Dragon #294 in today!

I hate to state the obvious but...

C'mon guys! Break out the details and stop sitting on your hands!* :D

*Levels/HD would do for starters.

Some of us are starting to chafe here you know...where is that Keoghtom's ointment when you need it! ;)
 

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Rune said:
Sorry for the sparse information. I'd be more detailed, but I've got a game to get to, just now. If no one has beaten me to it, I'll add more later this evening.


I'll take that as permission to go ahead and post the summary I sent off to Morrus here; hope you don't mind:


Beings of Power: Four Gods of Greyhawk, by David Noonan. Iuz, Pholtus, Rao and Tharizdun given over page each detailing their stats, divine powers, avatars, dogma, clergy and temples. They will not be included in Deities & Demigods. The madness and force domains are reprinted from The Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil (with a different granted power for madness).

Ramming Speed: Vehicle Combat Rules, by David W. Noonan. 16 pages of rules (relevant to non-combat situations as well), including stats and basic abstract diagrams for a number of non-magic (though sometimes unusual) land, sea, and air vehicles. Also, quite a few magic items and four fairly elaborate magical vehicles. After the rules, there's the Windsinger prestige class, that gains a new nautically based "windsong" each level.

Words to Live By: Using Catchphrases to Distinguish Your PC, by Robin D. Laws. Many suggested lines, and a short magical mumbo-jumbo generator.

Adding Injury to Insults: Wisecracks Are No Joking Matter, by Robin D. Laws. Wit as a social weapon, with rules for reputation points and wit feats.


Up on a Soapbox "All I Need to Know I Learned from D&D Lesson #8: Ain't it the Pits?" by Gary Gygax. The origin and evolution of pit traps in his Greyhawk campaign.

Epic Level Countdown, by Matt Smith. Teaser for the Epic Level Handbook, with short glances at several epic uses of skills and epic feats.

Class Acts "The Nightsong Infiltrator," by Monte Cook. Specializing in breaking into secure areas, a member of the same guild as last month's Nightsong Enforcer.

Faiths of Faerun "The Green Hunter," by Eric Haddock. Prestige class of elite, secretive followers of Thard Harr.

Elminster's Guide to the Realms "The Leaning Tree," by Ed Greenwood. A "typical trailside camp" southeast of Spiderhaunt Wood.

Bazaar of the Bizarre "Relics of the Faith," by Darrin Drader. 23 magic items sacred to the Greyhawk deities.


Chainmail "Underground Scenarios," by Chris Pramas.

Command Points "More Players, More Fun" by Rob Heinsoo. 70-point warbands designed for multiplayer games.

The Plays the Thing "There and Back Again," by Robin D. Laws. Keeping a log of your own character's adventures.

Silicon Sorcery "Nightcaster," by Chris Hind. Three spells from the Xbox game. "Neverwinter Nights," by Aaron Loeb. Rare magic weapons and armor.

Sage Advice. Focussing on monks, Oriental Adventures, and combat.


Living Greyhawk Journal:

Artifacts of Oerth: "Instruments of the Gods," by Allen Grohe and Erik Mona. Extensive write-ups of four artifacts.


April Fools Section:

Bazaar of the Truly Bizarre "Rummage Sale," by Ed Stark. A sidebar points out that these are actually balanced for play.

Gamers Vs. Girlfriends "No honey...I'm at the store." by Cory Herndon. "Did you say elf Maidens?" by Jill Stark.

Play With Your Feats: Feats You Already Have, by Mat Smith. Player feats.
 



Upper_Krust said:
I hate to state the obvious but...

C'mon guys! Break out the details and stop sitting on your hands!* :D

*Levels/HD would do for starters.

Some of us are starting to chafe here you know...where is that Keoghtom's ointment when you need it! ;)

Here's a little bit from the stat blocks:

Iuz
Demigod (3)
Cleric 20/ Assassin 10
Divine Rank: 3
Hit Dice: 20d8+160 (outsider) plus 20d8+160 (Clr) plus 10d6+80 (Asn)
(760 hp)

Pholtus
Intermediate God (15)
Fighter 9/ Paladin 20/ Cleric 20
Divine Rank: 15
Hit Dice: 20d8+140 (outsider) plus 9d10+63 (Ftr) plus 20d10+140 (Pal) plus 20d8+140 (Clr)
(822 hp)

Rao
Greater God (17)
Fighter 20/ Cleric 20
Divine Rank: 17
Hit Dice: 20d8+140 (outsider) plus 2[0]d10+140 (Ftr) plus 20d8+140 (Clr)
(940 hp)

Tharizdun
Intermediate God (11)
Wizard 20/ Cleric 20
Divine rank: 11
Hit Dice: 20d8+120 (outsider) plus 20d4+120 (Wiz) plus 20d8+140 (Clr)
(760 hp)
 

Kobold Avenger said:
I'm really interested in the vehicle rules, and I'm curious what sort of vehicles it covers.

Land Vehicles
Wagon,
Cart,
Carriage,
Stagecoach,
Sled,
Worg Warsled,
Single Chariot,
Double Chariot,
Mobile Redoubt,
Small Siege Tower,
Large Siege Tower

Water Vehicles
Sailing Ship,
Galley,
Warship,
Longship,
Keelboat,
Launch,
Catamaran,
Gnome Submersible

Air Vehicles
Zeppelin,
Hang Glider,
Ornithopter,
Dirigible

Special Vehicles
Nautilus,
Shadow Carriage,
Dwarven Tunneler,
Forest Crawler

Vehicle Augmentations

Mundane Augmentations
Ballista,
Heavy Catapult,
Light Catapult,
Rotating Platform,
Armor Plating,
Masterwork Controls,
Extra Passenger Spaces,
Fancy Passenger Spaces,
Luxury Passenger Spaces,
Ramming Prow,
Firing Castle

Magic Augmentations
Eldritch Exhaust,
Skyrider's Platform,
Self-Propelled Vehicle,
Fharlanghn's Lines,
Bridle of Burden-Bearing,
Lightning Turbine,
Wind-Favored Sails,
Cloud-Keel,
Earth-Keel,
Charts of Certainty,
Catapult Stone of Becalming,
Planar Sails,
Captain's Table,
Nondimensional Trunk,
Smuggler's Hold,
Veil of Obscurity,
Summoner's Bridle

Also, there are Living Figureheads, which are treated similarly to intelligent weapons.
 
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Wow... those stats actually look less than uber-munchkin. Is there a chance that the "epic level" wave of books won't be as bad as it seems?
 

Hi Rune! :)

Rune said:
Here's a little bit from the stat blocks:

Iuz
Demigod (3)
Cleric 20/ Assassin 10
Divine Rank: 3
Hit Dice: 20d8+160 (outsider) plus 20d8+160 (Clr) plus 10d6+80 (Asn)
(760 hp)

Pholtus
Intermediate God (15)
Fighter 9/ Paladin 20/ Cleric 20
Divine Rank: 15
Hit Dice: 20d8+140 (outsider) plus 9d10+63 (Ftr) plus 20d10+140 (Pal) plus 20d8+140 (Clr)
(822 hp)

Rao
Greater God (17)
Fighter 20/ Cleric 20
Divine Rank: 17
Hit Dice: 20d8+140 (outsider) plus 20d10+140 (Ftr) plus 20d8+140 (Clr)
(940 hp)

Tharizdun
Intermediate God (11)
Wizard 20/ Cleric 20
Divine rank: 11
Hit Dice: 20d8+120 (outsider) plus 20d4+120 (Wiz) plus 20d8+140 (Clr)
(760 hp)

Thanks Rune mate! :)

Quick question Rune (or anyone): what are the Divine Ranks of the Avatars of the above gods (if applicable)!?

Points of note based on the above:

- Cleric levels retained Glyfair mate! :)

- A +20 Outsider Hit Dice Bonus seems de rigeur for all immortal born deities.

- Constitutions: Iuz (26/27); Pholtus (24/25); Rao (24/25); Tharizdun (22/23)
 

Rune said:
Tharizdun
Intermediate God (11)
Wizard 20/ Cleric 20
Divine rank: 11
Hit Dice: 20d8+120 (outsider) plus 20d4+120 (Wiz) plus 20d8+140 (Clr)
(760 hp)

+120 or +140 (I'm thinking +120).

Hey, silly question, but are these cleric gods clerics of themselves ? Then again, in Greyhawk, characters are allowed to be cleric of an ethos rather than of a deity. So, this is acceptable. Glyfair's comment (see the Hercules thread) would probably hold true for the FR gods, though.
 

Upper_Krust said:
Hi Rune! :)



Thanks Rune mate! :)

Quick question Rune (or anyone): what are the Divine Ranks of the Avatars of the above gods (if applicable)!?

Points of note based on the above:

- Cleric levels retained Glyfair mate! :)

- A +20 Outsider Hit Dice Bonus seems de rigeur for all immortal born deities.

- Constitutions: Iuz (26/27); Pholtus (24/25); Rao (24/25); Tharizdun (22/23)

Not a problem (still waiting for your book, by the way)

Divine Rank doesn't seem to be explained, but you will notice that, in each of these examples, that number appears next to the type of deity, so I would say that they likely are a representation of power--like levels in deityhood, if you will--and that certain ranges indicate certain magnitudes of godhood. A Rank 15 Deity is an intermiediate god, and a Rank 17 is a greater god.

The gods are statted, by the way. I'll list them here:

Iuz[/i]
Str 42, Dex 24, Con 26, Int 24, Wis 31, Cha 24

Pholtus
Str 25, Dex 32, Con 25, Int 37, Wis 31, Cha 35

Rao
Str 28, Dex 29, Con 24, Int 30, Wis 44, Cha 30

Tharizdun
Str 23, Dex 29, Con 22, Int 44, Wis 39(19), Cha 31

Keep in mind that the information that I've given you does not even come close to being complete. Each of these gods has a full write-up.

There are even a couple of new domains for Tharizdun: Madness and Force.
 
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