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Armies of the Abyss.

Joshua Dyal said:
Any word yet on a street date?

Barring any snafus with the printer, they should be shipping to Osseum the last week of March, and to distribution as soon as we can thereafter.

I, too, am looking forward to finally seeing this one in hand. It ended up being so packed with material that we were forced to print on the interior covers just to cram as much as we could into the book... and even so had to reserve some material for a web enhancement. Erik Mona has just too much vile darkness to share with the class! ;)

Nicole
 

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Hi there! :)

Nikchick said:
Barring any snafus with the printer, they should be shipping to Osseum the last week of March, and to distribution as soon as we can thereafter.

I, too, am looking forward to finally seeing this one in hand. It ended up being so packed with material that we were forced to print on the interior covers just to cram as much as we could into the book... and even so had to reserve some material for a web enhancement. Erik Mona has just too much vile darkness to share with the class! ;)

Nicole

Thanks for stopping by Nicole. :)

You aren't the only one looking forward to this one! ;)
 

A couple things. None of the Epic Level rules are in the SRD, of course, so I was somewhat limited in covering demon princes in full detail. Truth be told, I think foes like Orcus and Demogorgon are probably outside of the ability of non-Epic characters to slay. Even if that's not the case, they certainly don't make good foes for 90% of the player characters out there.

So, instead, I wrote up the princes with all sorts of information on their cults, home layers, and motivations, mixing in several adventure hooks and adding a completely new core class called the thaumaturge, who gains spellcasting power by making deals with these dark sovereigns. Some of the rituals thaumaturges need to do to get their daily allotment of spells are pretty horrific.

There are a number of demon lords (not princes) in the book, with challenge levels that make them appropriate encounters for parties of 13-25th level. The rest of the book contains the usual spread of challenge levels you've come to expect from Green Ronin monster products, plus about a half-dozen new domains (including Pleasure, Subterfuge, Pain, and Crippling) and some new spells to fill out those domains. The latter section includes such gems as "femurburst," "fit of coughing," and the soon to be world famous "phantasmal lover."

I'm really interested to see how the book goes over. I think you guys are really going to enjoy it.

--Erik Mona
 



"femurburst"?:eek:

...ouchie...

"The evil wizard utters a malevolent incantation. Make a Fortitude save, please."

<rattle> <wince>

"Gee, that's too bad. Your legs explode."

This is gonna be fun.
 


I just confirmed with Chris that we're going to be able to put up an Armies of the Abyss preview. Fingers crossed that I can get to it before we take off for the GAMA Trade Show on the 18th. (So much to do; I wonder how dead the publisher boards are going to be with people spending a week in Las Vegas?)

Bad, bad Nik. No cruising the general EN Boards! Back to work...

Oops, was that my conscience?
Nicole
 

Thanks for all the replies. I already have a copie reserved at the local shop now if the damn thing would just get released! I loved Legions of Hell and if Armies is half as good I'll get plenty of use out of it. I just can't wait until I see some official stats for the Demon Princes though, I hope they are in the Dieties & Demigods book.
 

Originally posted by Erik Mona
"phantasmal lover."

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I'd buy that for a dollar!
Is that sorta like the Dan Akroyd/Ghostbuster's deal?
 

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