User talk:Rithaniel/Denizen of Shadow (3.5e Race)

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Ratings[edit]

RatedOppose.png Luigifan18 opposes this article and rated it 0 of 4.
+10 racial ability bonus — are you for real?!? Balance isn't typically my top concern when I design or rate something — I'm more concerned with fun — but even I can see that this is nuts!
RatedOppose.png Fluffykittens opposes this article and rated it 0 of 4.
A pile of badly flavored mechanics.
RatedOppose.png Surgo opposes this article and rated it 0 of 4.
As all the "Denizen of X", it's both unusable and uninteresting. If it was one or the other it could probably be okay, as there's plenty of stuff that falls into one of those camps, but with both it's completely useless.
RatedOppose.png Eiji-kun opposes this article and rated it 0 of 4.
As other ratings, and also why is "Silent Spell all the time" called "Silver Tongued"? Thats not what it means.
RatedOppose.png Ganteka Future opposes this article and rated it 0 of 4.
Ugh. Short version: This is unplayable and lopsided.
Maybe its the way the flavor speaks in absolutes (Always! Never!) that rubs me the wrong way. Maybe it's all the missing details and questions that get raised or the shoddy descriptions that attempt a style, which I guess isn't my style. It just needs more, and I don't mean more than a +10 to an ability score. Plus, oh hey, it's a denizen of shadow, I bet these guys are from the plane of shad… oh, negative energy plane… but also native outsiders. Hmmm. I bet they get cool negative energy abilit… oh, they don't. Well, maybe they get an ability that explains why they're so totally evil th… oh, nope. So, basically unplayable out of the box. It gets three class skills. None of which are based toward it's primary ability. So, not only does it have nothing to do in combat, it isn't going to be doing much of anything outside of combat either. So much for all that supposed charm (Backstab!). Ugh.

HD Typo?

shouldn't that say 3 levels of outsider, not 2, since it has 3 hd?--NameViolation 02:31, March 29, 2010 (UTC)

Yes, it appeared to be an error as all other information was for 3 HD. Corrected. Formatting updated as well. --Ganteka Future 07:23, March 29, 2010 (UTC)

Overpowered![edit]

What sorcerer wouldn't take this?

One that didn't want to be 3 levels behind on sorcery? --Foxwarrior 02:36, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
Dang, I was just about to say that. --Ganteka Future 02:37, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
Why isn't LA high then? --Parakee
Because it has racial hit die. --Havvy 03:07, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
If you want a race that actually does fit the original exclamation, take a look at this. +4 Cha and a bonus feat for no LA. --Ghostwheel 05:47, 8 February 2011 (UTC)