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February:
Martial Power 2
Reavers of Harkenwold (HS1 Module levels 1-3)
Divine Power Cards
Minis: PHB Heroes: Series 3 (2 Arcane & Primal, 1 Divine & Martial)
March:
PHB 3
Dungeon Tiles: Howling Halls
April:
Hammerfast (Fully detailed dwarven town/outpost, $12 price point)
The Plane Above: Secrets of the Astral Sea Sourcebook (looks like spelljammer ships on cover)
Minis: Monster Manual: Streets of Shadow
I was hoping they weren't going to get into the racial books. But I guess they are inevitable. Interesting that they're only $10.
I guess that Manual of the PLanes was just a "Planar Overview, before we start getting specific!" Wonder what they'll call the Shadowfell/Feywild books? "The Plane Next Door"?
Interesting line up. I'm guessing their module line did fairly well, if they're starting another one. And 12 bucks for a fully detailed town might be worth it, depending on how modular it is.
I was hoping they weren't going to get into the racial books. But I guess they are inevitable. Interesting that they're only $10.
But as I understand it, they're really, really short. Someone else probably has the specific numbers, but it was like ~30 pages was all.
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I guess that Manual of the PLanes was just a "Planar Overview, before we start getting specific!" Wonder what they'll call the Shadowfell/Feywild books? "The Plane Next Door"?
I'm particularly glad to see new adventures (besides the initial HPE series and the campaign-specific modules) and the sourcebooks near the $10 price point, in contrast to the $35 books we've seen. However, I do have to wonder how WotC will differentiate these products from what they offer in the DDI magazines. Do we have details, for example, on how precisely the Hammerfast book will go beyond what might appear in a Backdrop article or how the Dragonborn book will go beyond an Ecology Of article?
However, I do have to wonder how WotC will differentiate these products from what they offer in the DDI magazines. Do we have details, for example, on how precisely the Hammerfast book will go beyond what might appear in a Backdrop article or how the Dragonborn book will go beyond an Ecology Of article?
My first guess? There's just MORE of it. 30+ pages for teh Dragonborn book vs what, 10 pages for an Ecology article?
Also, keep in mind that DDi is great, but it's a subscription model. Many, many D&D players aren't really hot on the internet, let alone subscribers. So, WotC has to capture that part of the market.
It's interesting to see support for the Nentir Vale (Hammerfast) in a sourcebook. Thus far they only did that with some of the adventures. Does anyone want to bet on the PoL setting getting more of an "official" campaign setting treatment?
Also, pirates in (astral) space? Count me in, I love spelljamming ships.
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I've generally been a big fan of the 4e release structure that WotC has been using. However, I'm not getting this racial book thing at all. It strikes me as a way to overcharge for something that should be more compact and a lot less expensive overall. My vote would be for them to follow the same sort of format they've been doing and do like a 120 page book called PHB1 Races and charge $30 for it. The next year, they could do PHB2 Races. The schedule they have allows them to charge $10 for each racial book, which would be about 3 or 4 times what it should cost. I'm not a fan and unless those books are really great, I see no reason to buy each one individually, whereas I probably would buy it if it were a $30 hardcover.
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I've generally been a big fan of the 4e release structure that WotC has been using. However, I'm not getting this racial book thing at all. It strikes me as a way to overcharge for something that should be more compact and a lot less expensive overall. My vote would be for them to follow the same sort of format they've been doing and do like a 120 page book called PHB1 Races and charge $30 for it. The next year, they could do PHB2 Races. The schedule they have allows them to charge $10 for each racial book, which would be about 3 or 4 times what it should cost. I'm not a fan and unless those books are really great, I see no reason to buy each one individually, whereas I probably would buy it if it were a $30 hardcover.
My vote would be for them to follow the same sort of format they've been doing and do like a 120 page book called PHB1 Races and charge $30 for it. The next year, they could do PHB2 Races. The schedule they have allows them to charge $10 for each racial book, which would be about 3 or 4 times what it should cost. I'm not a fan and unless those books are really great, I see no reason to buy each one individually, whereas I probably would buy it if it were a $30 hardcover.
On a tangential topic, I wonder if PHB4 will consist of similar classes to Goodman's "Scythe and Shroud" book of 4E "death" power source classes (ie. shadow power classes).
Man, they really have a thing for Dragonborn at WotC. Looking through MP and AP, Dragonborn get a blurb for almost every class. I'm not surprised it would be the first book.
Man, they really have a thing for Dragonborn at WotC. Looking through MP and AP, Dragonborn get a blurb for almost every class. I'm not surprised it would be the first book.
Probably because every other core race has existed in D&D in some fashion. Dragonborn are basically "new", in terms of D&D.
I wonder if this is WotC's response to Goodman releasing several 4E racial books.
I am a big fan of Goodman Games' products, but if you think the above for even a second, I will go out on a limb and state, in the nicest possible way, that you clearly do not understand D&D and the 3PP market/relations.
Seriously, you might as well claim that WotC decided to release the psion a year early because they heard I was working on the Mentalist... Which would be fun, of course, and wacky ideas like that really only have a place in Utopia.
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I am a big fan of Goodman Games' products, but if you think the above for even a second, I will go out on a limb and state, in the nicest possible way, that you clearly do not understand D&D and the 3PP market/relations.
You probably have a more optimistic view of life than me.
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