reezel
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Champion of the Beholder and Beholderkin
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reezel
Sergeant
555 Posts
| | 10/17/2005 2:31 PM |
| | I'll probably pick up this book this weekend, but until then, you see anything in there that would pertain to a soulknife, most specifically a Kalashar. | |
Champion of the Beholder and Beholderkin
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Stabmastaarson
Sergeant
442 Posts
| | 10/17/2005 3:28 PM |
| Not so much Kalashtar or Soulknife specific, more geared towards the psion class, a new psionic artificer class, psychic warforged and psi powers. Plus Psionic feats.
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CarpBrain
Sergeant
503 Posts
| | 10/17/2005 7:31 PM |
| | The idea of a psychic warforged has me really intrigued. What can you tell me about their backstory? Who is responsible for creating them? How common are they? | |
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maijstral
Underboss
2105 Posts
| | 10/17/2005 8:02 PM |
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Not so much Kalashtar or Soulknife specific, more geared towards the psion class, a new psionic artificer class, psychic warforged and psi powers. Plus Psionic feats.
Psionic artificer? I kind of juryrigged one in the past its nice to know we have rules for one now.
I really like playing psionic characters i'm glad the Magic of Eberron offers more support for them. One more reason for me to pick the book up. | | | |
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Master Peon
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Warlord
5699 Posts
| | 10/17/2005 8:13 PM |
| | amazon still has it as not released, what is up with that? | |
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LordStorm
Sneak
133 Posts
Columbus Ohio
| | 10/17/2005 9:40 PM |
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Originally posted by Stabmastaarson
I just purchased Magic of Eberron and spent a bit of my weekend reading through it. I love the setting, so this book was a natural purchase for me. There are an abundance of usefull new spells, PrC's and feats. There are also many new locations mapped out in the book, similar to the Explorer's Handbook (which I also really enjoyed). If anyone has any questions I'd be happy to answer them, I don't really have time to write a review as such.
My initial impression is very favorable, if you like the setting it's a good purchase.
I wasn't that impressed with Explorers. I like the setting but the book seemed to be a mixed bag of a bunch of stuff that skimmed the surface... plus the price. I'll but Magic of Eb but I'm more wary about buying books.. I have all the complete books.
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maijstral
Underboss
2105 Posts
| | 10/17/2005 9:43 PM |
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amazon still has it as not released, what is up with that?
Its not just amazon. Walmart.com and overstock both have it as being released on oct 28.
Maybe its a thing with WOTC to support the FLGS's. I think I heard somewhere that it can't be sold on the internet for a certain amount of time after release so those of us that can't wait will buy them at the gaming stores first. This is just my faulty memory so I could be wrong. | | | |
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DrX
Sergeant
408 Posts
| | 10/17/2005 10:51 PM |
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Yup. I've also noticed this happens with a lot of comic book trade collections. Amazon gets them about 2 weeks later than local shops. | |
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glauron
Underboss
1379 Posts
Sydney, Australia
| | 10/18/2005 9:59 PM |
| | I have it on order, but am still waiting. Lots of Eberron fluff is good stuff. Does it expand on dragonmark magic? | |
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Shoe
Sergeant
804 Posts
| | 10/18/2005 10:11 PM |
| | I'd be interested in hearing any thoughts about the book, when you guys finally get it. Things like what parts you liked, what you didn't, and so on. Of the books I've done design work on so far, it's been my favorite to work on. | |
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B
Underboss
1189 Posts
| | 10/19/2005 10:26 AM |
| | Hmmm...I actually played a warforged soulknife in our WLD campaign about 6-7 months ago. My dm basically said that psicrystals were used in my construction. I'm curious, is that the route that they went in the book for the psionic warforged? | |
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The Defenestrator
AesophDarkfable
Warlord
5628 Posts
| | 10/19/2005 5:00 PM |
| | Very nice book. This month is painful as I want this, heroes of horror and I just found out they did Mutants and Masterminds 2nd edition too... dang nab it | |
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The Defenestrator
AesophDarkfable
Warlord
5628 Posts
| | 10/19/2005 5:01 PM |
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Originally posted by B
Hmmm...I actually played a warforged soulknife in our WLD campaign about 6-7 months ago. My dm basically said that psicrystals were used in my construction. I'm curious, is that the route that they went in the book for the psionic warforged?
Yeah that is pretty much it. | |
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The Defenestrator
AesophDarkfable
Warlord
5628 Posts
| | 10/19/2005 5:03 PM |
| | Shoe: The book for me is just great. The prestige classes are all very interesting and thematic and it just gets to the very core of why I like Eberron. The options in there are different and fun. A great mix of really good crunch and fluff. Every page I was just shocked that there was SO much crammed in there but it wasnt thin or undeveloped. I havent read it cover to cover yet, but overall an amazing book and replaces five nations as my favorite Eberron book thus far. | |
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Stabmastaarson
Sergeant
442 Posts
| | 10/22/2005 11:58 AM |
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Originally posted by glauron
I have it on order, but am still waiting. Lots of Eberron fluff is good stuff. Does it expand on dragonmark magic?
Yes, they have new feats and several magic devices that support Dragonmarks. The new Dragonmark rods are rods topped with Khyber shards that are tuned to a specific Dragonmark. The abilities of the rod are determined by the level of your mark, Least, Lesser, so forth. Expensive, but very usefull. As an example, the highest ability for the Mark of Finding Rod is True Seeing once a day. | |
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Stabmastaarson
Sergeant
442 Posts
| | 10/22/2005 12:09 PM |
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Originally posted by Shoe
I'd be interested in hearing any thoughts about the book, when you guys finally get it. Things like what parts you liked, what you didn't, and so on. Of the books I've done design work on so far, it's been my favorite to work on.
Keep presenting the adventure locales! I like having a pregenerated map in the book to work from for an adventure location. Thus far the prestige classes have been well thought out and very well described, new magic devices have a very distinct flavor (chime of blasting as an example) that I enjoy. The grafts were also well done and a very interesting concept overall. They're going to spice up some of my NPCs here shortly. The art is fantastic and the overall layout and design work very well. Excellent work! | |
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Trades pending with:
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Username
Warlord
5690 Posts
| | 10/22/2005 3:15 PM |
| | I flipped through this book today at the LGS. Makes me really want to play. | |
Originally posted by Schooly_D
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maijstral
Underboss
2105 Posts
| | 10/22/2005 7:11 PM |
| bought the book yesterday and I really like it, psionic warforged,psionic artificer, the process of binding elementals all good.
Not really likeing the half daelkyr. They are supposed to be the ultimate evil,almost demigods,trapped away for 10's of thousands of years folklore to the bulk of the world and I think this template waters them down,makes them more common. | | | |
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arcabious
Underboss
1130 Posts
| | 10/22/2005 11:03 PM |
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Originally posted by AesophDarkfable
I havent read it cover to cover yet, but overall an amazing book and replaces five nations as my favorite Eberron book thus far.
I thought the explorers handbook was your favorite | |
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The Defenestrator
AesophDarkfable
Warlord
5628 Posts
| | 10/23/2005 2:12 AM |
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Originally posted by arcabious
quote:
Originally posted by AesophDarkfable
I havent read it cover to cover yet, but overall an amazing book and replaces five nations as my favorite Eberron book thus far.
I thought the explorers handbook was your favorite
nah I really liked it, but the more I read it I decided I liked Five Nations better still. All the Eberron books have been great though. | |
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Master Peon
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Warlord
5699 Posts
| | 10/23/2005 3:24 PM |
| Ran a DDM event Saturday at my LGS were I am every other Saturady. I was hoping to show some support to the store and get this book. Well, they did not have it. Guy behind the counter look it up on the store computer, none even came in and they do not have 1 on order. They do have many junk books (I would call them junk as I have never seen anyone get one and they are there every week) on the shelves, and the good ones go fast.
Looks like I will have to go to an online site for this one. | |
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Fry
Underboss
1724 Posts
| | 10/23/2005 7:09 PM |
| | I flipped through it the other day. Interesting to note that one of the PrCs was very similar to a Potion Master that was being worked on on this very board. | |
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ChristopherGroves
Warlord
6093 Posts
| | 10/27/2005 8:52 AM |
| I'm a recent Eberron and Warforged addict. I'm going to have to be picking up most of the Eberron core books. I had this idea for a campaign I was going to run since my turn is coming up here ... but I'm scrapping it. I love the Eberron setting just TOO much.
I love the pulpy sense of adventure, I love the energy and excitement of the setting.
And I love Warforged. What amuses me most is that a Warforged Dragon Disciple picks up the half-dragon template and its type changes to "dragon". That amuses the snot out of me. A Warforged monk eventually becomes an outsider (But it is a CONSTRUCT!!!!). Still, it's a game and I love the racial backstory and built-in angst.
I'm definitely going to pick up Magic of Eberron just to see what sort of neat crunchy bits a Warforged Favored Soul can use ... | |
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reezel
Sergeant
555 Posts
| | 10/27/2005 11:06 PM |
| Looks like this book should be on my doorstep tomorrow or Saturday. I have been really looking forward to this book.
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Champion of the Beholder and Beholderkin
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