Forked Thread: 3.5 Discounts (FREE TOOLBOX)

[Voadam]

I am not from Canada

love brigadoon, man

this would be an awesome locale for the start of a TEMPLE OF ELEMENTAL EVIL style campaign… starts slow, grows into the haunted banshee-made swamp (or whatever), and then you find out something else lurks deeper that remained hidden until the banshee was defeated.

btw... it's spelled banesidhe in celtic... for you bibliophiles

and yes, i got your e-mail.

which one of you guys lives in Canada?

I like books but I hate celtic spellings.

My brother and I both got through Morgan Llewyllyn's Red Branch about the Celtic hero Chuchulain when we were in junior high school and loved it. I remember raving about it to my dad who proceeded to read it. Later I asked what he thought of "Chew Chew Lane" and he was perplexed. I pulled out the book and showed him the spelling. He laughed and said it was pronounced "Koo Hey Lynn". He showed me the pronunciation guide in the beginning of the book that I had skipped which confirmed his memory of the name's pronunciation. The pronunciation guide was so contrary to standard english letter pronunciation it made my head hurt. The Celts had an oral language tradition, the written letters should be phonetic to how it sounds. The arbitrary writing code was just annoying. Sidhe should not be pronounced Shee. You want letters for the sound shee? Write shee. Sidhe looks like it should be pronounced "Sid he".

All right go for a 20 entry chart of stupid but accurate celitc spellings with correct pronunciations.

1 banesidhe - ban shee, not bain sid hee
2 celt - is it selt or kelt?
3 etc.

 

[jim pinto]

1d20 Something

1d20 Something
1. Anxiety
2. Banality
3. Carnage
4. Chaos
5. Concern/Kindness
6. Courage
7. Cynicism
8. Despair
9. Destruction
10. Fear
11. Foolhardiness
12. Malaise
13. Mercy
14. Order
15. Piety
16. Rigor
17. Sickness
18. Valor
19. Wisdom
20. Worry

1d20 Something More
1. Something feels wrong
2. Something is beyond your understanding
3. Something is coming
4. Something is coming true
5. Something is exactly what appears to be
6. Something is in the darkness
7. Something is invisible
8. Something is merely a distraction
9. Something is missing
10. Something is over
11. Something is owed
12. Something is well-guarded
13. Something is working against you
14. Something or someone has been harmed
15. Something or someone has thrown you to the wolves (metaphorically)
16. Something or someone is dead
17. Something or someone is following/watching you
18. Something or someone is in your debt
19. Something or someone is lonely
20. Something or someone needs help

 

[Greg K]

jim,
Thanks for the books and the little extras. They just arrived. I'm going to go look them over and, after my M&M game tonight, come up with a list of 20 reasons why you rock!

 

[jim pinto]

jim,
Thanks for the books and the little extras. They just arrived. I'm going to go look them over and, after my M&M game tonight, come up with a list of 20 reasons why you rock!

So... in order to rock I have to give away free stuff?

Hmm

Not sure how comfortable I am with that.

Couldn't we just agree that I've done a lot of good for 3.x with my various books and be happy with that? Huh? Really?

Okay… fine… you twisted my arm… make the list.

Haha.

*Looks over letter to make sure the blatant self-aggrandising is blatant enough*

Yep. That should do it.

Time to go *google* myself.

 

[DM_Jeff]

Well, we now know the Ultimate Toolbox books are there at AEG Headquarters. Now we're just waiting for them to get out to the world!

In the meanwhile, here's another sneak peek. We got lots of feedback how players were borrowing their DM's copy of Toolbox to help flesh out some of their character background. We wanted to make sure UT had a big enough character/NPC section to help all sort of creative snafus when it came to background, purpose, and style.

Take a look at these pages for a small sampling of what UT has in store for players!

-DM Jeff

 

[jim pinto]

Grand Prize

Well, we now know the Ultimate Toolbox books are there at AEG Headquarters. Now we're just waiting for them to get out to the world!
-DM Jeff

That said.

The first person (in the United States) to post a photo of themselves (I guess it could be your cat) with a picture of the Ultimate Toolbox in hand opened to page 137 (which we can clearly see) will receive:

One copy of Toolbox
One copy of the World's Largest City
One copy of the World's Largest Dungeon
A signed rat

This is the biggest giveaway we've done (that's over $200 in books, kids). Just for being the first person to post a picture of ownership of Ultimate Toolbox.

Professional game reviewers are exempt from this contest.

 

[Treebore]

Wow! Wish that could be me.

 

[Sigurd]

Jim,

Can you tell us who will be carrying the book. In the US and\or Canada?


Sigurd

ps.

Your mail is full. I'm organizing Paypal.

 

[DaveMage]

That said.

The first person (in the United States) to post a photo of themselves (I guess it could be your cat) with a picture of the Ultimate Toolbox in hand opened to page 137 (which we can clearly see) will receive:

One copy of Toolbox
One copy of the World's Largest City
One copy of the World's Largest Dungeon
A signed rat

This is the biggest giveaway we've done (that's over $200 in books, kids). Just for being the first person to post a picture of ownership of Ultimate Toolbox.

Wow!

Can we get those books autographed by you?

(Cuz, I have them all, but not signed. )

 

[jim pinto]

Wow!

Can we get those books autographed by you?

(Cuz, I have them all, but not signed. )

I didn't work on the WLC, but… sure.

I can't sign your Ultimate Toolbox, unless you mail it to me, though.

I think a pinto signature devalues the product, though.