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[Mercurius]

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Nice find.

I can't help but think that the Dungeon Master in that last picture is doing a shrug.

¯\(ツ)/¯

 

[Echohawk]

Infinity Sphere was a Spelljammer product partly written when the line was cancelled. Some of the magic items from that ended up in the Encyclopedia Magica.

 

[Lanefan]

I'm very curious about that Islandia campaign for a few reasons: if as the name implies it's set on a bunch of islands that would make it in part a marine-based campaign (yay!), and the lower-power focus intrigues me.

Anyone know if any of this ever saw print in other forms i.e. did the authors ever rework this into something else and release it?

As for UA II, after how underwhelmed we were with the first UA I can't say we'd have been lining up at the store for one.

 

[humble minion]

Ivid the Dying,

Oh, how could I forget that one! It was a pretty gonzo read. TSR eventually released it as a plain-text free download i think.

 

[Helldritch]

Strange how UA was both love or reviled. It is a book that never did unanimity. There was good stuff in it but also horrible things. Especially the alternate method of rolling characters....

 

[Parmandur]

Oh, how could I forget that one! It was a pretty gonzo read. TSR eventually released it as a plain-text free download i think.

WotC, technically, but yes.

 

[Catolias]

Don't forgot the intended sequel to Oriental Adventures...

Misread that as Accidental Odventures. Teach me not to read with my glasses on….

 

[Yora]

I remember talk about 5th edition gettting serious when a number of 4th edition releases had been canceled. No idea which ones those were, though.

 

[Nikosandros]

For 4e, two other books that were announced and cancelled were Class Compendium: Heroes of Sword and Spell and Hero Builder's Handbook. Most (or all) of the Class Compendium was later released as separate free PDF downloads.

 

[Shiroiken]

Ivid the Undying was the last AD&D sourcebook for Greyhawk, but was never published. The PDF is available, however.