Into the Unknown

[Tony Vargas]

L="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lame%20duck"]lame duck phase[/URL]" or "senioritis" stage for 4E D&D.

Nod. And that doesn't bode well for D&D fans for the next year or two. Not much new to look forward to beyond playtesting 5e.

 

[Pour]

Thanks for the review, man. I guess I will be picking this up, just on the good stuff alone, but I do kind of resent the negative aspects in here. Does feel kind of disrespectful to the edition, but then again this edition never got much respect- save from the people that actually played it for more than a session.

Oh well, feel free to come lament with me at 4thparty, or better still come and keep the edition alive.

 

[Neonchameleon]

Given that 4e looks like being WoTC's longest lasting edition of D&D, I think the no respect charge is slightly unfair. (Seriously, 3.0 and 3.5 are completely separate editions. 3 years for 3.0, 5 for 3.5, 6 for 4e. Essentials isn't.) And as an edition it's IMO almost done anyway.

That said, what there was of Into the Unknown was excellent. But it was far too thin a book IMO.

 

[Rechan]

What's the Kobold's ability score mods?

 

[Peraion Graufalke]

What's the Kobold's ability score mods?

+2 Constitution; +2 Dexterity or +2 Charisma.
Their other stuff can be found here:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/excerpts/dsh_excerpt_2.pdf

 

[Rechan]

Kobold bard? Teehee. Ooh, Kobold assassin.

However, I guess it's too much to hope for a Con/Int race.

 

[Quickleaf]

Given that 4e looks like being WoTC's longest lasting edition of D&D, I think the no respect charge is slightly unfair. (Seriously, 3.0 and 3.5 are completely separate editions. 3 years for 3.0, 5 for 3.5, 6 for 4e. Essentials isn't.) And as an edition it's IMO almost done anyway.

Wait what?? I've never heard anyone make the claim that 4e is the longest lasting edition of D&D. You must have a very interesting definition of "edition"? This I gotta hear.

 

[Nemesis Destiny]

Wait what?? I've never heard anyone make the claim that 4e is the longest lasting edition of D&D. You must have a very interesting definition of "edition"? This I gotta hear.

He specified "WotC D&D" and by the terms he defined, namely 3.0 and 3.5 being separate editions, while not counting Essentials as 4.5 - he is correct. If you count TSR D&D, then of course it isn't.

That said, there is plenty of room to argue that on either side.

 

[Obryn]

And yeah, looks like my suspicions may have been correct. The underdark-flavored stuff in Into the Unknown does, indeed, seem to have escaped from the Menzoberranzan supplement so the latter could be released as system-neutral.

-O

 

[Matt James]

And yeah, looks like my suspicions may have been correct. The underdark-flavored stuff in Into the Unknown does, indeed, seem to have escaped from the Menzoberranzan supplement so the latter could be released as system-neutral.

-O

The Menzo book is a separate suppliment and was worked on well after Into The Unknown

We worked on Into the Unknown with a good group that just wanted to do a neat Dungeon Survival book for 4e.