Miniature Handbook release date

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Shazman

Banned

Banned

• Oct 13, 2003

• #1

Does anyone know when this thing is going to be released?

 

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KenM

Banned

Banned

• Oct 13, 2003

• #2

I drove accross state for my game yesterday, at my FLGS I asked about. They said they had it in already but were sold out.

 

thalmin

Retired game store owner

• Oct 14, 2003

• #3

It is supposed to release on Friday, Oct 17.

 

EricNoah

Adventurer

• Oct 14, 2003

• #4

A copy showed up here today. I can answer a few questions for you if you'd like. My general impression: not a keeper, though it has some cool monsters and feats.

 

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Eternalknight

First Post

• Oct 14, 2003

• #5

EricNoah said:

A copy showed up here today. I can answer a few questions for you if you'd like. My general impression: not a keeper, though it has some cool monsters and feats.

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What are your thoughts on the Mass Combat rules? How many pages do they take up? Is it much different from standard D&D combat, and do the models fight in units or individually?

 

EricNoah

Adventurer

• Oct 14, 2003

• #6

It's unit-based combat. It very much depends on grids or measuring distances. There are rules about frontage and lining up units and formed units and unformed units and pivoting around a point and shifting slightly to one side while moving ahead and so forth. So, to me, it seems more suitable to smaller battles where your units might have 10-20 pieces in them. There are rules for morale (under what condition a morale "save" is made). This seems, like the other miniatures rules, another way to "play D&D" without a DM (the rules don't seem to refer to a DM and look more like they are setting up fair and thorough rules for two or more players with no DM intervention required). Overall it is not to my taste.

 

EricNoah

Adventurer

• Oct 14, 2003

• #7

Pagecount on the Mass Battles Rules is 35 pages; however, 10 of that is a glossary.

 

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(Psi)SeveredHead

Adventurer

• Oct 14, 2003

• #8

Is it DnD compatible?

Eg are you supposed to use the war hulk and Sudden Empower Spell in DnD, or only in mass combat?

 

Olive

Explorer

• Oct 14, 2003

• #9

(Psi)SeveredHead said:

Is it DnD compatible?

Eg are you supposed to use the war hulk and Sudden Empower Spell in DnD, or only in mass combat?

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Have you seen the previews at the WotC site? Cos they're stats for D&D not the minis game.

Eric: what's the deal with the aspects? Is there background info?

 

Gez

First Post

• Oct 14, 2003

• #10

Can you detail a bit the new spellcasting classes (warmage, healer, mystic)?

Notably, have they separate spell lists, or do they use the same list as another class (eg. cleric for the healer, sorcerer/wizard for the warmage) ?

What's their maximum spellcasting level?

What have they for class features ?

I'm especially interested in the warmage and healer.