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RPG News for Wednesday, 6 April, 2011 inc. Heroes of Shadow Review
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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 5520926" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><span style="font-size: 12px">[title]Pre-Release Review of Heroes of Shadow[/title]</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">[align=right]http://www.neuroglyphgames.com/rpgblogs/home/neurogly/public_html/rpgblogs/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/heroes-of-shadow-cover-f.jpg[/align]Check out EN World's </span><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/en-world-official-reviews/304128-pre-release-review-heroes-shadow-wizards-coast.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">official review</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> of the upcoming D&D sourcebook! Plus vote in the attached poll, reaarding your preferences towards <em>Essentials</em> or non-<em>Essentials</em> content in official products.</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px">With only a few exceptions, there is simply some amazing and exciting new content contained in the pages of Player's Option: Heroes of Shadow. For D&D players who participate in pure D&D Essentials campaigns, or in "kitchen-sink" campaigns where 4E material from any source is allowed (Traditional and Essentials), there is no doubt that this book easily qualifies in the must-have category ... however, while I cannot deny that Heroes of Shadow is a great book for Essentials D&D gaming, I still find myself extremely disappointed over this new Player's Option book - because of what it lacks for gamers who want to maintain their Traditional D&D 4E campaigns.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">[title]In Other News...[/title]</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/3.5.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":3e:" title="D&D 3.5 :3e:" data-shortname=":3e:" /> </span><a href="http://www.necromancers-online.com/articles/MastersandMinions/04062011.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Torag the Crusher</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> What do you get when you cross a red dragon, an orc, and an ogre? Your PCs are about to find out, as Torag the Crusher, a hulking brute whose ugliness is matched only by his temper has been ravaging the countryside.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/pathfinder.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":pf:" title="Pathfinder :pf:" data-shortname=":pf:" /> </span><a href="http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/front-page8924.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Un-Familiar Companions</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> Full details for clockwork, wondrous, and undead familiars for Pathfinder characters.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/pathfinder.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":pf:" title="Pathfinder :pf:" data-shortname=":pf:" /> </span><a href="http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=89972" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Pathways #2 e-Zine</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> Second issue of the free Pathfinder e-zine. Contains a collection of haunts and templates, high-level foes and combining monstrosities, feats and domains, and an interview with Tim Hitchcock.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/rpgs.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rpg:" title="RPGs :rpg:" data-shortname=":rpg:" /> </span><a href="http://www.examiner.com/rpg-in-national/review-of-flying-buffalo-s-monster-dice-review" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Review of Flying Buffalo's Monster Dice</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> If you think you need to read a review of dice, I guess there's this one.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/dd.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":4e:" title="D&D 4th Edition :4e:" data-shortname=":4e:" /> </span><a href="http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/front-page8938.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">More Gibbering Oracles on KQ</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> There's more than one way for your divine characters to show their inspirations. Today is part 2 of 4, the Fugue Warrior Paragon Path for Paladins.</span></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 5520926, member: 1"] [SIZE=3][title]Pre-Release Review of Heroes of Shadow[/title][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][align=right]http://www.neuroglyphgames.com/rpgblogs/home/neurogly/public_html/rpgblogs/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/heroes-of-shadow-cover-f.jpg[/align]Check out EN World's [/SIZE][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/en-world-official-reviews/304128-pre-release-review-heroes-shadow-wizards-coast.html"][SIZE=3]official review[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=3] of the upcoming D&D sourcebook! Plus vote in the attached poll, reaarding your preferences towards [I]Essentials[/I] or non-[I]Essentials[/I] content in official products.[/SIZE] [INDENT] [SIZE=3]With only a few exceptions, there is simply some amazing and exciting new content contained in the pages of Player's Option: Heroes of Shadow. For D&D players who participate in pure D&D Essentials campaigns, or in "kitchen-sink" campaigns where 4E material from any source is allowed (Traditional and Essentials), there is no doubt that this book easily qualifies in the must-have category ... however, while I cannot deny that Heroes of Shadow is a great book for Essentials D&D gaming, I still find myself extremely disappointed over this new Player's Option book - because of what it lacks for gamers who want to maintain their Traditional D&D 4E campaigns.[/SIZE] [/INDENT] [SIZE=3][title]In Other News...[/title][/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=3]:3e: [/SIZE][URL="http://www.necromancers-online.com/articles/MastersandMinions/04062011.html"][SIZE=3]Torag the Crusher[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=3] What do you get when you cross a red dragon, an orc, and an ogre? Your PCs are about to find out, as Torag the Crusher, a hulking brute whose ugliness is matched only by his temper has been ravaging the countryside.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3]:pf: [/SIZE][URL="http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/front-page8924.php"][SIZE=3]Un-Familiar Companions[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=3] Full details for clockwork, wondrous, and undead familiars for Pathfinder characters.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3]:pf: [/SIZE][URL="http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=89972"][SIZE=3]Pathways #2 e-Zine[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=3] Second issue of the free Pathfinder e-zine. Contains a collection of haunts and templates, high-level foes and combining monstrosities, feats and domains, and an interview with Tim Hitchcock.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3]:rpg: [/SIZE][URL="http://www.examiner.com/rpg-in-national/review-of-flying-buffalo-s-monster-dice-review"][SIZE=3]Review of Flying Buffalo's Monster Dice[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=3] If you think you need to read a review of dice, I guess there's this one.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3]:4e: [/SIZE][URL="http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/front-page8938.php"][SIZE=3]More Gibbering Oracles on KQ[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=3] There's more than one way for your divine characters to show their inspirations. Today is part 2 of 4, the Fugue Warrior Paragon Path for Paladins.[/SIZE] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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