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Haven't seen this discussion anywhere (if so please direct me!), so wanted to start seeing if folks can provide reviews of how the new core set characters are playing. I am just starting out a new campaign with a friend and wanted to know what people think before getting too deep into it.

I have played Seelah a couple of times and here are my thoughts:

- I am overall enjoying the character - her base discard power is fun and adds a layer of drama to the gameplay, provides good support all around, and has great upgrades available - I can't decide which to pick.

- I am disappointed in her divine skill. I get that she's a paladin not a cleric, but the divine = charisma (d8)+0 for me makes her "before acting" power, which is already very situational, not a terribly exciting power, and also makes her recharge ability on spells lacking and inconsistent given that even most level 0 spells have recharge roll of 8. I get not making it a d10, but maybe a d8+1 would have been nice. Honor shield upgrades the skill by expanding the checks where you can use divine, which will be somewhat beneficial eventually, but the d8+0 check will still be not very exciting. I'll trust the designers on this one, but wish her divine were a little better.

- Her attacks aren't very exciting with level 0 weapons - round 1 I was pretty much a drag on the team. But as soon as I got a level 1 weapon in round 2 that changed (keen rapier is amazing). Patience is a virtue?

My friend is playing Seoni. She is and feels pretty much the same as in ROTR, and the addition of Soothing Word as a level 0 spell makes her even more powerful with healing in a pinch.

Anyone else with thoughts?

Hi,

I am hoping to start a MM campaign soon with friends and am trying to decide which of these characters I'd like to play. They both seem fairly well rounded, based on Ahmotep's base dice and ability to +/-2 her dice rolls and her staff recharge for combat; and Honaire for Estra. Ahmotep seems a little more balanced, including b/c of her weapon proficiency, but Estra's prestige classes seem to be a little bit cooler than Ahmotep's.

I know it depends on who else others are playing, which I won't know for a bit, and I know we won't have experience with the prestige classes for awhile, but still any feedback from the community based on first impressions would be much appreciated!