Monte Cook's Arcana Evolved

[Gez]

Aren't the Sibeccai from Dark Space? I remember they came from a sci-fi game.

 

[Glyfair]

You know, I'm pretty sure I saw this solicited in Game Trade Magazine last night. Unfortunately, it's in my brother's car trunk right now & he's at work. If anyone has easier access that I do, they might try to grab the information from the magazine. Otherwise, I'll doublecheck and post what I find later tonight.

 

[Krug]

Well ICV2 says it's a new version of Arcana Unearthed.

 

[Numion]

Well ICV2 says it's a new version of Arcana Unearthed.

And I haven't even had time to use my Arcana Unearthed yet, dammit!

.. I'll buy AE anyway. Hey, maybe it'll at least stop the confusion between UA and AU. Or is there a product shortened to EA or AE already?

 

[Krug]

Maybe they should try calling it MCAU instead.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Isn't this a little...um...well, hypocritical if it IS just a new edition? I mean, after the whole "WotC is releasing 3.5 too early" then this just seems a bit...wrong.

 

[Chaos Drake]

Hmm... I'm kinda dubious. I think it's much more than AU revised. Hopefully Monte will clarify. I know he probably doesn't want to reveal much about it at this time but it would be good to hear it from his perspective.

 

[Frostmarrow]

It looks like Monte wasn't completely happy with the art of AU. The new full color pieces at his site looks absolutely marvelous. I mean, if I got pictures like that made to my system, I'd re-release and update in no time.

http://www.montecook.com/arch_AUcovers05.html

When I first got AU I thought most of it was fantastic, rules-wise. I wasn't too keen on some of the new races, but I'm not too keen on the ones in PHB either so that's a minor gripe. However, I didn't like the art at all. If AE is full color I will need to get it. I'm a sucker for the pretty girls... sorry books.

Moreover, I guess Monte is moving away from the Arcana Unearthed-brand. It was a mistake, in my opinion, to call it that in the first place. Arcana Evolved is much better.

 

[Sorren]

And I haven't even had time to use my Arcana Unearthed yet, dammit!

Same here.
Hopefully Monte will stop by and tell us why we should buy this.

 

[Ashanderai]

Monte told us at the AU update that the book with that cover was about key word "evolved" and that it would be a sort of event book about something in the West of the Diamond Throne setting, but it would also be like a sourcebook.

I think it is about the return of the Dragons who went into self-imposed exile into the unknown West of the setting.

I can't explain what that cover says on it and what we are told the Sword and Sorcery people said about it, but we obviously don't have the whole story.