Latest release from Open World Press now available and already a "hot seller"!

[Crothian]

World of Whitethorn 1C: The City of Calas...... and will be the most complete city book ever published.

Ever?? There have been some really good cities published for d20 like Freeport and Bluffside (and many others). Going OGL we find a very impressive city book in Freedom City for Mutants and MAsterminds, and I'm sure as we leave the realm of D&D we'll find a few if not many other great cities I'm not familiar with.

I don't doubt that's its going to be an impressive and well detailed city. I'm just curious on this "ever published" part.

 

[Hairy Minotaur]

Of course, you'll also see more amazing cartography by Clayton Bunce. He did a bunch of tower and town maps that look really great.

Clayton's work is really wonderful, I really like his work on the tower maps and the way he renders the town maps I just love. If you've seen the town map in The Hamlet of Thumble he does that twice in here. Personally I think the 60 degree angle he renders these town maps at, just brings out more of a personality to the town.

 

[MEG Hal]

While I have not seen it yet---don't ask, I am sure it is of teh highest quality and will be another popular adventure for people to point at.

Congrats Ed!

 

[Ed Cha]

Ah, some very exciting news indeed! The whole series is just great

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy it! Hopefully, more people will get to know the World of Whitethorn.

I've been meaning to find out...how should I pronounce 'Oester'? Does it sound like O-Easter or Oyster? (Thanks in advance to anyone with the tip)

It's a Scandinavian-inspired name. I initially pronounced it as "Esther" like the name, but I think "O-esther" works fine, too. As with anything I write, it's really up to you to decide what you want to do.

Once again, the series is excellent work! I think it will be looked back upon as classic.

I really appreciate your kind words. This is what it's all about for me.

 

[Ed Cha]

Ever?? There have been some really good cities published for d20 like Freeport and Bluffside (and many others). Going OGL we find a very impressive city book in Freedom City for Mutants and MAsterminds, and I'm sure as we leave the realm of D&D we'll find a few if not many other great cities I'm not familiar with.

I don't doubt that's its going to be an impressive and well detailed city. I'm just curious on this "ever published" part.

Well, it is a pretty bold statement, but this will be far more detailed than any other city book published thus far. At least, as far as I know. You should expect a similar level of detail as seen in THoT, but on a much larger scale. I think it's a very ambitious project and a lot of people have attempted something like this, but you probably won't see anything like this again for a while.

 

[Ed Cha]

Clayton's work is really wonderful, I really like his work on the tower maps and the way he renders the town maps I just love. If you've seen the town map in The Hamlet of Thumble he does that twice in here. Personally I think the 60 degree angle he renders these town maps at, just brings out more of a personality to the town.

Yes, Clay's becoming a big star. I hope he remembers the little guys like me when he's famous.

I think he has his own book out now, published by Troll Lord Games. It's full of city, town, and village maps:

http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=75730

I took the 60 degree angle thing from an old RPG book and sent him a copy to take a look at. I suggested he do that for The Hamlet of Thumble map in THoT and he's been repeating that ever since for the World of Whitethorn series. I agree the maps look very good that way!

 

[Ed Cha]

While I have not seen it yet---don't ask, I am sure it is of teh highest quality and will be another popular adventure for people to point at.

Congrats Ed!

If you don't get a copy soon from Doug, just let me know and I'll shoot one over to ya, Hal.

 

[Hairy Minotaur]

The plot is a lot more involved than The Hamlet of Thumble, and while the city's inhabitants are not nearly as in depth as Thumble's, the background and history is better.

The dwarven caravan encounter can be a real classic, Ed detailed the dwarves for this encounter just as well as he did for the halflings in Thumble.

Ed introduces a smattering of court politics, and I'm guessing he will be expounding on that with his next release.

So, Ed? Does Clayton get a 2 page spread for your next book?

H.M.

 

[Ed Cha]

The plot is a lot more involved than The Hamlet of Thumble, and while the city's inhabitants are not nearly as in depth as Thumble's, the background and history is better.

That's probably a good analysis. I wanted to add more details to Mullikin, but the focus was on the actual adventure. Of course, Oester is largely abandoned, so the swamp around it is described more for later (higher-level) adventuring. I tend to design these adventure settings for re-visits, so they can re-used again and again. I should probably mention that somewhere in the book, so people don't mistake them as overpowered encounters.

The dwarven caravan encounter can be a real classic, Ed detailed the dwarves for this encounter just as well as he did for the halflings in Thumble.

Yeah, I liked writing about the dwarves, too. I just enjoy getting into the psyche of a character and describing what motivates them, their personality quirks, and how they interact with others.

Ed introduces a smattering of court politics, and I'm guessing he will be expounding on that with his next release.

You can get a preview of that in this free Player's Handout:
http://www.openworldpress.com/b.php?p=history_calas

So, Ed? Does Clayton get a 2 page spread for your next book?

That's an idea. Heck, he's got his own book now! So why not?

 

[Ed Cha]

World of Whitethorn 1B: The Village of Oester gets 5/5 stars review at EN World!

http://www.enworld.org/reviews/index.php?sub=yes&where=active&reviewer=trancejeremy&product=WoW1TVoO