Dawnforge: To buy or not to buy?

[d20Dwarf]

Yes, a lot of you are getting the wrong idea. There is plenty of background material, and yes, every race gets a full background and culture writeup, just like in Midnight. I'm not sure why the Minotaur and Saltblood previews only list the racial traits and transformations, but I can guarantee the book has a lot more detailed information.


I put the other fellow's quote in there just to refute the perception that the book was 99% fluff, not to prove that there was none!

 

[Zweischneid's Wrath]

Is the book full color or half'n'half like Midnight?

 

[d20Dwarf]

Is the book full color or half'n'half like Midnight?

There is a full color intro section and the rest is black and white, same format as Midnight.

 

[Dunjin]

I quite like Dawnforge. Especially the gnomes. Awesome!

I think I'd have liked more help with coming up with unique adventures for the setting and some advice on running more epic or mythic campaigns, but I'm assuming that stuff's coming in an upcoming book.

 

[johnsemlak]

Each race (and there are a lot of them) gets Racial Talents at every other level (starting at 1st) and a Racial Transformation at every other level (starting at 2nd level). Here are some examples for the Doppelganger (yes, it is a PC race):

Form Mastery Racial Talent Tree (the other is True Doppelganger)

Alternate Form: When a doppelganger chooses this racial talent, he gains the ability to change into a different alternate form. The new form follows all the normal rules for transformations.

Doppelganger Racial Transformations

Monstrous Humanoid: Type changes to monstrous humanoid

Darkvision: To 60 feet

Detect Thoughts: Continuous as the spell.


Also, ability boosts start at 3rd level and are dictated by race. For example, the doppelganger gets +2 Dex at 3rd, +2 Cha at 5th, +2 Int at 7th and +2 Con at 9th. Feats are gained as normal.

The races are:

Doppelganger
Dwarf
Elf, Dawn and Night
Gnome
Halfling
Human, Highlander, Lowlander, Saaltblood and Trueborn
Lizardfolk
Minotaur
Ogre
Orc
Tiefling
Yuan-ti, Thinblood

Hope this helps...

Aren't Yuan-ti left out of the SRD?

 

[d20Dwarf]

Aren't Yuan-ti left out of the SRD?

Yep, get 'em while they're hot!

 

[roytheodd]

I'm enjoying the copy I bought. I'll take it for a test drive when my Arcana Unearthed campaign winds down. I really like the twists they put into the setting to make it feel like a setting other than the D&D we all know and love.

 

[d20Dwarf]

I'm enjoying the copy I bought. I'll take it for a test drive when my Arcana Unearthed campaign winds down. I really like the twists they put into the setting to make it feel like a setting other than the D&D we all know and love.

I'm so jealous of you guys that have actually seen the book.

 

[Ramien Meltides]

Ditto, Wil, Ditto