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According to this test, I am a Lawful Good Gnome Paladin with the following ability scores:
Str. 10
Dex. 15
Con. 16
Int. 15
Wis. 10
Cha. 12
The test said it, not me. :\
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Lost Empires of Faerun (LEoF) is phenomenal! I especially like the sections on Cormanthyr and Nethiril, and some of the ancient magical items are really cool. Not a book to buy if you're looking for a lot of crunch, but fantastic if you want an Indiana Jones style game.
I was actually thinking of basing an entire campaign on exploring ancient ruins and "recovering" artifacts therefrom just before this book was announced, so now I actually get to work on it .
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Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -Henry Louis Mencken
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Uh...yeah, I looked through all my core books...and, uh...I couldn't find any rules
on "Common Sense" at all. Is that some kinda Rogue ability?
Disclaimer: The above is SARCASM. Just so you know.
Location: In the very bowels of Hell (A.K.A. Chicago)
Posts: 536
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Originally Posted by Mordmorgan the Mad
Lost Empires of Faerun (LEoF) is phenomenal! I especially like the sections on Cormanthyr and Nethiril, and some of the ancient magical items are really cool. Not a book to buy if you're looking for a lot of crunch, but fantastic if you want an Indiana Jones style game.
I was actually thinking of basing an entire campaign on exploring ancient ruins and "recovering" artifacts therefrom just before this book was announced, so now I actually get to work on it .
Cool, I'll pick up a copy over spring break then, since it's next week for me.
According to this test, I am a Lawful Good Gnome Paladin with the following ability scores:
Str. 10
Dex. 15
Con. 16
Int. 15
Wis. 10
Cha. 12
The test said it, not me. :\
According to this test, I am a Lawful Good Gnome Paladin with the following ability scores:
Str. 10
Dex. 15
Con. 16
Int. 15
Wis. 10
Cha. 12
The test said it, not me. :\
Location: Ghetto D-A Pocket Dimension in the ruins of Post Appocolypse Detroit MI
Posts: 62
Beyond Countless Doorways
by Malhavoc Press
By Monte Cook, Wolfgang Baur, Colin McComb, and Ray Vallese
A 224-page hardcover book of planes for all levels
Cover illustration by rk post
Interior illustrations by Ed Bourelle, Kev Crossley, Eric Lofgren, and Tyler Walpol
OKay....I bought this a 2weeks ago....and because Malhovics stuff is so deep....im just slowly going though the pages.
Planer Travel....Is a large underlaying theme in my campaign and it will be the basis of adventueres at higher levels.
With a recent "mishandling" of a magic item 3 of my PCs were transformed into "planer" creatures. I decided that I needed developed Demi Planes...really quick.. But something special, because as veteren players we've been to few planes in our day. (Oooh! Githyanki!)
TADA!...Its all done BCDWs contains some really well done "planes" that can drop into any cosmology. Im using the "standard" cosmology from WOTC . I already have 3 different locations to stage adventures for my transformed PCs....
There are "pretty" good overview maps of the planes, and details on Inhabitants, cities, features and descriptions.. Each entry also has a listing of "encountered" creatures and a refernce to the MonMan...or other such texts...
Like all the products at havoc..the Books are really high quality HARD Bound, Really good art work, and organized really well.. They are "text" book quality..
If you have the manual of the Planes, and dont need anything real special....You can probably get by without this.. But if you want something "different" or if you were into the "planescape" deal that TSR did...I d suggest this as a buy
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The planar and psionic suppliments are the one things I don't own from Malhavoc. ot much my style.
Having said that, however, I thought it was really cool Cooke got all the original Plane Scape folks back together to do this book. I flipped through it and found it very original with tons of ready to use mini-settings for adventures. It went on my list to pick when I have the extra $.
Personally, I got real kick out of the Fairy/Fantasy world that was text book perfect on the surface with one really dark secret. Madmorgan, you'd love this one. I don't want to give it away. however.
I have been thinking of picking this up lately, so you have convinced me... when my cash supply problems have been rectified (DM'ing on a teacher's salary...).
I have not bought anything new lately due to above mentioned cash supply deficiency, but if anyone wants my opinions on my Necro Games adventures as I run them (albeit pretty modified) I will be happy to oblige.
I have run Crucible of Freya, am running Tomb of Abysthor, and plan on including Vault of Larin Karr and Chaos Rising in my Greyhawk campaign (along with several Dungeon Adventures, bits and pieces of ToEE and RttToEE, Queen of Lies and Demon God's Fane). I have also recently purchased the C&C PHB and the Tome of Horrors (I love what can be acquired inexpensively).
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
"When there are monsters there are miracles."
- Ogden Nash
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Wolf 70-Dats Why
The total reason is save CASH MONEY...There are not too many things worse than paying for a suppliment that "sux" , Or paying for a supliment that you wont use for 4 years...I added up my purchases on suppliments and its totally scary..
My Wife.." Why do you need ANOTHER book? Isnt there everything you need in the other books you have? Besides what are you reading about all the time?"
Me.. "PRECIouS!"
My reviews are based on specific criteria
1) Bang for the Buck- is it worth 40-50bucks? To me Vile Darkness was, but my player bought it, so I bought Exhalted Deeds, My problem is im a book hoarder.. I cant call my Player @ 2AM and Summon the BOVD.
2) Adapatability-Sure it works for d20, but can I adapt to non D20 games, other generes etc.
3) Quality- Well developed well writen, cool art...
Money savers...
1) Encourage Players to buy "PC related" Supliments -Complete Adventurer etc..
2) PDFS -I dont use alot of these because I have NO INTERNET at home
3) Web rings and WOTC-I down load tones o' stuff (at work, Mwah-ha hahah hah!)
4) Ebay -used items....I found Gary Gyax's "necropolis" for 15 bucks....Unfortunately RETOEE...lauched up to "ludicris prices"...
What do other people think of Lost Empires of Faerun? I'm thinking about picking up a copy.
Y'know I have been waiting for that book for ever. My mother in law bought it for me for Christmas off of Amazon, not knowing that it wasn't going to be released until Feb. So, she thought it would be there when my family and I went to visit her for Christmas (BTW she lives about 2,000 miles away).
Unfortunately, she keeps forgetting to send it. However, it does add a little excitement to checking the mail.
__________________ "The trolls may have my life indeed, when I can no more redden keen Laufi. Then you may carry the destroyer of the mailcoat's wand into the howe, without delay." -Bersi the Dueller.
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Posts: 536
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Originally Posted by Kuld
Y'know I have been waiting for that book for ever. My mother in law bought it for me for Christmas off of Amazon, not knowing that it wasn't going to be released until Feb. So, she thought it would be there when my family and I went to visit her for Christmas (BTW she lives about 2,000 miles away).
Unfortunately, she keeps forgetting to send it. However, it does add a little excitement to checking the mail.
I've finally just got near to finishing that book, and it's well worth the 30 bucks I payed for it. There's very little crunch, but so mush fluffy goodness. The book is pretty much the entire history of Faerun. Also, and I'm not exaggerating here, it's given me enough plotline ideas to last me my entire campaign. Its also pretty interesting.
According to this test, I am a Lawful Good Gnome Paladin with the following ability scores:
Str. 10
Dex. 15
Con. 16
Int. 15
Wis. 10
Cha. 12
The test said it, not me. :\
I've finally just got near to finishing that book, and it's well worth the 30 bucks I payed for it. There's very little crunch, but so mush fluffy goodness. The book is pretty much the entire history of Faerun. Also, and I'm not exaggerating here, it's given me enough plotline ideas to last me my entire campaign. Its also pretty interesting.
I knew it. The minute I talked about the book it would come. It came today!
__________________ "The trolls may have my life indeed, when I can no more redden keen Laufi. Then you may carry the destroyer of the mailcoat's wand into the howe, without delay." -Bersi the Dueller.
Well, I don't own Dunjinni, so I can't comment on it.
I do own CC2-Pro from Pro fantasy and I like it a lot. But there is a couple of considerations to CC2 to take into account:
It is fairly expensive
It is better to buy the fantasy add-ons IMHO, they look great and give a map that "cool" touch - making it more expensive
It runs on a CAD system that took me awhile to catch on and learn, YMMV
Patience is a virtue - start small, their is a lot of options to learn
That being said. I have gotten some good mileage on it. I'd probably have finished my world map by now if I didn't keep "fixing" things to get it perfect!
Here is an example of what I have done, hope it helps:
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Tanks
Yup thats a "cool as heck" map....
Your distractions dont seem to MAJOR to me....the thing about dunjinni is that i have read that there are monsters and other stats that you can pull and drop right into an adventure.... so it seems more like a "DMIng" tool than a Mapmaker...
....the thing about dunjinni is that i have read that there are monsters and other stats that you can pull and drop right into an adventure.... so it seems more like a "DMIng" tool than a Mapmaker...
Any feed back on the "code Monkey" product?
Sorry. I have never used it. I'd be curious also to learn more about it.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
"When there are monsters there are miracles."
- Ogden Nash
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