Thema: [LFR] Character Creation Guide, Genasi und Swordmage

[Sword of Cyric]

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Unter obigen Link findet ihr die offiziel für den Kampagnenstart freigegebenen Regeln für Drow und Genasi als Spielervölker sowie die Swordmage Klasse von Level 1-3 (zwar nicht ganz komplett, aber genug um den bis dahin spielen zu können und als Sonderregel darf man komplett alles retrainen wenn der PGtF rauskommt)

Damit steht wohl fest das ich nen Shielding Swordmage spiele 

[Amurayi]

... jetzt online:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=rpga/downloads

Außerdem: Drow, Genasi und Swordmage preview:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=rpga/news/lfrcharacters

-> Check Out the Forgotten Realms Player’s Guide Preview!

[Amurayi]

Regional Benefits:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=rpga/news/lfrregions

The Role of Regions

There are 12 regions available for your character. Select one of those regions and note your choice on your character sheet (make sure you write down the attendant benefit as well). You might also want to check out the Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide and the Forgotten Realms Player’s Guide (available August 19 and September 16, respectively) for more information about your region and the Realms. Other character benefits to regions will become available as the campaign progresses.
Aglarond

Aglarond is a nation balanced on a knife edge, surviving in spite of the odds. Elves, half-elves, and humans call it home. They dwell along Aglarond’s broad, sweeping coastline and in the boughs of the expansive central forest known as the Yuirwood.

Regional Benefit: You add Elven to your list of languages known, you add Perception to your class skill list, and you gain a +1 bonus to Perception checks.
Akanûl

Akanûl is a land defined by extreme geography, eldritch beasts, and genasi. Anew nation formed in the devastated and warped lands between Chessenta and Chondath, Akanûl has overcome great adversity and is now a name to be respected and feared.

Regional Benefit: You gain resist 2 cold, resist 2 fire, and resist 2 thunder (or your existing resistance to these damage types increases by 2). At 11th level, these values improve to resist 3 (or increase by 3), and at 21st level, they improve to resist 5 (or increase by 5).
Baldur’s Gate

Baldur’s Gate is a city of opportunity and fair laws. By some accounts, it has swelled to become the most populated city in all of Faerûn.

Regional Benefit: You know one additional language of your choice, you add the Streetwise skill to your class skill list, and you gain a +2 bonus to Streetwise checks.
Cormyr

The Forest Kingdom of Cormyr lies at the western end of the Sea of Fallen Stars, nestled between the Storm Horns and the Thunder Peaks and stretching from the Stonelands to the Dragonmere. Dominated by humankind, Cormyr has been ruled by House Obarskyr for over fourteen centuries, with the strong backing of an army of heavily armored knights on Cormyrian destriers and magically potent war mages.

Regional Benefit: You add Insight to your class skill list, you gain a +2 bonus to Insight checks, and you gain a +2 bonus to saving throws against fear effects.
Dalelands

Along the periphery of the elf-ruled forest of Cormanthor lie the Dalelands, a group of loosely allied communities that share common cultures and traditions. Linked by winding trade roads and their alliance against the encroaching powers to the north, west, and south, the Dales are known for their lush forests, fertile farmland, and fierce independence.

Regional Benefit: You can reroll any Nature check, but you must keep the second result, even if it is worse. You also gain a +1 bonus on initiative checks.
Dragon Coast

Mention of the Dragon Coast evokes images of dark alleys and underhanded dealings, of thieves’ guilds and pirate ships. The Dragon Coast summons adventure to it as few other places in Faerûn do. As a result of recent changes, the traditionally safe places of this region have grown a little safer, but the dangerous parts have grown much deadlier.

Regional Benefit: You can reroll any Insight check, but you must keep the second result, even if it is worse. You also gain one additional language of your choice.
East Rift

Huddled on the eastern shelf of the yawning Underchasm, East Rift is a living symbol of gold dwarf ingenuity and stubbornness, having survived when the surface collapsed into the bowels of the Underdark. Protected by enormous towers connected by a high curtain wall, the gold dwarves are ready to defend themselves against the drow or any other horror that rises from the depths.

Regional Benefit: You gain Deep Speech as an additional language, you add Dungeoneering to your class skill list, and you gain a +2 bonus to Dungeoneering checks.
Impiltur

The star of Impiltur has fallen. The retreat of the sea, coupled with widespread corruption, has led this region into decline. The people of this once-great nation huddle in fear as their kingdom unravels around them.

Regional Benefit: Add the higher of your Wisdom score or your Constitution score to your starting hit points (instead of automatically adding your Constitution score). Your number of healing surges is still based on your Constitution score.
Luruar

Luruar is a land of friendship and safety, a defensive league of strong, independent cities. It offers a new start for people with ruined lives, welcoming those of all races and backgrounds, as long as their intentions are noble.

Regional Benefit: You can reroll any History check, but you must keep the second result, even if it is worse. You also gain one additional language of your choice.
Moonshae Isles

Off the western coast of Faerûn lies an archipelago known as the Moonshae Isles. Home to two human cultures, the druidic folk and the seafaring Northlanders, the Moonshae Isles are beset by encroaching threats from the Feywild and Amnian mercenaries bent on conquest.

Regional Benefit: You know Elven as an additional language, and you gain a +2 bonus to saving throws against charm and fear effects.
Tymanther

The interloper nation of Tymanther squats atop the ruins of Unther, dominated by the citadel-city of Djerad Thymar. The dragonborn citizens of this new nation are a proud race of warriors, known for their hatred of dragons and their ilk.

Regional Benefit: You add Athletics to your class skill list, and you gain a +2 bonus to Athletics checks.
Waterdeep

Waterdeep, the City of Splendors, is a center of commerce, where representatives of every race, creed, and nation come to trade, spread rumors, and make their fortunes.

Regional Benefit: You know one additional language of your choice, you add Diplomacy to your class skill list, and you gain a +2 bonus to Diplomacy checks.

[1of3]

Den Schwertmagier find ich sehr krass. Sowohl die Aegeis als auch die At-Wills. Gegen Greenfire Sword kann Cleave wohl eindeutig nach Hause gehen.

[DarkAttic]

Den Schwertmagier find ich sehr krass. Sowohl die Aegeis als auch die At-Wills. Gegen Greenflame Blade kann Cleave wohl eindeutig nach Hause gehen.

Ist aber halt reiner Feuerschaden. Ob dieser in den höheren Levels noch was bringt ist natürlich fraglich, da selbst Minions wohl Resistenzen aufweisen werden.

[Sword of Cyric]

Den Schwertmagier find ich sehr krass. Sowohl die Aegeis als auch die At-Wills. Gegen Greenflame Blade kann Cleave wohl eindeutig nach Hause gehen.

Das Fighter ist eben der Defender/Striker während der Swordmage der Defender/Controller ist. Daher ist es erwartungsgemäß wenn der SM mehr AoE-Minionkiller-Moves hat, dafür dürfte er was Single-Target-Damage angeht hinter dem Fighter liegen.

Finde es interessant das alle Defender bisher Hybriden sind: Defender/Striker (Fighter), Defender/Leader (Paladin) und jetzt Defender/Controller (Swordmage). Wir würde wohl ein reiner Defender aussehen, bzw. kann es einen solchen wirklich geben?

Was auch interessant ist und auf den WotC Boards gepostet wurde: Mit dem Swordmage ist eine All-Arcane-Party möglich: Swordmage (Arcane Defender) + Warlock (Arcane Striker) + Wizard (Arcane Controller) + Artificer (Arcane Leader)

Fehlen jetzt nur noch ein Martial Controller und ein Divine Striker und man könnte ebenfalls All-Divne- und All-Martial-Parties machen.

[Drudenfusz]

Fehlen jetzt nur noch ein Martial Controller und ein Divine Striker und man könnte ebenfalls All-Divne- und All-Martial-Parties machen.

Bezweifle das es einen Martial Controller geben wird, wie sollte der auch funktionieren?

[Zechi]

Ich habe mal die Themen zusammengeführt.

Gruß Zechi

EDIT:

Kurzer Eindruck. Die neuen Genasi sind gut gelungen und gefallen mir sehr. Drow sind ja identisch mit der MM Version oder? Übrigens sind Drow meines Erachtens eines der stärksten Spielervölker.

Swordmage gefällt mir auch.

Die Regional Benefits finde ich aber teilweise ganz schon stark.

[Zechi]

Wenn man sich so die Kurzbeschreibung der Regionen bei den Regional Benefits anschaut, dann hat sich vom Background der Regionen eher wenig geändert, aber es sind wohl auch nicht alle Regionen wiedergegeben, z.B. fehlt Moonsea oder Thay (bzw. was davon übrig bleibt).

Interessant ist was aus Unther geworden ist:

Tymanther The interloper nation of Tymanther squats atop the ruins of Unther, dominated by the citadel-city of Djerad Thymar. The dragonborn citizens of this new nation are a proud race of warriors, known for their hatred of dragons and their ilk. Regional Benefit: You add Athletics to your class skill list, and you gain a +2 bonus to Athletics checks.

Da ja Tiamat in der Region aktiv war oder ist, könnten die Dragonborn mit ihr zu tun haben?

Gruß Zechi

[Tethra]

Damit steht wohl fest das ich nen Shielding Swordmage spiele 

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Der Shielding Swordmage interessiert mich auch brennend. Hast du dir schon Überlegungen gemacht, welche Rasse/Feats und Skills du als wichtig erachtest?
Ich habe das Gefühl, dass es etwas schwer wird, sich in Richtung der Waffenbäume zu entwickeln, wie Heavy Blade Opportunity oder Light/Heavy Blade Mastery. Wie siehst du das?
Evtl. kommen ja noch Feats, die das kompensieren...
Wie dem auch sei. Auch ohne die Waffenfeats ist und bleibt der Swordmage interessant!