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Dragon 334, Malhavoc's Surprise = Ptolus
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One of my friends' parents knows someone who works with Monte's hair stylist, who said the big guy himself accidentally left behind a page proof for an upcoming catalog:
"The End: When Campaigns Collide" -- this massive product brings to a definitive close such beloved campaign worlds as Forgotten Realms, Planescape and Dark Sun, as a multiverse-level threat brings those settings together into a terrible -- and ultimately fatal -- clash worthy of the sagas. When faced with inescapable anhilation, how will the true hero act?
"The End: When Campaigns Collide" -- this massive product brings to a definitive close such beloved campaign worlds as Forgotten Realms, Planescape and Dark Sun, as a multiverse-level threat brings those settings together into a terrible -- and ultimately fatal -- clash worthy of the sagas. When faced with inescapable anhilation, how will the true hero act?
Einan
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Rasyr said:
Why do I feel like we've just committed one of the classic blunders? The first and most famous being never engage in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less famous is this: Never go in against a Sicilian when Death is on the line!
My point being, we could chase that line of thought around the block until we're blue in the face. A company like WOTC would not knowingly ask an employee to lie to its clientele. It's just not good business. At worst said employee would be asked to do is not comment.
4th edition will come when 3rd edition's sales slump to a point where a needed boost is necessary for the continuation of profitable existence of the line. Not before. When it comes, we will all buy it. Not because it's an improvement, but because we are addicted to the game. We will grumble, we will complain, we will spit. We will buy. Like Disney's lemmings we will buy.
Sorry. I'll step off my soapbox now.
Einan
JamesDJarvis
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Malhavoc Press will be publishing Dragon Magazine.
The big secret is Malhavok won the contract to convert White Wolf storytelling system to d20.
[Grumpy runs and hides]
[Grumpy runs and hides]
Plane Sailing
Astral Admin - Mwahahaha!
How about "Return to Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil"?
If it's going to be Planescape, then then I suspect the following scenario unfolded: BCD was a test balloon, but one cleverly disguised as a reunion of the Planescape crew. When all the pieces were in place (basically, getting all the writers to commit to the project), Monte sold the idea to Wotc with sales of the BCD to back up his plan. Wotc leased out the rights to Malhavoc on the spot, and they've been running with it ever since.
Pants
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Monte Cook's new project?
Arcana Slightly Re-Evolved.
980 pages of full color, overly glossy picture goodness, with all pictures drawn by a now fingerless Sam Wood. The book introduces NEW concepts such as prestigious classes (Prestige Classes done right, bitch!), Overly Complex spells, Aranopelli (giant mosquito people... yeah, screw you Mr. Mieville!), and a new class, the Peacemain, a class devoted to using magical 'reefe' powers to induce peace into enemies (abilities include the use of larger, and larger bong-like instruments in combat, and other peace-related abilities...). Finally, the metaplot of the setting has been pushed forward a few minutes. The Dragons have returned... but now they're going out for brunch!
It doesn't sound like Monte is doing PS, though that would be super sweet (though it would be neat if he got the rights to Dark Sun)...
Arcana Slightly Re-Evolved.
980 pages of full color, overly glossy picture goodness, with all pictures drawn by a now fingerless Sam Wood. The book introduces NEW concepts such as prestigious classes (Prestige Classes done right, bitch!), Overly Complex spells, Aranopelli (giant mosquito people... yeah, screw you Mr. Mieville!), and a new class, the Peacemain, a class devoted to using magical 'reefe' powers to induce peace into enemies (abilities include the use of larger, and larger bong-like instruments in combat, and other peace-related abilities...). Finally, the metaplot of the setting has been pushed forward a few minutes. The Dragons have returned... but now they're going out for brunch!
It doesn't sound like Monte is doing PS, though that would be super sweet (though it would be neat if he got the rights to Dark Sun)...
BiggusGeekus
That's Latin for "cool"
Plane Sailing said:
OK, I know you're kidding, but I rarely get to say, "I was talking to Monte Cook and he said ...." So, to that end, at Origins he expressly stated that he wouldn't do a RtRttToEE. However, he did seem fond of doing a large adventure in general. I asked him about doing one for Acana Evolved, he said that AE doesn't really lend itself to large dungeon crawls, but that doing a large adventure for AE would be neat.
For whatever that's worth.
