Campaign Classics is coming back!

[Orius]

Was this just a short summary of different settings (a quick article on Birthright, Mystara, etc)?

It was a collection of articles that presented bits and peices from old campaigns as well as current ones, and topped it off with a preview of Eberron. Basically it was an overview of the many different settings (A)D&D had encompassed over the years, with the notable exception of Spelljammer. WRT to your examples, the Birthright areticle presented blood abilities as a special type of feats, while Mystara had three articles; the main Mystara article had an overview of Cynidicea, the Hollow World article had a template and related feats for an evil cult that sacrifices dinosaurs, and the Red Steel article presented 3.5 rules for the Red Curse and statistics for tortles.

And what is the current plan? To provide useable campaign settings? Or just more short summaries (maybe with 3e notes for people with the original material)?

In short, is this really something that exciting for a real campaign? Or just a nifty nostalgia read on the train?

Well, the articles on the generic settings weren't all that interesting IMO; Greyhawk was given a bunch of regional feats, the Realms got a PrC that was a follower of Eilistraee (and that was my least favorite article, good drow make me sick), and Mystara had an overview of a setting from an old module. The cooler stuff was from the more unique settings; the bloodline feats for Birthright, sha'irs for al-Qadim, the Red Curse for Red Steel/Savage Coast, and jaguar and pluma knight PrCs for Maztica. It was more useful for the unusual settings as it gave a base for a 3.5 conversion IMO. A lot of it was nostalgia, but it was a great issue.

Also, most of the articles mentioned a brief history on the development of many of the various campaign worlds.

 

[Akrasia]

Thanks for the info, Alzrius and Orius.

BTW, where in Mystara/KW is 'Cynidicea'? I don't remember that land.

 

[BOZ]

hmm, maybe my thoughts were semi-prophetic...

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=97171

 

[Staffan]

BTW, where in Mystara/KW is 'Cynidicea'? I don't remember that land.

Cynidicea is the land/city/people/something that produced the city that eventually became lost, as in B4: The Lost City. The inhabitants of the Lost City are called Cynidiceans.

At least, that's what I remember off-hand.

 

[Arnwyn]

Great news, and certainly enough to get me to buy that issue.

If Paizo keeps this up (focusing on their competitive advantages - such as WotC's IP), it might get me to subscribe again (doh! Since I was so sure of myself when I let it lapse in December).

Just for the hell of it, I'll point out my preferences: hopefully we see some info on Spelljammer, Maztica, Planescape, Kara-Tur, and Al-Qadim.

 

[Samothdm]

So? I don't use the Greyhawk specific stuff in my homebrew either, since I don't use Greyhawk. And which PrCs are allowed is the DM's call.

Yeah, I totally know what you mean. I saw this PrC called "Red Wizard of Thay" and I thought, "How lame! I can't use that. I don't have a country name 'Thay' in my homebrew. What a waste of money this product is!"

I was paralyzed by fear and lack of imagination. I needed a class that was just exactly like the Red Wizards, but I couldn't use the class as written because the description said they were supposed to be from Thay!

Then, after a few drinks, I realized, "Wait a sec! I can just change the name of the country from 'Thay' to 'Verundhi', and the rest of the class features and description will just easily port over to my campaign world as-is. Voila!"