Recent content by Parmandur

Yeah, I wouldn't expect it across the board either direction, though I wouldn't be shocked either if the PHB Feats turned out to be placeholders either: there are a lot of new Feats in play, way more than Backgrounds.

Infamously a thing.

I've been playing JRPGs since I was s kid on the NES, and neither do I: BECMI, Call of Cthulu, DCC, Powered by the Apocalypse coud all fit the JRPG genre easily enough.

As someone who has played plenty of both, there really isn't much difference other than being made in Japan and an Amime -influenced aesthetic. JRPGs were originally all Wizardry clones, that started adding Manga/Anime art and generalky more involved stories over time. Final Fantasy, in...

The indications we have gotten is that the Faction Backgrounds might give all-new Origin Feats, at least: there are apparently 34 new Feats in the book, thoughsome of the 28 Backgrounds do use PHB Feats.

Not much on Atumbel over the years, but the Wiki says citing the Unapproachable East vok from 3.5: "While many outsiders failed to make the distinction, the Altumbellan people saw themselves as a prominent nation separate from their neighbor Aglarond." So as a nation, it is botb a minor note...

It is worth noting that the cloth map in this pack is not the map on the DM Screen it was made for this release by Beadles & Grimm as an artpiece. The latter matches with the previews from Beyond et al.

I'm sure it is a good game, but for me...JRPGs just mean serial number filed-off BD&D? I just turned 40, I think I might be an old grouch now?

I would have linked Spellfire with the Heartlands, given where the Soellfire characters were 150 years earlier.

Wonder what the Regional Background will be for that.

Well, but no, tgere is a pretty ditect correlation: Trackless Sea > Moonshaes The North (traditionally the Dsvage Frontier or Sword Coast)> Icewind Dale The Sword Coast (Western Heartlands) > Baldur's Gate The Heartlands (Eastern) > Dalelands Lands of Intrigue > Calimshan So, as suspected...

Yup, and here ia the 1E original map:

NM, missed the DM screen: @Henadic Theologian