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Message: <blockquote data-quote="~Johnny~" data-source="post: 1429653" data-attributes="member: 16493">It's interesting, back in 2E I never thought twice about racial class restrictions, and now I regard them as anathema.When looking at the Warforged, though, I think it's a case of trying to introduce a new race with mechanics that really support the race's role in the world. Unlike dwarves, elves and humans, this is our first exposure to the warforged, and mechanics like arcane spell failure can actually help support a race's flavor. This is the game's chance to establish warforged, and no matter how you'd like to view a race of sentient constructs, the designers have created a backstory where warforged were created as a tireless army.I'm not sure how much comfort this will be to WizarDru, but we've gotten hints that there will be a feat to reduce arcane spell failure (for all characters, not just warforged) in the Eberron sourcebook. Then it becomes an even trade: mages are "buying" 2 AC with a feat.I honestly don't see a warforged wizard as more "gimped" than a dwarf sorceror or a half-orc wizard. I agree with Stone Dog that the Wis and Cha penalties are enough to make the path to high-level cleric an arduous one. Like most other races, the warforged are more suited for some classes than others.I think using actual armor rather than natural armor is a bit metagamey -- in the same way that it's weird that you can use two rings on each hand -- but I think it's a crucial balancing point to keep the race at ECL 0. I applaud that, because I've never had any interest in bothering with an ECL 1 or higher race. In general, I've been very happy with the way they've presented warforged.That's a good thing, because they're a big part of the setting. (Hey, they're right on the cover.) But they're not what draws me in. What draws me in is the depth and backstory, the chance to play "generic" D&D that's a more flavorful kind of vanilla.</blockquote>

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