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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BrooklynKnight" data-source="post: 1216687" data-attributes="member: 4490">[21:23] * Talath has joined #Forgottenrealms[21:23] * ENGuest has joined #Forgottenrealms[21:23] -ArthurQ- Arthur wants to know.. What is the current projected release date   for Serpent Kingdoms.[21:23] * ENGuest is now known as Wil_Upchurch[21:24] -RichBaker- Can't say. Won't tell you. Neener, neener, neener.[21:24] -ArthurQ- awww[21:24] -ArthurQ- Not even which quarter? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-p" title="Stick out tongue    :-p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":-p" />[21:24] -ArthurQ- moving along. hehe[21:24] -ArthurQ- Enrious wants to know whether there will be additional maps for   Underdark available as web enhancements.[21:24] -RichBaker- (We can't give out details about anything that's not in a catalog   now, and Serpent Kingdoms isn't in our 1st quarter catalog. ga[21:24] -ArthurQ- ah[21:25] -ArthurQ- reposting real quick.. [21:25] -ArthurQ- Enrious wants to know whether there will be additional maps for   Underdark available as web enhancements.[21:25] -RichBaker- Sorry, we're thinking...[21:25] -ArthurQ- ah[21:26] * PrinceSendai has quit IRC (Quit: Disconnecting)[21:27] -RichBaker- OK, now we've checked -- no, we don't have specific plans to make   more available, but if one of our web article authors does more with the Underdark,   then I suppose more maps could be added. ga[21:27] -ArthurQ- Dargoth wants to know: Will we see write ups for the Monk and   Paladin orders either in PGTF or in some future product (SKRs Deitys dos and Donts   article introduce alot of orders that werent detailed in the FRC).[21:28] -GwendolynKestrel- We don't deal with organizations much in the PtGF.  We'd   certainly love to do so in the future. /ga[21:29] -ArthurQ- Selvarin has noticed that drow population figures keep getting   trimmed a little with each revision. Is this part of a design decision that they   were unrealistically big to begin with?[21:29] -RichBaker- All our population figures from 2E were kinda weird.[21:30] -RichBaker- We're trying to get them in hand. /ga[21:30] -ArthurQ- so thats why you're killing all the drow in these wars lol :-D[21:30] -Master_of_Pain- Akin to McCellan's estimates of the size of the Confederate   army eh <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />[21:31] -ArthurQ- Curugul wants to know if there's any word on how spellcasting   prodigy will be changed in players guide to Faerun.[21:31] -RichBaker- Makes it easy to explain in your campaign, anyway! /ga[21:31] * ArthurQ points to the new question with a grin[21:32] * PinkFloyd has joined #Forgottenrealms[21:33] -ArthurQ- are you guys thinking again?[21:33] -GwendolynKestrel- There will be a new version in PGtF.  You'll have to wait   to read it, though. /ga[21:33] -RichBaker- Sorry, I missed the question, now I see it.[21:34] -ArthurQ- lol[21:34] -RichBaker- Basically, we're killing the DC add, but you get the bonus spells   as if you're 2 points higher.[21:34] -RichBaker- It's a nerf, we know it. /ga[21:34] -ArthurQ-  Veander asks: Do you know if there is there going to be anything   done to expand on Skullport?  Or if it's mentioned in the Underdark book?[21:35] * Benkk_Axecleft is now known as NiTessine[21:35] -RichBaker- We touched on that already -- sorry, no Skullport in Underdark.[21:36] -RichBaker- However, we hope to get back to Waterdeep in the not-too-distant   future, and when we do, we'll tackle Skullport as well. ga[21:36] * Veander has left #Forgottenrealms[21:36] -ArthurQ- 0o0o![21:36] -ArthurQ- wonderfull![21:36] -ArthurQ- "Will we see an Intiate of Auril feat that would allow people to use   Thomas Costas Frost Maiden spells?" asks Dargoth.[21:37] * PinkFloyd has quit IRC (Quit: Trillian (<a href="http://www.ceruleanstudios.com" target="_blank">http://www.ceruleanstudios.com</a>))[21:37] * Floyd has joined #Forgottenrealms[21:37] -RichBaker- Not in the Player's Guide, I'm afraid. But I expect that there   will be a proliferation of "Initiate of..." feats after Player's Guide, and a lot of   the other deities will be covered. ga[21:38] -RichBaker- Say, someone ask Gwen about her brilliant race and class design   work in Underdark. ga[21:38] -ArthurQ- ok..[21:38] -GwendolynKestrel- Why thank you, I'd love to respond.  I looked for   underutilized areas to explore.[21:39] -ArthurQ- Gwen: why dont you give us some insight into some of the new races..   like the Deep Imiskari (my new favorites) and the slyth or Sloth...dmamit i forgot   what they are called...[21:39] -GwendolynKestrel- For races, I created the slyth (for one example) that's   able to assume an amorphous form (akin to Gaseous Form without the flying).[21:40] * Helm has joined #Forgottenrealms[21:40] -GwendolynKestrel- Creating a race with a lot of flavor and uniqueness means   trying to balance fun, new abilities with playability.  Rich Baker did a superlative   job of development, reining me in when I went too far and pushing me further when I   didn't go far enough.[21:40] -GwendolynKestrel- Deep Imaskari was one of Bruce's brilliances.  A humanlike   race cut off from the aboveworld seems very Underdark.[21:41] -ArthurQ- Can you give us an example of how you went to far? (sorry to   interrupt).[21:41] * Helm has quit IRC (Quit: "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." -Dwight D. Eisenhower)[21:41] -GwendolynKestrel- Exotic Armor Proficiency.  My original version wasn't as   clean and playable.[21:42] -GwendolynKestrel-  /ga[21:42] -ArthurQ- Another from Sloth: It seems to me slowly but surely WoTC is redoing   the old 2nd ed. supplements and revamping them for 3.5.  DotU=Underdark, Savage   Frontiers=Silvery Marches, etc...? Or is it just me?[21:42] * Helm has joined #Forgottenrealms[21:43] -RichBaker- Yes, we do revisit the areas that are most popular with the fans...[21:43] -RichBaker- The successes of the book line definitely affect that....[21:43] -RichBaker- The North and the Underdark are signature features of the Realms   thanks to Bob Salvatore's books...[21:43] -RichBaker- and folks want to know what they're like in 3rd Edition....[21:44] -RichBaker- However, I think you'll find that Serpent Kingdoms is going to   break ground we've never touched before....[21:44] -RichBaker- You'll find out all kinds of things we've never set down in type...[21:44] -RichBaker- And, of course, Underdark itself features dozens and dozens of new   places beneath Faerun...[21:45] -RichBaker- Like the domains outside of Old Shanatar and the Northdark, and   many of the interesting features on that map. [21:45] -RichBaker- So, we try not to recycle too much, and try to blend old and new   where we can. /ga[21:45] -ArthurQ- Actually, bob salvator is on mortality radio right now...as we   speak. I have terrible timing, i know.[21:45] -ArthurQ- According to Cunning_Linguist,  Wizards.com tells us that the   Players Guide has a chapter of “options” for Epic Play. Does this mean that official   printing will try to avoid using epic feats and stats for NPCs? (Epic NPCs have few   epic feats right now, will this continue?)[21:46] -RichBaker- We'll probably continue our recent trend from Races of Faerun of   looking for good places to drop in a little epic here and there, as appropriate. We   want to reward those folks who are most seriously invested in our game, after all.   /ga[21:46] * Floyd has quit IRC (Quit: Trillian (<a href="http://www.ceruleanstudios.com" target="_blank">http://www.ceruleanstudios.com</a>))[21:47] * [A-N]-Gibbo has left #Forgottenrealms[21:47] -GwendolynKestrel- We have about 10 epic feats in the book with FR application.[21:47] * Floyd has joined #Forgottenrealms[21:47] -ArthurQ- anything else gwen?[21:48] -GwendolynKestrel- Sorry. /ga[21:48] -ArthurQ- its ok[21:48] -ArthurQ- Can Alex_Knight know what PrC's are going to be updated (If any...)   in the new FRPG?[21:49] -GwendolynKestrel- Let's leave that for a PGtF chat.  Everything from the FRCS   is a good start. /ga[21:49] -ArthurQ- hah! thinking ahead! this is why i love you guys![21:49] -Garen- There are quite a few PGtF questions.[21:49] * ArtQ-Sleeping has joined #Forgottenrealms[21:49] * ArtQ-Sleeping sets mode: +q ArtQ-Sleeping[21:50] -RichBaker- I know, you guys are wearing us out with 'em! ga[21:50] -ArthurQ- c'mon kids ask more underdark stuff[21:50] * SiriusBlack has left #Forgottenrealms[21:50] -Garen- Okay:[21:50] -Garen- Dargoth asks: Will future regional supplements have longer mini   modules than those found in Underdark?[21:50] -ArthurQ-  Selvarin also noticed that in 'Underdark' the sunless lands below   are being given a slightly more 'dark faeryland' approach, at least with the   inclusion of the gloaming and gloura. Will there be more of it in the future? (P.S.   The deep diviner is one of my fave PrCs in the book, besides the revised   arachnemancer.)[21:50] -ArthurQ- GAH[21:50] * ArthurQ thwaps garen[21:50] -GwendolynKestrel- I'm thrilled that I'm managing editing PGtF, otherwise I'd   feel quite left out.  Ask some Underdark stuff.  /ga[21:50] * Garen gets thwapped.[21:51] -ArthurQ- ok, 2 questions on the table lol. let us know when you're done with   both.[21:51] -RichBaker- I'll get the first one, Gwen has the second...[21:51] -RichBaker- Dargoth: Hard to say. I liked the mini-adventures from Silver   Marches and Underdark, so I want to keep doing them. Exactly how long they are will   just depend on what region we[21:52] -RichBaker- re talking about and how much space we have. ga[21:52] -GwendolynKestrel- 2nd Question: "Dark Faeryland":  You bet.  Just looking at   the new art in the updated Monster Manual shows a much darker approach to fey in   general.  While the gloaming isn't fey, it does have a feel akin to it.  The   Underdark isn't a land of pretty unicorns and butterfly-dippled fields.  It's dark,   it's nasty.  Its residents are likewise darker and more sinister. ...[21:53] -ArthurQ- sounds like the allyways of newyork at night.[21:53] -GwendolynKestrel- The gloura was Rich's adaptation of a "deep fey" and   "devious fey" combo I created.  It's a great way of showing how a creature type like   fey functions in that environment.  (oh, please read "dippled" as "dappled", Rich is   teasing me about it.) /ga[21:54] -Garen- How exactly does one "dipple?"...[21:54] -Garen- Anyway, a more general question:[21:54] -ArthurQ- for a second there i thought gwen was talking about the wrong book[21:54] -ArthurQ- heheh[21:54] * ArthurQ nudges her.[21:54] -GwendolynKestrel- It takes a unicorn and a butterfly and a field ... Nah,   that's it.[21:54] -GwendolynKestrel-  /ga</blockquote>

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