New channel energy options to deal with some of the status ailments, such as daze, dazzle, fatigue, stagger, sicken, nausea, etc. Not all of them, e.g. not poison or disease, just some of the ones that are more combat-relevant. More channel energy options in general.
Ways to enhance the domain powers or the domains themselves at higher levels.
A few new cleric spells to help counter sickened, nausea, and a few other such ailments before heal comes online at 11th. In addition, a few more combat-oriented spells for clerics in the way of buffing magic, de-buffing magic, perhaps a new save-or-suck spell or two or even something to blast the enemies with. Maybe even some necromantic goodness.
Oh, before I forget: PLEASE!
(Can't tell I'm playing a cleric, can ya?)
New channel energy options to deal with some of the status ailments, such as daze, dazzle, fatigue, stagger, sicken, nausea, etc. Not all of them, e.g. not poison or disease, just some of the ones that are more combat-relevant. More channel energy options in general.
I agree with this. It would also be nice to help the cleric keep up with paladin mercies, even if it might require the cleric giving up a class feature or spending a feat to do so.
I agree with this. It would also be nice to help the cleric keep up with paladin mercies, even if it might require the cleric giving up a class feature or spending a feat to do so.New channel energy options to deal with some of the status ailments, such as daze, dazzle, fatigue, stagger, sicken, nausea, etc. Not all of them, e.g. not poison or disease, just some of the ones that are more combat-relevant. More channel energy options in general.
It was a conversation between myself and my GM Deathquaker about mercies, status ailements, channelling, and whatnot that prompted that thought. We noticed that there's just no way to deal with a few of those ailments (sickness and nausea) for most clerics until heal pops up. And I'd prefer this fix over new spells.
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New channel energy options to deal with some of the status ailments, such as daze, dazzle, fatigue, stagger, sicken, nausea, etc. Not all of them, e.g. not poison or disease, just some of the ones that are more combat-relevant. More channel energy options in general.
A Feat for every major diety (some shared, between similar dieties) to do something with Channeling would be awesome.
An Urgathoan feat that allows Vampiric Channeling (cleric regains hit points equal to the damage rolled, so long as at least one living creature is harmed) would rock.
Other stuff might just be Trait worthy, such as a Cayden Cailean Faith Trait that causes anyone healed by the Clerics Channel Energy to also be immediately cured of all side-effects of drunkenness (but not poisoning!), *if they wish.*
Ways to enhance the domain powers or the domains themselves at higher levels.
I would love to see a PrC that bought the Domain clerics and School Wizards and Bloodline Sorcerers tiny little blasts up to Warlock levels, at the cost of some spellcasting levels.
There could alternately (or, additionally) be an Alternate Class Feature that allows a Cleric to drop one Domain entirely and specialize in the remaining one, getting much enhanced utility out of the 'specialized' Domain. How this would interact with the upcoming Domain Oracle class, I don't know, but it would remain a great option, for those who may not have access to the Oracle.
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I'd like to see some rules to allow players to trade in class feats for alternate feats to allow different builds e.g. the light armour fighter trading in armour proficiencies for dex. based feats.
Some feats for wielding over size weapons would be nice.
I'd rather see more options for existing classes rather than brand new classes but everyone else seems to like new classes.
More low level spells to give those casters more options would be nice, or simple guidelines on depowering spells
A section on converting 3e material would be useful, with tips on what the designers looked out for to change.
I wouldn't mind seeing some alternate class features ala Unearthed Arcana.
Example: Alternate Cleric feature that trades proficiency in Light and Medium armor and Shields to gain a third Domain (essentially the Cloistered Cleric option from UA, minus bardic knowledge and plus the ability to choose your extra domain).
You'd still want a mechanical benefit though, right?.Traits geared to specific classes and races.
Not these +2 to skill x, y, and z but things that provide real character to the character.
Yes, but those are a bit boring and predictable. We can just go with the assumption that there is some trait called XXX that gives a +2 to skill Y.
I would like something with more meat to them. Here is one I am using in my game.
Personal demons
Some time in the characters childhood he was face to face with a demon. His terror caused him to flee while his family was cruelly slaughtered by the fiend. He survives but each night the terror fills his dreams. The fear still grips him be he has found the inner strength to face what he fears most.
If the character fails a fear check one round later he may attempt second will save to neutralize any fear effects.
New rules for Familiars.
I would like too see some more meat for the familiars to let them compete with Bonded items.
I would also like to see rules for what the Improved familiar gives you.
OK My bat gave me a +3 to the fly skill. Now that I have this Fairy dragon what does he do for me? (Other than put whoopee cushions under my spell book)
A section on "How to be a good player" similar to the "How to DM" guides which pop up from time to time. Stuff on collaborative storytelling, classification of The Seven Player Types (or whatever) to help understand where other players might be coming from. Stuff like that.
It's always seemed to me that RPGs often provide guidance on how to run a good game, without a lot of explicit discussion about how to play in one. Of course, there's probably a reason for that...But I think it's a subject worth a few pages.
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A section on "How to be a good player" similar to the "How to DM" guides which pop up from time to time.
Ooh, that's a good one. New players sometimes miss that D&D is a cooperative team game, like soccer, and even if the team has a star player, it's still not a thing that one person can 'win' alone.
And, ideally, the DM should change this up so that the same character isn't 'MVP' in every session, so that different characters get a chance to shine, not just the dude who can hit for 3d6+18.
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I'd like to see a Weapon Finesse Tree that advances one step for One-Handed Melee Weapons and another one for Two-Handed Melee Weapons.
Perhaps add a STR prerequisite +1 for one-handed and +2 for two-handed, and/or require the weapons to be Masterwork, to show that care taken in making a balanced weapon.
I've been inspired by too much Chinese martial arts, perhaps; but it has shown me the possibility for a small framed person to effectively wield a, seemingly, over-sized weapon.
I would not like to see it limited to monks, but I could also see this as a progressing class feature for a monk. I would probably dismiss the STR prereq in that case.
.....oh....and more Racial Weapons, please. Unless that's going to be covered in racial books, of course.
Cheers
Gear
A lot of suggestions ask for additional class abilities / variant abilities. I'd like to add my voice to this, with specific emphasis on attribute distinctions:
Each class should have at least one variant/alternative class ability that emphasizes an attribute that is not typically an associated primary attribute for the class. This shouldn't get out of the way silly, but allow sensible alternatives.
Examples would be a
Dex-Rage barbarian
and a
Wis-Sage bard
I'd like to see reprints of many of the weapons from the Pathfinder Campaign setting, such as bladed scarves and the temple sword.
Also, racial and regional traits please.
Starting Professions that give you 1-3 bonus class skills, possibly a bonus feat, and maybe bonuses to wealth or equipment.
A "Helper Monkey" rogue talent.
Not just monkeys, you know, but smart animal companions are definitely a rogue trope — as much or more than a ranger trope.
can we get genasi wannabes?
can we get genasi wannabes?
I do believe it's been stated by Paizo that there will be Golarian versions of genasi at some point, although they won't necessarily be all that reminiscent of genasi, mechanicswise.
can we get genasi wannabes?I do believe it's been stated by Paizo that there will be Golarian versions of genasi at some point, although they won't necessarily be all that reminiscent of genasi, mechanicswise.
right. And i hope we get it here if its not out by then already. I wonder if there will be races in the APG like tieflings and aasamir
Dunno if they'll be in the APG, but both tieflings and aasimar are open content and have been used in golarian with the 3.5 stats (there's an aasimar in the first module of Rise of the Runelords and tieflings in both Second Darkness and Council of Thieves), so I'd imagine they won't be too changed when they make their inevitable appearance.
A Bardic Performance that causes invisibility to faulter, creatures and objects with total concealment (50%) instead only have concealment (20%).
"As Lem started to play his flute, Ezren's spell began to fail. Where there was once nothing, now stood the old mage's visage, vibrating to the tune of the bard."
yes yes yes
ranger variant
please please please
no spells no spells
please, pretty please, with jelly on top
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Just my two cents.
Wizards
Electrotaumaturgy school
Shadow magic
Thassalonian school
Sorcerers
Shadow Bloodline
Divine Bloodline (blood of a divinity)
Champion Bloodline (warrior type ancestor that gives combat stuff)
Fighter
Specializations in specific combat maneuvers variants
Personally I´m not that big a fan of alternate class features (pathfinder as a system does give a lot of maleability to most classes), however racial substitution levels would be nice.
Jason?
When you are working up alternate builds for classes (which I am TOTALLY jazzed to hear), can you put some thought into the Monk? I'd like to see some non-eastern variants.
Pugelist : Sort of a Western martial expert. A guy who's an expert punching and kicking and some few special weapons but without the mystic components. Think a french Savate champion, or a Mui Thai fighter. A vastly different 'monk weapons' list (escrima sticks, gloves/gauntlets, leather boots, even really exotic things like the tail of a manta ray (used in a martial art, I can't remember which one, possibly Escrima too)).
Zen Archer : This goes back to the mystical expert, but with a bow instead of hand to hand. Give him the ability to catch arrows, and to use ki to do things even a ranger or rogue archer blink at and go 'wow...' in awed voices. Flurry of Arrows, One with the Arrow (one attack with a bonus to hit based on how many extra shots he gives up for example, that zen inspired shot that's impossible). Things like this.
Jason?
When you are working up alternate builds for classes (which I am TOTALLY jazzed to hear), can you put some thought into the Monk? I'd like to see some non-eastern variants.
Pugelist : Sort of a Western martial expert. A guy who's an expert punching and kicking and some few special weapons but without the mystic components. Think a french Savate champion, or a Mui Thai fighter. A vastly different 'monk weapons' list (escrima sticks, gloves/gauntlets, leather boots, even really exotic things like the tail of a manta ray (used in a martial art, I can't remember which one, possibly Escrima too)).
Zen Archer : This goes back to the mystical expert, but with a bow instead of hand to hand. Give him the ability to catch arrows, and to use ki to do things even a ranger or rogue archer blink at and go 'wow...' in awed voices. Flurry of Arrows, One with the Arrow (one attack with a bonus to hit based on how many extra shots he gives up for example, that zen inspired shot that's impossible). Things like this.
Wrestler like the greeks might have had as a monk might be interesting as well.
are we getting new player races?
are we getting new player races?
I'd like variants of the big warrior type (goliath), a flying race (raptoran), and maybe living construct (warforged), living dead (revenant?), and plant-like (cactus-folk?) PC race. Also a faster than normal Medium sized race, possibly with animal-like traits (shifter/catfolk hybrid). I think a centaur-like race would be popular too, like the bariaur from Planescape. Maybe an amphibious race, like newt-folk or frog-folk or otter-folk.
Also, you can mix and match some of these, like a big plant race, or a flying undead race, etc. etc.
And with "standard" races getting +2/+2/-2 or +2/+0/-0 to their ability modifiers, it opens up the possiblity of making +0 ECL races that are a little more powerful by changing the ability bonus ratio. Some might have +2/-2, +2/-2/-2, -2, +2/-4, +2/+2/-4 or even +4/-2 or +4/-2/-2 or +4/-2/-2/-2.
I'd also like there to be Racial Traits for the non-class-related dead levels of 2, 6, 10, 14, and 18. These can be used to flesh out the races a bit more, give them some racial special abilities (or improved existant racial abilities), and also introduce racial-subtypes without actually having to stat out 50 different kinds of elves.
are we getting new player races?I'd like variants of the big warrior type (goliath), a flying race (raptoran), and maybe living construct (warforged), living dead (revenant?), and plant-like (cactus-folk?) PC race. Also a faster than normal Medium sized race, possibly with animal-like traits (shifter/catfolk hybrid). I think a centaur-like race would be popular too, like the bariaur from Planescape. Maybe an amphibious race, like newt-folk or frog-folk or otter-folk.
I agree on Centaur which is OGL I would think. Catfolk too. I would like full stating up of Tieflings, aasamir, suli-jann, and a new genasi wannabe (I love genasi).
I think zen archer sounds so cool. I think that if they do this, they should give them the ability to make combat maneuveres (or however you spell it) with their bows with a -4 penalty. it would be so cool to have an archer shoot you in the leg and trip you or shoot 5 arrows that slam you into a wall and keep you there (read grapple).
No new races! :p
No new races! :p+1
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I think zen archer sounds so cool. I think that if they do this, they should give them the ability to make combat maneuveres (or however you spell it) with their bows with a -4 penalty. it would be so cool to have an archer shoot you in the leg and trip you or shoot 5 arrows that slam you into a wall and keep you there (read grapple).
Yep, I really would like the idea of a ranged monk. Replace unarmed extra damage with extra damage on bows (not crossbows, just bows) and flurry of arrows, full BAB with archery attacks, etc. If Paizo doesn't, I might work up something homebrew for it.
Honestly, I'm inclined to agree with the lack of new races. While sometimes you can come up with at good race that makes sense in the setting to play, as far as coming up with generic, non-Golarion specific races that are as iconic as the races in the core rulebook, its really hard to come up with a new one that fits as well as the current ones.
I think the closest I've seen would be the tiefling and the aasimar.
How about a point-based set of guidelines for creating new races? (I'm a sucker for guidelines on building your own races, classes, spells, etc.)
How about a point-based set of guidelines for creating new races? (I'm a sucker for guidelines on building your own races, classes, spells, etc.)
Ok,
This I could get behind (I even suggested something similar in another thread somewhere).
besides the already announced Paladin stuff, will there be other altenate classes like an non-spell casting ranger? or other fighting styles for Rangers?
I know there will be additional rogue talents and sorcerer bloodlines, but will there be additional rage powers, bard songs and what not?
1) Completely agree. And they have said that anyway. I would like to see more races like tiefling, aasamir and others
2) I think this is a waste of book space myself
3) YES! Ranger variants. Cleric variants. Bard variants to go along with the Paladin ones they have announced
4) I'm with you
5) I'm lukewarm on this one
6) Waste of space in my opinion
7) agreed. The artificer like the warlock were one of the few original base class ideas they had.
8) I am sure the bloodlines are a given. I would assume the same with domians. The wizard schools work for me
9) Love the rituals idea