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<blockquote data-quote="mhacdebhandia" data-source="post: 2738461" data-attributes="member: 18832"><p>I imagine that <strong><em>Dragons of Faerun</em></strong> is as straightforward as its title. I'd expect a lot of information on the Cult of the Dragon, as well as a tie-in with <strong><em>Races of the Dragon</em></strong>.</p><p></p><p>My interpretation of the title of <strong><em>Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords</em></strong> has to do with the fact that there are nine swords and nine alignments. If the nine swords are literal artifacts, perhaps it's a hardcover supplement-cum-module, or "event book" you can drop into your campaign a la Malhavoc Press' <em><strong>When The Sky Falls</strong></em> and other such products.</p><p></p><p>Either that, or it could possibly be a supplement covering conflict between various alignments. There are possible tie-ins with the miniatures skirmish game, of course, though I believe it only uses the four "corner" factions. Such a supplement could cover the role churches, outsiders, and champions of each alignment play in the "big picture" of the setting; certainly, for being such a defining element of the game, alignment hasn't been comprehensively dealt with before.</p><p></p><p>Obviously the <strong><em>Book of Vile Darkness</em></strong> and the <em><strong>Book of Exalted Deeds</strong></em> are out there, but perhaps this product is a solution to the problem of it being pretty damn uneconomical to cover Law, Chaos, and Neutrality to the same extent? Deal with conflict between all the alignments in one book, cover all the bases.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mhacdebhandia, post: 2738461, member: 18832"] I imagine that [b][i]Dragons of Faerun[/i][/b][i][/i] is as straightforward as its title. I'd expect a lot of information on the Cult of the Dragon, as well as a tie-in with [b][i]Races of the Dragon[/i][/b]. My interpretation of the title of [b][i]Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords[/i][/b][i][/i] has to do with the fact that there are nine swords and nine alignments. If the nine swords are literal artifacts, perhaps it's a hardcover supplement-cum-module, or "event book" you can drop into your campaign a la Malhavoc Press' [i][b]When The Sky Falls[/b][/i] and other such products. Either that, or it could possibly be a supplement covering conflict between various alignments. There are possible tie-ins with the miniatures skirmish game, of course, though I believe it only uses the four "corner" factions. Such a supplement could cover the role churches, outsiders, and champions of each alignment play in the "big picture" of the setting; certainly, for being such a defining element of the game, alignment hasn't been comprehensively dealt with before. Obviously the [b][i]Book of Vile Darkness[/i][/b][i][/i] and the [i][b]Book of Exalted Deeds[/b][/i] are out there, but perhaps this product is a solution to the problem of it being pretty damn uneconomical to cover Law, Chaos, and Neutrality to the same extent? Deal with conflict between all the alignments in one book, cover all the bases. [/QUOTE]
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