Codex Anathema changed to... Lords of Madness?

[Brennin Magalus]

NO!

Keep your Eberron out of my Realms.

Right. The mediocrity of the Forgotten Realms should remain undiluted.

 

[Brennin Magalus]

You're not alone. Welcome to the brave new world of the barely literate.

Apparently, that includes the designers who are coming up with these nonsensical titles. What's next, Libris Ninjitsicus?

 

[Arnwyn]

For those interested, Charles Ryan has given an answer for the name change here.

The distributors strike again.

Why do I always have a niggling feeling that they do more harm than good to the industry? [Ah, I just need to adjust my tin-foil hat.]

And, just because something originated from the Eberron campaign setting doesn't automatically make it a bad thing.

It does if it's shoe-horned in ignoring any form of continuity.

 

[Mercule]

Codex Anethema is a nice name. It amazes me that it's uncomprehensible to so many people. But I can understand the business decision to include the marginally literate in your consumer base.

Lords of Madness is a pretty bad name. Aberrations are, typically, neither lords, nor mad. Hopefully, it represents a placeholder.

Right. The mediocrity of the Forgotten Realms should remain undiluted.

Oh, come on, now. That's a bit unfair. Stop denigrating mediocrity.

I do agree with original sentiment, though, that Eberron concepts don't belong in core books any more than FR bits do. I'm not fond of warforged, shifters, etc. being listed in MM3, even though I'm quite enamoured with the Eberron setting. I would be a bit put out if some "unifying creator" was part of the Codex Anathema or whatever it ends up being called.

 

[Sejs]

Apparently, that includes the designers who are coming up with these nonsensical titles. What's next, Libris Ninjitsicus?

Except that Libris Mortis was able to convey its focus, even with the wonky title. Libris - huh, yeah that's probably a book of some kind... Mortis - and that tells me it's got something to do with the dead. Okay, Book Dead... and it's a D&D product, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say it's a book that's probably about the dead. Maybe even the un-dead.

If you're able to understand the message that's trying to be communicated, it isn't nonsensical. Libris Ninjitsicus? By golly that's probably a book about ninjas!

If they tried to name the abberation book "Waffleberry Clipswitch Poundfountain", then I'd be concerned about nonsensical titles.

 

[MacMathan]

Hmmm... I liked the original title better. This one reminds me of Lords of Darkness. I also would have liked cover art more towards the Draconomicon rather than Libris Mortis. Baxa is okay for interior work but I am not a fan of his covers at all.

Overall though, neither will keep me from checking it out. It is the content that will decide the final purchase.

 

[Pants]

I find it odd that most hobby retailers wouldn't know what a codex is, given that the army books for Warhammer 40K are called Codexes (Codices?).

Probably because WotC distributes to many different retailers including Amazon, Wal-Mart, Media Play, Waldenbooks, Borders, Barnes and Noble, and other big, retail chains. The owners of smaller, more focused stores would probably have an idea of what codex and anathema mean, but some bigwigs at one of the aforementioned chains might only get a 'Whoziwhatsit?'

It's still very sad though...

Hmmm... I liked the original title better. This one reminds me of Lords of Darkness.

Ditto. I keep thinking of that book whenever I see the name.