City of Brass/Efreeti lovers

[Crothian]

Whats the countdown to GenCon at?

That might depend on if you're in LA or not!!

 

[catsclaw227]

Apparently something is going on.

I am definately not trying to hold on to last year, it was a roller-coaster of the good, the bad and the ugly. Yet, I have always been one of those guys that takes the first 2 weeks of January to stop typing/writing the previous year.

Thanks for the update Case, I am STOKED about this setting. It is high on my purchase list.

 

[Psion]

As for: Interference with the set in stone model of planescape for the planescape fans... no interference that I know of what so ever. We constructed this thing with the idea that everyone has their own conceptual feel and vibe for the city. Ours is the necromancer one, being wicked, cruel, deadly, and ultimately satisfying for survivors. Yours may be more fabulous, more flighty, vapid, or congealed, based on whatever source material thrills you.

I don't know of too many setting variants that consider the CoB to be a fun place to vacation...

 

[bowbe]

Thats because most setting descriptors are written from a largely neutral good or chaotic good point of view my man!

Oldschool D&D assumed that everyone wanted to be good guy hero types. For AD&D by example the ultimate of ultimates was to roll the perfect combo of 3d6 and score a paladin or ranger character (both were of course banned from being evil by design).

Our current party configuration includes a Lawful Evil Wizard who worships Lucifer. COB is a blast for him. While everyone else is shocked by scenes of torture, totalitarianism and death, this dude is like "Cool, you mean I can buy baby elves and torture them in my private S&M palace? I LOVE This place!"

Case

 

[Shemeska]

Thats because most setting descriptors are written from a largely neutral good or chaotic good point of view my man!

Dunno about that in general, perhaps I suppose, but FWIW the chapter in The Inner Planes that covered the Plane of Fire and the City of Brass was written in-character by Riddel im-Bashadiel an Efreeti in service to the Potentate Incandescent (etc etc etc long title). Was an interesting perspective, skewed towards pride, not fiend level evil, but callous certainly and not something you might describe as NG or CG. As far as he was concerned it was the greatest place in the multiverse, even if decidedly lesser beings from colder places worthy of pity might not have the same perspective.

 

[dragonlordofpoondari]

ohhhhh!

i am utterly tingling with anticipation. count me in!!!

 

[Treebore]

Dunno about that in general, perhaps I suppose, but FWIW the chapter in The Inner Planes that covered the Plane of Fire and the City of Brass was written in-character by Riddel im-Bashadiel an Efreeti in service to the Potentate Incandescent (etc etc etc long title). Was an interesting perspective, skewed towards pride, not fiend level evil, but callous certainly and not something you might describe as NG or CG. As far as he was concerned it was the greatest place in the multiverse, even if decidedly lesser beings from colder places worthy of pity might not have the same perspective.

Well, maybe Case referenced your source, becaues he did say "most descriptors" rather than "all". Plus he also shows that he knows there are many different views on how the City of Brass may exist. So I imagine that he and the other contributors provide their own spin and leave plenty of room for a DM to present the setting the way they like.

I don't know how many of you have read Cases other works, such as Bard's Gate and the Kubla Kahn modules, and others, but he leaves plenty of room for a DM to take things in any direction they want.

Case just throws ideas out there, gives a good structure to them, and then lets the DM take it from there. He's not going to present the "City of Brass" in a way that will force a DM to run it a certain way. So I don't think anyone has to worry about something like that.