Worst...Idea...Ever
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Ralif Redhammer
Legend
You have got to be joking! Please tell me that these haven't been published somewhere....
Shemeska said:
Psion
Adventurer
Okay, my turn:
1- "Me too" on making the soulknife as a core class. Or any core (meaning 20 level) class that it wouldn't make sense to have an apprentice teenager.
2- "Anything can cross-breed." I don't mind the existence of half-whatever templates... the idea of magical crossbreeds is a fine fantasy tradition. But the mere idea that not only would random disparate creatures couple ("hey baby... what's a slime like you doing in a place like this?"), but that such coupling would result in offspring is... annoyingly stupid, and it strips an otherwise intriguing fantasy concept of its luster.
1- "Me too" on making the soulknife as a core class. Or any core (meaning 20 level) class that it wouldn't make sense to have an apprentice teenager.
2- "Anything can cross-breed." I don't mind the existence of half-whatever templates... the idea of magical crossbreeds is a fine fantasy tradition. But the mere idea that not only would random disparate creatures couple ("hey baby... what's a slime like you doing in a place like this?"), but that such coupling would result in offspring is... annoyingly stupid, and it strips an otherwise intriguing fantasy concept of its luster.
Henry
Autoexreginated
Jyrdan Fairblade said:
Necromentals - Monster Manual 3, I believe? And I kinda liked the idea, because I thought it was just actual elementals suffused with negative energy.
"Rise from the grave, oh, dead campfire!"
Turanil said:
Strangely, I can, because I can conceive of an amorphous multi-celled creature with control of body cohesion. The Gel-cube I admit is sillier than the mimic, but I like the idea of the mimic. But the idea of a Penanggelan was ruined for me by the original Fiend Folio.
TerraDave
5ever, or until 2024
1st edition: level limits, distinct and non combatable mechanics to be stealthy (and surprised) or listed at a door, the need to give treasure for advancement (XP) and then drain it away with training, weapon speeds, a weapon vs. armor chart in the PHB that no one used, a bunch of weapons no one used, psionics, much of Unearthed Arcana in play (for some reason, I liked it better in Dragon), much of the Fiend Folio (this was probably my first realization that game designers where not perfect, but now it does have a certain nostalgia value)… as an aside, other quirks I kinda liked: spells balanced with system shock checks, disappearing drow equipement…
2nd edition: keeping too many of the above, but without the charm or style. Two weapon rangers, most kits, most things Realms that I had contact with, the devastating long spear from the CFHB, the complete elves handbook (and all released after it), large portions of Players Options in play, including sub-ability scores…
3rd edition: the 3.0 ranger, 3.5 weapon sizes (given what they replaced), too much emphasis on a default setting (including things like deities, demographics, magic level…) that can never satisfy everyone, no matter how generic they make it.
2nd edition: keeping too many of the above, but without the charm or style. Two weapon rangers, most kits, most things Realms that I had contact with, the devastating long spear from the CFHB, the complete elves handbook (and all released after it), large portions of Players Options in play, including sub-ability scores…
3rd edition: the 3.0 ranger, 3.5 weapon sizes (given what they replaced), too much emphasis on a default setting (including things like deities, demographics, magic level…) that can never satisfy everyone, no matter how generic they make it.
Shemeska
Adventurer
Jyrdan Fairblade said:
In Libris Mortis, the deaf/mute cousin of Draconomicon and Lords of Madness. Aka the one that was a disappointment.
They took the negative touched quasielementals of 2e in almost every aspect (Dust, Ash, Void, Salt) and called them undead elementals. No explanation of how things without a real corporeal body could be made undead, how things without a body/soul duality could even be made undead. But wham, undead elementals.
As I said, dumber than a sack of hammers.
Had they called them quasielementals which they almost transparent imitations of, that would have been fine, but they made them actual undead. *sigh and shake of head*
Prince of Happiness
First Post
diaglo said:
What you didn't like the idea of NPC hirelings getting more powerful the further along the alphabet they get? Forget "Aathamaeus," he's first level, "Zzzzzzzalnar's" 20th!
