There is no substitute for "real" D&D than... "real" D&D: http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/basicrules?x=dnd/basicrules You can download the 5e rules for free in the link above. The Basic Rules are 100% free, and give you the human, dwarf, elf, and halfling races (and subraces), as well as the fighter, the rogue,…
Oh, man, is it nerdy of me to be able to recognize most of the spells in Qara's spell list just by looking at the icons? -_- Cantrips - Acid Spash, Daze, Flare, Light, Ray of Frost, Resistance 1st-Level - Burning Hands, Mage Armor, Magic Missile, Shield, Shocking Grasp 2nd-Level - Cloud of Bewilderment, Ghostly Visage,…
I assume your main character is a rogue because going into the Tomb of Betrayers without a rogue (Neeshka) is suicide thanks to the bajillion traps within.
Regarding the mismanagement of an otherwise high quality product, I remember a Chinese takeout place that had some of the best Chinese food in the county. However, the people in charge had the unfortunate habit of shortchanging their customers and not giving them a receipt unless they specifically asked for it. I live in a…
tl;dr Cryptic is much more likely to implement the classes in the table below than allow for 4e-style multiclassing or hybrid classing. Here's a table detailing the various roles and power sources. Defenders are tanks, Strikers are DPSers, Leaders are support and healing, while Controllers are crowd controllers (thus the…
Here's some background information on multiclassing through the various editions: AD&D Pre-3e multiclassing came in two flavors: human dual classing and demihuman multiclassing. Humans started out as a single-class character, and at any point after they reached level 2, they could leave their first class and take another…
For what it's worth, their support is much better than it was in the first few months of release. One of my guild is had his account compromised by an old friend who knew his password and looted his account. Support was able to get in touch with him in a few hours and managed to rollback his account. He did follow the…
While I understand where you're coming from (the Challenge of the Gods event), worshipping multiple gods is standard in Forgotten Realms lore. Most people don't devote themselves to a single deity, and even most clerics respect the gods that aren't granting them their spells. Most people worship the entire pantheon instead…
Most people have been brainwashed into a four-point scale where there are only four possible ratings: 10 - Very Good 9 - Good 8 - Average 7 and lower - Poor Using this scale, I'd give Neverwinter a 9/10. However, I like to think that 5 equals average, so I gave Neverwinter a 7/10, like you did.
Among the three feat trees, Fury is viable in both PvE and PvP, while Damnation is only really useful in PvP (the Soul Puppet will aggro mobs you don't want to fight right now) and Temptation is excellent in PvE and meh in PvP. Source: Personal experience playing all three feat trees.
I suppose this was done to encourage people to buy bottles of dye remover from the zen store. The Hunter Ranger's PvE tier 2 sets have a really cool and unique color scheme that is different from the default hunter ranger dye pack. Right now, the only way to get back the unique color scheme is to use dye remover, which…
7/10 overall, I'd say. Pros: Good core gameplay, excellent music, sound effects, and visuals. the Foundry, the community (at least for my guild, Grievance). Good balance between solo and group content. Cons: Mediocre content, PWE (I know Cryptic doesn't have a say on the prices) doesn't seem to understand the concept of…
Glyphs of the same color don't stack. For example, if you have two Greater Red Dragon Glyphs slotted in, each one has a 25% chance to activate for 20 seconds. If one procs while the other is still a active, it will reset the existing duration; if one red glyph proc'd and currently has 10 seconds of Aspect of Fire remaining…
This character test was obviously written with D&D 3e in mind, and in 3e, the bard is quite similar to the sorcerer (my favorite class) in terms of mechanics and fluff. Sounds about right. I'm physically underwhelming, and I'm smart and easy to get along with. Hm... I consider myself True Neutral, but I guess Neutral Good…
The biggest issue regarding MC and VT weapons is that they require you to grind an otherwise useless profession on each character that you want to use them on. Even worse, the profession tasks involved have a chance to fail, as opposed to the artifact weapon tasks which simply have a chance to give you one that you don't…
* Genasi * Aasima/Deva * Demons/Tanar'ri * Other Devils/Baatezu * Hadar * Acamar * Gibbeth * Caiphon * Ulban * The rest of the D&D 4e star pact warlock patrons... Also, bonus link: Wish Upon a Star
Magic: The Gathering, which is pretty much a pay to win game (in the competitive scene) and is unashamed about it, has a massive casual player base. Wizards of the Coast makes sure not to throw them out of the bus because their collective purchasing power is far, far greater than the elite players. Spike (hardcore player)…
It's pretty obvious by now that the complainers don't really want a challenge. They simply want bigger numbers on their character sheets. If they truly cared about finding a challenge, they would've done one of the dozens of examples on the link I provided in my last post. There's more to rewards than numerical gear score…
Let me go through your points one by one: 1. Thousands of people leave the game. Some come back, others don't. Thousands of people also join the game. Some stay, others don't. Most people are not hardcore gamers who play a single game for years on end nonstop. Even among those who consider themselves hardcore, there are…
Not everyone plays the game everyday. Not everyone plays the game everyday for months on end without taking a break. I have taken several breaks from Neverwinter, and I don't mean breaks like simply invoking and running leadership everyday. I actually stop running the game entirely because I do not want to get burned out…
My shtick as a player in Neverwinter is square race, round class: * Victor Gardener - Dwarf CW * Victor Victor - Tiefling DC * Conan the Librarian - Halfling GWF* * Oak Leafblade - Drow GF * Mary Sue God Mode - Tiefling GF * Belkar Bitterleaf - Halfling HR* * Dale Keter - Half-Orc SW * Sophia Euclid Keter - Dwarf SW *…
That's not how radiant damage works in D&D 4e. The radiant energy type is simply the energy of the Astral Sea, which includes such goody-goody dominions such as Celestia, the Radiant Throne and baddy-baddy dominions such as Baator, the Nine Hells. It is not inherently good nor evil, in the same way that fire isn't…
A perfect enchantment costs several million AD. For the low, low cost of 2.5 gold coins, you can unslot a perfect enchantment and lend it to another of your characters, either by using the shared account bank or by using the in-game mail. If you stick to sharing only weapon and armor enchantments among your characters, you…
I, for one, welcome our new theocratic overlords. Let's hope we get free respecs for our clerics and rogues. I have two clerics and two rogues, and it would suck if I had to spend 300 zen on each of them, for a total of 1200 zen to be up to date with the changes.