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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 8694999" data-attributes="member: 27780">Polyhedron Issue 111: September 1995part 3/5A Kingdom for Every Player: On the other hand we do have some solid answers to our first set of Birthright questions, as people wonder about the upcoming supplements, rules questions and possibility of crossovers with other worlds. They'll be releasing 12 domain sourcebooks over the next year, each 32 pages long and intended to be ruled by a different class/race combo. (but if you want to go against type in your own campaign it's not as if they can stop you.) Unlike Athas, the concept of interplanar travel isn't unknown to Cerilians, (particularly the haflings) so they won't be completely blindsided by interdimensional invaders, but without any connection to their magical bloodlines, you won't be able to engage with most of the domain management system and any attempts at conquest or other large-scale organisation will fail embarrassingly as they play chess with their forces while you're stuck working on a human scale trying to herd cats. Best you can hope for is grand viziering and being the brains behind the throne to a blooded ruler. Using Birthright rules for domain management in other campaign worlds runs into a similar problem, as you have to decide whether to use all the blood powers as written here, tone them down or eliminate them, which might make the system not function as intended. Plus if you do play the game of thrones like this, you'll rapidly find your setting diverging from the canon version, which will limit your ability to run published adventures. Basically, they're counselling caution. Throwing this setting's rules into an interplanar kitchen sink is more likely to harm than help your game. This is erring on the competent but dull side then.The Envelope, Please: The continued expansion of Gen Con (as well as their increased punctuality in reporting on it) is demonstrated again, as it takes a full 3 pages to list the winners of the various tournaments. Opens, features, masters, charity benefits, multiple Living adventures and the small number who went non AD&D and enjoyed the wackiness of Paranoia or the madness of Call of Cthulhu instead. Ramon Delgado takes the top spot overall as a player. The Bingle family continue to be well represented, but the sheer number of events means they can't dominate the way they did in the early days. They evidently have no rule against the TSR staff participating as players, as plenty of familiar names appear among the winners, along with a few others who aren't working for them yet, but will be like Eric Mona. It doesn't look like the staff changes are causing any problems in this department. Will they be so lucky next year?</blockquote>

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