D&D 4E Tropes of the Nentir Vale

[sunrisekid]

Has anyone taken the time to modify the Conquest map to incorporate the various extra bits from the Dragon magazine articles?

 

[Parmandur]

I would still prefer getting the detailed Nentir Vale setting book We never got in 4e. No, Mercer’s world is NOT the Vale or Nerath.

It's close enough that I'd rate the odds of seeing a Nerath Setting book after Exandria somewhere in the same ballpark as Jakondor or Pelinore getting books.

 

[Griffon Lore Games]

That sure is an interesting site. I can't tell if the cross-links are the honest efforts of creating zeitgeist references, or Ye Old SEO Pimping.

In any event, I liked the Nentir Vale for its compression of the game world. I also found the "Ruler of Ruin" to be a delicious apocalyptic engine.

I wish I spent less time as the DM trying to make 4E work for my group than taking the setting and modifying it to my ends.

 

[cavalier973]

That sure is an interesting site. I can't tell if the cross-links are the honest efforts of creating zeitgeist references, or Ye Old SEO Pimping.

Do you speak of tvtropes?

In any event, I liked the Nentir Vale for its compression of the game world. I also found the "Ruler of Ruin" to be a delicious apocalyptic engine.

The "Legacy of Nerath" article in Dragon #393 is one of my favorites, and building a campaign that involves reclaiming the city from the gnolls and facing off against the Ruler of Ruin is one of my daydreams.

I wish I spent less time as the DM trying to make 4E work for my group than taking the setting and modifying it to my ends.

You can do it!

 

[Marandahir]

Has anyone taken the time to modify the Conquest map to incorporate the various extra bits from the Dragon magazine articles?

I was working on that off and on a few years ago, but it's not ready yet to publish here. I can see if I can get that finished soon, though!

 

[Griffon Lore Games]

Do you speak of tvtropes?

Yeah, their Alexa rank page speaks to... something. Never used tvtropes until today's link.

You can do it!

My Nentir days are behind me--we have a commercial campaign setting, and I run my campaigns exclusively in that.

--anthony

 

[cavalier973]

Yeah, their Alexa rank page speaks to... something. Never used tvtropes until today's link.

Salutes, sadly

Farewell, my friend. When you emerge, do not be surprised that several hours, or weeks, or years have passed you by.

My Nentir days are behind me--we have a commercial campaign setting, and I run my campaigns exclusively in that.

--anthony

I would like to investigate this, further.

 

[Aldarc]

It's close enough that I'd rate the odds of seeing a Nerath Setting book after Exandria somewhere in the same ballpark as Jakondor or Pelinore getting books.

I don't think that the issue is "close enough," but, rather, the guilt by association with 4e.

 

[Hexmage-EN]

I would still prefer getting the detailed Nentir Vale setting book We never got in 4e. No, Mercer’s world is NOT the Vale or Nerath.

I love the 4E pantheon and Dawn War origin story, and the fact Mercer's Exandria setting retains both (albeit in slightly modified form) has led me to incorporate as much of the 4E lore as I can into the campaign I'm planning by inserting details that don't contradict official Exandria lore.

For example, I've recast Nusemnee as a demigod champion of Raei, goddess of redemption, instead of making Nusemnee herself the goddess of redemption; her role now is to take godhood from Zehir to become the new, benevolent goddess of the yuan-ti.

I've also directly imported Torog's 4E backstory and made it the precursor to his imprisonment in the Far Realm during the Calamity.

 

[Parmandur]

I don't think that the issue is "close enough," but, rather, the guilt by association with 4e.

I don't think there is any guilt to it, per se, but most people aren't going to be familiar with it beyond maybe what's in the original Core books (which is precisely what is in Exandria).