In the fluff it says a Favoured Soul grows wings on getting the path, in the 16th level path feature it says she grows wings and gains a fly speed at that point (and don't state the maneuverability of that flight).
More confusing, the level 12 utility increases the Favoured soul's non-existent up to 15th level flight speed by 4 and allows them to hover. Now, you could deduce that the utility allows slow flight one encounter a day until proper flight at 16th level is achieved, but it doesn't say that.
Increasing the fly speed by 4 is not the same thing as "granting a fly speed of 4 or increasing your existing fly speed by 4"
I have been waiting for Divine Power for ages, and evidence that errata is needed even in the previews is annoying. A single quick glance at the preview and the inconsistencies jump out at me.
Is there a better place to post this, so that the devs can see it and take note?
There's a thread over on D&Di General where people have noticed the same thing. That probably gets read more then this forum, FWIW.
It's way too late by now for any errata to get into the book of course. :P
Unless i'm missing something, it says you get a fly speed of 6 at 16th? I guess they've errata'd it already.
The 12th level utility grants a +4 increase to fly speed (an increase to an existing fly speed, technically not a fly speed itself), but they don't actually get a fly speed till 16th level. If the rules are being strictly interpreted the 12th level utility is useless until 16th level, barring magic items granting a fly speed.
being strictly interpreted the 12th level utility is useless until 16th level, barring magic items granting a fly speed.
Or being a Genasi. Or a sorcerer.
And it grants regeneration.
It could be redone though, to either give a fly speed or enhance an existing fly speed.
The weaksauce Daily 20 power is more of a problem.
I see what you're saying now Aenghus, unless there's some flying in existance already then it does seem useless, but as atomic badger points out there is precedance for its use with Avengers.
It could be redone though, to either give a fly speed or enhance an existing fly speed.
There's plenty of ways to fly already for this to not be useless. It'll just become far more useful once they reach level 16.
That jumped out at me too. Kinda obvious, makes you wonder who does the proofreading over there.
Didn't we have a major proofreading problem with 3.5's Complete Divine? What is it with WotC and books based on the Divine that causes their editors to fall asleep on the job?
Anyone recall that Tharizdun's favored weapon was the "check toee"?
My favorite riposte to that was someone saying it was a simple weapon that did 2d12 damage to all creatures with the "editor" subtype.
In the fluff it says a Favoured Soul grows wings on getting the path, in the 16th level path feature it says she grows wings and gains a fly speed at that point (and don't state the maneuverability of that flight).
I don't see a problem here. Upon becoming a Favored Soul (lvl 11) you grow wings. At 16th level they become strong enough, and your body light enough, that they can be used for flight.
The lack of maneuverability is not an issue, either. It doesn't say you have (hover) or (clumsy), so neither of those apply. There's no altitude limit.
In the fluff it says a Favoured Soul grows wings on getting the path, in the 16th level path feature it says she grows wings and gains a fly speed at that point (and don't state the maneuverability of that flight).
It doesn't need to state maneuverability unless it's clumsy or hover. The standard "crash if you don't move 2 squares" flight is the default version of flight.
More confusing, the level 12 utility increases the Favoured soul's non-existent up to 15th level flight speed by 4 and allows them to hover. Now, you could deduce that the utility allows slow flight one encounter a day until proper flight at 16th level is achieved, but it doesn't say that.
Increasing the fly speed by 4 is not the same thing as "granting a fly speed of 4 or increasing your existing fly speed by 4"
Yeah, that's a problem.
Is there a better place to post this, so that the devs can see it and take note?
I've been e-mailing the company directly as I spot errors. Whether it actually helps is unclear, although I have seen a couple of updates that may have been a result of nagging, as the wordings were identical to my messages.
Effect: Until the stance ends, while you aren’t blooded, you gain regeneration equal to your Wisdom modifier. In addition, your fly speed increases by 4, and you can hover.
While this doesn't change the effect of "Hey, I can't fly", it changes the Flight Bonus as a Rider to the Main ability (I regenerate every turn I'm not bloodied), instead of the Regeneration being a Rider of the Flight Ability.
Personally, I like that the power gains a small boost at 12th, and then a bigger boost later, and while I understand why people feel it's not right the way it's written, I don't think it's a error.