Busy, busy, busy

Shade · Sep 13, 2007

I'm not meaning to ignore you guys, but things have gotten really busy this week.

I'll try to update some of the threads later today.

freyar · Sep 13, 2007

Figured something like that must have happened. Understandable... I should be busy myself. :heh:

When you get a chance, do you mind adding "Save the Realms" to your sig for me?

Shade · Sep 14, 2007

What happened to the Realms this time?

freyar · Sep 14, 2007

Well, the new GHotR has gods killing gods, including Mystra, which unleashes the spellplague, unleashing all kinds of havoc. This is probably just on scale with the "Time of Troubles" from the 1e/2e conversion. However, there's a preview chapter of Salvatore's new book. This chapter is a "flash-forward" to 1485 or so, in which Drizz't reveals that the Shades

p) have reformed Netheril, most of civilization has collapsed outside of the Silver Marches area, the benevolent gods are in hiding or something, "two worlds have merged," there was a "coming of the aboleths," etc. All in all, it sounds like they points-of-lighted it quite heavily, though it's unsure exactly where it's going.

Shade · Sep 20, 2007

freyar said:
Well, the new GHotR has gods killing gods, including Mystra, which unleashes the spellplague, unleashing all kinds of havoc. This is probably just on scale with the "Time of Troubles" from the 1e/2e conversion. However, there's a preview chapter of Salvatore's new book. This chapter is a "flash-forward" to 1485 or so, in which Drizz't reveals that the Shades p) have reformed Netheril, most of civilization has collapsed outside of the Silver Marches area, the benevolent gods are in hiding or something, "two worlds have merged," there was a "coming of the aboleths," etc. All in all, it sounds like they points-of-lighted it quite heavily, though it's unsure exactly where it's going.

Yikes! I hear Ed Greenwood's none to pleased with this direction.

freyar · Sep 20, 2007

Let's just say that his comments are basically that he cares about his world too much just to let it slip, so he's going to do what he can to fix it.

PS. Did you see that they're changing up the elemental planes, too?

Shade · Sep 20, 2007

Yes. Nail met coffin when I read that.

I suppose my brief Dragon/Dungeon career is over now. I don't really have any desire to pigeonhole the classics into the new monster roles or new cosmology. Not that there's any reason to suspect they'd even want to see the classics brought back.

freyar · Sep 20, 2007

Shade said:
Yes. Nail met coffin when I read that.

I suppose my brief Dragon/Dungeon career is over now. I don't really have any desire to pigeonhole the classics into the new monster roles or new cosmology. Not that there's any reason to suspect they'd even want to see the classics brought back.

Yeah, hard to say if they'd want that or not. We're glad you're here, though, and glad you're back! It's been awfully quiet.

PS. And I'm sure there are many possibilities for you with Pathfinder.

Shade · Sep 20, 2007

I'm glad to be back. My kid was sick the past few days, hence my lack of internet presence.

Mortis · Sep 27, 2007

Shade said:
My kid was sick the past few days, hence my lack of internet presence.

That's understandable - I hope he/she's better by now.

Does anyone know if BOZ is okay/busy/on vacation/disillusioned with the whole 4e thing etc?

He hasn't posted since mid August (not even as his Aspect)

He did post a couple of days ago on WOtC Mystara board (monster conversion thread naturally)

Regards
Mortis