[Dreamscarred Press] Third Dawn Campaign Setting

[Sitara]

Only problem is that we wont be able to play this with 4e out of the box, since 4e official psionic rules wont come out until 2009.

Furthermore, we also don't know how this affects classes which don't cast 'spells' (powers) but have heavy sorcerous themes. Examples include paladin, warlock. Will these classes be disallowed completely?

 

[Psion]

Only problem is that we wont be able to play this with 4e out of the box, since 4e official psionic rules wont come out until 2009.

Follow this to its logical conclusion.

 

[Bacris]

We recognize the problem with 4E psionic rules - and we're planning to accommodate that. I can't really say more until we know what the 4E GSL allows / doesn't allow / compatibility with 1.0a of the OGL / etc.

Regarding sorcerous-themed classes, we'll be covering which classes work, which don't, which need tweaking, etc. Now, non-OGC classes, we can't discuss. The Warlock from Complete Arcane is Product Identity, so our book cannot discuss it by name. However, magic in Third Dawn does not exist, so draw your own conclusions. Either you'll need to rework classes to use psionics instead of magic, or use one of the many psionic class options available - and we have new classes in development to plug some of these holes.

However, some holes will simply not be filled. There will not be, for example, a psionic necromancer, since necromancy as an art really doesn't fit with psionics. There may be reasonable substitutions using living-but-mindless creatures controlled by a manifester, but "undead" will likely be limited in scope in a world without the ability to create them anymore.

 

[HalWhitewyrm]

Well, not really. Besides the psionics

Stop right there, and that's all I meant.

 

[rick_hershey]

I'm excited to start doing some of the art on this, and even more excited to see what kinds of setting specific material I'll get to peak at

 

[Morgenstern]

Set in the world of Ksaren...

How do you pronounce that?

It looks intersting, but if I were WotC, I wouldn't allow an IP to benefit from 4th ed while simultaneously slashing the tires by driving a 3.X product also. It'll be very interestng to see how the licensing goes.

 

[Angellis_ater]

As noted in other threads, we are also working on atleast one adventure to accompany the initial release of Third Dawn.

 

[Bacris]

How do you pronounce that?

Pronunciation: (zā-ren)

 

[Angellis_ater]

As we asked in the other threads (Gleemax and Dreamscarredpress.com) - what do YOU as readers want to see from an all-psionics setting?

 

[dmccoy1693]

what do YOU as readers want to see from an all-psionics setting?

something akin to b5's psi-cops and rogue telepaths. Conspiracies. Smart Psionic Monsters that have their own nations. The ever present battle between "normals" and "teeps".