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6 months ago ::
Jan 14, 2013 - 5:21PM
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May 12, 2009
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 Dragon 419
Compilation
By Jim Auwaerter, Logan Bonner, Ed Greenwood, Doug Hyatt, Claudio Pozas, Robert J. Schwalb, Steve Winter
V isit the blighted Mournland and discover the inner workings of sentient living spells. Find out why many consider bladelings to be the ideal soldiers. Equip your game with the engines of war. Plus, the first wielders, hobgoblins, and the Dead Dwarf Mine!Talk about this magazine here.
Yan
Montréal, Canada
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6 months ago ::
Jan 14, 2013 - 5:51PM
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Date Joined:
Nov 30, 2010
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The bladeling will need some serious errata...it's very amateurish.
The hobgoblin was actually kinda nice, my only gripe is the Warcaster Tactics feat...maybe restrict it to one per encounter or only working with dailies and encounters?
Clockwork Rookery remind me of the Siege Tower on Threats to Nethir Vale...wish is nice. (yesterday my party hijacked one of those, i am allowing them to spend money for mats to upgrade it and use it for outdoor encounters)
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6 months ago ::
Jan 14, 2013 - 5:55PM
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May 12, 2009
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I liked the Winning Race: Hobgoblin and Bladeling but i think Razor Storm should scale +3/6/9. I would have wish for better feats support but its still cool to get new Winning Races in a long time
The Sentient Living Spells, Engines of War and First Wielder articles bring interesting new monsters.
The Eye on the Realms is good too, about Clan Harhund and Dead Dwarf Mine
PS Welcome back to Steve Winter at Dragon Magazines!
Yan
Montréal, Canada
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6 months ago ::
Jan 14, 2013 - 7:51PM
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Date Joined:
Sep 19, 2007
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The Sentient Living Spells, Engines of War and First Wielder articles bring interesting new monsters.
Haven't had the chance to download it yet.
Darn, I was hoping that the First Wielders article would be new weapon styles for Slayers and Knights (maybe Scouts, Hunters and Thieves, too).
Here's hoping for those later in the year.
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6 months ago ::
Jan 14, 2013 - 7:54PM
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Date Joined:
Nov 30, 2010
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The Sentient Living Spells, Engines of War and First Wielder articles bring interesting new monsters.
Haven't had the chance to download it yet.
Darn, I was hoping that the First Wielders article would be new weapon styles for Slayers and Knights (maybe Scouts, Hunters and Thieves, too).
Here's hoping for those later in the year.
Those classes have little chance of being expanded because of the design of those...they are not as "modular" as classic classes or the semi-essentials classes such as hexblade (hexblade having the best potential to be expanded, this being the reason for it being expanded quite during the years)
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6 months ago ::
Jan 15, 2013 - 9:39AM
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Jun 17, 2003
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I thought for sure that hobgoblins would get STR as their flex stats. I know hobgoblins have a strong arcane tradition, but I cannot abide that hobgoblins make subpar fighters.
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6 months ago ::
Jan 15, 2013 - 10:23AM
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Date Joined:
Sep 19, 2007
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I thought for sure that hobgoblins would get STR as their flex stats. I know hobgoblins have a strong arcane tradition, but I cannot abide that hobgoblins make subpar fighters.
They don't make subpar Fighters. They don't make optimal Fighters, either. They make subpar Rangers.
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6 months ago ::
Jan 15, 2013 - 1:04PM
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Date Joined:
Jun 17, 2003
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It's still weird that they make better wizards than fighters.
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6 months ago ::
Jan 16, 2013 - 12:56AM
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The hobgoblin was actually kinda nice, my only gripe is the Warcaster Tactics feat...maybe restrict it to one per encounter or only working with dailies and encounters?
It is certainly strong, but I do not think it overpowered. The ally must be adjacent, this is quite a serious limitation. Limiting it further would mean it does not fit into the 18 strongest feats for a sorcerer or wizard, essentially rendering it useless.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 18, 2013 - 10:07AM
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Nov 23, 2003
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The "Unarmed Strike is High-Crit" feat should have no Preqs. The "You have an unarmed strike feature" feat should give +3/1d8 light-blade unarmed strike, and Ki-proficiency (or something of that caliber).
The Storm-Pillar companion should be labeled a defender, and have an MBA. Area denial more a defender thing than a striker thing, and it has no extra damage source to justify the label.
Re 2/4/6 vs. 3/6/9. I increasingly think that many of those powers should just gain the implement keyword. See "Ki Focus" above for one solution to that (or grant the race Ki-Focus profiency as a racial feature. It's not like it would over power them. At all.)
"Nice assumptions. Completely wrong assumptions, but by jove if being incorrect stopped people from making idiotic statements, we wouldn't have modern internet subculture." Kerrus
Practical gameplay runs by neither RAW or RAI, but rather "A Compromise Between The Gist Of The Rule As I Recall Getting The Impression Of It That One Time I Read It And What Jerry Says He Remembers, Whatever, We'll Look It Up Later If Any Of Us Still Give A Damn." Erachima
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