New Class Decks: 3 or 4 Characters?


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on the Pre-Order section of the Paizo store there is artwork for the class decks that when looked at each says they include the iconic character (of that class) plus 3 new characters.

I swear I read a post from one of Paizo's team saying they were only doing 3 characters per class deck this year.

So is the box art on the pre-order for these decks just placeholder art, or will there really be 4 characters in each class deck?


It's a placeholder. Click on the "product discussion" to see the disclaimer.

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The first 7 class decks contained 4 characters which included the iconic character and 3 others.

After months of conversation and complaints, it was decided that the class decks are better off with 3 characters which will include the iconic character and 2 others. The new Paladin deck will include Seelah and two others. Druid will contain Lini and two others. And so on.

Paizo has not (yet) addressed the card balance issues from the first 7 class decks.

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Little late to this party, but as noted, three is the correct counting.


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Keith Richmond wrote:
Little late to this party, but as noted, three is the correct counting.

Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out.

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Joshua Birk 898 wrote:
Keith Richmond wrote:
Little late to this party, but as noted, three is the correct counting.
Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out.

GET ON WITH IT!


Theryon Stormrune wrote:


After months of conversation and complaints, it was decided that the class decks are better off with 3 characters which will include the iconic character and 2 others.

I'm not into class decks, but just curious - what were the people complaining about?!? I should think they'd rather get more chars for their buck?

Frankly, if I'd purchased the old 4-char decks, I'd feel really shafted with the new ones.

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Longshot11 wrote:
Theryon Stormrune wrote:


After months of conversation and complaints, it was decided that the class decks are better off with 3 characters which will include the iconic character and 2 others.

I'm not into class decks, but just curious - what were the people complaining about?!? I should think they'd rather get more chars for their buck?

Frankly, if I'd purchased the old 4-char decks, I'd feel really shafted with the new ones.

For Organized Play, you have to build your character out of the cards within the class deck, so when there was 4 characters in there (1 Iconic + 3 others), it felt stretched that the class deck didn't give enough cards to support the characters powers. A good example is Meliski from the bard deck who focused on gambling traits, but there was only 2 or 3 gambling cards. Another is Zarlova from the cleric deck that with the right role card, could use both divine and arcane spells, but the class deck restricted her starting deck to just divine spells.


Oh. That makes sense, I guess, I haven't delved into OP. Thanks for the info.

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