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By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:53:10 +0000

Definitely don’t think it represents much in the way of power creep. I think some of the effects are more exciting… but not necessarily more powerful. I may be wrong, but I haven’t seen anyone show that a power from MP is unambigiously better than equivalent powers in the PHB.

By: Janna

Janna — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:19:35 +0000

@ Nicholas: I’m waiting for my paladin to get some love, too. Sadly, it looks like Divine Power might be the last one to get released. Grrr….

@ Mr.HappyFunBall: The power creep shouldn’t be too bad, especially compared to previous editions. Wizards built in the ability to swap out powers at level-up time, so PCs of any age can have access to the stuff in the book.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:40:00 +0000

@Mr.HappyFunBall: I’ve only skimmed the book but my impression is that there is pretty significant power creep. The improvements to the “core” builds in this book balances it pretty well with the new builds. However characters made with this book are more powerful compared to those without it.

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:39:30 +0000

This was a book that I was waiting for. My rogue happened to reach level 5 the week after buying the book so it was perfect! The two levels I like least for rogue abilities are level 1 & 5 daily powers. Martial Powers provided me with plenty of options to choose from.

Regarding the comment about power creep, I don’t see it as being a very large one. Many of the rogue level 5 powers were still 1[w] damage. What Wizards has done is add new effects to the attacks taking in broader use of the conditions.

Well worth the purchase.

By: Mr.HappyFunBall

Mr.HappyFunBall — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:23:18 +0000

Does anyone who’s read the book have a strong opinion on the level of power creep that it might have. It sounds like (on an obviously arbitrary level; having not read the options) that characters made with access to this book might be more powerful than a “core” character.

By: Toord

Toord — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:06:01 +0000

Meh … this book together with Dra-Comic-on (sic) can be discarded w/o any regrets. What a joke.

By: Palmito

Palmito — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:30:51 +0000

One of my players was having big troubles choosing a class. Then she saw the Beastmaster. Her eyes popped up and she said “That’s it!”. Now she’s having big troubles choosing her animal companion…

By: paddy

paddy — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:13:28 +0000

Paladins will get their due when the divine powers suppliment comes out. As for martial powers I was meh when I first skimmed it but when my two fighters got it they were both jazzed about some of the features. Ones already planning his retraining!

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:31:22 +0000

I anticipated that my paladin would be able to use some feats from this book at least, since he is very melee weapon focused. However I was shocked to learn that all the feats are completely limited to martial classes. I was disappointed at the time but I think over the long run it will really limit the book overload when making and leveling a character.