Warforged: Like them or loathe them?

[Henry]

Actually, that's a misconception (albeit one heavily influenced by much of the artwork). As written, however, warforged are a mixture of materials--metals, yes, but also various types of stone, and even organic materials such as woods and leathers.

Alas, they're not frequently drawn to make that fact obvious. I think they'd be a lot more interesting in appearance if they were.

This is why WotC NEEDS TO HIRE DARREN CALVERT, Darn it!

I absolutely LOVE that guy's concepts of Warforged.

 

[Dykstrav]

Hey all!

I am a fan of anything thats cool, different and interesting...and the warforged are all of those.

Why should D&D recycle the same fantasy stereotypes over and over again, lets have new classes and new races, mix things up a bit, surprise us.

"Cool" is subjective. Not everyone agrees on what is "cool," or interesting, or appropriate for a fantasy game.

The reason D&D should recycle the same fantasy stereotypes over and over again is because they are exactly that: archetypes that have become so well-known that their presence alone serves as a cultural shorthand for what to expect. The problem is when people can't seperate the stereotype from the archetype- and if Eberron survives long enough, it'll happen to the warforged too. Maybe 5E will see a movement where players are sick and tired of the warforged.

I don't hate warforged, but they shouldn't be a core race. Not by a long shot.

 

[Brennin Magalus]

I like warforged a lot.

 

[WarlockLord]

I hate warforged in the PHB. Like the concept (PC golems. Badass!), but think that, if our robotic-looking friends are in the PHB, it will screw up too many campaigns.

But on the plus side, I get to have fun watching the firestorm.

 

[Brewhammer]

Kender belong in Dragonlance. Warforged belong in Eberron. Neither should be in the PHB.

What happens in Greyhawk stays in Greyhawk.

 

[Kanegrundar]

I'm a fan of the warforged. While I'd rather see old stand-bys make it into the PHB before Warforged, it still wouldn't upset me to see them in the PHB.

 

[Jack99]

There is no polite and mature way to express how little I think they fit into the DnD universe.

 

[Agamon]

That's not true, at all.

That's their origin in Eberron - but in another setting, they could have a completely different origin.

That's right. In a different campaign they could be the Boredforged. Some dude had nothing better to do and made a wacky metal golem type race.

 

[shilsen]

That's right. In a different campaign they could be the Boredforged. Some dude had nothing better to do and made a wacky metal golem type race.

In Mallus' CITY campaign, there's a mechanical race called the Whoreforged. Don't ask!

 

[Ahnehnois]

Constructs as PCs is a very exotic concept, not one I want to see in the core rules at all. For d20 Future, I'd jump all over an andriod PC, but for D&D, um no. I don't know much about Eberron so I suppose they're ok there. I wouldn't mind seeing them in a monster manual (as I have the MMIII w/ Eberron races in it). But not in the PHB.

Core races ought to be of the humanoid type, without funky rules or concepts like what the warforged are bound to have.