Have Arcana Evolved, will tell...

[Cergorach]

You lucky, OGL-breathing Dutchman!!

Just kidding. How much more detailed is the Diamond Throne Gazetteer over the information released in the previous Diamond Throne book?

*grins*

TDT Chapter One: People and Places
vs.
AE Chapter Ten: Diamond Throne Gazetteer

6969GT 1758CY The dragons return from the Mysterious West
6970GT 1759CY Today
In other words the timeline has advanced 2 years

Dragons and Dracha [1/2 page]
A bigger (color) map of The Diamond Throne and the Mysterious West [1 page]
Life in Pallembor [1/8 page]
Life in Skaraven [1/8 page]
Erixalimar, Dragonliege [1/4 page]
expanded Prehistory/Ancient History [+3/4 page]
The Giant Prince [1/4 page]
Some awesome fullpage color illustrations
The Return of the Dragons [1/4 page]
What Happens in Your Diamond Throne? [1/8 page]
The Forestlands (expanded harrowdeep) [+1/2 page]
The Fields of Ash [1/8 page]
The Floating Forest [1/8 page]
Dragonstones [1/4 page]
Pallembor and the West [2 pages]
The Dragonclave [1/8 page]
Threats: The Return of the Dragons [1/3 page]
Adventure ideas: On Dragon’s Wings (Levels 21–22) [1/6 page
Adventure ideas: Castle of Mystery (Levels 23–25) [1/6 page]

TDT Chapter Two: Prestige Classes
vs.
AE Chapter Eleven: Prestige Classes

DRAGON KITH [2 page]
ESOTERIC MAGE [1 page]
KNIGHT OF THE AXE [2 page]
NIGHTWALKER [1 page]

TDT Chapter Four: Creatures
vs.
AE Chapter Twelve: Creatures

DRAGON [5 page]
EVOLVED CREATURE TEMPLATE [1 page]
UNDEAD CREATURE TEMPLATES [2.5 page]

The magic items chapter from TDT is also expanded with more items.

Detailed enough?

 

[Cergorach]

Ok, look. I'm not an American citizen, but what would it take to invade the Netherlands, take it by force, and liberate all those ill-gotten AE books, right now? Huh?


Grrrr!

Personally I can't wait - how does she look in her full colour and all?

*looks at sky*
Who's saying that it's a paper book...
*grins*

The color art is mostly awesome, but sometimes i find it a bit conflicting with the mostly white layout (there's a lot of white in the book and suddendly being confronted with a 1/8 page block of dark blue hurts the eyes)

 

[Cergorach]

My questions are mostly along the lines of "have the 3.0-isms been upgraded to 3.5e-isms?" More specifically,
Do Oathsworn still have wonky iterative attacks, or do they use the more sensible 3.5e Flurry of Blows ability?
Has DR been upgraded to 3.5e-style DR, and/or are there notes on how to use it (especially alignment-based DR, given AE's lack of alignments)?
Does it still have the skills that were pruned in 3.5e, like Innuendo and Intuit Direction?
Does it use 3.0 face/reach or 3.5?

Oathsworn still have +15/+12/+9/+6/+3 at 20th level
DR is now noted as "DR 5/+1 (or 5/magic)" no mention of alignment based DR conversion
Still has Innuendo but no intuit direction (seems to be folded into survival)
It's now noted as "Face/Reach: 5 feet by 5 feet/10 feet (Space/Reach 5 feet/10 feet)"

 

[Cergorach]

Where did you get it? ABC?

Rav

Nope *grins evily*

 

[Cergorach]

If it's not too much to ask, could you copy the PI/OGC declaration for AE?
Thanks.

Here ya go:

Designation of Product Identity: The following items are hereby designated as Product Identity in accordance with Section 1(e) of the Open Game License, version 1.0a: Any and all Malhavoc Press logos and identifying marks and trade dress, such as all Malhavoc Press product and product line names including but not limited to Monte Cook’s Arcana Evolved, The Diamond Throne, Legacy of the Dragons, Mystic Secrets: The Lore of Word and Rune, Ruins of Intrigue, The Dragons’ Return, and Transcendence; any specific characters and places; capitalized names and original names of places, artifacts, characters, races, countries, geographic locations, gods, historic events, and organizations; any and all stories, storylines, histories, plots, thematic elements, and dialogue; and all artwork, symbols, designs, depictions, illustrations, maps, and cartography, likenesses, poses, logos, or graphic designs, except such elements that already appear in final or draft versions of the d20 System Reference Document or as Open Game Content below and are already open by virtue of appearing there. The above Product Identity is not Open Game Content.

Designation of Open Game Content: Subject to the Product Identity designation above, the following portions of Monte Cook’s Arcana Evolved are designated as Open Game Content: the “Before You Start” section of the Introduction; the entirety of Chapters One and Four; the racial class tables and the “Racial Traits” sections of Chapter Two; the class tables and “Class Features” sections of Chapter Three; the feats in Chapter Five in their entirety; the magic items and artifacts in Chapter Eight in their entirety; the combat rites in Chapter Nine in their entirety; the names, spell parameters (range, duration, etc.), and game mechanics of the spells in Chapter Nine; the prestige class advancement tables and “Class Features” sections of Chapter Eleven; the statistics and “Combat“ text for the monsters in Chapter Twelve; and anything else contained herein which is already Open Game Content by virtue of appearing in the System Reference Document or some other Open Game Content
source. In Chapters Six, Seven, and Eight, all the material that also appears in the System Reference Document is open, and all other material is not.
Some portions of this book which are Open Game Content originate from the System Reference Document and are ©1999–2005 Wizards of the Coast, Inc. The remainder of these Open Game Content portions of this book are hereby added to Open Game Content and if so used, should bear the COPYRIGHT NOTICE “Monte Cook’s Arcana Evolved ©2005 Monte J. Cook.” This material is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction, retransmission, or unauthorized use of the artwork or non-Open Game Content herein is prohibited without express written permission from Monte Cook, except for purposes of review or use of Open Game Content consistent with the Open Game License. The original purchaser may print or photocopy copies for his or her own personal use only.

 

[Ravellion]

Nope *grins evily*

Bah. I used to work for the Gamekeeper, but they recently stopped stocking anything but the core books (they'll order in stuff you want though), so I know you didn't get it there either. You probably managed to get a copy shipped somehow... oh well.

Rav

 

[Cergorach]

Bah. I used to work for the Gamekeeper, but they recently stopped stocking anything but the core books (they'll order in stuff you want though), so I know you didn't get it there either. You probably managed to get a copy shipped somehow... oh well.

Rav

Fritz and Kai still up to their old tricks at TGK?
If you call it shipping... Snailmail is for sissies ;-)

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

*looks at sky*
Who's saying that it's a paper book...
*grins*

You don't actually have access to the book right now do you? You're just hallucinating at a coffee shop, huh?

I think I'm gonna have to buy this book, I'm strating to twitch thinking about it....

 

[Cergorach]

You don't actually have access to the book right now do you? You're just hallucinating at a coffee shop, huh?

I think I'm gonna have to buy this book, I'm strating to twitch thinking about it....

[rant]
Why is it that when someone happens to mention that he's dutch and living in amsterdam people start about frickin' drugs! The only drug i use is tea and chocolate, i can't even drink coffee. I freak at the sight of needles, i don't like medicine and only take an asperine when i hit a fever of 40 degrees C and start hallucinating. I don't have a fever, so i'm not hallucinating !
[/rant]
*grins*

http://www.drivethrurpg.com/catalog/coming_product_info.php?products_id=1946

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

[rant]
Why is it that when someone happens to mention that he's dutch and living in amsterdam people start about frickin' drugs! The only drug i use is tea and chocolate, i can't even drink coffee. I freak at the sight of needles, i don't like medicine and only take an asperine when i hit a fever of 40 degrees C and start hallucinating. I don't have a fever, so i'm not hallucinating !
[/rant]
*grins*

http://www.drivethrurpg.com/catalog/coming_product_info.php?products_id=1946

Maybe the paper copy will be less harmful on the eyes! $25 bucks for electronic huh? hmmm....