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Got your tax return? Spend 'em on some of this GREAT stuff that kind of gets swept under the carpet. Things are pretty quiet now in Third Party Land, with most abandoning d20 or seriously scaling back. I'd like to see some of the more obscure d20 titles out there presented here, the things that people don't hear much about these days. Perhaps even some "older" stuff that not enough people bought when it originally came out. We all know how awesome the Tome of Horrors and the Dungeon Crawl Classics and Oathbound are (or we should). Here's some ground for some of those "others."
#1:Northern Crown. AKA "Septrionalis." It's a mouthful, but the concept is a winner: take early North America, from about Columbus through to the 18th Century and make it Fantasy. A "New World" is a fertile ground for all sorts of mythos and conflict and drama, and NC rolls it all up pretty dang nicely. As a bonus, it's in the same world as Nyambe (which is also great), and makes me really sad that we'll probably never see a Southern Crown.
#2:Denizens of Avadnu. This is the best Monster Manual since the original. It beats the Fiend Folio. Even if you don't count it's absolutely beautiful presentation and art (because opinions on art vary pretty widely), it's hundreds of unique and usable monsters that have an added bonus of not seeming derivative at all. Get the orignal MM for the goblins and the dragons and all the classic beasties. Then get Denizens when you want to give them something they ain't never seen before.
So give me yours! Tell me what was glorious before and what deserves to do better than it did. PDF files included, you know there's some great stuff that didn't actually get a print run!
If you at all can, try to provide a link to somewhere that these things can be bought at. Since the idea is to buzz these low-buzz items a bit, sending over some direct business is a good thing! And give us a bit on WHY it's cool and why WE should think it's cool. You're talkin' to those who haven't heard of this, tell us why it's great!
#1:Northern Crown. AKA "Septrionalis." It's a mouthful, but the concept is a winner: take early North America, from about Columbus through to the 18th Century and make it Fantasy. A "New World" is a fertile ground for all sorts of mythos and conflict and drama, and NC rolls it all up pretty dang nicely. As a bonus, it's in the same world as Nyambe (which is also great), and makes me really sad that we'll probably never see a Southern Crown.
#2:Denizens of Avadnu. This is the best Monster Manual since the original. It beats the Fiend Folio. Even if you don't count it's absolutely beautiful presentation and art (because opinions on art vary pretty widely), it's hundreds of unique and usable monsters that have an added bonus of not seeming derivative at all. Get the orignal MM for the goblins and the dragons and all the classic beasties. Then get Denizens when you want to give them something they ain't never seen before.
So give me yours! Tell me what was glorious before and what deserves to do better than it did. PDF files included, you know there's some great stuff that didn't actually get a print run!
If you at all can, try to provide a link to somewhere that these things can be bought at. Since the idea is to buzz these low-buzz items a bit, sending over some direct business is a good thing! And give us a bit on WHY it's cool and why WE should think it's cool. You're talkin' to those who haven't heard of this, tell us why it's great!
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