Warrior Strategy Guide

[JoeGKushner]

I found them useless filler in Dragon, i'll not buy them as pdf, but i might not be the target audience. Can someone explain their attraction or use?

I see a few ways they could be useful.

As a time pressed GM, if I wanted a fully statted out PrC that requires some multi-classing, it's a great time saver.

As a new player who might not know the optimial way to get into a PrC as soon as possible, it's be a time saver.

Same problem as the Hero Builder Guidebook and Motne's AU screen in that some of it's going to be very obvious to even a new player with a good grasp of basic math.

 

[Napftor]

The problem is, I'm not sure how I would get PDFs under the eyes of new players.

A wide-reaching (albeit expensive) ad in Dragon?

 

[JoeGKushner]

A wide-reaching (albeit expensive) ad in Dragon?

From what was discussed, the last ad that RPGNow put in didn't do a lot. Anyone back me on this or did I hear wrong?

 

[philreed]

I've been thinking of advertising in Dungeon but nothing like full page ads. In discussions with other publishers, though, I'm not sure if it's worth spending the money.

 

[jmucchiello]

IAs a new player who might not know the optimial way to get into a PrC as soon as possible, it's be a time saver.

This was a feature of every PrC in Joe's Book of Enchantment. After the Class Features section was a Minimum Paths section that explained what base classes (or combinations of base classes) were best suited for achieving the prerequisites for the PrC. Since only a few hundred people ever saw it, I guess it didn't catch on.

 

[Voadam]

I seem to remember the chainmail bikini games martial arts book (beyond monks?) had multiclass stuff done out for their martial artist core class to match certain archetypes like a ninja, a temple guard, etc.

 

[VoiceOfReason?]

I fail to see how a thorough understanding of the game's multiclassing rules would be any less valuable than the multiclassing write-ups everyone's talking about.

 

[rowport]

Speaking purely as a potential buyer, PhilReed, I really like this idea! I *loved* the _Warrior's Guide_, found its mechanical advice very helpful, and especially liked the multiclass section (although I wished there were more examples). I always play multiclass characters- I think it is my HERO background that forces me to hypercustomize character options- but do not yet fully "get" the d20 mechanics enough to dodge the silly side-effects of multiclassing. That is why I am now playing a level 5 character with a BAB of +2..! Still, all things being equal, I will lean towards the cool class combos because I like to do that, but with mechanics advice to avoid some of my more boneheaded decisions, I will have more effective characters!

 

[philreed]

That is why I am now playing a level 5 character with a BAB of +2..! Still, all things being equal, I will lean towards the cool class combos because I like to do that, but with mechanics advice to avoid some of my more boneheaded decisions, I will have more effective characters!

Wow. What classes does that character have?