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[Crothian]

Although if he chose to do so he could, but he really shouldnt give out all that type of info. It would be just like cutting and pasting the stat block out of the book.

You'll notice I try to answer questions without giving away the goose. I am mindful of providing too much information and I do want people to go out and buy the book.

 

[Mithreinmaethor]

You'll notice I try to answer questions without giving away the goose. I am mindful of providing too much information and I do want people to go out and buy the book.

Yeah I noticed that and appreciate the info you can provide. I was just giving a heads up to the overly needy people that will want you to reproduce the entire book in a forum post lol

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

In case it was just skipped mistakenly, I'll re-post my second post:

• Any reveal on the origin of beasthead giants?
  
• Does The Black earn a mention anywhere?
  
• Are gith explicitly or implicitly linked to the planar gith-descended races?
  
• Does the Athasian calendar get any detail? How about something never mentioned before, any talk about the Athasian astronomy: constellations and other planets . . . ?
  
• Any non-creature challenges in the Creature Catalog? What, if so?

 

[TheNinjaD]

I'm sure there are a hundred questions I could ask, just like everyone else. They'll all be answered in time, though. For now, I just want to say thank you.

 

[pawel]

You'll notice I try to answer questions without giving away the goose. I am mindful of providing too much information and I do want people to go out and buy the book.

Thank you for your patience and understanding. if you just wanted to say something about the weapons of Thri- Kreens ( exacly are they have double weapon; please and I think they have feats similar to dwarf weapon training)
I swear that this is the last question. I can not wait to buy the book

 

[Mithreinmaethor]

Thank you for your patience and understanding. if you just wanted to say something about the weapons of Thri- Kreens ( exacly are they have double weapon; please and I think they have feats similar to dwarf weapon training)
I swear that this is the last question. I can not wait to buy the book

Pawel have you tried checking out the pregen characters they made for DDXP the Free RPG gameday and the D&D Encounters sessions?

They have several weapons being used. You can do the math backwards to figure out the proficiency etc.

 

[Crothian]

In case it was just skipped mistakenly, I'll re-post my second post:

Sorry, with all the questions I do miss some.

Any reveal on the origin of beasthead giants?

not under the giant lisitng which does have an entry for Beast Giant and Beast Titan.

Does The Black earn a mention anywhere?

I have not ran across it yet, but I haven't done a full reading of both books.

Are gith explicitly or implicitly linked to the planar gith-descended races?

Yes, rumored.

Does the Athasian calendar get any detail? How about something never mentioned before, any talk about the Athasian astronomy: constellations and other planets . . . ?

I don't see any calendars. Brief mention of constellations and the two moons.

Any non-creature challenges in the Creature Catalog? What, if so?

There is fantastic terrain like Defiled Terrain, barbed cacti, mudflats, etc. There are also hazards like Blood Tree, Badlands Tremor, Dust Funnel....

 

[Dragonhelm]

It does have a little bit on Genasi, kalashtar, and minotaur under Other Races and has a side bar for including still more.

I'd like to hear a bit about all of these. What is minotaur society like? What are the origins of the kalashtar? Any similarities with the kalashtar and the elan/maenad/xeph of the 3.5 XPH?

No mention of shardminds? I figured they'd be a shoe-in if you made them obsidian.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Crothian]

Thank you for your patience and understanding. if you just wanted to say something about the weapons of Thri- Kreens ( exacly are they have double weapon; please and I think they have feats similar to dwarf weapon training)

There are double weapons. None of the weapons seem to be listed as Thri-Kreen only or anything like that though. There is not Thri-Kreen feat like weapon training. Some weapons do have feat associated with them of Novice, Expert, and Specialist like in the Dragon magazine that did the arena fighting article.

 

[Crothian]

I'd like to hear a bit about all of these. What is minotaur society like? What are the origins of the kalashtar? Any similarities with the kalashtar and the elan/maenad/xeph of the 3.5 XPH?

Thanks in advance.

Each gets a paragraph so not a lot of info. Minotaurs are magically altered beast giants that are mostly feral and violent reavers. Kalashtar are just descendants of psionic humans who locked themselves away in remote monataries. It's a race from the Eberron book and uses those stats.

Edit: No shard mind mentioned