Look what I have!

[TheAuldGrump]

Mmmmm....

Please sir, can I have some more?

The Auld Grump, you know that sound the Cookie monster makes while gobbling the cookies? Yeah.

 

[Riastlin]

I'm really disappointed in you Morrus. Here I had all day Sunday "off" and had planned to both catch up on my never-ending mound of paperwork and work on my current home campaign. Now though, I am forced (against my will of course) to spend a bunch of time reading this player's guide. Shame on you!



Seriously though, looks awesome at first glance. Can't wait for the rest.

 

[SabreCat]

The Wounding Effectiveness of Stealthy Singular Rapier Contrasted with a Twin Strike of Dual Long Swords

Bwahaha. Martial Science academies = CharOp forums? ^.^

 

[RangerWickett]

I'm making my way through the player's guide and loving every minute of it, but for a while I couldn't quite make sense of the Great Malice; specifically why it was Danor that took the brunt of Srasama's curse when it was the Clergy who defeated her.

Then I noticed the mention in the timeline on pg 2 that the Clergy was "founded in what is modern-day Danor" in -500 AOV, and "The seat of the Clergy moves to Crisillyir" in 1 AOV.

So I guess it makes sense.

I'm also having trouble finding the difference/connection between elves and eladrin. Are they mortal/fey sides of the same coin, descendants of a common ancestor, or something else?

Ach, after re-reading the same document a hundred times it's hard to go into it with fresh eyes. Sorry that wasn't made clearer.

In my view of the setting, normal 'elves' are just folks who have some slight affinity for magic and nature, and tend to live in the woods, and find it easier to be friends with the fey. In the Pathfinder version, those are 'wood elves.'

Eladrin (high elves in PF) are people with a much stronger connection to the Dreaming, whose ancestors were closely allied with powerful fey entities. They had more powerful magic and a large empire of their own, and different belief systems that diverged long.

The two groups would be about as closely related as, say, Persians and Indians.

 

[Colmarr]

Ach, after re-reading the same document a hundred times it's hard to go into it with fresh eyes. Sorry that wasn't made clearer.

Thanks!

I probably should have known the Danor/Crysillyir one. I think it was just that, because I read the primer when it was released, I ignored the table when I got the Player's Guide.

As for the elves, I take that to mean that the eladrin (as a race) are squarely connected to the fey, while the elves (as a race) merely have leanings that way. I can work with that.

 

[Colmarr]

I noticed last night the reference to the dragon star (whose name escapes me) chasing the eagle star (Avilona).

Is that another War of the Burning Sky nod? I'm having a lot of fun finding them, I must say

 

[Colmarr]

Spam reported. And I was looking forward to an insightful and amusing post about the wonders of Zeitgeist, too

 

[Rugult]

I noticed last night the reference to the dragon star (whose name escapes me) chasing the eagle star (Avilona).

Is that another War of the Burning Sky nod? I'm having a lot of fun finding them, I must say

Just wait until Adventure 1...

 

[mariahayes]

Is the new version near to release ?

 

[Colmarr]

While flipping through the Players Guide and Campaign Guide a minute ago, I noticed the references to the PHB, DMG, MM, PHB2, MM2 and AV on the opening pages.

Is that a GSL requirement?