question: I watched the Neverwinter 4 days of Gencon vid (http://www.enworld.org/forum/genera...o-features-upcoming-neverwinter-campaign.html) and in it one of the WotC guys mentions that the book is geared for levels 1-10. You see anything in there that seems to indicate that?
I Have [The] Neverwinter Campaign Setting
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Saracenus
Always In School Gamer
Neverwinter game day is finally done. Ran 5 tables and we had to turn folks away, we just didn't have the room. Looks like our D&D Encounters season is going to hit 7 tables. Yay, Neverwinter.
Played an Eladrin Bladesinger (Iliyanbruen Guardian) and OMG, this is what a controller should be. I hit the bad man with my blade and then I sing a blade song and bad things happen to a target with in 10 squares.
I really like how the class plays. Had a blast.
The Iliyanbruen Guardian theme allows my Eladrin to teleport with an ally (which I used to get someone out of a tight spot one encounter and get someone else into the action in another).
I will try and post some stuff later...
Played an Eladrin Bladesinger (Iliyanbruen Guardian) and OMG, this is what a controller should be. I hit the bad man with my blade and then I sing a blade song and bad things happen to a target with in 10 squares.
I really like how the class plays. Had a blast.
The Iliyanbruen Guardian theme allows my Eladrin to teleport with an ally (which I used to get someone out of a tight spot one encounter and get someone else into the action in another).
I will try and post some stuff later...
GameDoc
Explorer
I found the NCS to be a great book for starting a campaign. I like that it's more focused than the FRCS but still very much sandbox.
My only complaints were the lack of themes suited to dragonborn and the restriction of the Bladesinger to the elven races. I know that harkens back to it's origin as a 2E kit, but it seems contrary to 4E to restrict a class (even a subclass or build) to specific races.
In a home campaign, I can waive it, but I know there will be players coming to Encounters wanting to use the class with a wider array of races.
I also kind of wish they'd re-presented Genasai so they'd be allowable for Encounters too.
Wow - that sounds more negative than I intended. Despite these, I really like it and will likely us it for my next home campaign.
My only complaints were the lack of themes suited to dragonborn and the restriction of the Bladesinger to the elven races. I know that harkens back to it's origin as a 2E kit, but it seems contrary to 4E to restrict a class (even a subclass or build) to specific races.
In a home campaign, I can waive it, but I know there will be players coming to Encounters wanting to use the class with a wider array of races.
I also kind of wish they'd re-presented Genasai so they'd be allowable for Encounters too.
Wow - that sounds more negative than I intended. Despite these, I really like it and will likely us it for my next home campaign.
Incenjucar
Legend
Whut.
They seriously restricted bladesinger to the pointy-eared legion?
So the character builder will be useless for anyone wanting a half-orc bladesinger?
They seriously restricted bladesinger to the pointy-eared legion?
So the character builder will be useless for anyone wanting a half-orc bladesinger?
I don't think it will affect the CB at all. There is no class restriction on the class. It is just that the "Races" write-up for the class states that bladesingers are mostly elves (with some half-elves). It doesn't mean that the CB will restrict them to eladrin, elves and half-elves at all. It just means that in the lore of the Realms, bladesingers are elves.
GreyLord
Legend
Neverwinter Theme
I have noticed something in the Campaign book. THERE IS A HEAVY move towards a central theme in Wizard's products. I'm not talking about the themes for characters, I'm talking a central theme that products revolve around.
This includes the PC MMO type game they are coming out with. There's a cardstock add put in before the title page in the Book itself.
In the back it has no less than EIGHT products linked to this Neverwinter Theme coming out this year. Obviously we knew about them already, but it's more apparant.
There's the Neverwinter Campaign setting which is what this book is, the new Drizt book Neverwinter Saga 2, D&D encounters Lost crown of Neverwinter, Legends of Drizzt Neverwinter tales, Legend of Drizzt boardgame, Neverwinter fortune cards, D& Lair assulat forge of the Dawn Titan, and of course the already aforementioned PC game.
The most interesting thing I find in the book, if you can swallow down the 4th edition pill of FG and the spell plague that happened...is the fluff in the second half of the book. Useable to anyone overall, an interesting take on the new portion of NW.
I'm thinking that WotC with it's D&D products may be going for a more theme based approach with products in the future. We saw a slew of essentials and Nentir Vale products earlier this year, and now we see NW.
I have noticed something in the Campaign book. THERE IS A HEAVY move towards a central theme in Wizard's products. I'm not talking about the themes for characters, I'm talking a central theme that products revolve around.
This includes the PC MMO type game they are coming out with. There's a cardstock add put in before the title page in the Book itself.
In the back it has no less than EIGHT products linked to this Neverwinter Theme coming out this year. Obviously we knew about them already, but it's more apparant.
There's the Neverwinter Campaign setting which is what this book is, the new Drizt book Neverwinter Saga 2, D&D encounters Lost crown of Neverwinter, Legends of Drizzt Neverwinter tales, Legend of Drizzt boardgame, Neverwinter fortune cards, D& Lair assulat forge of the Dawn Titan, and of course the already aforementioned PC game.
The most interesting thing I find in the book, if you can swallow down the 4th edition pill of FG and the spell plague that happened...is the fluff in the second half of the book. Useable to anyone overall, an interesting take on the new portion of NW.
I'm thinking that WotC with it's D&D products may be going for a more theme based approach with products in the future. We saw a slew of essentials and Nentir Vale products earlier this year, and now we see NW.
I thought Neverwinter was in utter ruin. Well that's what it said in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide.
Dice4Hire
First Post
It LIVES!!!!!!!!
If we can do thread necromancy, they can do setting necromancy.
I would have honestly liked a Baldur's Gate Campaign setting or a Silverymoon one more than Neverwinter.
