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The 5e Wizard...initiate thy worship or thy fury!!

Started by Spinachcat, June 29, 2014, 01:51:15 AM

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June 29, 2014, 01:51:15 AM
The 5e Wizard...initiate thy worship or thy fury!!



Silverlion

#1
June 29, 2014, 02:08:52 AM
If I were prone to be blasty mages, that almost looks like one of my characters.

So far I like the changes: Spells (but is that specialized wizards only boost?), I like more HP!

Makes sense to me.
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#2
June 29, 2014, 02:32:49 AM
Temple?
Holy Symbol?
Prayer Book?
Dedicated to the god Oghma?
On a mission from the god?

Cut and paste from Acolyte? Or Mixup with the Cleric? Or treating Elven wizards as priests?

Skywalker

#3
June 29, 2014, 02:41:41 AM
The Wizard has the Acolyte Background. So they are a magic-user that grew up in a religious way.

Sacrosanct

#4
June 29, 2014, 02:43:27 AM
Quote from: Omega;762467Temple?
Holy Symbol?
Prayer Book?
Dedicated to the god Oghma?
On a mission from the god?

Cut and paste from Acolyte? Or Mixup with the Cleric? Or treating Elven wizards as priests?

neither.  Basically, not all worshippers are clerics or paladins.  Backgrounds are completely divorced from class
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Warthur

#5
June 29, 2014, 02:46:37 AM
Which makes a lot of sense. Not everyone working for a temple is necessarily going to be a cleric or paladin - your rank and file temple guard is going to be a fighter, your gods of knowledge or magic are going to have wizards attending their temples, your trickster gods are going to have thieves dedicating heists to them... I'm liking how backgrounds work, to be honest.
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Marleycat

#6
June 29, 2014, 03:07:35 AM
It's awesome and gives you the reason to take the Divine Imitate feat. Horrible choice for powergaming but ridiculous fun for an actual concept and not weak at all. Just check out what that background gives you..I'll  let you figure it out no pressure.:)
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Marleycat

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June 29, 2014, 03:14:46 AM Last Edit: June 29, 2014, 03:23:15 AM by Marleycat
Quote from: Silverlion;762464If I were prone to be blasty mages, that almost looks like one of my characters.

So far I like the changes: Spells (but is that specialized wizards only boost?), I like more HP!

Makes sense to me.

Evocation Savant is tradition only. It gives you a reason to specialize without being punished. All 5e wizards are specialists. I can't wait to see if I can make a A Magus or Swordmage....I have a solid idea how to do the latter already. I figure the former would require a Fighter/Warlock multiclass of some sort.
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YourSwordisMine

#8
June 29, 2014, 03:41:32 AM
With all this level of detail on the character itself, it seems pretty lazy not to have gone ahead any name them... Why even bother leaving a name of the pregen if you are going to spell out the characters personality traits and motivations...

/boggle
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June 29, 2014, 03:47:13 AM
"I use polysyllabic words that convey the impression of erudition."
They should have added "I refuse to explain which gender I am."

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Omega

#10
June 29, 2014, 04:54:48 AM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;762469neither.  Basically, not all worshippers are clerics or paladins.  Backgrounds are completely divorced from class

I figured that. It is just that for a Starter its starting off a little confusingly. It could easily be read as a typo rather than a feature.

The playtests Artisan or Sage might have fit better.

jadrax

#11
June 29, 2014, 05:13:00 AM
Quote from: Omega;762479I figured that. It is just that for a Starter its starting off a little confusingly. It could easily be read as a typo rather than a feature.

The playtests Artisan or Sage might have fit better.

Its somewhat interesting that the only Starter Set character that seems to have hat you might consider the obvious background is the Rogue who is a 'Criminal' apparently. The other four are Fighter/Noble, Fighter/Hero of the People(I think its called this anyway), Cleric/Soldier and Wizard/Acolyte.

Warthur

#12
June 29, 2014, 08:57:45 AM
Quote from: YourSwordisMine;762474With all this level of detail on the character itself, it seems pretty lazy not to have gone ahead any name them... Why even bother leaving a name of the pregen if you are going to spell out the characters personality traits and motivations...

/boggle

Quote from: James Gillen;762475"I use polysyllabic words that convey the impression of erudition."
They should have added "I refuse to explain which gender I am."
Presumably both the lack of a name and the gender-neutral language is to allow players to choose their character's gender.
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Sacrosanct

#13
June 29, 2014, 11:16:53 AM
Quote from: Warthur;762491Presumably both the lack of a name and the gender-neutral language is to allow players to choose their character's gender.

yep.  Mike said as much in the unboxing video.  When a player picks up a sheet, they can play the image they have in their head, be it man or woman PC
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jibbajibba

#14
June 29, 2014, 11:22:49 AM
Quote from: jadrax;762483Its somewhat interesting that the only Starter Set character that seems to have hat you might consider the obvious background is the Rogue who is a 'Criminal' apparently. The other four are Fighter/Noble, Fighter/Hero of the People(I think its called this anyway), Cleric/Soldier and Wizard/Acolyte.

All deliberate though.

They are trying to show that there is far more depth to the tabletop experience than you might get in a board game or a computer RPG.

They want the PCs to be linked into the world and to be realised as individuals with their own connections desires etc .

They are showcasing the background feature as part of that not all mages are just like this look here is a different background.
Obviously the priest and the wizard are linked to the plot through their background and the Noble will be too.

So demonstrating an interlinked world.
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