Bo9S

[Asmor]

Not especially.

Book of Nine Swords sounds better than Book of Nine Weapons or Book of Nine Sharp Things With Which One Might Put Out An Eye.

Heh... Bo9STWWOMPOAE

 

[AnonymousOne]

Yes, while the book is full of great crunch and less... great flavour (I love the book, but I have a certain disdain for the flavour...), the organization IS messy. But these printable, free manoeuvre cards are great. Use them... it makes a lot of things easier!

Cheers, LT.

Yoink that as well.

Much thanks!

 

[Soel]

One of the designers (Mearls, I think, in a Dragon Magazine article about the day-to-day goings on at Wizards offices,) said that they decided on a major change in the development of the book at the point when it was almost finished. This is likely the cause of the rushed feeling the book has.

 

[kenmarable]

Here's an Excel spreadsheet I did up as well (though I didn't include page numbers and prereqs in mine - though I should see about adding those in now that I think about it). I also added in a tab that does shows how each discipline balances out since I was working on a possible new discipline or two (soulknife as martial adept!). Interesting to see which disciplines favor which type of maneuver (e.g. Setting Sun has no boosts, Stone Dragon/Tiger Claw/White Raven have no counters, Stone Dragon has the most strikes, etc.).

 

[Shadeydm]

Here's an Excel spreadsheet I did up as well (though I didn't include page numbers and prereqs in mine - though I should see about adding those in now that I think about it). I also added in a tab that does shows how each discipline balances out since I was working on a possible new discipline or two (soulknife as martial adept!). Interesting to see which disciplines favor which type of maneuver (e.g. Setting Sun has no boosts, Stone Dragon/Tiger Claw/White Raven have no counters, Stone Dragon has the most strikes, etc.).

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

 

[Shadeydm]

Hmm, one point I am not clear on is if stances count against your total number of manuvers known and or number of manuvers readied or if they are seperate from both?

 

[Aus_Snow]

Hmm, one point I am not clear on is if stances count against your total number of manuvers known and or number of manuvers readied or if they are seperate from both?

Looks to be a separate thing, near as I can tell so far. But, I am also reading through it, still (along with other recent purchases. . . and some other books).

They have them in different parts of the class table and description, and they can't be "swapped out", for starters. So I take it they're not generally treated the same way, either.

edit --- aha! They also, in the intro to the "manoeuvres and stances" chapter, speak of them as basically distinct.

 

[Nifft]

Hmm, one point I am not clear on is if stances count against your total number of manuvers known and or number of manuvers readied or if they are seperate from both?

Learning and readying stances & maneuvers are tracked separately -- and you never have to ready Stances, they're all always readied.

The only way they interact is as prerequisites: Stances count as maneuvers of their school when you are deciding if you qualify to learn a new Stance or Maneuver.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Zurai]

What kind of reception did it get?

If I recall, the reception was very, very mixed. The extremes of best thing ever and worst thing ever about equally represented.

It seems strange to me that they would go ahead with it with such a mixed reaction

According to various WotC posters on the official boards, Bo9S was extremely well received and was/is one of their best-selling products after the core rules. Some people may grumble and whine about the anime-ization of D&D, but it appears that a large majority of paying customers loves the book.

Don't forget that you see a dramatically higher proportion of negative feedback than you see of positive feedback. It's human nature to want to point out failings rather than praise things that work.

 

[AnonymousOne]

... it appears that a large majority of paying customers loves the book.

Don't forget that you see a dramatically higher proportion of negative feedback than you see of positive feedback. It's human nature to want to point out failings rather than praise things that work.

People more often vote with their wallets, than vote in any other manner.