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[Leafsnail]

Yeah it was a joke.  If you want a more serious example you could look at the Amulet Bloom deck, which is a wonky tier-two deck except when it's the hands of the 2 people who are good at playing it.  Then it becomes a tier one contender.

[Dutchling]

speaking of magic

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[penguinofhonor]

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[Jimmy]

I'm seriously tempted to take Envoy of Balance for my Pathfinder Wizard. Seems like a nifty prestige class, and I already planned on having pretty much all the prerequisites for it anyhow. On the other hand there's a lot to be said for staying pure in Pathfinder. I dunno, I'll debate it later.

Dumb DM decision of the week: Handle Animal checks must be made each round of combat to have an animal continue to attack a target.

[Bauglir]

In case anyone thought that was just a joke:

Q: hi doug!! reading the new uncharted realms, i felt an enormous amount of sympathy for narset, specifically with reference to the beginning sequence with her as a kid. the restlessness, the sensory overload, the self-distraction with counting and observation - these, to me, heavily code narset as being autistic. i am autistic myself and it would mean the absolute world to me to know that a character in a game i care deeply about is like me, and many other folks. is this something you can confirm?

A: That was the intent, yes. The most important part of Narset’s character is her amazing mind, which is central to her potential as a powerful Planeswalker and as a pursuer of knowledge — but it happens that she processes information and input differently than a lot of other people. Tarkir denizens might not have a term for the autism spectrum or being neurodivergent or neuro-atypical, but those terms would correctly describe her. In this timeline she is not khan of the Jeskai, but no matter the circumstances, she hasn’t let go of her commitment to seeking her own path to wisdom and truth. Kudos to Creative Team member Kimberly Kreines for exploring this aspect of Narset in her story “The Great Teacher’s Student.”

Wizards has been doing representation really well lately.

My only fear is that people will foolishly associate UW with autism because of their decision to leave R out of her latest card. This is not a fear I can blame on Wizards, so don't take that as complaining about their decisions. Yes, I worry about the stupidest damn things.

[penguinofhonor]

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[Bauglir]

I know. I am not optimistic about the audience, however. Then again, I am not exposed to the brightest slice of it over on /tg/, so keep in mind that it's like saying "I expect shit because I spend my time bathing in it."

EDIT: The thing is that stereotypical UW is about as stereotypically autistic as you can get, which is why I worry about people not caring and just going "Oh yeah, smart, logical, all sorts of rules, not good at handling social things, yup" and call it a day.

[Dutchling]

Red not being autistic would make sense though, Red being the colour of emotion and all that.

[Mephisto]

Envoy of Balance

In my opinion, alignment is one of the least good mechanics of D&D/Pathfinder. And there's a prestige class built wholly around it.

Some of the abilities as well. Twinned Channeling. What is the point of that?

[tompliss]

Twinned Channeling. What is the point of that?

Selective Channeling => deal damage and heal on the same turn "easily" (and effectively on different targets) ?

[Mephisto]

Twinned Channeling. What is the point of that?

Selective Channeling => deal damage and heal on the same turn "easily" (and effectively on different targets) ?

I only read the first portion. Thanks for the clarification. That'll teach me to not read the entire block.

[penguinofhonor]

[Bohandas]

Envoy of Balance

In my opinion, alignment is one of the least good mechanics of D&D/Pathfinder. And there's a prestige class built wholly around it.

Alignment makes too much in-world sense to be done away with in most settings though.  Everyone believes in good and evil (and many believe in order and chaos) so naturally they become strongly reified on the outer planes; this also creates a valid in-story excuse for why the alignments aren't internally consistent - because people's beliefs aren't consistent.

[Bauglir]

Well, I'll be damned. /tg/ finally called it, after multiple consecutive attempts.

[Dutchling]

ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN