New Posts For Thread: The Spellplague and Spellscarred-How has it been handled?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22448085/The_Spellplague_and_Spellscarred-How_has_it_been_handledHi all,What are your opinions on the spellplague and the spellscarred?Spellplague1. Does the spellplague improve the campaign setting?2. Has LFR handled the spellplague well?3. How interested are you playing mods with the spellplague as a primary theMy conversations with folks near the start of the campaign indicated that the "promo" aspect was to allow the rarity of spellscars to be visible in gameplay as well as the world; in fact, I had heard that there was a concerted effort to *prevent* spehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22448085/The_Spellplague_and_Spellscarred-How_has_it_been_handled?post_id=391581693#391581693My conversations with folks near the start of the campaign indicated that the "promo" aspect was to allow the rarity of spellscars to be visible in gameplay as well as the world; in fact, I had heard that there was a concerted effort to *prevent* speWed, 24 Feb 2010 19:27:36 -0600Another poster mentioned hoping for some Dragon crunch that would make taking Spellscarred powers more desirable.PLEASE DO THIS!!I have a Spellscarred Dragonborn Bard (with Sight of the Unseen).  So far the only time my spellscar came into play in ahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22448085/The_Spellplague_and_Spellscarred-How_has_it_been_handled?post_id=391534325#391534325Another poster mentioned hoping for some Dragon crunch that would make taking Spellscarred powers more desirable.PLEASE DO THIS!!I have a Spellscarred Dragonborn Bard (with Sight of the Unseen).  So far the only time my spellscar came into play in aWed, 24 Feb 2010 12:29:26 -0600Sure, but unless the players have read the DM's stat blocks (or know the MM by heart, which in my experience most LFR players don't), they are unlikely to spot the difference between a kuo-toa and a spellscarred kuo-toa, or between a sphinx and a Lolhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22448085/The_Spellplague_and_Spellscarred-How_has_it_been_handled?post_id=391412537#391412537Sure, but unless the players have read the DM's stat blocks (or know the MM by heart, which in my experience most LFR players don't), they are unlikely to spot the difference between a kuo-toa and a spellscarred kuo-toa, or between a sphinx and a LolTue, 23 Feb 2010 12:32:05 -0600This made me think of EAST1-5: Mole Hunt. I skimmed the adventure, and I believe that the only time it mentions spellscarred PCs, it does so to call out that they provide no benefit.I would have loved  to run that adventure with KarmaInferno's charhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22448085/The_Spellplague_and_Spellscarred-How_has_it_been_handled?post_id=391298013#391298013This made me think of EAST1-5: Mole Hunt. I skimmed the adventure, and I believe that the only time it mentions spellscarred PCs, it does so to call out that they provide no benefit.I would have loved  to run that adventure with KarmaInferno's charMon, 22 Feb 2010 11:33:42 -0600Ah, mechanically the difference would indeed be minor, although in case of a spellscar there is always spellscar susceptibility and spellscar senses. There is a difference in appearances, which is the heart of themes. It up to the DM to describe thehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22448085/The_Spellplague_and_Spellscarred-How_has_it_been_handled?post_id=391289589#391289589Ah, mechanically the difference would indeed be minor, although in case of a spellscar there is always spellscar susceptibility and spellscar senses. There is a difference in appearances, which is the heart of themes. It up to the DM to describe theMon, 22 Feb 2010 09:40:59 -0600