4E 3rd Party Publishers
From ENWiki
[edit] Adamant Entertainment
Adamant Entertainment is an Origins-Award-nominated and Ennie-Award-honorable-mention design studio.
[edit] Venture 4th
Adamant's line of 4th edition products
[edit] Adventures
- River Battle: This is a set of tiles and rules surrounding an icy river encounter. NOTE: The rules are generic enough that they could be used with all versions of D&D. Available in PDF. (not using the GSL)
- Scourge of the Rat-Men: For level 1 to 3 players. Ratmen first go after the animals then take the children from their beds! Can you save them? Available in paperback and PDF (not using the GSL)
- Against the Air Pirates: Adamant's latest 4E adventure. Also includes complete rules for Airships in 4E, as well as full deckplan tiles for use with miniatures. First Week of November 2008 in Print and PDF.
[edit] Races
- The Linotaur: A new $2, 7 page book with a playable race that is half man and half Lion like a centaur. This creature has +2 Wisdom bonus and a 1d6 claw attack. It also includes three Linotaur monsters from level 3 to 7. Available in PDF. (not using the GSL)
[edit] Other
- Monster Maker: According to Adamant, "this is a design kit for creating monsters in 4E. Instead of creating inconsistent and unbalanced encounters where players are repeatedly missing and getting pounded upon by foes who consistently hit and dodge incoming attacks, these optional rules are for Game Masters who want more exciting and faster-paced monsters for their players to fight." An other $2.00 product! Available in PDF.
[edit] Alea Publishing Group
[edit] Feudal Lords Setting
- Medieval Bestiary: Anthropophagi : For only $1.75 you can get 5 pages of authentic medieval creatures of myth and fantasy. Available in PDF (Using the GSL)
- Feudal Characters: Noble : For $2.95, you get 16 pages of a Multiclass addition, including Bloodline power source, 38 new bloodline powers, 38 power cards - yes, we've done the work for you. Available as a PDF (Using the GSL)
[edit] E-Zine
- Dragon's Hoard Issue 1 : For only $1.75 you can get previews of the Possessed multiclass character, noble titles, 3 paragon paths (ancestral knight, dark champion, and the knight of the dawn), as well as new rules for allying yourself with a noble family. Available in PDF (Using the GSL)
[edit] Axe Initiative Games
[edit] Robin D Laws Raiders Guild
A series of setting neutral adventures and guide books firmly set in the D&D setting but with the the feel of espionage/special forces. The Raiders guild will have special features like winning medals for special mission goals assigned by the guild. Published by Goodman Games. Available in spring 2009, to be followed by quarterly releases thereafter. (Using the GSL.)
- The Skreek: A new Raiders Guild Race which is a bat like creature that has +2 to stealth and perception and made to favor the Ranger or Rogue class. Free promo. Available in PDF.
[edit] Raiders Guild Adventures
- Mission: Sea Crypt: This is the first mission in this series. Once every fifty years a coral grave rises out of the deep and your mission is to retrieve an artifact from that grave. To accomplish this the adventures will be pitted against time and a new type of opponent the writhing certhoa.
[edit] Blackdirge Publishing
Founded in 2005, this small publisher is focused on providing short, specific PDFs for players and game masters (GM). This publisher has now signed an agreement with Goodman Games to distribute their 4E products.
[edit] Critter Cache
A group 4e products that will feature 20 or more new monsters in each.
- Critter Cache 1: Big Bugs: Seventeen pages of fully illustrated large arthropods presented with a full description, tactics, lore, and encounter groups. Available in PDF.
- Critter Cache 2: Prehistoric Beasts: Twenty four beasts up to level 24. Available in December.
- Critter Cache 3: Animals & Beasts: Over 20 animals including apes, lions and tigers. Available in January.
[edit] Critter Encounters
A future product line that can be used in any campaign setting, which will take monsters featured in the Critter Cache line and feature them in short encounters.
[edit] Paths to Prestige
This product line features a new paragon path for players. Also features a template version of the paragon path for GMs to use with monsters and non-player characters (NPCs).
- Fell Knight: A fallen paladin takes up the powers of dark and evil gods for this new paragon path. Available in PDF. (Using GSL)
[edit] Brent P. Newhall's Musaeum of Fantastic Wonders
Brent P. Newhall shares and sells his gaming ideas with and to the world.
- War in the Deep: This adventure finds a party stuck in a war between the merfolk and the sahuagin empires. A four encounter Heroic Tier adventure in 3 different version 1st, 5th & 9th levels with level adjusted monsters and skill checks. Also, other things are done with this adventure to make it highly customizable. Available in PDF. (Not using the GSL)
- Generic Antagonist Sheet: Game Master aid for creating an antagonist quickly, or even on-the-fly during a game. Available free on PDF. (Not using the GSL)
[edit] Code Monkey Publishing
- Dave Arneson's Blackmoor: The First Campaign: The original adventure setting by D&D's cofounder updated to 4E. Available for pre-order in print.
[edit] Dark Quest Games
- Crown Campaign Setting
- Cloth of Gold
[edit] Dias Ex Machina Games
The gaming company of Chris Tavares Dias and Conan D. Veitch.
- Amethyst: Foundation: 4E update to Amethyst adventure setting which mixes fantasy creatures into the modern world. Will available in PDF in April 2009 and a hardback print edition at Gen Con 2009 and published by Goodman Games. (Check here for updates) (using the GSL)
[edit] Dragonfire Laser Craft
[edit] Class Tokens
- Cleric Tokens - Levels 1-10 - Tiles listing cleric prayers up to level 10 (using the GSL)
- Fighter Tokens - Levels 1-10 - Tiles listing fighter exploits up to level 10 (using the GSL)
- Paladin Tokens - Levels 1-10 - Tiles listing paladin prayers up to level 10 (using the GSL)
- Ranger Tokens - Levels 1-10 - Tiles listing ranger exploits up to level 10 (using the GSL)
- Rogue Tokens - Levels 1-10 - Tiles listing rogue exploits up to level 10 (using the GSL)
- Warlock Tokens - Levels 1-10 - Tiles listing warlock spells up to level 10 (using the GSL)
- Warlord Tokens - Levels 1-10 - Tiles listing warlord exploits up to level 10 (using the GSL)
- Wizard Tokens - Levels 1-10 - Tiles listing wizard spells up to level 10 (using the GSL)
[edit] Other Tokens
- 4th Edition Blast Templates: Shows Bursts or Blasts and small enough to fit in your gaming bag. (using the GSL)
- 4th Edition Conditions Tiles: DM/GM aid which includes 32 colored tiles to place under minis to show their condition. (using the GSL)
- Coming, fans will be able to purchase Action Points.
[edit] Dragonkard
Commercial looking card blanks for home printing.
- Sampler Pack: One sheet of 9 cards of the following colors; green, red, black, blue and gold. Available only on paper.
- Value Pack: Three sheets of 9 cards of the following colors; green, red, black, blue and gold. Available only on paper.
- Single Color Pack: Five sheets of 9 cards of one of the five available colors. Available only on paper.
- Single Color Sheet: One sheet of 9 cards of one of the five available colors. Available only on paper.
- Other card sizes for Monsters and Items requiring more printing area are planned to be created in the future.
[edit] Dragon Roots Magazine
As stated by the publisher, "Dragon Roots is a magazine for gamers by gamers. Gamers just like you write every article written in the magazine." It also includes content of other editions of D&D. Available by subscription, $40 US for paper mailed to you and PDF is $20. Single issues are $10 for paper and $5 for PDF. Contact publisher to purchase.
- Dragon Roots Issue #2: Fist issue with 4E content including the Necromancer class.
[edit] Dreamscarred Press
Phrenic Power: Phrenic Shards - First in a series of supplements for the phrenic power source. Includes over forty new feats. Available in PDF. (Not using the GSL.)
[edit] Emerald Giant Software
- Feats and Powers Engine: The latest revision of a computer program you can now use to create powers for the new 4th Edition rules. Available for download. Get the Feats and Powers Class Summary for freeto see point costs for the eleven core D&D classes, as built by Emerald Giant's Feats and Powers Engine.
[edit] Emerald Press PDF Publishing
[edit] Combat Advantage
A series of free 4E PDF providing additional rules and materials for playtesting purposes. (Using the GSL)
- Power Knowledge: provides additional powers you can alternate between, choosing which ones you use to confront danger with on that day;
- Bleeding: provides an alternate damage type for easy insertion into any 4E campaign;
- Centry: provides a new Level 3 fey creature - an invisible creature with a head projecting a powerful ray of light that can blind its opponents;
- Heroic Talents: offers utility powers based on skills, allowing characters to enhance their skills against traps, skill challenges, and other non-combat encounters;
- Paragon Talents: a continuation on the powers offered in Heroic Talents for paragon levels
- Reputation Feats: ranging from minor feats that can be awarded by the GM to major feats which provide significant bonuses against specific creatures (such as dragons or the undead), reputation feats offer PCs a chance to show their scars and gain abilities and modifiers to reflect past victories. - NOW AVAILABLE
Others in the series are still in development and will be added as they are released.
[edit] Dark Emerald
A series of 4E supplements for mature roleplayers, these products will offer a different take on the "points of light" campaign by focussing on the darkness of the fantasy roleplaying world using the rules already provided in the 4th Edition of the game. All upcoming products are designed for use with the GSL.
(M1) The Key of the Fey: The first adventure in our Mercenary Quests line, you are part of a mercenary band hired to steal a portal key leading to the Feyrealm from a group of unsuspecting cultists. Designed for 3-5 characters of levels 1-3, it includes an introduction to running and playing a mercenary campaign, a glossary for mercenary terms, and more. Scheduled for release in early 2009.
[edit] EN Publishing
[edit] War of the Burning Sky
War of the Burning Sky will be converted to 4E at a rate of one adventure per month.[1]
[edit] Expeditious Retreat Press
[edit] Lands of Darkness Adventure Series
- Lands of Darkness #1: The Barrow Grounds: For level 1 to 3 players. First in a series of location-based encounters that can easily be dropping into existing campaigns . Provides background and information to explore monsters and mysteries in a burial ground. Available in print and PDF. (using the GSL)
- Lands of Darkness 2: Cesspools of Arnac: For level 3 to 5 players. Go into the sewers to fight and find fortune. Available in print and PDF. (using the GSL)
- Lands of Darkness 3: Woods of Woe: Available for pre-order in print. (using the GSL)
- Lands of Darkness #4: Swamp of Timbermoor: Available for pre-order in print. (using the GSL)
[edit] Other Products
- Advanced Player's Guide: This 4E D&D supplement contains many alternate rules, including ones for crafting and wounds. It also contains new classes, races, rituals and more. Available in print and PDF. (using the GSL) {preview available here}
- Advanced Player's Guide Power Card Pack: Expeditious Retreat Press does something Wizards can't or hasn't done. They have put out all the power cards for all the powers in their latest 4E supplement less than a month after issuing the book. Available in PDF.
- Plague: This book will bring the Plague to life for 4E D&D players. Includes new monsters, magic items, NPCs, rituals and more. Available in print. and PDF. (using the GSL)
[edit] Fantasy Cartographic
[edit] Cartographic Products Are Here
- Caverns, Tunnels, and Caves: Battlemaps 1: Battle maps of five subterranean locations for running an adventure. (Also for use with other games using miniatures.) Available PDF. (using the GSL)
- Caverns, Tunnels, and Caves: Battlemaps 2: Battle maps of five subterranean locations for running an adventure. (Also for use with other games using miniatures.) Available PDF. (using the GSL)
- Caverns, Tunnels, and Caves: Battlemaps 3: Battle maps of five subterranean locations for running an adventure. (Also for use with other games using miniatures.) Available PDF. (using the GSL)
[edit] The Radiant Spear
The Fantasy Cartographic's 4E Campaign Setting and the imprint under which all 4E products will be released.
- Class: The Martialist. (December 2008) (using the GSL)
The Martialist is an expert in unarmed combat, but don't be fooled: He is NOT a monk or ninja clone.
[edit] Fiery Dragon Productions
- Sword & Sorcery: Creature Collection: What the publisher describes as, "A Compendium of Monstrous Foes." Should be published soon (was sceduled for October).
- Sword & Sorcery: Relics and Rituals: This book contains relics and rituals and is what the publisher describes as, "A Compendium of Items and Incarnations." January 2009.
- Counter Collection 4th Edition Heroic 1: Counters to reperesent all the level 1 to 10 Monsters from D&D's 4E Monster Manual. Available in PDF.
- The Castle of Shadows: This is a counter collection for the 1st 4e adventure module. {Get free download of PDF here and download the additional page that contains some missing counters here} (not using the GSL)
- The Maze Under Stormpeak: This is a counter collection for the 2nd 4e adventure module. Available in PDF (not using the GSL)
[edit] Final Redoubt Press
- Critical Matters (Combat Essentials 1): Make Critical hits more fun! Available in PDF and print. (using the GSL)
- Critical Blunders (Combat Essentials 2): You experienced the thrill of the 20, brace yourself for the agony of the 1. Available in Spring, 2009 (using the GSL)
- Core Classes (Dramatis Personae 1): NPCs of all core classes and builds, through 30th level. Available in 2009 (using the GSL)
- The Echoes of Heaven Campaign Setting (Including the Throne of God): Once man stood in the full glory of God. No more. Includes part one in a ten-part adventure path taking characters through 30th level. An adventure that spans 10,000 years. Available in 2009 (using the GSL)
[edit] Goodman Games
[edit] Dungeon Crawl Classics
- Dungeon Crawl Classics: Punjar: The Tarnished Jewel : For Free RPG Day. Introduction to to Punjar, The Tarnished Jewel! Available for puirchase in PDF (not using the GSL)
- Dungeon Crawl Classics #53: Sellswords of Punjar: For level 1 to 3 players. You must stop the Beggar-King from unleash a horde of shadow-horrors upon Punjar. Available in print and PDF. (not using the GSL)
- Dungeon Crawl Classics #54: Forges of the Mountain King: For level 1 to 3 players. Your companions explore a ruined dwarven citadel and its fabled dwarven horde. Available in print and PDF. (not using the GSL)
- Dungeon Crawl Classics #55: Isle of the Sea Drake : : For level 1 to 3 players. An adventure to kill and return with the head of the sea dragon. Available in print and PDF.(not using the GSL)
- Dungeon Crawl Classics #56: Scions of Punjar: For level 4 to 6 players. You descend into Punjar's darkest alleys and byways and into a long abandoned crypt for a stolen heirloom. (not using the GSL)
- Dungeon Crawl Classics #57: Wyvern Mountain: For level 4 to 6 players. A group of heroes need to venture into the Wyvern Mountain to put down a group of goblins and a draconic menace the goblins unwittingly unlocked. (not using the GSL)
- Dungeon Crawl Classics #58: The Forgotten Portal: For level 4 to 6 players. The heros need to enter a hidden tomb, of a mighty Xulmec warrior, and lift the bloody curse that plagues the people of Teputzitoloc. (not using the GSL)
- Dungeon Crawl Classics #59: Mists of Madness: (The two dollar module is back!) A group of heroes is needed to go into an ancient cave defended by death traps and weird arcane seals. Their object is to stop cultists and their eladrin master threaten to awaken a prehistorical archlich. (not using the GSL)
[edit] Master Dungeon Series
- Master Dungeons M1: Dragora's Dungeon: Available in print and PDF. (not using the GSL)
[edit] Other Products
- The Adventures of Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer: Shadows of Mirahan: Adventure based on Image comic book series Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer. Available in spring 2009. (using the GSL)
- In Search Of Adventure: A Collection of Six Level 1 Adventures: The publisher says, "If you're looking for great adventures, deadly foes and cunning puzzles, look no further. The Search Is Over!" Using the GSL
- Hero’s Handbook: Dragonborn: "First in a complete line of PC aids. This book will enrich the Dragonborn character providing history and new depth. (using the GSL)
- Forgotten Heroes: Fang, Fist, and Song: Provides rules for running druid, barbarian, monk, and bard in your 4E campaign. {To see Druid preview click here} (using the GSL)
- Character Codex: A booklet used to keep a record of your 4E character. Available in print and PDF (not using the GSL)
- DM Campaign Record: A 4E campaign tracker. Available in print and PDF. (not using the GSL)
- Blackdirge’s Dungeon Denizens: A 4E update to level 1 to 30 monsters from over 55 Dungeon Crawl Classics. (using the GSL)
[edit] In Agreement to Publish
- Axe Initiative Games
- Blackdirge Publishing 4th Edition Products
- Dias Ex Machina 4th Edition of Amethyst: Foundation
[edit] Green Ronin
[edit] Products
Character Record Folio (4E): Green Ronin best selling product of all time and winner of the The Origins Award has been updated for 4E. Available for pre-order in Print.
[edit] Other News
Green Ronin has declared itself out:
I know a lot of fans have been waiting to find out if Green Ronin is going to support 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons and it's a fair question. Green Ronin's second product ever was Death in Freeport, an adventure for 3rd Edition that debuted the same day as the Player's Handbook almost eight years ago. We went on to do quite a lot of 3E support, ending only a couple of months back with the d20 Freeport Companion. Now Wizards of the Coast is terminating the d20 license and offering a different way to support the new edition of D&D. It's called the Game System License and we waited from August of last year until June of this year to see it. We've spent the last few weeks reviewing the license and discussing it internally and we have come to a consensus.
Green Ronin will not be signing the Game System License (GSL) at this time.
We plan to do one product in support of 4E: the Green Ronin Character Record Folio. This will be an update of the d20 System Character Record Folio and we'll be publishing it under the Open Game License (OGL).
Other than that we'll be giving our full attention to our own game lines: Mutants & Masterminds, A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying, True20 Adventure Roleplaying, and Freeport: The City of Adventure.
We had hoped to include 4E support in our plans, but the terms of the GSL are too one-sided as they stand. We certainly do not blame Wizards of the Coast for wanting to defend their intellectual property and take more control over the type of support products D&D receives. We do not, however, feel that this license treats third party publishers as valued partners. Under its terms WotC could frivolously sue a signatory for supposed violations of the GSL, lose the actual court case, and still ruin the winning company because the license specifies that the signatory has to pay WotC's legal fees. Also, the GSL can be changed at any time and WotC is not legally required to so much as inform its licensees.
Let me be clear in stating that I don't think that the people in charge of WotC currently are just waiting to attack companies with frivolous lawsuits. Once you sign the GSL though, you open yourself up to that at any point in the future. Who knows when new people will take over the D&D brand and who can say what their vision will be? Who knows when the political winds at WotC will change again and things will get even more restrictive? We do not want to operate under such a cloud moving ahead so that's why we won't be signing the GSL.
This means the Green Ronin Character Record Folio is the only 4E compatible product you'll be seeing from us this year and likely for 2009 as well. Perhaps WotC will revise the GSL in the positive way, but we cannot build our business on maybes. We know this will disappoint those of our fans who have embraced 4E and we're sorry about that. We have to make the best business decision for Green Ronin's future and right now this is it.
Thank you for your continued support.
Chris Pramas President Green Ronin Publishing
[edit] Inner Circle
- Violet Dawn: Starting January 2009 the Inner Circle will release its first foray into 4th Edition. {Go here for latest information on Violent Dawn development}
[edit] Kenzer & Company
- Kingdoms of Kalamar Campaign Setting: This contains 2 volumes. The first which includes the details of the classes, races, gods,regions, game mechanics and more. The second book is a complete color atlas. This also can be used to supplement other 4E campaigns for loads of adventure ideas. (Download 4E Kalamar Preview a 16-page PDF from KenzerCo.) Available as PDF. (not using the GSL)
[edit] Litko
- 4E Condition Tokens, Players Set: Set of 11, 1" square, tokens which allow you to quickly and easily see at a glance all the combatant conditions in play. They come in different colors for example fluorescent blue for Blinded, transparent yellow for Deafened and fluorescent amber for Slowed.
- 4E Condition Tokens, Game Masters Set: 3 player sets (33 tokens) for the Game master to use.
[edit] LPJ Design
[edit] Races of Fantasy
The Demigod: Race of outcast, lost children of the gods living on the fringes of society. For $2 you will get initiative cards, initiative tracker sheet, power card sheets, magic item card sheets, character sheet, history sheet, Enemies & Allies sheet, Campaign Journal sheets and race tokes for miniature play. Available on PDF. Not using the GSL.
[edit] Gaming Aids
- Initiative Cards: 4E: Mini Stat card (with initiative bonus) that that GM can arrange in order of initiative and have the pertinent statistics at his finger tips. Available in PDF for FREE
- Initiative Cards: 4E Custom Version: Same as above with your logo and license you to use with your gaming product. Available in PDF
- Publisher Portfolio: Adventure Planner: A tool for RPG gaming companies to help develop their adventure products. Available in PDF
[edit] Mongoose Publishing
[edit] Wraith Recon
- Wraith Recon: In this adventure world you are a special forces recon team for Kingdom of Dardarrick. To link the team together and enhance your senses you are equipped with mysterious SpellCom omnilens. Armed with the latest in Dardarrick magicks you do raids, reconnaissance, and hostage rescue missions and more. Includes an adventure path "The Lorn Initiative." Available in print and PDF. (Using the GSL)
- Mission Pack I: Skies of Fire: Follows "the Lorn Initiative" and includes a complete campaign arc in the adventure setting Wraith Recon. Available in print November 2008.
- Enemies Within: Information for Game Masters to create their own adventures for the Wraith Recon teams. Available in December 2008.
[edit] Quintessential Series
- The Quintessential Wizard: This book is a return of Mongoose Publishing's favorite D20 series. It includes brand-new origins system, new powers, rituals, paragon paths, feats, four new arcane implements and more. Available in (print November 2008. {Click Here for free preview} (Using the GSL)
- Quintessential Fighter: Available for pre-order in print. (Using the GSL)
[edit] Other Products
- Adventurer's Equipment Guide Hardcover: More stuff for your adventurer including herbs and mechanized gadgets. Available for pre-order in print. Using the (GSL)
[edit] Myth Merchant Press
[edit] Tankard Tales
- Tankard Tales: Willowbark's: This module details a tavern with two 17x20 battlemaps and heroic and paragon tier adventures. Also includes cutout tavern items to make your own floorplans. (using the GSL)
[edit] Necromancer Games
Necromancer Games is NOT going 4E at present:
Sorry I have been so quiet. Things are very up in the air right now. And no one is more aggravated with that than me. It has been about a year now that we havent put out a product. The market for 3.5 is all but dried up. Maybe Pathfinder's release will help, but that is still some time off. I intend to support Pathfinder when it is finalized. I trust and respect the people at Paizo. They are gamers and brilliant designers. They love D&D and have its best interests at heart. Luckily, when Wizards first took over D&D, they put a visionary gentleman named Ryan Dancey at the helm and he was able to convince the powers that be to release D&D 3E as an Open Game, thus essentially assuring that the game we all love could exist in that iteration forever. 3E and the d20 movement was a great time for gaming. A true renaissance, in my view.
Now we have the GSL. Right now, in my view, the GSL needs some major reworking or clarification to be usable. The bottom line, in my view, is that the GSL is a total unmitigated failure. And that is a shame. I have been one of the biggest vocal proponents of Wizards and I love Scott and Linae. I still do, big time. I am hopeful that we can find a way to change or clarify some of the issues with the license so that we can use it and create 4E products. You know that philsophically I believe in supporting the current version of D&D.
Trust me that I am working hard to try to resolve the GSL issues so that we can go forward. I'm optimistic that some changes can be made. Will they be enough to make the GSL usable? I sure hope so.
Please dont take this post as bashing Wizards. I am not doing that. I support Wizards. And if there is one thing that is clear from this process it is that, while I would have done it differently, they have always been great about listening to our comments and revising things based on our comments. That is a credit to them, for sure. And Scott and Linae continue to be amazing and, in my view, working hard to make the license usable.
So what will Necro do? I'll try to break things down by relevant topic:
So are you doing 4E? Well, right now I don't see 4E products in the immediate future from Necro without some changes or clarifications to the license. My hope is that I will be able to get what I need so that we can do 4E products. But as of today we have not adopted the GSL, we have not sent in our card accepting the license. And, unless there are changes or significant clarification, we won't be adopting it.
Necro and Paizo? I still very much want to work with them and they very much want to work with me. The problem is the GSL. Necro will definitely be supporting Pathfinder when it comes out. If the GSL issues are resolved, Necro and Paizo will be bringing you some amazing products that we already have lined up and in the hopper. Seriously, there are several awesome products literally ready to go just awaiting the fixing of the issues with the GSL.
Tegel Manor? Right now, in my view, in addition to the problems the GSL has in general, it has specific additional problems for a product like Tegel. I see the risk to Judges Guild, which wants to continue to make OGL versions of JG content and distribute our old Necro/JG products as well, as being too great to jeopardize permanently, which the GSL does. But, you may say, Judges Guild doesn't have to adopt the GSL! That is true, but the GSL has some problematic provisions that make that partnership very difficult and uncertain.
What about that free adventure, Winter's Tomb? Can't you just do a free adventure? Its not happening. There is no way to "just do a free adventure" without adopting the GSL, which we have not yet done and wont do in its current incarnation.
So now will you release all that stuff for 3E? Doubtful. The market for 3E is not there. I expect Pathfinder to revive it, but that isn't going to be a full, public supportable system for some time. 3E remains viable for many publishers. But our plan is to up the production value on our products, which means they cost a lot more to make, which means our margins are so small, that the current 3E market makes those products not feasible for lots of reasons I wont get into. I know there are many fans who say they will buy that stuff and would love to have it. Well, in a perfect world, we'd love to deliver it. But this isn't a perfect world and fan demand isnt the only factor--there are distributors and retailers and others who are not so excited about generic 3E now that 4E is out.
So bottom line it for me--what are you going to do? We are working with Wizards to clarify and/or change the license. If that works, we will release 4E material. If there are no changes, I don't see us adopting the GSL (absent some significant official clarification of terms of the GSL). We will support Pathfinder. But we will not just release OGL content from this point forward until Pathfinder is viable and we can support it.
How likely do you think it is that there will be changes? I am very hopeful that some significant changes or clarifications can be accomplished with the GSL.
I hope this helps answer some questions. Sorry for the delay. I haven't had anything concrete to report. Heck, I still don't. But I figured I owed everyone an update.
Necro isn't going anywhere. We are trying to work to be able to get a usable GSL or other arrangment with Wizards to bring you the awesome 4E content we have planned. If that wont work, you will see us fully supporting Pathfinder. Our time off before we start cranking out new products may just be a bit longer than planned
[edit] One Bad Egg
[edit] Worldseeds™
- Gods of the Shroud: This contains new Gods and feats for those who worship them and channel divinity powers. Also it includes magic items and monsters related to the gods. Six page preview for free in PDF. Full version available in PDF.
- Horrors of the Shroud: The Death-Mother: Death-Mother is joined by Bone-Child, Bloody-Bones, Silent Corpse and two other monsters to throw into your games. Available in PDF. (Usng GSL)
- Races of the Shroud: The Apelord: An other cheap PDF. For $1.99 you get a 10 pages of a complete player race including the race and it's features, monsters based on the race, a full page of adventure ideas on how to work the tribes of the ape into your game and more. Available in PFD.
- Races of the Shroud: The Half-Dead: A half dead tragic figure neither fully dead or fully alive. These creatures make mean fighters that may go down but will not bleed out and can come back. This module comes with all the information it takes to use the class complete with power cards. Available in PDF. (Usng GSL)
- Shrouded Classes: The Witch Doctor (Heroic Tier Playtest): A free playtest of the Heroic Tear (up to level 10) of the wild concocted class of "The Witch Doctor" Available as Free PDF. (Usng GSL)
- Shrouded Paths: The Unbroken: The Paladin who lost his faith. A new paragon path for the Paladin class, a new magic item, two new feats, a monster template, and a faithless angel. Available in PDF. (Usng GSL)
[edit] Hard Boiled Ideas™
- Codex Venenorum: As described by One Bad Egg, "featuring dozens of unique poisons and rules for creating poisons, handling poisons, harvesting raw materials, and much more." coming soon
[edit] Open Design
- Wrath of the River King: Originally it was Wolfgang Baur's skunk works project. Now Open Design's first 4E subscription project. It is a quest for a miller's bride that has been stolen away into the Feywild.
[edit] Precis Intermedia
- Disposable Heroes®: Fantasy 4E Core Classes: Downloadable and Pre-Printed, well illustrated paper miniatures featuring 4th Edition Core Races and Classes, like the Dwarven Fighter, Elven Ranger, Halfing Warlock, and Human Wizard. Available in Single Download PDF, Customizable PDF and Print.
[edit] Poison Ivy Press
New 3rd party publisher which plans to bringing you top-of-the-line content for Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition.
[edit] IVe
This is Poison Ivy Press' standalone 4th Edition products.
- IVe Races: The Kroola: This is a humanoid crocodile. What is this walking crocodile like? Well the publisher describes it this way, "the Kroola are a resilient piratical race that spend their lives roaming the world, seeking treasure and adventure. " The product will have a playable race, including a range of racial feats and a paragon path, the ecology, Kroola characters, monsters, from the swarms they use as pets to a couple of unique Kroola villains. Available in PDF. (Using the GSL)
[edit] Campaign Catalysts
The product that will provide the inspiration and content for you to start an unforgettable adventure path.
[edit] CampaignCraft
These products will tackle certain issues in campaign design and game mastering, helping to inspire and support DM’s so that they can run immersive, intruiging games.
- Adversary: Heroic Edition: According to Poison Ivy Press, "This supplement will concentrate on individual villains, from design to roleplaying to combat." Available soon.(Using the GSL)
[edit] Polymancer Studios
Polymancer Studios has announced it will publish material supporting Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition under its new FourthRight imprint.
FourthRight will support the newest edition of the most popular role-playing game rules system on the market today. The terms of the Game System License (GSL) allow for the rapid development of adventure scenarios as well as monster, power, and NPC compendiums.
Dungeons & Dragons fans can expect high quality 4th Ed. adventures and other material in the FourthRight product line. Polymancer Studios has considerable experience in publishing quality RPG adventures and intends to employ this expertise to enrich the 4th Ed. market.
FourthRight products will be produced both in-house and by freelancers. People who are interested in writing adventures and compendiums of monsters, powers, or NPCs for D&D 4th Edition should send an e-mail to fourthright@polymancerstudios.com with “FourthRight” in the subject line.
[edit] Privateer Press
Privateer Press is NOT going 4E for the Iron Kingdoms, and seems to have no plans to produce other 4E material either:
As you are aware, we put future book publications for the RPG line on-hold after we determined that 4th Edition was a reality. With the future status of 3.5 edition uncertain and not knowing the shape of 4th Edition we decided it would be a mistake to invest further time and resources on upcoming products. After evaluating our options we have decided not to adopt 4th Edition for the Iron Kingdoms. We will not be converting our material for the Full-Metal Fantasy line to that system. We will continue to provide periodic RPG articles in No Quarter Magazine for the foreseeable future. This will be the best place to find information pertinent to your Iron Kingdoms campaigns in the months ahead.
[edit] RedBrick Limited
Earthdawn® fantasy roleplaying game Age of Legend™ Campaign Setting: based on Earthdawn® 1993 fantasy roleplaying game by FASA Corporation. (Using the GSL)
[edit] Sceaptune Games
Founded in 2006 and wish to provide useful, rich, enjoyable and playable scenarios and settings to players and Games Masters alike. What they believe and what they are trying to do is "Have fun".
[edit] Greyscales Series
According to Sceaptune, "The series includes monster blocks and powers in a ready-to-use form able to be slotted straight into your campaign."
- A Drake Miscellany: This is the first of the Greyscales Series and includes numerous monster blocks for five new species of drakes and subspecies. It also includes drake related magic items. Available in PDF. (Using the GSL)
- Elemental Warlocks: This is for you if you want to play a Earth, Fire, Air, Water or Shadow Elemental Warlock. Available soon.
[edit] Silent Seven Games
- Lunar Scrolls: A supplement for running moon based characters. Has classes, feats, magic items and lunar rituals. Available late 2008. {download a free preview of the crescent striker here}
[edit] TG Publishing
A small gaming company selling 4th edition D&D supplements. The products will range from campaign settings to adventures and splatbooks.
- Horrors of Halloween: First TG supplement with 13 pages packed with 11 new monsters including the Headless Horseman and and Frankenstein's Monster. Available in PDF (Not using the GSL)
[edit] Unicorn Rampant Publishing
- Anointing the Seer: For level 5 players. The party must enter a recently cursed temple to clean up a mess made by a malevolent warlock. Available in PDF. (Using the GSL)
[edit] Unknown
- Sands of Destiny: Prime Codex: New adventure setting mainly in the desert. Sands of Destiny also contains more advanced technoloogy like guns. Available in PDF & Print, the first quarter of 2009.




