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[Debunking Rumors] No Baby-shields in OSM

Fiery James

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I've received numerous e-mails and phone calls, all expressing concern that releasing an adventure written by Kevin "Piratecat" Kulp may expose previously-kind DMs to his evil tactics.

Chief among the concerns was his famous use of the "baby-shield" technique employed by certain villains in his storyhour (which, apparently, is updated with some frequency).

Without providing spoiler information, I just wanted to reassure the EN World community that these so-called "baby-shields" DO NOT make an appearance in the adventure Of Sound Mind , which is, in fact, the very first psionics adventure available from your local gamestore for 3rd Edition.


Having said that, I'm afraid that I must confirm a rumor about another one of our products.

Counter Collection II , which features art by Claudio "Klaus" Pozas DOES feature a bunch of crazy gnome counters. In fact, if we hadn't caught the mistake at the proof stage, the collection would have consisted of 450 different gnome counters, each with their own prestige class. We did manage to scale this back in time.

If anyone has any further concerns about crazy Board members and their strange fixations with respect to a future Fiery Dragon release, please e-mail me and I'll be happy to discuss it further.

Oh yeah, Monte Cook's adventure, Queen of Lies will kill characters. C'mon - you didn't see that coming? Well, I guess I could have said that it was TOP SECRET.

- James
 
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el-remmen

Moderator Emeritus
Do you actually expect me to buy a module with no baby-shields!

Are you crazy?

What kind of backward marketing is that?

I'm boycotting!
 

Darkness

Hand and Eye of Piratecat [Moderator]
nemmerle said:
Do you actually expect me to buy a module with no baby-shields!

Are you crazy?

What kind of backward marketing is that?

I'm boycotting!
What he said! Without good RB tactics, a good adventure is not possible!
 


Fiery James

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Alternatives to baby-shielding

Well, in fact, the baby-shield technique just wasn't applicable in this scenario. Piratecat seems to be one of those people who enjoys a certain level of "fantasy realism" in his games. Go figure.

Upon review, it just seemed that the HUGE DRAGON* that was set up to confront the 1st-level party wouldn't really require a baby-shield.

*For those who would disbelieve that PC would sic a monster of this scale on a group of unwary heroes, I suggest you find a copy of the adventure and briefly examine the enclosed Counter Sheet. I think you'll notice a fairly large image in the centre of the page. :)

- James
 

Fiery James

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IMPLIED BABY SHIELD

As a quick follow-up, despite the lack of baby-shields appearing in the text, it seems that Claudio Pozas has managed to imply the use of the baby shield in his art.

I still maintain, however, that this in no way approves or endorses this technique.

- James
 

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el-remmen

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PErsonally, I think Fiery James is a conniving snake-oil salesman who is trying to pull the wool over our eyes. . . I bet PC even included the baby-shields - but "the Man" made him take them out with the typical threat of "You'll never work in this town again."

I'm sorry, but no baby-shields, no purchase. . .

Or if no baby-shield you could have at least included half-fiend old ladies with poisoned candy. .
 

Eosin the Red

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[Looks around]

***chuckles****

I don't know who is sicker - PC for coming up with it or me for really being entertained by the thoughts of doing that to my PC's.

BTW - This is a cheap promotional tool and I won't be apart of it!!
(BUMP) :)
 

Fiery James

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You are correct!

Piratecate and Klaus tried to sneak some baby-shields in, but clever editing and subtle art changes have prevented the evil-doers from turning that into an effective deflection technique!

Hahahaha!

- Controlling James
 

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