Very nice to hear from you again after such a long time. I understand from what I've managed to read over the past couple of days that you have contributed a massive effort into getting LRB5 up and running while I have been away from BB, so may I pass on the gratitude of our little league here in Canterbury UK.
Myself and four others are dusting off our teams in preparation for our new league (although I had to go and buy a couple of D. Elf 2nd ed. catchers on ebay the other day to make up the roster - will be playing them as a pro-elf team as I didn't want to drop my two D. Elf thrower minis from my line-up!)
I've not had a chance to see how the dropping of traits has affected things yet, so I honestly don't know how much mileage there is in Darkson's opinion or your own on that side of things. I'm sure I will be able to get back to you on that one in time. However, spotting Leader over in the passing section did rekindle an old idea in my mind from years ago when I was wondering if it might have been possible to have a 'psychological' skills category, where all the 'non-physical' skills, such as dauntless, frenzy, pro, leader, nerves of skill, etc. could happily reside together. But then again, if it ain't broke...
'Nowt wrong with a bit of healthy sarcasm!
With regard to our (what is feeling somewhat comical now) collective confusion over the dodge skill, I was initially scanning through the document and happened across the 'defender stumbles' term, which immediately caught my attention, which then caused me to read further and ask my friends and wife to take a look too. It is probable that if we had then read the block skill blurb thoroughly too before consulting you fellows on here then we may well have been similarly perplexed (or it may have speeded our journey towards the correct conclusion - who knows?) But we got a bit fixated on dodge, and as it stands now we have plenty still to digest over the next few days. Hoping to get some games going by next weekend. Anyway, enough of wording woes. What has the overall reaction been to the new tome as far as you can gauge? Has the feedback been good so far? Are you yourself happy with all the elements of the final product?
John
(considering ways of rebuilding my poor old pitch)
