Kalamar Players handbook Overview!
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Dark Psion
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I ordered mine when I saw psionic feats listed in as part of a campaign world(and an official D&D campaign world at that).
How much does the book suport psions and psychic warriors?
I have been hoping for something as simple as listing Psi2 or PsyWar2 on spell's level.
d10,000??? I think I got one of those free with the DragonBall Z RPG.
How much does the book suport psions and psychic warriors?
I have been hoping for something as simple as listing Psi2 or PsyWar2 on spell's level.
d10,000??? I think I got one of those free with the DragonBall Z RPG.
coyote6
Adventurer
Re: Re: Kalamar Players handbook Overview!
At least one (the Basiran Dancer, which is in the preview material Kenzer posted on their website) looks like it's basically a variant class -- and variant classes are mentioned in both the PHB and DMG. The Dancer is a variant bard, FWIW. I imagine that some (if not all) of the others are similar variants.
What I still want to see is a comparison of the OA shaman, the Kalamar shaman, the Green Ronin shaman, and the Mongoose shaman.
I've already confused my players with an NPC shaman -- they thought he was some kind of weird druid -- I can just imagine what 4 different shamans will do. (Player: "My shaman casts weapon bless!" GM: "Uh, isn't that an OA shaman spell? Weren't you one of the other ones?" PC: "Err, let me check.")
As for the missing monks -- Hard8Staff, clearly the monks of Kalamar are blessed by some god -- with their divinely-granted +10 bonus to Move Silently & Hide, they escaped your editorial oversight.
Ron said:
At least one (the Basiran Dancer, which is in the preview material Kenzer posted on their website) looks like it's basically a variant class -- and variant classes are mentioned in both the PHB and DMG. The Dancer is a variant bard, FWIW. I imagine that some (if not all) of the others are similar variants.
What I still want to see is a comparison of the OA shaman, the Kalamar shaman, the Green Ronin shaman, and the Mongoose shaman.
I've already confused my players with an NPC shaman -- they thought he was some kind of weird druid -- I can just imagine what 4 different shamans will do. (Player: "My shaman casts weapon bless!" GM: "Uh, isn't that an OA shaman spell? Weren't you one of the other ones?" PC: "Err, let me check.")
As for the missing monks -- Hard8Staff, clearly the monks of Kalamar are blessed by some god -- with their divinely-granted +10 bonus to Move Silently & Hide, they escaped your editorial oversight.
Winterthorn
Monster Manager
You shouldn't be disappointed!
Hello folks!
I bought the Kingdoms of Kalamar Player's Guide last Saturday and I've poured over it in preparation of posting a good sized review within a week. (Draft extracts of that review can be found here.)
I believe it is one of the best setting products out on the market. Considering what one receives in relation to the cost to one's wallet, you should be quite pleased. I was.
Despite a few quibbling points (aren't there always some?), I am truly happy to have bought this book. I've been planning a KoK campaign for quite sometime--imagine the satisfied smile on my face once I had it in my quivering paws!
"But what if I don't give a hoot about Kalamar?" you might reasonably ask. Well, not only is the content sanctioned by WotC (which is an important consideration to many D&D fans), the vast majority of the rules material found within this lovely tome is portable to other non-KoK D&D games...
Run, don't walk, to procure this reasonably priced book for your gaming library!
Long live Kruk-Ma-Kali!
Cheers
Hello folks!
I bought the Kingdoms of Kalamar Player's Guide last Saturday and I've poured over it in preparation of posting a good sized review within a week. (Draft extracts of that review can be found here.)
I believe it is one of the best setting products out on the market. Considering what one receives in relation to the cost to one's wallet, you should be quite pleased. I was.
Despite a few quibbling points (aren't there always some?), I am truly happy to have bought this book. I've been planning a KoK campaign for quite sometime--imagine the satisfied smile on my face once I had it in my quivering paws!
"But what if I don't give a hoot about Kalamar?" you might reasonably ask. Well, not only is the content sanctioned by WotC (which is an important consideration to many D&D fans), the vast majority of the rules material found within this lovely tome is portable to other non-KoK D&D games...
Run, don't walk, to procure this reasonably priced book for your gaming library!
Long live Kruk-Ma-Kali!
Cheers
Mystaros
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Hard8Staff said:
The Kalamar Quest you are thinking of would be KA2 "In Too Deep," by Brian Jelke (K&C109), published in 2000.
Actually, the first appearance of the D10,000 table in a KenzerCo product (and thus, anywhere, AFAIK,) was in RB1, "Secret Temple of Adajy," by many KenzerCo folks, published in 1997.
James Mishler
Mark Plemmons
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Hard8Staff
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Hi James!!
Damn! Adajy was my first guess, then I back-pedalled.
For those of you that don't know, James "Mystaros" Mishler is currently a writer and editor for Krause (Scrye, C&GR, etc.) periodicals and was formerly KenzerCo's one-man sales force and a very talented Kalamar writer to boot. We're hoping his name graces the cover of an up-coming 2003 release as well...
Dave
Damn! Adajy was my first guess, then I back-pedalled.
For those of you that don't know, James "Mystaros" Mishler is currently a writer and editor for Krause (Scrye, C&GR, etc.) periodicals and was formerly KenzerCo's one-man sales force and a very talented Kalamar writer to boot. We're hoping his name graces the cover of an up-coming 2003 release as well...
Dave
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