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aescleal
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To me at least, Eladrin is one of the coolest races. I never heard of this variant of Elf until 4e. But I like it. Fey Step is very interesting, and I for one would love to play one of these for that reason alone.
The races for Neverwinter are named here: http://nw.perfectworld.com/about/races . Does this mean no more will be added? Or is this just a starting point? I've never liked the Tiefling, but very much like the Eladrin.
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The races for Neverwinter are named here: http://nw.perfectworld.com/about/races . Does this mean no more will be added? Or is this just a starting point? I've never liked the Tiefling, but very much like the Eladrin.
Cryptic?
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Yes, I do hope sub-races are in. Or will be soon after release.
Tieflings, I've just never embraced them. I'm not much interested in the fiend/devil races for player races. What can I say. I don't mind others playing them any more than I mind them playing Drow, which I also don't enjoy playing. I guess I prefer to stick to the neutral & goodly races.
I don't see how it would need to be much different from how you are saying it. A different visual effect maybe? But aside from that, would it be a big deal?
I just wonder the reasoning Cryptic has for not adding them? And will they add them in the future?
I imagine that eladrin will be a race in the store... as I wish the drow were, as well, if only to somewhat limit the use of them both.
Thats my problem, I'd like to be drow myself but if streets are full with drows (like they'll most likley be) I'll just go back to meh dwarf/half-elf/human cause i dont want to be one of massive army of drows at surface
Let's hope for races and classes not in the shop, huh? XD
Not a big deal at all - I'm in no way suggesting that they shouldn't incorporate it, just wondering if they will, and how beneficial it would be in the action-based combat system where a short-range teleport ability is already available to all classes in some form as an "at-will" means of strategically navigating the battlefield.
Keep in mind, I'm not super-familiar with how Fey Step works in PNP. My knowledge of it comes from the Facebook game. But in that iteration at least, it is a once-per-encounter version of something that sounds like it is available in unlimited supply for everyone already in this game. I'd like to see it incorporated - I just want it to still be useful. Maybe it has a recharge, but has a longer range than the typical dodge maneuvers?
You know what? I'm just thinking with my fingers at this point - the subject isn't Fey Step, it's Eladrin in general. And to that, I agree - I hope they're included, though I would agree with speculation that they'll probably be a cash shop item.
... tiefling and dragonborn.
EDIT:and ofcourse, halflings. Missed them as was looking at my eye level.
EDIT2: @Anglomyr Ni I didn't. They were already counted by shiaka. (They must have burped after beer, hard not to take notice)
Drow, Gensai, Tiefling, Dragonborn, Human, Half-elf, Eladrin, Dwarf, Halfling.
Then shouldn't all 9 races be included as part of the initial launch? And since they are core, why would any of them end up in the store? Neverwinter is F2P. It's a F2P model from the start, not a game that was converted. Ya, I don't like that much. I'd buy a race to play if that's how it had to be, but I won't be impressed if that's what they make me do.
Pls, no Deva. Deva are something completely out of place for me. They were supposed to take place of Aasimar, but I never liked them. I would prefer to have Aasimar (just like Tieflings are a prodigy of demons/devils, Aasimar are a prodigy of celestials).
No. There is no reason why other races shouldn't be or if only these races should be, or any race should be. Game is 4e based, not a strict copy of 4e.
It maybe free, if tone of devs is to be considered, but free or not will depend on economics of the game. A game cannot run in debt.
Personally I thought that Aasimar were quite "meh", honestly. Deva seem more interesting as a race. That said, I don't see why we couldn't have both in 4E but I'm not Wizards.
Tiefling are equally boring as Aasimar. At least their new unified look gives them some personality as a race but to a certain point: a) it was better when they could have different demonic/devilish traits in their bodies, b) they should have been replaced (if the replacement was really needed) by another race much like Deva did to the Aaasimar (why replace only one? Aasimar could have used an update as the Tiefling did!! Like using the corrupt Deva!).
Oh, FR races:
Common: Drow, Genasi, Dragonborn, Dwarves, Eladrin, Elves, Half-Elves, Halflings, Humans, Tieflings.
Supporting cast: Gnomes, Goblins, Lycanthropes and Shifters, Half-Orcs and Orcs, Devas, Goliaths, Shades.
From there, priorities can be given and nothing prevents Cryptic from adding other races like Thri-Kreen or Minotaurs (not likely Mul or Warforged? as they seem quite scenario specific).
Aasimars are devas - just name changed and a little bit of change in fluff. (Devas are reincarnation of gods while aasimars were half-child of gods like tiefling being half-child of devils). However it is known that apart from asmodeus, no other god is much interfering with mortals so there was a plot hole with fluff of assimars so they made the devas as asexual reincarnations of gods.
Aasimar is the Mulhorandi word for the deva, according to the FRPG.
* actually died and his two halfs became Tiamat and Bahamut... lore lore lore**
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** I don't remember the FR dragonborn though but was something similar, I think
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Hmm, book only says that Dragonborn are a fusion of dragon and human. Maybe some Wizards magazine says more?
Oh! I missed this post!
I also like Aasimars more than devas (aasimars being my fav race) but devas are more in sync with the lore of D&D.
gods do not interact physically with mortals, unlike devils. So aasimars being of half-blooded heritage of gods was something not convincing. Devas are comparatively more convincing. But, yes I share the sentiment that I don't like the idea of reincarnated god a lot.
Also FR Warforged aren't entirely unheard of, though vastly different from Eberron Lore: they are Gondsman the legendary mechanical men created by Gond to serve among his clergy long ago.
The list from that manual is actually a quite nice selection if we get it here. Only dragonborn would require some extra work in the 3d models (I don't think we would see lycanthropes). We would not get minotaurs, wildens, shardminds or githzerais from the PHs but we would still get some interesting races.
I wouldn't mind getting Kobolds as race and Bard as class. No special reason, really.
Seriously. Human, dwarf, elf, halfing. That's the minimum core races for anything D&D ever.
Some vids looked like a halfling. At 0:18 that looked like a halfling to me. Looked to slender for a fugly dwarf but kinda hard to tell for sure.