| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| Dargoth |
Posted - 26 Sep 2006 : 06:17:35
Table of Contents is up at Wizards
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20060926a |
| 30 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Ardashir |
Posted - 21 Dec 2006 : 23:57:42
I agree, re-doing the Simbul as an Ultimate Magus sounds good to me. Then again, all PCs usually have to know is that she's mind-numbingly powerful and no one to p!$$ off... |
| Brenigin |
Posted - 03 Nov 2006 : 04:38:07
The Simbul was the first thing that came to mind when I saw that class. |
| KnightErrantJR |
Posted - 03 Nov 2006 : 00:43:49
Just looking through this, something jumped out at me. I was never really happy with the Simbul being a Sorcerer 20/Wizard 10/Archmage 2, because it really seemed to hose her ability to cast spells, and meant that all of her high levels spells were accessed through her sorcerer abilities, meaning that they were more "intuitive" than learned, and making it harder to picture her writing some of the spells that she has.
If you make her a Sorcerer 10/Wizard 10/Ultimate Magus 10/Archmage 2, and you advance her wizard levels with her archmage class, then she actually has a sorcerer CL of 20 and a wizard CL of 19, which means that both of her arcane classes allow her access to ninth level spells, thus eliminating the whole need to even argue if sorcerers can write spells (not that I want to rehash that). It also goes back to making her a formidable spell dueler instead of giving her a class that only detracts from her ability to bring high level spells to bear.
Just something I noticed. I'm not big into crunching up important NPCs, but at the same time, I do like to speculate on things like this, if only for internal consistancy. Plus, you don't have to mess with that whole silly "she relearns new spells by casting Wish" convention.
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| Mazrim_Taim |
Posted - 28 Oct 2006 : 03:05:41
quote:
Originally posted by Chosen of Moradin
Well, if most DM's have houseruled the spell anyway, I don´t see any problem if the WoTC want to houseruled the spell, too.
If the DMs can do something about a problem, why the WoTC cannot do something, too?
I don't like it because I believe it's a waste of space. No one buys a purely supplemental book like Complete Mage without being somewhat familiar with out broken polymorph is and having houseruled it themselves. Save the house rules for Dragon/Dungeon Magazine and Unearthed Arcana 2. (if they ever come out with one)
I also don't like having to buy every new book just for a few more polymorph school spells. Which is why I agree that it's going to need an entire new edition. |
| Marc |
Posted - 27 Oct 2006 : 20:46:48
I've just acquired the book, with every book released the balance shifts to more power, though the book is cool, it seems to me that something that unique and new (concerning game mechanics) hasn't been released in years. Well done |
| EytanBernstein |
Posted - 27 Oct 2006 : 18:29:20
I don't think the polymorph problem can truly be fixed until the new edition (and before anyone asks, I have absolutely no knowledge or heads up that this is coming any time soon, nor do I really want it at the moment :) I have my inner debates about reserve feats, but I do wonder if they will actually really break any games. By the time you get to the point where you're doing 9d6 with a small burst of fire, you could use make much better use of a maximized delayed blast fireball. The same goes for most of the them. The 9th level, necromancy, bigby's, or other spell a wizard (or other caster) is holding back to keep this reserve feat going is almost always more powerful than the reserve feat. I think the reserve feats that let you do nifty minor arcana like teleporting unattended objects to your hand, short dimension doors, and similar effects are great. They're just the sort of flavor that makes wizards more fun, but without really unbalancing the game. I know people are worried about the various reusable energy blasts, but most wizards will probably need to eventually sacrifice the highest slots they reserve if a battle is truly taxing.
I also don't think the feats step on the toes of warlocks - one of my personal favorites of the new core classes. Not only can a warlock use one of the PrCs that advances both invocations and spells, allowing him to use reserve reserve feats to gain a few more reusable spell like abilities - to supplement his existing ones. Most invocations are more powerful and more versatile than reserve feats, and without requiring you to lose anything in the process.
I can completely understand DMs not wanting to use these. For the most part, I allow pretty much all the material in the various books, with a few very small exceptions. I can run whatever type of game players want to play. If there characters are powerful, their enemies are smart. If the characters are more typical, I tend to focus more on personal stories, intrigue, and the like, though I always try to use these. I don't fault any DM for using or not using material. It's all optional, even the material printing in the core 3 books. That said, I think that people can easily allow most things, but still running the kind of game they want. It just takes some flexibility and a good grasp of what the rules do. I know that as a game designer, I have the luxury and resources to learn all of the new mechanics, but many people don't. Most people do not have the time or inclination to do this. If anyone ever has trouble with one or have a question, feel free to ask me about them. I'm happy to help. |
| Chosen of Moradin |
Posted - 27 Oct 2006 : 16:13:52
Well, if most DM's have houseruled the spell anyway, I don´t see any problem if the WoTC want to houseruled the spell, too.
If the DMs can do something about a problem, why the WoTC cannot do something, too? |
| Mazrim_Taim |
Posted - 27 Oct 2006 : 09:28:04
I picked up this book. Found out that like most supplement books there are things that I love and things I definitely dislike.
What I loved;
Class Variants (Divine Magician is pretty neat)
Half of the feats (see below)
Abjurant Champion (I like playing Fighter/Mages)
What I didn't like;
The entire 1st chapter (terrible advice, especially on what prohibted schools to choose)
Reserve Feats (they are trying to take away the rest mechanic in D&D, a bad sign to me)
The continuation of the "Polymorph" subchool (c'mon WoTC, it's too late for "oops, we messed up with poly/shapechange, let's add another new subschool in bits and pieces over the next dozen or so books. Most DM's have houseruled the spell anyway) |
| KnightErrantJR |
Posted - 23 Oct 2006 : 16:18:17
Sleyvas:
I agree that the reserve feats may make some other feats look pretty paltry by comparison, but at the same time, it seems like we have a lot of feats that seem to be less effective than more recent feats. Toughness is +3 hit points, Improved Toughness, which doesn't require toughness as a prerequisite, gives you +1 hit point per level, which once you get 4th level or higher is obviously a better choice.
I am likely to try to these feats as is in a campaign to see how they work. I'm not so set in my ways that I would say that I know they are balanced and wouldn't cause any problems. I just tend to let things go the first time through and make notes on this.
While I'm not doing this right off the bat, a few things that I was thinking of was even just making the damage 1 hit dice less than the reserve spell, and also perhaps introducing a concentration check to be able to use the feat (logic wise, I picture reserve feats drawing off the "ambient magic" that surrounds the partially cast spell, thus the spellcaster would have to tap into that "reserve" to call forth a degree of power).
I liked the Wild Soul and Unseen Seer as well. Since I'm not as versed in Warlock lore as I am other acane casters, I'll admit I can't do a whole lot of analysis of these PrCs either.
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| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 23 Oct 2006 : 15:33:56
I think we've strayed from the original topic... Let's find our way back, shall we? |
| Mace Hammerhand |
Posted - 23 Oct 2006 : 15:32:28
Durned human, ye knew I was in trouble that one time in, you know, that...errr... festhall in Waterdeep, and you bailed on me while that mob chased me through the dock ward! |
| Kalin Agrivar |
Posted - 23 Oct 2006 : 14:34:03
you know Mace, it's kind of funny...I find this book in the north wing and it shows me that all I have to do is retain a strong teleport spell and I will be able to "hop" all over the place 
You have no idea how easy it is now to circumvent obsticles, traps, doors...
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| Mace Hammerhand |
Posted - 21 Oct 2006 : 08:36:57
Kalin? Yer using teleport magic? Didn't know ye could do that. Silly human, ye could've told me earlier. Iw ouldn've needed to sneak...um...well...never ye mind! |
| Kalin Agrivar |
Posted - 20 Oct 2006 : 20:14:40
quote:
Originally posted by Beirnadri Magranth
I think it was actually Tethtoril who cast that Resinous Tar spell into the bookshelves up there... only the absence of a trail of sticky fingerprints along the knocker let me know that you had jumped around using magic.
that proves nothing...a simple unseen servant could have done the same  |
| Beirnadri Magranth |
Posted - 20 Oct 2006 : 20:11:12
I think it was actually Tethtoril who cast that Resinous Tar spell into the bookshelves up there... only the absence of a trail of sticky fingerprints along the knocker let me know that you had jumped around using magic. |
| Kalin Agrivar |
Posted - 20 Oct 2006 : 19:43:55
quote:
Originally posted by Beirnadri Magranth
Kalin, you're just mad because they've finally published the secrets you use to whisk yourself to the hidden sections of the keep at all hours of the night. Its about time I had the chance to get into the Study of Ghyrnie Kess'h. I've been trying to read the scrolls containing the records of your great grandfather's chapbook for nearly a season!
It gets me to Baldur's Gate pretty quickly too
And you know as well as I if it wasn’t for those wards Alaundo laid onto those scrolls I would have “lost” them a long time ago!
So what if a few embarrassing facts were exposed in my great grandfather’s chapbook? And that matron made him a pariah of Waterhavan society? I think it is ironic as those Waterhaven Noble Families paid him good coin for that commission in the first place.
Can’t the memory of that poor man just be laid to rest? 
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| Beirnadri Magranth |
Posted - 20 Oct 2006 : 19:23:54
Kalin, you're just mad because they've finally published the secrets you use to whisk yourself to the hidden sections of the keep at all hours of the night. Its about time I had the chance to get into the Study of Ghyrnie Kess'h. I've been trying to read the scrolls containing the records of your great grandfather's chapbook for nearly a season! |
| Kalin Agrivar |
Posted - 20 Oct 2006 : 18:12:15
quote:
Originally posted by KnightErrantJR
Granted, its great to be able to fling a 3d6 burst of fire every round, but it only affects a five foot square, and your opponent gets to save against it. That same firball that give you a five foot burst for 3d6 could be spent to blow up a 30 foot burst for 6d6 (minimum, with the CL boost from the feat). In all honesty, the reserve feats, depending on the level of spell that you keep from using to power them, are comparable to what you can do with, say scorching ray, which is only a second level spell. So as far as spells go, I don't think that it really throws anything damage wise out of whack.
this is my point:
* the burst of energy can be done every round
* the burst usually is a touch attack or reflex save
* the burst is at least 2 dice of damage (using 1d4 or 1d6 usually)
this means that wizard basically has a melee attack that can inflict more damage than most melee weapons, and as long as they don't attack a creature with a high dexterity and/or with good reflex saves that spellcaster sould become just as potent as a fighter...
and that teleport one? sheesh  |
| sleyvas |
Posted - 20 Oct 2006 : 17:48:05
I loved the beginning of the book. The discussion of archetypes was near and dear to my heart. The alternative class features (especially the armored mage) are wonderful. I was at first thinking that with this armored mage out, the spellsword class would lose its use, but then I started thinking that those folk who start as rangers, paladins, clerics, etc.... will still be clamoring for mithril chain shirts... also, those who don't want to wear light armors.
>>I thought this myself when I first read the concept behind the reserve feats. I thought >>about weather low level spells would have any use, if any other feats might be worth while >>to take any more, and if these feasts replaced or made obsolete any other feats. While my >>gut reaction was yes, I started really thinking about what they do, and how they do it.
>>Granted, its great to be able to fling a 3d6 burst of fire every round, but it only affects >>a five foot square, and your opponent gets to save against it. That same firball that give >>you a five foot burst for 3d6 could be spent to blow up a 30 foot burst for 6d6 (minimum, >>with the CL boost from the feat). In all honesty, the reserve feats, depending on the level >>of spell that you keep from using to power them, are comparable to what you can do with, >>say scorching ray, which is only a second level spell. So as far as spells go, I don't >>think that it really throws anything damage wise out of whack.
Hmmm, my earlier comments from yesterday aren't here... weird. Oh well, I've had a little more time to digest sections of the book. I'm afraid, so far my worries are coming to light. I'll disagree here on reserve feats. For instance, does this invalidate some previous feats? For the most part, it puts the innate spell feat to shame. Granted that feat needed some work, but this is overkill.
Overall, this is the way I see it. Arcane casters got upset when they introduced the warlock class. So, they introduced these reserve feats as a way for wizards to do the same basic things with a feat. You know escalate the imbalance rather than fix the original problem. Its nice that the fire one gives a save for its possible 9d6 damage per round, but the sheer amount of damage is insane as a free ability. However, the save DC is set by the spell in storage, so its a pretty high save. Hell The storm bolt and winter's blast affect an area rather than a single square and don't even give a save. Invisible needle has its damage reduced to d4's because it has more utility, but its still nasty. Acidic splatter is single target, but its still 9d6. At least the clap of thunder requires a physical touch attack, but it tags on the ability to deafen someone (however, being that using this one is more dangerous to use and pretty much warns EVERYTHING that you're around... its the one that's more on the verge of balance). After all, with these around what mage is ever going to use his crossbow (oh well, creatures immune to my reserve feat, guess I'll have to use a real spell). The fixes for these as I see it are simple, cut the damage to half (rounded up even), so that keeping a 9th lvl spell lets you hurl a 5d6 or 5d4 effect. Then tag reflex saves on top of that to allow creatures to avoid damage. It still makes you feel like a mage, and performs its basic job. Of the other reserve feats, the only one that immediately jumps out at me as possibly abuseful is the summon elemental one, but that's only for the "send in fodder first to set off traps" reasoning.
I like most of the other reserve feats. The clutch of earth one would be wonderful for stopping rogues who control the battlefield through positioning. Mystic backlash sounds a tad dangerous until you read the part about it allowing a will save. Blade of force requires the character to get close and personal in combat just like clap of thunder, yet its only 1 pt per level of spell, not 1d6 per level of spell (and only applies to a single attack, even if the character is performing a full attack action). Wind-guided arrows... just beautiful for that mage who is using the crossbow. Shadow-veil, wonderful alternative to actually giving oneself concealment.
Next, I moved onto the prestige classes (and this is as far as I've gotten). Abjurant champion. Ok, if I'm in the eldritch knight prestige class, I meet all the requirements except combat casting.... which for a melee mage would only make sense. Yet, this class has 1d10 for hp and some nice extra abilities (whereas eldritch knight gives you nothing except a feat, but to get that feat you lose a level of spellcasting). Is it horridly overpowered? No, but it just shows that not much thought is being put into the balance issues since they even directly compare it to the other class. If a character were going to do eldritch knight all the way through, I see no reason why they wouldn't do 5 lvls of it then 5 lvls of this instead (or 9 levels of EldK, followed by 5 of AbjC)
Eldritch disciple and Eldritch Theurge... since mages got "warlock-like" abilities with the reserve feats, they must've felt like they needed to give warlocks something. I need to read over the invocation section of warlock again as these don't seem to put them far behind
their other abilities and tags in some unusual extras as well (unlike mystic theurge and cerebremancer which don't give any extra abilities along the way). By the way... where does the word Theurge and theurgist come from? I always believed it had something to do with "becoming one with god"... thus the Theurgist Adepts of Imaskar were trying to make themselves into gods, yet it seems in D&D we're turning it into "someone who studies arcane magic- and another discipline".
Without having done in-depth work with warlocks, the enlightened spirit prestige class seems like it could be ok.
Holy Scourge would seem a nice step for those paladins who went eldritch knight and/or spellsword.
The Lyric Thaumaturge is EXACTLY what the bard needs in my view... more spells to cast per day and a bit broader spell selection. This one is very well designed in my view.
The master specialist is also a very well designed class. It lets a wizard advance at the cost of 2 feats (but he does get greater spell focus to help make up for the loss), and it makes the specialist even more reflective of their school. Even better, it holds out on the best abilities till 10th lvl to keep the characters in the class, and doesn't put some ripe fruit at the first level so that people are allowed to just dip in and skim the best parts.
The nightmare spinner... well, this one puts the best abilities right at the beginning to make it easy for someone to dip in, take a single level, become effectively an illusion specialist without opposition schools, tag some other fine abilities and leave. All for the cost of some skill points in bluff, intimidate, and sense motive. Hmmmm, what's on a red wizard's skill list you ask? Bluff and intimidate? So, they have to cross-class a little sense motive to get a free illusion spell at every level? Oh, and arcane tricksters get a ton of skill points, right? Please, twist my arm harder.... of course, this is all fixed quite easily by just moving the "cherry" to the 3rd lvl in the prestige class and making someone make a commitment for it. They did it for all the base classes... they moved the really nice abilities to second level or higher to prevent this kind of thing (evasion, divine grace, etc..), so stick to the same basic rules with prestige classes.
Ultimate Magus. I really wanted to see a class "like" this which would let a character go up in multiple arcane paths. However, this one tags on a bunch of extra abilities. At least with mystic theurge you are giving up your wizardly feats. However, this class gives you the ability to pick 2 feats. Then it also tags on the ability to use spells from your other class to augment your spells with metamagic feats (this can get very nasty with things like persistence around). This class ability makes no sense why it would be specific to this class, as opposed to making a metamagic class (which would have been great for this book, btw).
The unseen seer is a great alternative to the arcane trickster for the person who wants sneak attack but doesn't want to put themselves several levels behind in casting in order to get it. The abilities it gives are wonderful even for those who only want the first few levels, yet at the same time the requirements are steep enough that you really have to think about it before entering it.
The Wild Soul is a wonderful option for bringing in the fey courts to your campaigns. Its got some nice options, but they aren't too overpowering. I could see a ton of these in Aglarond (where there is noted to be both Seelie and Unseelie sprites according to 2nd edition lore), and possibly even the Star Elves have ties to the fey courts.
That's as far as I've gotten for now. I'd love to hear other people's perspectives on these views |
| KnightErrantJR |
Posted - 19 Oct 2006 : 13:16:04
I thought this myself when I first read the concept behind the reserve feats. I thought about weather low level spells would have any use, if any other feats might be worth while to take any more, and if these feasts replaced or made obsolete any other feats. While my gut reaction was yes, I started really thinking about what they do, and how they do it.
Granted, its great to be able to fling a 3d6 burst of fire every round, but it only affects a five foot square, and your opponent gets to save against it. That same firball that give you a five foot burst for 3d6 could be spent to blow up a 30 foot burst for 6d6 (minimum, with the CL boost from the feat). In all honesty, the reserve feats, depending on the level of spell that you keep from using to power them, are comparable to what you can do with, say scorching ray, which is only a second level spell. So as far as spells go, I don't think that it really throws anything damage wise out of whack.
On the utility front, you would have to spend one feat each for fire, cold, acid, electricity, and force, and force requires a higher level spell and does less damage than the other reserve feats do. If you also want to have the utility spells that allow you to fly or teleport or whatever else you may want, that's another couple of feats. Would you be willing to build a wizard where all of your extra feats go just to reserve feats? Metamagic feats are still pretty impresive, considering you can do things like casting two spells in a round, or maximize or empower spells for example. Plus, if you want to increase the DC of your spells, again, you will need some extra feats, and from what I gather, the DC of your reserve ability is what it is, you can't bump it because its not a spell.
While these feats seem pretty cool, and I would definately consider using them, at the same time, if you learn to make wands, for example, with one feat you are a little more versatile, and the cost of some XP and gold to make them. You can have a wand of fire, cold, acid, force, sonic, etc. for one feat, as long as you can afford the creation costs, and you don't run into the problem of not having the right reserve feat for a given foe if you have wands that can handle almost anything (for example, if you have a reserve feat that lets you deal fire damage, and you run into salamanders, or azers, etc.). I also thought about what I want to be able to do with a wizard, and I need all the feats that I can keep open.
Personally, as I get higher level with a wzard character, I would like to be able to activate buffs and defenses without wasting any time. Plus I would like to have the ability to use some defensive measures that I don't always want to memorize. I would need to be able to make magic items, contingent spells, spell mantles, or at the very least have some spells quickened in order to be able to pull off what I want to be able to do with a character like this. Plus, I would like to make sure the DC of my spells is such that they are taking full effect.
All of this, I guess, is just a long winded way of saying that I can definately still see some use for older feats in the Core rulebooks, and that it isn't so good that you can't imagine making a character without the feats. I can still easily see making a wizard without using the feats, and in a one on one duel, for example, I can't really picture one having an advantage over the other either.
Its just my take, and I could be off base. If anyone has come up with some other problems that I haven't thought of, It would be great to hear them, beacuse its always good to brainstorm these potential issues.
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| Sanishiver |
Posted - 19 Oct 2006 : 05:22:22
Now that I own the book, I find that my first impression on Reserve Feats is that they're simply too powerful. I was figuring one would have to hold 7th, 8th and 9th level spells in reserve....but lower level spells?
Too much for too little if you ask me.
What I do like about this book is that it goes a very long ways towards facilitating play experience that jive with what we read about magical battles in Realms novels.
That is this book presents us with reactionary type feats (and some items) that let casters do more to react to things as they're happening or are about to happen, as opposed to reacting in the back and forth, seesaw approach of typical play.
Very good improvement, that.
I think I'll be finding uses for this book right away.
So, good and bad, but I like the book overall. |
| sleyvas |
Posted - 18 Oct 2006 : 21:59:36
>>my problem is mostly as these new feats of any type are produced they devalue the "core" >>feats from the Players Handbook and the earlier books...it is getting to the point if not >>for the requirements of PrCs my players barely ever choose a feat from the PH (except for >>a few combat/fighter feats)
>>It reminds me of how the Magic card game developed...as more and more expansions were >>developed cards were made to justify the expansion, cards that would have been considered >>overpowered in earlier sets
Yes, that's my worry. I bought the book and haven't had much of a chance to look at it. I was worried with some other sourcebooks in the past though, and for the most part I haven't had to ban much so far. I'll give wizards one thing over TSR, they seem to be more focused on achieving game balance, which is why I've quit buying 3rd party stuff. |
| Kalin Agrivar |
Posted - 16 Oct 2006 : 13:52:20
quote:
Originally posted by KnightErrantJR
I liked the reserve feats. I was a little hesitant to accept them at first, because if you always keep, say, meteor swarm in your reserve, you would have a 9d6 burst of fire every round. On the other hand, the more I looked at it, the more it occured to me that you aren't going to pick up reserve feats early on, and if you do, they won't be of much use to you. In the long run, they let you free up some of your low level spells for more "utility" spells instead of combat related ones, and they aren't too overbalanced, since you likely won't have too many of them, and if you run into something resistant to whatever your reserve combat feat is, you will still have to fall back on your spells.
On the other hand, I liked the utility reserve feats, such as the short range teleport and fly abilities, and those would help out in just the opposite manner to the ones listed above, i.e. so that you could free up more of your spell slots for combat since you can fly or teleport for short distances. I agree that the "teleporting something to your hand" effect doesn't seem spectacular, but its a cool, very wizardly thing to be able to do.
Still digesting other parts of this, but I liked the spells that allow you to fuse two spells into a spell slot and then cast them both together, thus letting a sorcerer get in some "quickened" effects.
I am still deliberating on the reserve feats..they still seem too powerful an ability to casually give...being able to blast with fire, acid, cold, electricity round after round (often a touch attack) causing more damage than any melee weapon weilded by an arcane (and most divine) spellcasters
my problem is mostly as these new feats of any type are produced they devalue the "core" feats from the Players Handbook and the earlier books...it is getting to the point if not for the requirements of PrCs my players barely ever choose a feat from the PH (except for a few combat/fighter feats)
It reminds me of how the Magic card game developed...as more and more expansions were developed cards were made to justify the expansion, cards that would have been considered overpowered in earlier sets |
| acro |
Posted - 16 Oct 2006 : 13:03:55
Well thanks for the information EytanBernstein, I'll have to remeber it when I play. Thanks again. |
| EytanBernstein |
Posted - 16 Oct 2006 : 02:03:30
quote:
Originally posted by acro
Ok I'm still new to forgotten realms and everything so I don't exactly know what I'm talking about but why not get this for any class and mix it with a mage or cleric class. Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought you could do that.
Generally, multiclass spellcasters are at a disadvantage for reserve feats. Multiclassing makes it take much longer to cast higher level spells. Few multiclass characters will be able to get a 9d6 attack from these because they won't have access to 9th level spells. A reserve feat only requires you to have a single spell to keep it going, but if that spell is high level, then the feat produces a more potent effect (usually). |
| acro |
Posted - 15 Oct 2006 : 20:31:53
Ok I'm still new to forgotten realms and everything so I don't exactly know what I'm talking about but why not get this for any class and mix it with a mage or cleric class. Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought you could do that. |
| KnightErrantJR |
Posted - 14 Oct 2006 : 18:28:43
I liked the reserve feats. I was a little hesitant to accept them at first, because if you always keep, say, meteor swarm in your reserve, you would have a 9d6 burst of fire every round. On the other hand, the more I looked at it, the more it occured to me that you aren't going to pick up reserve feats early on, and if you do, they won't be of much use to you. In the long run, they let you free up some of your low level spells for more "utility" spells instead of combat related ones, and they aren't too overbalanced, since you likely won't have too many of them, and if you run into something resistant to whatever your reserve combat feat is, you will still have to fall back on your spells.
On the other hand, I liked the utility reserve feats, such as the short range teleport and fly abilities, and those would help out in just the opposite manner to the ones listed above, i.e. so that you could free up more of your spell slots for combat since you can fly or teleport for short distances. I agree that the "teleporting something to your hand" effect doesn't seem spectacular, but its a cool, very wizardly thing to be able to do.
Still digesting other parts of this, but I liked the spells that allow you to fuse two spells into a spell slot and then cast them both together, thus letting a sorcerer get in some "quickened" effects. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 14 Oct 2006 : 16:40:00
It's not that I don't have any intention of picking this book up, I just haven't seen anything in it that makes me want to buy it.
Still, if you're going to buy it, I suppose I can always "borrow" your copy.
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| Lady Kazandra |
Posted - 14 Oct 2006 : 15:10:47
Well, I don't think the Sage has any intention of picking this book up. I may, simply because I'm a wizard/magic/sorcery junkie . . . and I get the feeling there'll be plenty of material inside that will be useful for an EB campaign.
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| Beirnadri Magranth |
Posted - 14 Oct 2006 : 04:19:57
I meant in the sense that they are almost frivolous.... like teleporting items to your hand and changing your face. being able to see in the dark etc.
they are like 'siphon a soul' etc. |
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