heck, mechanically, College of Whispers Bard screams "Silverquill." I get why they made Rootha a Bard, she's the "Artsy Kid" in the story, but her mercurial nature seems sorcerer. Given the elemental connections for Prismari, I'd have put her as a Storm Sorceror. And like I've said before, Quintorius as a Cleric made "just enough" sense since he "talks to spirits." Making him an Artificer is curious to me, especially seeing as Lorehold has an artificer in Osgir ("The Reconstructor") from their Commander deck. (ETA: Trying not to conflate MTG classes with D&D classes, just holding them up in comparison. No "sacred cows" I'm defending--they haven't statted or teased an Ardent Dustspeaker anyway.) I guess adding the UA playtest subclasses to all of these makes the flavor more-or-less work, except that they didn't give Lorehold to Artificers, or Prismari to Bard, so I'm assuming that's a potential issue the book will resolve. [/QUOTE]
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