Heroes of Horror

Dross Swordra

First Post

• Oct 14, 2005

• #1

Has anybody checked out the new Heroes of Horror book from wizards? is it an update for BoVD? is it worth spending the money on?

Your critiques would be appreciated.

-Dross

 

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Patryn of Elvenshae

First Post

• Oct 14, 2005

• #2

I believe that it's really more of an update to Ravenloft ideas.

One of the [major?] contributors is Ari Marmell, AKA EnWorld's own Mouseferatu.

He's got a thread going in the general discussion area: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=151733

 

Laman Stahros

First Post

• Oct 15, 2005

• #3

I have it and it is more of a combination of all kinds of horror books for D&D. Elements of BoVD, Ravenloft, CoC, and even OA are in it. I think it does more for horror in D&D than Ravenloft 3e ever did.

 

tetsujin28

First Post

• Oct 15, 2005

• #4

I've been looking forward to it for quite a while. Can't wait 'till mine arrives

 

the Jester

Legend

• Oct 15, 2005

• #5

I haven't seen it yet, but I'm looking forward to it...

 

DragonLancer

Adventurer

• Oct 15, 2005

• #6

I had a brief flick through yesturday and while it certainly looks better than Heroes of Battle (or whatever it was called) I wasn't sure about it. Too much looked like it was taken up with ways to introduce fear in a game, far more than was nessecary. I was also dissapointed over the few number of spells and monsters in the book.

I'll probably pick it up at some point but its not a high priority right now.

 

Angel Tarragon

Dawn Dragon

• Oct 15, 2005

• #7

Haven't had the opportunity to flip through it , but it is a must buy. I'm going to need for my upcoming Ravenloft and Realms games.

 

SidusLupus

First Post

• Oct 15, 2005

• #8

Is it out yet? Amazon lists Oct 14 as a release date (I think).

Barnes and Noble.com has it at Nov. 2nd release.

Wizards only says October 2005 as release

Which is it? =/

 

DragonLancer

Adventurer

• Oct 15, 2005

• #9

Came out last week.

 

Mark Hope

Adventurer

• Oct 16, 2005

• #10

I picked it up today from Gamers (cool flgs) - very pleased with the contents. A decent but not overwhelming amount of crunchy bits to plug into the game along with plenty of advice and setting ideas for running horror-based games. I was pleasantly surprised to see a sample adventure and a sample campaign arc in the first couple of chapters, as well as some interesting locations. Looks like it will be more use than I expected.