Born from Shadow - New character themes

[Matt James]

You can find my latest D&D handiwork here: http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/dra/201106themes

[Darth Jerod]

loved it. One of them will work well for the bard/thief in the group

[Diffan]

I too really enjoyed it, Good Job!

Though I have to admit that I'm getting pretty peeved at the Char_Ops boards in their responses to it. I understand that it's Char_Op and that their view of how D&D should play is vastly different than other's view but in regards to Themes, I think they're being highly critical of it. I mean, it's a free feature, something that enhances your character though Role-Play and to have a few neat tricks but I don't feel it was ever meant to be used as part of a character's repitoire of combat-efficency.

[Matt James]

Meh, that's their thing. I'm not too worried about it. I really try to be open to how others play the game. Some people love to crunch the numbers and squeeze what they can out of that. Many of those same type of players regard the story less. To each their own. They could have been much worse, I suppose ;)

[gaming tonic]

I liked the themes and love the theme idea to represent specific organizations and affiliations possibly in a campaign. They would work perfect for the three orders of knights in dragonlance setting or the three colors of wizards in that same setting. If you don't like it don't use it. That is the positive of it. We are all so quick to be negative instead of thinking for ourselves. Just because some company says it exists doesn't mean it has to be your gospel.