[DQG] In the Saddle

[tensen]

A stalwart band of adventurers stands at the brink of their quest, behind them many leagues have been traveled. But how did they get there, surely they didnt walk? perhaps they flew or rode to their great adventure? Presenting from Dark Quest Games; In the Saddle. A look at the often ignored member of the adventuring party. Within this book you will find all sorts of useful information including, various horse Breeds to unique tricks and feats, but not all mounts are horses - there are a number of other creatures which can be used to carry your adventurer in and out of danger. Within these pages you will also find equipment lists and new creatures never before seen, personality quirks for your mount, diseases and so much more. But not only players can benefit from this book, it will be a valuable tool for GMs, providing a quick and useful guide to fleshing out their local stables, or a market stall where the PCs might find a unique piece of equestrian equipment.

 

[annadobritt]

Cool!!

Any hint as to what sorts of new creatures that will be appearing?

 

[Asathas]

My big question is when can we expect to see it? The book looks to be great but no info on an expected release date. Any hints?

 

[CCamfield]

This sounds good... I remember reading somewhere about another(?) book for steeds but it amounted to class levels or templates for improved mounts, which seemed like overkill.

 

[davewoodrum]

Cool!!

Any hint as to what sorts of new creatures that will be appearing?

Thanks for your interest.... hopefully Tensen won't crack the whip on me for answering this one... I designed the creatures for this baby and all that I'll tell you is that the new beasties are "out there".... we tried to make a bit of something for everyone so several monster classifications (aka beast, magical beast, abberation, vermin, undead, etc.) are presented along with different terrain types/geographical climates. The artwork, by the way, is terrific! Gillian Pearce did most of the interior artwork, and I think all for the new creatures and she was able to take the crude concept sketches and simple visions that I had for these and bring the new mounts to a whole new level... some are quite fantastical while others are really subtle in the sense that they could almost exist in our world.
We have our favorites out of the batch... I don't want to give out the exact names yet, but keep "bog", "barb", and "draggus" in mind for the time being... oh, and as a bard player myself, I'm also fond of a particular "gib" (and not exactly an Andy or a set of brothers Gibb)....


(if you like riding mounts also keep a watch out for the first issue of rpgnow's new e-zine... if all goes well there will be an exclusive, appearing in the e-zine only creature in there from us to help get the ball rolling for In The Saddle....)

 

[tensen]

My big question is when can we expect to see it? The book looks to be great but no info on an expected release date. Any hints?

It is slated to be out in PDF format before the end of the month.

 

[tensen]

Cool!!

Any hint as to what sorts of new creatures that will be appearing?

There are 19 new creatures within the bestiary of In the Saddle...

But of course we spent considerable more time working with horses themselves.

 

[MEG Hal]

When, when, when!!!!!!!
Before the holidays perhaps?
When?

 

[tensen]

When, when, when!!!!!!!
Before the holidays perhaps?
When?

Well. I can say that it won't make it in time for Hannukah....

 

[MEG Hal]

Well. I can say that it won't make it in time for Hannukah....

Well what do I do now with all my dreidel winnings? I have gelt coming out of my &%$@$.