[Kalamar, HackMaster] New GenCon releases

Mark Plemmons

Explorer
Just wanted to let you know that, if you're going to GenCon, be sure to stop by our booth and check out the new releases.

They're shipping from the printer now, so if you don't see it at the con on Thursday, be sure to check back on Friday or Saturday.

The releases are:

Villain Design Handbook
176 pgs, $24.99

For any D&D campaign, including Kingdoms of Kalamar. This supplement is perfect for the Dungeon Master who wants to easily create fantastic villains with detailed histories and motives. This is more than simply a book of NPCs! This handbook contains dozens of new villain archetypes that DMs can use as a foundation for creating their own villain, prestige classes, feats and anti-feats, as well as information on giving villains real motivations and obsessions, the criminal psychology of the villain, the villain’s place in society, building levels of intrigue, how to avoid common stereotypes, prestige classes, feats, anti-feats and more!

The Villain Design Handbook has been significantly altered since the project started. Tons of cool content has been added, and it will really be a great aid for making villains that are really memorable.


Spellslinger’s Guide to Wurld Domination
144 pgs. - $19.99

This is it! HackMaster’s complete guide to magic-users for BOTH players AND GameMasters! This thoroughly researched and finely crafted tome includes everything you ever wanted to know about the masters of this craft. Included are details concerning the eight magic specialists, over a dozen specialist sub-classes, spellware, ley lines, spell research, familiars, academies, magical organizations, background packs, careers, new spells (yes, including the ‘woeful’ spells) and much, much more than you can shake a wand at! Whether you profess to be the greatest spellslinger, or need to need to gird yourself for battle with such a power-wielder, this is the book for you!
When placed side by side with upcoming guides for other classes, the cover of this book will also form a hack-filled panorama!

There are a huge number of new character options, great new quirks and flaws, priors and particulars, and a bunch of new spells.

Also appearing will be Knights of the Dinner Table #70 - a full 100 pages of content! The biggest issue ever!

We'll also have Knights of the Dinner Table: Illustrated #14, plus lots of new HackMaster miniatures, including the Blind Wretched Pursuer, Simian Orcs, Beholder, Great Horned Owlbear, Lewd Beholder, Yeti, Gnome Titan, Human Barbarian,
Fireball Spell Effect, Dwarf BattleMage, Elf Thief/Assassin, Male Elven Magic-User, Female Elven Magic-User, Grel Fighter (w/ Bow)
and Human Wizard.

Released last week, so it's still fairly new, is:

Lost Tomb of Kruk-Ma-Kali
96 pgs - $19.99

For D&D: Kingdoms of Kalamar. The legacy of Kruk-Ma-Kali – a long-dead hobgoblin king – is still remembered throughout the lands of Tellene. Now, your players have the opportunity to search for Kruk-Ma-Kali’s lost tomb and locate the riches (and dangers!) within. But beware... it will take more than just a strong sword-arm to solve and survive the many puzzles and riddles of the tomb! This D&D adventure for 8th to 14th-level players is located in the Elos Desert, in and around the city of Dijishy and the Elenon Mountains, and gives players the opportunity to adventure in city, dungeon and wilderness areas. This adventure module also includes new monsters, new magic, and a special edition of ImageQuest, illustrating each and every room within the tomb!

Later!

Mark Plemmons
Kenzer and Company
www.kenzerco.com
 

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When will they hit the stores? For those of us unfortunates that can't visit the con.

I'm very much planning on buying the Villain Design Handbook and Lost Tomb as soon as possible.
 

I'm looking forward to the Villians book as well..

I already have tomb...very cool adventure...Once my players get high enough level I will send them to their doom with it..

er...

uh...

I mean run it for them ;)
 




VDH

The Villain Design Handbook is Hardcover. Here is the latest product description from Kenzer, but you can finds lots of speculation and sample artwork on their message boards:

Villain Design Handbook - 176 pgs est. - $24.99 est.
ALL NEW! This Kingdoms of Kalamar supplement is perfect for the Dungeon Master who wants to easily create fantastic villains with detailed histories and motives. This is more than simply a book of NPCs! This handbook contains dozens of new villain archetypes that DMs can use as a foundation for creating their own villain, prestige classes, feats and anti-feats, as well as information on giving villains real motivations and obsessions, the criminal psychology of the villain, the villain’s place in society, building levels of intrigue, how to avoid common stereotypes, prestige classes, feats, anti-feats and more! A new Kingdoms of Kalamar adventure is also included!

The Villain Design Handbook has been significantly altered since the project started. Tons of cool content has been added, and it will really be a great aid for making villains that are memorable. In fact, I have incorporated many of the ideas into my HackMaster game, and it is designed for any D&D game. It was delayed because Wizards of the Coast had many comments that needed to be resolved, but it is now on its way and should be out in the beginning of August. An unfortunate delay, but well worth the wait.

Hope this helps
 


Alas I'm hoping to get it through one of my connections after I finish Stones of Peace. I am very interested to hear about the anti-Feats though.
 

I picked up a copy of the Villains book @ Gen Con. It is a sweet volume and up to par with Kenzer's other magnificently-produced materials. I haven't quite had the time to delve into it wholesale yet, but from my preliminary "leaf-through", it looks to be a great addition to any campaign (not just Kalamar) :)

BTW, David Kenzer and one of the other nice fellahs from the Villains project were kind enough to autograph it for me. Now I'm never gonna wash my book again ;D

Cheers!
Ian
 

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