This episode, looking at the new Players Handbook 2 has a whole bevy of guests.
Guest:
and Ed Healy
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We looked at the PH2 and used a scale of:
Good (G) = liked it
Unaligned (U) = eh…whatever
Evil (E) = didn’t like it
We looked at…
Races:
Deva - Good McCoy - U/G Will - G Phil - G Ed - G Jeff - G
Gnome - Unaligned McCoy - G Will - G Phil - U Ed - G/U Jeff - U/G
Goliath - Good Will - G Ed - G Phil - G McCoy - G Jeff - U/G
Half-Orc - Unaligned Ed - U McCoy - U Phil - U Will - U/G Jeff - G
Shifter - Good Phil - U/E McCoy - G Will - G Ed - G Jeff U/E
Racial Paragon Paths - Good Unanimously - G
We also looked at the new classes like…
Avenger - Good Unanimously - G
Barbarian - Good Unanimously - G
Bard - Good Will - U Ed - G Phil - U McCoy - G Jeff - G
Druid - Unaligned/Good McCoy - U/G Ed - G Phil - U Will - G Jeff - U
Invoker - Good Everyone but Jeff - G Jeff - U
Shaman - Good Everyone but McCoy - G McCoy - U
Sorcerer - Unaligned McCoy - U Phil - G Will - U Ed - U Jeff - G
Warden - Good McCoy - E Phil - G Ed - U Will - G Jeff - U
And we also talked about Epic Destinies, Backgrounds, Feats, Items, Rituals, and Errata.
Phew…big episode, I hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording!
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2 Responses:
April 10th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Listening to the episode and I just have to comment on the discussion of the Shifters. The whole “OMG its a Furry,” the lower marks and discussion which focused more on whether reviewers liked the idea of anthropomorphic races didn’t impress me and I got annoyed with it. I myself don’t particular like Half-Orcs and am very cold about the Goliaths (and a race that is not in the book but is out there the warforged I hate) but I can still look at them and see if the mechanics are good and if they evoke the flavor of that race, even if it is a flavor I don’t like, and regardless if I would play them.
April 10th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
That is absolutely correct and I agree with you completely. That said, as reviewers it is our job to discuss the things that we like and don’t like. Flavor is just as legitimate to discuss as mechanics and either way can give you a an idea through the discussion as to if the race is something you would be interested in or not.
I am sorry if the attempt at humorous discussion rubbed you the wrong way, but hopefully there was something in the show that you could enjoy.
