Crooked Bee

I'll just copy-paste my complains about the Monk from a different thread here. - Stunning Blow's description says it can only be used with a melee weapon. Same goes for Torment's Reach. If my Monk can attack from a distance and increase his or her attacks' reach at all, he/she should be able to do the same with his/her fists too. I'd suggest making these abilities weapon-independent, since they do sound good and I don't see why an unarmed Monk should be gimped in this manner. - Which, I guess, boils down to the general problem I have with the Monk currently - namely, the (lack of) active ability variety. In particular, if I want to (role-)play an unarmed monk, I currently only have 2 or 3 active abilities, at least of which one (Clarity of Agony) sounds extremely situational. In a setting that has soul powers ™, I would expect much more from a Monk (who, I'd assume, must've spent years mastering the power of his or her soul). - My Monk has 14 INT, and yet the duration of the Stunning Blow ability shows up as the ridiculous 25.5 seconds for me. Granted, this is probably something of a placeholder in the current build, so I expect this to be fixed eventually. - Finally, I am a bit concerned about the relative speed of combat/damage/healing vs. the speed at which you get wounds. I just worry the combat might be fast enough (not in real-time I mean, but relative to the attack and damage speed) that you just wouldn't have enough time to reliably use the more powerful abilities that require having several wounds at once.

Yeah, the relative speed of combat/damage/healing vs. the speed at which you get wounds is a concern of mine too, which I mentioned in the Codex thread but forgot to mention in the OP. Gonna edit that in now. Agreed about the lack of wound feedback, too.

I wonder what other people's thoughts on the Monk class are. I've fooled around with one a bit in the current beta build until it started to crash on reload for me, and I have the following to report. First, I have to say I do like the underlying wounds mechanic, and I'm strongly considering playing a Monk in my first playthrough of the full game. However, just from my brief time with this class, I also have some concerns/complaints/questions. - Stunning Blow's description says it can only be used with a melee weapon (i.e. can't be used in unarmed combat). Why can't I stun people with the power of my fists? - Same goes for Torment's Reach. If my Monk can attack from a distance and increase his or her attacks' reach at all, he/she should be able to do the same with his/her fists too. I'd suggest making these abilities weapon-independent, since they do sound good and I don't see why an unarmed Monk should be gimped in this manner. - Which, I guess, boils down to the general problem I have with the Monk currently - namely, the (lack of) active ability variety. In particular, if I want to (role-)play an unarmed monk, I currently only have 2 or 3 active abilities, at least of which one (Clarity of Agony) sounds extremely situational. In a setting that has soul powers , I would expect much more from a Monk (who, I'd assume, must've spent years mastering the power of his or her soul). Anyone knows if they plan on adding more (and more varied) active Monk abilities later? - My Monk has 14 INT, and yet the duration of the Stunning Blow ability shows up as the ridiculous 25.5 seconds for me. Granted, this is probably something of a placeholder in the current build, so I expect this to be fixed eventually. - Finally, I am a bit concerned about the relative speed of combat/damage/healing vs. the speed at which you get wounds. I just worry the combat might be fast enough (not in real-time I mean, but relative to the attack and damage speed) that you just wouldn't have enough time to reliably use the more powerful abilities that require having several wounds at once. Anyway, I'm curious to hear other people's thoughts on this class.

I think we still have to enter the data for the backer memorials and some of the unique items, but otherwise, yes. All of the locations, NPCs, items, etc. are built and all (except for a few of the items) are placed in the world. Greeeeat to hear. I'm sure you took many liberties with the RPG Codex backer content, too

What about all the backer content, including locations and NPCs? Are you already done implementing all of it by now?

Sorry if this has been posted here already - I did a search but couldn't find it. Anyway, we at the Codex have recently published this Top 70 PC RPGs as decided by user voting, complete with user-submitted mini-reviews. Might be interesting for some people here, since PS:T is #1 (surprisingly enough for the Codex) and most of Obsidian's games are included too: http://www.rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=9453

RPG Codex: Putting the swords back in RPGs since 2002. We got a location plus some bonus stuffies and thingies, yeah, but let that be a surprise. ^_^

NWN2 Complete!

RPG Codex preview (pretty detailed and highly positive): http://www.rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=9232

Meanwhile, we at the Codex have interviewed the devs about this game, for those interested: http://www.rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=8895

Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden 2 kickstarter anyone? http://www.rpgcodex....ent.php?id=8632

For better or for worse, we have interviewed Cleveland Blakemore about Grimoire: http://www.rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=8575

Shadowgate kickstarter is now live: Screens look beautiful. I've jumped on the limited $10 tier.

Interview! More info! And stuff. http://www.rpgcodex....ent.php?id=8561 Also, Josh Sawyer.

Well Jane Jensen's Kickstarter was even slower, yet she did manage to reach the goal in the end. So I'm still hopeful about this one.

This is a really cool idea. I hope this Kickstarter succeeds (against all odds ).

Really excited about this, so I'm in.

You can also get a Chris Avellone troll by donating a mere $200 to the RPG Codex's own fundraiser.

I support getting drunk both in and out of the game. :D

Has Soul

So will Project Eternity have numbers everywhere? Because I sure hope so.

This.

Awesome.

And since I havn't pledged yet I havn't helped Obsidian to come this far and thus I wont get the reward? I will be missing out on game content despite the fact that I will pledge? Yeah I'm afraid you will be locked out of the dungeon. As you attempt to enter it, a message will pop up "Get out of here backer #50,631." Tough luck, should've pledged sooner.

Ideas I like (some more, some less): Construction kit (Optional) full party creation Another major city hub/region/continent Hire George Ziets Other writers/designers to hire: Leonard Boyarsky, Jason Anderson, Chris Taylor, Neal Hallford, Michael Stackpole Lots of in-game books/scroll/all kinds of lore-related things Class-specific strongholds Expansion pack (at $4-5 mil or something) Best of all: Turn based combat mode designed by DW Bradley or Ian and Linda Currie