Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 Spacekase Aug 14, 2009 16:08:40	Critical hits has the Assassin preview a little early. http://www.critical-hits.com/2009/08/14/gencon-4e-preview-the-assassin/ In the DS interview, an upgrade to the fighter class was mentioned. As we already know, weapons, and in particular metal are rare in DS. In past editions this has resulted in a level bump. The ki powers for the assassin seem to make magic items unnecessary and possibly a level bump. When is DS getting it's own forum?
#2 famoth83 Aug 14, 2009 19:54:26	Curious. Very curious. Ultimately I'll say no. The ki focus appears to be a unique class feature of the assassin, just as the monks enchantable fists are unique to them. Wait for chapter 5 of the DMG 2 before conjuring visions of fighters and rogues with hidden wells of power. As for the question on forums: you're posting in the Dark Sun forum right now. When it will get promoted out of the misc section, I can't say. If you want more then this, then all that I can say is keep it active.
#3 outlaw68 Aug 14, 2009 22:04:31	I believe the new options for the fighter may be what was hinted at being non-magical item rewards that keep character balanced with the magical item requirements - Dark Sun was always low magic, and the DMG 2 is apparently (at least according to rumor) going to have something similar to special training that PC's can have instead of a magic sword, making them as powerful as someone with a magic weapon, without them having t have it. That certainly sounds very Dark Sunish to me.
#4 Spacekase Aug 17, 2009 10:23:58	Assuming this is all the chapters: August 17 Ch 1. Group Storytelling August 21 Ch.1 Companion Characters August 24 Ch. 2 Advanced Encounters August 28 Ch. 2 Terrain August 31 Ch. 3 Skill Challenges Sept 4 Ch. 4 Customizing Monsters Sept 7 Ch. 5 Adventures and Rewards Sept 11 Ch. 6 Paragon Campaigns Possibly chapter 5? I wasn't clear. My apologies. I was referring to the the mechanic rather than ki or shadow source. The developers have been thinking outside the box, a lot, see psion and assassin. I love this. I wasn't clear about the forum question either. I was asking when it wouldn't be grouped with other settings and receive it's own section like FR and Eberron.
#5 famoth83 Aug 17, 2009 14:31:08	Yes, that is the chapter 5 I was talking about. No reason to apologize, but accepted none-the-less. Even if it is just mechanics, I don't the mechanics of ki being shared to other classes wholesale. Certain classes might be able to justify taking a feat to represent such a feature, but overall it is a rather unquie class feature to the monk and assassin. While I can see future classes having similar features, and feats granting a mechanically similar feature, I don't see it being applied wholesale. Even in Chapter 5 I'm expecting a certain degree of specilization to keep from stepping on the shoes of monks and assassin; stuff like +2 enhancement bonus when using heavy blades. I don't have a true answer to the forum question for you. I remember a year or two ago, people on the Eberron forum where encouraging people to be more active with the hopes to "resplit" that forum back into multiple forums again. I didn't know all the details then, and I certainly don't know them now, but activity seems to be key. With the way things are buzzing around here, I would be surprised if the Dark Sun forum wasn't promoted out of the "Other Published Worlds" sub setting before the end of September. I'd say the end of August, but I'm not sure by what measurement of time does WotC measure activity.