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I'd chalk that up to different sub-factions doing their stuff at cross-purposes. A faction of several billion beings should have rivaling agendas with each other.

I've been playing my brother's shiny new copy of Dawn Of War, which is reminding me that I really, really hate Eldar. explain things instead of shooting the guys who didn't know you were there and want to do exactly the same things as you! No wonder the Imperium hates them so much. Well, that's bec...

Yeah, besides the Tau in the first novel, Cain had next to no contact with them again or the Eldar. But they are mentioned often enough in the books that you get a good idea of the mentality even a pretty nice guy like Cain has on them. Vail... well, she is Ordo Xenos.

It's actually worth noting that Ciaphas very often refrains from shooting his own men. Amberley Vail (Ciaphas' lover and editor) frequently notes that Ciaphas could have simply shot troops on many occasions and saved himself the trouble, but refrained from doing so and found alternate ways to keep ...

I think the only sympathetic characters I know from the WH40K universe are the guys from the Ciaphas Cain - HERO OF THE IMPERIUM! novels. And even t hey are "shoot the xenos first, ask questions later!" fascist types. Only funnily written ones. Granted, shooting first and asking questions ...

the Magus seems to be good at blasting and some utility The wizard is better at both. Well, of course that goes without saying. I see your point, but is the class automatically bad because of that? Pure classes are of course better at what they do than hybrid classes, but as hybrid classes go, how ...

You put your own response inside of Roy's quote tag. Thanks, just noticed. Corrected. The point is that if you're like xxx, but worse, you're pointless even if you'd otherwise be good. But the Magus also fails on its own merits, as it's a gish that can't gish. I'd take a Bard over one any day. If i...

It's the same Fail as before. What do you want, smitings? It's already gotten those. There is no reason why you would not just play a Duskblade instead. And Duskblades are not that good. They aren't bad, but that automatically makes the Magus below average, yet shiny to trap the noobs. Standard Pai...

So, is nobody going to comment on the revised Magus, now that it is out for playtesting? It's the same Fail as before. What do you want, smitings? It's already gotten those. There is no reason why you would not just play a Duskblade instead. And Duskblades are not that good. They aren't bad, but th...

I've read both versions of the Magus, sure there are some small changes but both are pretty similar. The Magus suffers from the approach of 'shiny' things every level, instead of actual class features. The real kick in the pants is that it has its own very limited spell list, why not just use the W...

So, is nobody going to comment on the revised Magus, now that it is out for playtesting? Honestly, I have no interest in it. By the way, Paizo has put all the OGC material from the Gamemastery Guide and the Advanced Player's Guide on their web site now (http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/index.html...

So, is nobody going to comment on the revised Magus, now that it is out for playtesting?

2.) Will they be wise enough to shitcan Achilli, who, IMO, was the driving force for every shitty change in both versions of the WoD ( including erasing Robert Weinbergs contribution to canon and not having him write the third trilogy of novels )? 2. Yeah right. If he's been on board for 10 years o...

The only questions I have are: 1.) What the fuck took them so long? Everybody I know hates nWoD with a burning passion and remembers oWoD fondly. 2.) Will they be wise enough to shitcan Achilli, who, IMO, was the driving force for every shitty change in both versions of the WoD ( including erasing R...

I wish they would steal the RIGHT people's work. Then maybe the game would turn out better. K, I think their argument about the monster is, the monster doesn't know the fighter can't hurt it. Most things are adverse to pain. The monster doesn't know the guy in front of it can't hit it, but sharp me...

and (c) their quality of editing is a notch worse than WotC (in my opinion). Well, they got some typos and stupid errors in some of the last releases ( the Slayer ability of the Inquisitor comes to mind ), but at least I don't see constant "OMG, stat blocks broken!!!111" threads on their ...

I'm disappointed that Magnus resorted to Den-bashing, but he really obviously didn't do what he is accused of. Yeah, sorry about the generalized bashing. I should have refrained it to the particular poster. I got in a pissy mood, what can I say? And thanks for the defense, Orion. It's appreciated. :)

Don't be obtuse. Yeah, I was somewhat. The point is, I pointed out things which work better when Saga is played at higher levels and just added "I was having fun" as a personal note. And of course that gets attacked and the other points I made ignored, which just felt like a gratuitous at...

but the point I tried to make remains, that Saga actually gets more playable and fun as the levels go higher. I've been having tons of fun with my character in the last levels, although that could also be because the GM is very good and varies encounters up enough to challenge everybody. Please lea...

Well the main problem with the skills vs defense issue was the front loading, over time this reduced, but not enough, but also over time there accrued various bonuses through measly ugly little stacking of crappy +1 talents in a giant pile. There was always some possibility that EVENTUALLY those cr...

The only thing that made SAGA any good to any bugar was how insanely bad the prior d20 star wars edition was . SAGA still wasn't actually playable. Well, I got to dispute that. I definitely agree with your assertion that Use the Force vs. defenses was broken as hell at the lower levels, especially ...

Saga uses a LOT of the same design as 4E. The system isn't exactly balanced (like, why would you ever play anything besides a jedi), Skill points, lots of talents from other classes... basically, if you want to play a Jedi as you know them from the movies or books, the worst thing you can do is tak...

I wonder, when did "caster edition" become popular here to describe Pathfinder? I don't remember seeing it until about one month ago or somesuch.

What, I thought characters need to dish out at least 40 damage per hit at level 10 on the Den or they are thought unfit to live? What's a DR 15 to that? If you are playing with Tome classes, sure, but if you are playing with Races of War, you can't ever lose against CR appropriate opposition, even ...

What, I thought characters need to dish out at least 40 damage per hit at level 10 on the Den or they are thought unfit to live? What's a DR 15 to that?