E.N. Publishing: 2008 and beyond

[joela]

With WotBS winding down, what are EN Publishing plans for the rest of 2008? DnD 4e products? More contests?

 

[Morrus]

We haven't seen WotC's new license yet, so the question is impossible to answer. Sorry - I know that's no help; imagine how unhelpful it is from our point of view!

 

[Rugult]

WotBS Campaign Setting. That would be my vote

 

[Morrus]

WotBS Campaign Setting. That would be my vote

We plan a hardback full-colour compilation of the [3.5 version of the] saga, but not a setting per se. We may or may not translate the saga to 4E depending on the license.

 

[amethal]

We plan a hardback full-colour compilation of the [3.5 version of the] saga

Seriously?

Can you fit it all into one volume? Have you thought about having a separate volume for new monsters, feats, classes, magic items etc.?

Will it be revised and/or errata'd, or pretty much as it is now?

 

[joela]

Gsl

Sorry - I know that's no help; imagine how unhelpful it is from our point of view!

Actually, it is helpful. Makes me even more mad at WotC !

 

[joela]

Omg!

We plan a hardback full-colour compilation of the [3.5 version of the] saga, but not a setting per se. We may or may not translate the saga to 4E depending on the license.

Nooo! I held off so long buying the pdfs, wanting a -- gasp! -- full colour HB edition. I then succumbed during GM Day (week?), thinking WotBS would never see print (as a compendium, that is).

Waaaaahhh!!!

 

[Marius Delphus]

I think we can fit it all into one volume. We'll have a page limitation that I'll have to work within, and thus one of the more obvious things about the compiled volume is that the text size will be significantly smaller. I'll try to keep the images about the same size, though.

Last I heard, we are planning a rules appendix within the volume which compiles the Campaign Guide and Player's Guide, and then a stats appendix... how exactly we'll approach twelve adventures worth of stat blocks hasn't been finalized yet. Personally, I'd split it into Friends and Foes and then just alphabetize... but that's only my suggestion.

 

[Morrus]

Last I heard, we are planning a rules appendix within the volume which compiles the Campaign Guide and Player's Guide, and then a stats appendix... how exactly we'll approach twelve adventures worth of stat blocks hasn't been finalized yet. Personally, I'd split it into Friends and Foes and then just alphabetize... but that's only my suggestion.

I wholeheartedly agree with your suggestion.

I'm thinking that we'll start with the [compiled] PG and CG material, and, as you say, appendicize the stats blocks alphabetically.

My current thoughts are on cover art - I like the idea of some kind of collage/composite piece containing elements throughout the saga.

 

[Rugult]

Since it's become an 'open' discussion here, I think it would be nice to do some compiling of factions. Based off what we have seen thus far it would make sense to see appendixes based off:

-Enemy NPC's
-Allied NPC's
-Ragesians
-Shahalesti
-Trillith
-Monsters

That way if my players are fighting a group of Ragesians, I just have to flip to the Ragesian section.

I'm quite interested in that kind of layout because right now I'm running the temple in Adventure 7, and there are 7 distinct NPC's who the players fight during that!