Backdrop - Mistwatch article up

[Nemesis Destiny]

Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Mistwatch)

There it is. Just skimmed it, but it looks flavourful, and very useful with minimal prep. At first glance, a quality Dungeon article.

Kind of put me in mind of the one they did in Dungeon 175 for a town in the Shadowfell called Graefmotte, which I really liked.

 

[Aegeri]

This is the first article in quite some time I can't find anything in particular to complain about. It's just well written and perfect for what it tries to do. I also loved the cover art! Worth waiting for.

 

[Sonny]

Good article. Even has a nice map in it as well.

Does anyone wonder if we're seeing the first of the cancelled book to --> Insider article right here? After all, the Nentir Vale book disappeared off the WotC and Amazon site before the other (now more infamous) books did.

I hope so, it would be nice to start getting monthly write-ups on locations in Nentir Vale. And, it would make me feel better about losing a book from later in the year when I can start reading content from it today.

 

[Vicar In A Tutu]

Does anyone else think that this content was originally intended for the Nentir Vale Gazetteer book that was removed from the product schedule? Looks like a great, flavourful article.

Edit: Ninjaed by the forces of darkness

 

[Nemesis Destiny]

It does look to me like this could have been at least partly taken from the Gazetteer. If they have to pillage books to get good articles again, so be it.

 

[Shroomy]

Good article. Even has a nice map in it as well.

Does anyone wonder if we're seeing the first of the cancelled book to --> Insider article right here? After all, the Nentir Vale book disappeared off the WotC and Amazon site before the other (now more infamous) books did.

I hope so, it would be nice to start getting monthly write-ups on locations in Nentir Vale. And, it would make me feel better about losing a book from later in the year when I can start reading content from it today.

Maybe, but the first sidebar seems to indicate that this was an outgrowth of a seminar that happened at GenCon 2009.

 

[Riley]

Good article. Nice map. Keep it up, WOTC!

Articles like this, plus good adventures a la "Lord of the White Field" and "Bark at the Moon" (...if only it had maps...) are exactly what I want from DDI.

Far more interesting than those 3-pages-and-4-feats articles.

 

[Riley]

Does anyone wonder if we're seeing the first of the cancelled book to --> Insider article right here?

Maybe, but the first sidebar seems to indicate that this was an outgrowth of a seminar that happened at GenCon 2009.

Could be both!

 

[LostSoul]

Heh, that's hilarious.

I made a hex map of the Nentir Vale for my game. I randomly generated content to populate the empty areas of the map. Here's what I got for one of the hexes of Lake Wintermist:

Settlement of 85 people based around a Fish, Cursed!

Cursed, awesome. I could probably use the town from the article as it stands. Very cool coincidence!

("based around a Fish" just means that they fish for sustenance, instead of logging or something like that.)

 

[Dausuul]

Excellent article! I must say, the quality of WotC's story and setting material has gone up dramatically in the last few months.