Birthright Revised in November 2005?

[scourger]

This link is on the front page:

http://www.birthright.net/news.php

but the comments there ask if it is a April Fool's joke. I hope not since it was a setting for AD&D 2e that I missed and have wanted to go back and explore.

Anyone have any information?

 

[Lord Zardoz]

I would buy such a product, if it ever becomes real.

It may not have been a financially successful setting, but it was a pretty massive setting in scope, if not depth. Every kingdom was detailed to a point where the current internal conflicts were detailed, and the important NPC's in each were statted out. Every petty conflict could be leveraged as a plot hook. And you had several super villians in the form of the awnsheigh.

Modifying the blood line powers to 3rd ed is enough of a non trivial balancing problem that having a 'real company' do it would be handy.

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[Steel_Wind]

This was an April Fool's joke that long ago ceased being funny.

 

[Ranger REG]

I would buy such a product, if it ever becomes real.

I would buy if it comes from the original designers: Richard Baker III and Colin McComb.

 

[Finkin Swiftfingers]

Birthright is/was a great setting. I would really enjoy seeing an updated version come to print.

 

[TroyXavier]

I only played it a few times but I really enjoyed the setting.

 

[Ranger REG]

Although the primary focus is the setting -- Cerilia -- and the surroundings, I just want to know if they'll also provide expanded guideline about using their realm management system in other campaign settings (homebrewed or published)?

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

I'd like to see what they come up with, praying it's not the "Here, spend precious feats on your bloodline and abilities!" stuff from the Dragon article.

Brad

 

[ColonelHardisson]

I'd like to see what they come up with, praying it's not the "Here, spend precious feats on your bloodline and abilities!" stuff from the Dragon article.

Brad

The Bloodline concept was handled quite well, in my opinion, in my favorite non-core WotC D&D book, Unearthed Arcana. Check it out if you haven't already.

I'd love to see Birthright make a fully realized return. I'd also love to see Tony Szczudlo do the art. He pretty much defined Birthright's look.

 

[Ranger REG]

I'd like to see what they come up with, praying it's not the "Here, spend precious feats on your bloodline and abilities!" stuff from the Dragon article.

I just hope there is a balance of trade-offs between scion and mundane unblooded characters, otherwise it'll be a "bloodline superiority" game.