Avadnu Primer?

[JustaPlayer]

Thanks for the heads up. I have to say I have purchased both DoA and LoA. At my local game store DoA is one of the books I recomend first to people. I have to wonder though, if you should have tried opening with the Primer first. The number one question I get when I talk to people about it is "Why didn't they release the world book first?" Makes it a little bit harder to sell when the world those monsters were created for has come out yet.

 

[JVisgaitis]

Thanks for the heads up. I have to say I have purchased both DoA and LoA. At my local game store DoA is one of the books I recomend first to people.

That's awesome. Thanks so much.

I have to wonder though, if you should have tried opening with the Primer first. The number one question I get when I talk to people about it is "Why didn't they release the world book first?" Makes it a little bit harder to sell when the world those monsters were created for has come out yet.

I'll be glad to answer that for you. When we were entering into the d20 market the big rage at that time was campaign settings. Every company was releasing one and it was a crowded market. Whenever anyone mentioned releasing a new campaign setting, retailers and distributors would be all up in arms and complain that they won't order another campaign setting. So we decided to create a monster book instead. Its true that the monsters are for our campaign setting, but you don't need the campaign setting to use the monsters. We made sure they were described generically so they could be placed in any standard D&D game. That is why the On Avadnu information is separate from the main text and sometimes they both don't really gel together.

I hear this from a lot of people, "Why didn't you guys do the Campain Setting first?" Its very flattering because it makes me think that the tidbits of the world that are currently availble are cool enough to deserve their own setting. So we have been taking our time and making sure that The Avadnu Primer can live up to all of the high expectations and standards we have set for ourselves. I hope everyone sticks around for it, because I strongly feel that its not only a worthy successor to Denizens of Avadnu, but is also superior in many ways. Stay tuned!

 

[Turjan]

So we have been taking our time and making sure that The Avadnu Primer can live up to all of the high expectations and standards we have set for ourselves. I hope everyone sticks around for it, because I strongly feel that its not only a worthy successor to Denizens of Avadnu, but is also superior in many ways. Stay tuned!

This keeps my hope up that the book, one day, will see print . If it's the same physical quality as Denizens, it's a definite must-buy. Malhavoc always went well with the strategy to put out pdf's first and then schedule a print run second. Let's hope that this will work out for you, too .

 

[JVisgaitis]

If it's the same physical quality as Denizens, it's a definite must-buy. Malhavoc always went well with the strategy to put out pdf's first and then schedule a print run second. Let's hope that this will work out for you, too.

Well as long as we can get somewhat of a following, we shouldn't have any issues. As to the format of the Primer, it will only be 128 pages. However, I can guarantee that it will be jam picked with tons of cool material. By going the PDF route, there is a lot of additional stuff that we might cram in. Believe me, if there is any possible way for this book to make it to print, it will.