Monte's secret project confirmed

[God]

Boy Monte, sounds like you have some atonement coming. Better plan on a Book of Hallowed Might 10 if this is half of what you say it is. If you were to write such a thing.

Love (for now),
God

 

[William Ronald]

I will have to buy the book.

Also, I suspect all those extra perks for the evil cultists have a high price. Nothing worthwhile comes at a low price. Remember, the Nine Hells collection agency does not take no for an answer.

Not to mention that if the truth about hidden cults come out in some areas, the cults will get the good old torches and pitchforks from some of the locals.

Hopefully, the book will have some good references to existing groups (Scarlet Brotherhood, Red Wizards) and maybe some historical villains. The historical Assassins were a very strange and frightening lot. (At least a good bibliography, I hope.)

 

[BOZ]

maybe orcus is hanging out with asmodeus and anthraxus?

 

[tribeof1]

"Prostitution?" Does it actually say that in the catalog copy? Who writes that $#%$?

If I wrote a book called The Book of Vile Darkness, I'd fill it with the most hideously evil spells, feats, prestige classes, magic items, artifacts, monsters and NPCs that you'd ever want to put in a D&D game. I'd include rules for the benefits evil cultists get from sacrifices, new poisons, diseases, and so on.

[...]

That's what I would do. If I wrote a book called the Book of Vile Darkness.

And if I were a typing monkey, I would translate that as 'prostitution'. What, you people can't understand 'ad-monkey-ese'?

I just find it hilarious that the WotC write-up makes it sound even less PC than it is. Their ad sounds like d20 Sin, rather than a supplement about evil stuff for a FRICKIN GAME.

Hehe,
tribeof1

[edit]--Albeit the greatest game on earth! (or the 9 Hells, har har har...)

 

[BOZ]

Boy Monte, sounds like you have some atonement coming. Better plan on a Book of Hallowed Might 10 if this is half of what you say it is. If you were to write such a thing.

Love (for now),
God

what can i say? i love God!

 

[Dahak]

That's what I would do. If I wrote a book called the Book of Vile Darkness.

Thank goodness that's what you'd do if you wrote it, because what the person who apparently wrote that catalog blurb said you would so was absolutely vile. While it dosn't strike me as anything that hasn't been done before (although the material was previously scattered between various sources), it would still fill in a few gaps in the 3E material and fit nicely upon my shelf. If you wrote a book called The Book of Vile Darkness with those contents, that is.

 

[Lady Dragon]

Now I can't wait till october,oh well.

Monte you need to write the catalogs for WoTC too

 

[Roland Delacroix]

Damn. Sorry monte, but evil Pcs and stuff I can do. And AEG already has an Evil book out. Funny how this ties into the other thread about WotC ripping off other d20 games stuff.

I was really more interested in the prostitution, slavery, human sacrifice, and other mature themes. A book that adresses adult themes in a mature manner is something that has not been done before and is lacking throughout the d20 multiverse. How prostitution works, and slavery, alternate justice and honor codes, sexual relations among races, etc, within a strange world where magic is common and the gods talk would be a really intesting book. And very usefull for a more serious toned game than the lighthearted dungeon hacks most people play D&D for. As someone mentioned, guess we'll have to wait for White Wolf to get an adult themed d20 book together, or just do what we always do and run another system when we want to roleplay in depth and explore our psyche.

 

[Heretic Apostate]

Beat Henry to it....

Anyone care to say it?

"C'mon October!"

 

[tribeof1]

I don't think Monte denied that "slavery, prostitution and human sacrifice" were in the book--he just clarified that in the book that HE WOULD WRITE they were not the focus--as the WotC ad for "The Book of Vile Darkness" by Monte'e Cooke (the clone) implies. I bet we still get our price rating for "guinea hens"

tribe