D&D 5E A new campaign world for 5th edition: THE WORLD OF MYRR

[CawoodPublishing]

LIVE on Kickstarter. New 5th edition 350+ page campaign world booklet. The World of Myrr will be an original setting that can be used for many types of games. Highly detailed with new monsters, adventure hooks, lore, deities, factions, geography, every settlement, over 84 pages of encounters and monster lists, 40+ pages of detail on taverns and inns, tavern menus, notable NPCs, regional maps. Original artwork by Alex Walton.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/1875657065/the-world-of-myrr-a-new-campaign-world-for-5th-edi

For some more specific examples download free intro package at www.worldofmyrr.com


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[DiceClay]

This should be getting way more traffic. For that price I'm in.

 

[was]

This should be getting way more traffic.

..maybe try posting a link to the webpage?

 

[Matrix Sorcica]

Looking at the preview and the example monsters on the webpage:

All the entries have errors in them. The Slave Lord uses d12 HD (huge creatures have d12), the modifier is +30 hp, should be +36 from Con. The Goblin Shaman has DC 13 for spells, should be (8+2(prof)+2(stat) 12. The goblin has +8 hp, but 6HD.
The Giant Turtle has +20 hp but + 3 from Con (so should be 36 hp). It does +5 damage, but has 18 str (+4).
What kind of action is the Slave Lord's parry?

The Cave Hydra should have +90 hp and not +50.

I'm not impressed by the fluff or the map, but that's a taste thing. However, if you promote your work as a 5E product, basic adherence to 5E design guidelines is a must, imo. The monsters don't reflect that.

I hope you have a succesfull kickstarter and that the backers will be satified with the final product

 

[DiceClay]

Encounter tables

Those guys will have to add a troll to the encounter tables.

Looking at the preview and the example monsters on the webpage:

All the entries have errors in them. The Slave Lord uses d12 HD (huge creatures have d12), the modifier is +30 hp, should be +36 from Con. The Goblin Shaman has DC 13 for spells, should be (8+2(prof)+2(stat) 12. The goblin has +8 hp, but 6HD.
The Giant Turtle has +20 hp but + 3 from Con (so should be 36 hp). It does +5 damage, but has 18 str (+4).
What kind of action is the Slave Lord's parry?

The Cave Hydra should have +90 hp and not +50.

I'm not impressed by the fluff or the map, but that's a taste thing. However, if you promote your work as a 5E product, basic adherence to 5E design guidelines is a must, imo. The monsters don't reflect that.

I hope you have a succesfull kickstarter and that the backers will be satified with the final product

 

[Umbran]

Those guys will have to add a troll to the encounter tables.

How about we not stoop to name calling, please and thank you.

 

[Devilbass]

Honestly, I like to be as positive as possible about this kind of stuff, and I hate trolls, but Matrix Sorcica is not trolling in the least. His concerns are valid - if something is meant to use the rules set of a specific game, and is advertised as doing such, then it should actually do so. Saying as much is not trolling, it is expressing a rational opinion backed by logic.

 

[Lord_Blacksteel]

Speaking as a friend of gaming Kickstarters - Areas of concern:

1) Pages and pages of monster lists. Not new monsters - encounter tables, presumably. Every tavern and inn listed in pages and pages of tables. A random generator can spit out tables like the ones in the sample booklet. Is this what makes your world special? Tell me more on the "various factions"? What is the "unique lore"? How is this world different from Greyhawk or the Realms or Glorantha or Newhon or Eberron or any of the other numerous settings out there for fantasy?

2)Created in Spring 2014 ... Playtested by 30 players for 18 months - so this isn't an adaptation of some existing home game world but one created expressly for publication? That's not an automatic bad thing, I'm just asking for a bit more information.

3)"First created · 1 backed" - this can be a pretty big red flag. How much Kickstarter experience does the team have?

Hope that doesn't come across as too critical. I'm always interested when gamers take a shot at getting their own world out into the, uh, "world".

 

[CawoodPublishing]

Thanks for the questions

1) Yes there are some new monsters. The inns and taverns are highly specific and detailed. The names, the quality of the establishments, the staff, the menus...everything is there for a reason. There is some lore info in the free download at www.worldofmyrr.com
2) The world is a homebrew that will be published. The Kickstarter is to help with some of the costs of art, editing, graphic design,etc.
3) We are new

 

[CawoodPublishing]

The project is almost complete. I will have an update later this week.