imho, given what the martial power is turning out to be (e.g., powers and abilities that seem almost magical), i feel strongly that monk is a martial class. ki fits right into the martial (bo9s) paradigm.
although, historically the monk class fit more into the striker mold, i would be much happier with a 4e monk designed to be a no-manufatured-weapons-or-armor-needed martial defender, standing side by side with the fighter. that would simply make me drool.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
driders
here is a post i made on the wizards d&d forums back in 3e:
"driders are now favored by lolth, not unfavored (don't ask. she IS chaotic.). ;-)
at first, the drow have a hard time adjusting to this. they have always held disdain for the driders. now, lolth has deemed that driders are favored because to be more "spider" is to be better. the pre-existing driders have returned to their houses, to be treated--begrudgingly--with honor and respect, even above priestesses. the pre-existing spiders continue to bear much resentment towards the drow. they repeatedly exploit their newfound power and authority to exact various incidences of revenge upon their family members and other drow. however, they know that an excess of this behavior will be disfavored by lolth. now, a new drider is created only as a reward by lolth to an exceptional priestess, who, upon becoming a drider, assumes the role of matron mother of her house. not all houses are blessed with a drider matron mother. it is a cause for political strife and manipulation among the houses. now, new driders are almost exclusively female. the rare creation of a new male drider is a source of confusion and consternation amoung the drow society ("what does lolth mean by this? a male favored?"). driders have spider reproductive organs and have spider offspring (note to self - create a large spider that has an intelligence score of 10 and, perhaps, special abilities). any remnant sexual urges that drider may still feel towards drow are satiated only through violence. this is an aspect of lolth's blessing that is cruel both to the drider (sexual frustration and adjusting to having sex with spiders) and to the drider's "sexual" victim (obviously)."
i am happy to see wotc implement this change from disfavored to favored.
"driders are now favored by lolth, not unfavored (don't ask. she IS chaotic.). ;-)
at first, the drow have a hard time adjusting to this. they have always held disdain for the driders. now, lolth has deemed that driders are favored because to be more "spider" is to be better. the pre-existing driders have returned to their houses, to be treated--begrudgingly--with honor and respect, even above priestesses. the pre-existing spiders continue to bear much resentment towards the drow. they repeatedly exploit their newfound power and authority to exact various incidences of revenge upon their family members and other drow. however, they know that an excess of this behavior will be disfavored by lolth. now, a new drider is created only as a reward by lolth to an exceptional priestess, who, upon becoming a drider, assumes the role of matron mother of her house. not all houses are blessed with a drider matron mother. it is a cause for political strife and manipulation among the houses. now, new driders are almost exclusively female. the rare creation of a new male drider is a source of confusion and consternation amoung the drow society ("what does lolth mean by this? a male favored?"). driders have spider reproductive organs and have spider offspring (note to self - create a large spider that has an intelligence score of 10 and, perhaps, special abilities). any remnant sexual urges that drider may still feel towards drow are satiated only through violence. this is an aspect of lolth's blessing that is cruel both to the drider (sexual frustration and adjusting to having sex with spiders) and to the drider's "sexual" victim (obviously)."
i am happy to see wotc implement this change from disfavored to favored.
assorted houserulings
(1) tieflings should be the best infernal warlocks. it KILLS me that tieflings have much better synergy with feylocks.
UPDATE - the new dragon article on starlock--and to a far lesser extent, tieflings--has influenced me to be more at ease about tiefling warlocks;
(2) dwarves should specialize in hammers and picks, not hammers and axes (dwarves are a race of miners. what do you use to mine? hammers? yes. picks? yes. axes? a big no.);
(3) eladrin specializing in longsword should be rapier, a more dextrous weapon; however, i could understand a game balance argument against giving a race proficiency in a superior weapon;
(4) the drow no longer are chaotic evil (hurray!);
(5) lolth should not be chaotic evil, but evil--not demon queen of spiders, just spider queen;
(6) gruumsh should not be a god, but a primordial/demon prince like yeenoghu, baphomet or kostchtchie (who should be a primordial, but not a demon);
(7) it was in the war between gods and primordials that correlon shot gruumsh's eye out with an arrow. pre-4e, the story said that correlon took out gruumsh's eye with a sword. 4e has changed the weapon from sword to bow, which is how i have always envisioned it happening;
(8) bane's forces eternally war with kord's, not gruumsh's (who is a primordial/demon prince in the abyss now, anyway) and sometimes, bahamut's forces get in on the act, but not perpetually like the other two gods;
(9) vecna is an exarch of orcus;
(10) zehir actually is mammon; and
(11) the principal home of the drow should be in the underdark of the shadowfell, resulting in eladrin (feywild--where correlon has/should have a strong presence), elf (natural world--where sehanine has/should have a strong presence), and drow (shadowfell--where lolth has/should have a strong presence). eladrin versus fomorians. drow versus shadar kai.
UPDATE - the new dragon article on starlock--and to a far lesser extent, tieflings--has influenced me to be more at ease about tiefling warlocks;
(2) dwarves should specialize in hammers and picks, not hammers and axes (dwarves are a race of miners. what do you use to mine? hammers? yes. picks? yes. axes? a big no.);
(3) eladrin specializing in longsword should be rapier, a more dextrous weapon; however, i could understand a game balance argument against giving a race proficiency in a superior weapon;
(4) the drow no longer are chaotic evil (hurray!);
(5) lolth should not be chaotic evil, but evil--not demon queen of spiders, just spider queen;
(6) gruumsh should not be a god, but a primordial/demon prince like yeenoghu, baphomet or kostchtchie (who should be a primordial, but not a demon);
(7) it was in the war between gods and primordials that correlon shot gruumsh's eye out with an arrow. pre-4e, the story said that correlon took out gruumsh's eye with a sword. 4e has changed the weapon from sword to bow, which is how i have always envisioned it happening;
(8) bane's forces eternally war with kord's, not gruumsh's (who is a primordial/demon prince in the abyss now, anyway) and sometimes, bahamut's forces get in on the act, but not perpetually like the other two gods;
(9) vecna is an exarch of orcus;
(10) zehir actually is mammon; and
(11) the principal home of the drow should be in the underdark of the shadowfell, resulting in eladrin (feywild--where correlon has/should have a strong presence), elf (natural world--where sehanine has/should have a strong presence), and drow (shadowfell--where lolth has/should have a strong presence). eladrin versus fomorians. drow versus shadar kai.
first post
hurray for me. this is my very first post on my very first blog. i am excited to see where this blog road takes me.
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