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Eric "Shade" Jansing (1971-2012)
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<blockquote data-quote="Big Mac" data-source="post: 5953290" data-attributes="member: 61182"><p>My favourite monster conversions have to be the ones that were only partially designed in the original products. My all time favourite would be the Silver Silactic. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>...and...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Eric helped push the Creature Catalog so close to finishing all the monsters, that I think I'd love to see the process get finished and turned into one or more netbooks* that are dedicated to his memory, a bit like the way that <a href="http://spelljammer.wikia.com/wiki/CGR1_The_Complete_Spacefarer%27s_Handbook#Credits" target="_blank"><em>CGR1 The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook</em> is dedicated to TSR designer <em>Curtis Scott</em></a>.</p><p></p><p><em>* = There is so much here, that I'm not sure it would fit into one netbook. And it is possible that niche netbooks (like <em>Creature Catalog presents: Monsters of Imagine Magazine</em>" or "<em>Creature Catalog presents: Monsters of Kara-Tur</em>") could be dovetailed with appendices that include some of the information we have here in non-conversion threads. The collectors lists would be useful. We have had some rambling conversations about the individual monsters, but perhaps a couple of small quotes could be included as notes in a sidebar or in a "how the monsters got converted" appendix. It would need to be summarised, but perhaps you could show how the conclusions were reached.</em></p><p></p><p>Shade donated a ton of his free time, so that people that like 3rd Edition rules and pre-3e campaign settings could use the two things together and I think that something like a freebie netbook would float around the 3e grognoid community forever and that a dedication foreword could let people that don't even play D&D yet know what a great contribution Shade made towards 3e gaming culture**. That would be a "show not tell" thing that would just get spread way beyond ENWorld by osmosis.</p><p></p><p><em>** = Alongside many other cool people that post in the threads here. If I ever get over the pond to GenCon, I'd love to hook up with you all and thank you the way I should have thanked Eric.</em></p><p></p><p>I do think that netbook PDFs (specifically free ones) would be OK, as people would still need to buy pre-3e material and 3e core rulebooks to use them. (And if you stuck one of Echohawk's collectors lists in the back, it would drive sales of the commercial products.)</p><p></p><p>With the Creature Catalog still not quite finished, a number of niche netbooks would allow for some stuff to be published now, while other stuff could get done further down the line.</p><p></p><p><strong>EDIT</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If the Creature Catalog was converted to one or more netbooks, do you think it would be appropriate (and legal) to mention the college fund in an appendix at the back? I already said that a netbook (that held useful stuff that lots of gamers would want) would be a great way to get the message across. If there are gamers out there that are willing to donate cash to Kickstarter projects, maybe a percentage would throw a bit of "thank you" cash towards Eric.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Mac, post: 5953290, member: 61182"] My favourite monster conversions have to be the ones that were only partially designed in the original products. My all time favourite would be the Silver Silactic. :cool: ...and... Eric helped push the Creature Catalog so close to finishing all the monsters, that I think I'd love to see the process get finished and turned into one or more netbooks* that are dedicated to his memory, a bit like the way that [URL="http://spelljammer.wikia.com/wiki/CGR1_The_Complete_Spacefarer%27s_Handbook#Credits"][I]CGR1 The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook[/I] is dedicated to TSR designer [I]Curtis Scott[/I][/URL]. [I]* = There is so much here, that I'm not sure it would fit into one netbook. And it is possible that niche netbooks (like [I]Creature Catalog presents: Monsters of Imagine Magazine[/I]" or "[I]Creature Catalog presents: Monsters of Kara-Tur[/I]") could be dovetailed with appendices that include some of the information we have here in non-conversion threads. The collectors lists would be useful. We have had some rambling conversations about the individual monsters, but perhaps a couple of small quotes could be included as notes in a sidebar or in a "how the monsters got converted" appendix. It would need to be summarised, but perhaps you could show how the conclusions were reached.[/I] Shade donated a ton of his free time, so that people that like 3rd Edition rules and pre-3e campaign settings could use the two things together and I think that something like a freebie netbook would float around the 3e grognoid community forever and that a dedication foreword could let people that don't even play D&D yet know what a great contribution Shade made towards 3e gaming culture**. That would be a "show not tell" thing that would just get spread way beyond ENWorld by osmosis. [I]** = Alongside many other cool people that post in the threads here. If I ever get over the pond to GenCon, I'd love to hook up with you all and thank you the way I should have thanked Eric.[/I] I do think that netbook PDFs (specifically free ones) would be OK, as people would still need to buy pre-3e material and 3e core rulebooks to use them. (And if you stuck one of Echohawk's collectors lists in the back, it would drive sales of the commercial products.) With the Creature Catalog still not quite finished, a number of niche netbooks would allow for some stuff to be published now, while other stuff could get done further down the line. [B]EDIT[/B] If the Creature Catalog was converted to one or more netbooks, do you think it would be appropriate (and legal) to mention the college fund in an appendix at the back? I already said that a netbook (that held useful stuff that lots of gamers would want) would be a great way to get the message across. If there are gamers out there that are willing to donate cash to Kickstarter projects, maybe a percentage would throw a bit of "thank you" cash towards Eric. [/QUOTE]
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