Warforged: MM vs Dragon Magazine

[chaotix42]

yes

YES!

*wants shiny Demonomicon articles in book form*

 

[The Sword 88]

That will be good. I hope they have some new stuff in there too though.

 

[Vempyre]

Kudos for the "best of" compilations. Too bad we have to wait at least a year before the 1st one, hehe.

 

[rkanodia]

I really enjoyed this write up and I'm a little sad that there wasn't room for this much detail for all the races in the PHB. There's a whole other thread about how 4E feels like it's missing something. For me, this level of detail; racial feats through epic level, paragon paths, specific racial items and rules; are things that 4E needs to flesh out the bare bones.

If this is what we can expect from Dragon, then it will be well worth it for me. I just want to know when we can expect this level of detail for all the standard races. I'm playing around with high-level character builds and am finding that there aren't enough feats to give them!

Indeed. I thought it was kind of funny that Warforged have a way higher page count than any of the PHB races (race-specific paragon paths, race-specific gear), but at the same time, I thought the article was really good.

 

[Mort_Q]

thought it was kind of funny that Warforged have a way higher page count than any of the PHB races (race-specific paragon paths, race-specific gear)...

I like that the PH is light on fluff.

It allows more campaign specific flavour(s), especially for races.

 

[themilkman]

I like that the PH is light on fluff.

It allows more campaign specific flavour(s), especially for races.

I agree entirely! I hope that there are (at least) a few pages on each race in the campaign settings. If we're not getting it in the PHB and we're not getting it in campaign settings, then that would be a problem. I guess we'll see when FRCS comes out.

 

[Rechan]

I like that the PH is light on fluff.

It allows more campaign specific flavour(s), especially for races.

Despite all the "sky is falling" types saying the 4e books was so chocked full of fluff it was strangling their homebrews.

 

[Hussar]

Funny how things come around isn't it Rechan?

 

[Ander00]

I haven't read the whole thread, so apologies if I'm just repeating things that have already been said. I'm not reading the weapons as components section as allowing dual-wielding spiked chains and whatnot, but discouraging two-handed component weapons, because those would be unwieldy. "You take a -2 penalty to attack", not "You can use this weapon one-handed but take a -2 penalty to attack".
The one thing I found odd was going on about both stat bonuses going towards the Fortitude defense being a balancing factor, and then giving them a bonus to Will defense.


cheers

 

[rkanodia]

The bonus to Will defense is a way of partly compensating for the 'bad' stat modifiers. Eladrin get the same thing.

Regarding two-handed weapons attached to one hand, I've already spotted my first piece of Warforged cheese. Use a Reach weapon, stand behind an ally, and use Commander's Strike to give him an attack. The -2 penalty to hit doesn't matter, since you aren't the one making the attack roll, and you still get to keep your shield on.