Monte's The Book of Iron Might is a surprise

[Psionicist]

Construct PC? The coolness, it's overwhelming!

Now I have to convince my DM to allow me to play one.

 

[Sir Elton]

Fingerspitzengefu/ühl means being able to act/tread carefully if you need to. Dealing with angry employees, considering new PrCl for your campaign and posting on a message board without stepping on someone's toes all requires some amount of fingerspitzengefuhl.

That's something I don't have. I'm too liberated.

 

[elbandit]

Hmmm

My hope is that once we start doing previews, we can give everyone a really clear picture about the book. My hope is that we give you enough information that you will either see that the book is cool and go buy it, or if it isn't your thing you can see that before you pay money to learn that. Needless to say, I have enough faith in the book that I think the more people learn about it, the more they'll like it.

Since the PDF is due out this week... where are the previews? Just curious.

 

[mearls]

Since the PDF is due out this week... where are the previews? Just curious.

Monte and Sue were on vacation last week, so there wasn't a site update AFAIK. We'll have a preview out this week. There was a scheduling issue wiht the 500 projects I'm juggling, so they're going to start a little later but (IIRC) roll right up to the print release.

 

[Zoatebix]

I'm looking forward to anything I can use to spice up combat. Hooray for stunts and maneuvers! Now I don't have to write them myself! ...or play with converting things from Exalted...
-George

 

[SSquirrel]

I look forward to it. Don't get me wrong. I don't like some of the things Monte's done with the company in terms of PDF books on sale forever and 3.5 updates that well, don't update anything but skill names and add a few spells that were made open during the 3.5 event, but his writing is solid, he has a good editor, his ideas are usually sound and work in the game well and are well illustrated and good reading.

Personally I would think pdf books being on sale forever, not just for a few months until the print edition comes out, is a great idea. There was a thread recently that I started ("WotC is out of their freaking minds" was the title) and in it the logic behind WotCs full price costs for the Frostburn book were discused as well as many people from outside of the US piping up with how it would actually save them money even at full print price.

I haven't bought any of Monte's pdf products personally (still prefer print), but I see no problem with the pdf practices so far really. If the update is really just things like "Harm now does this, this skill is named that now" then it should be a free update. If there's some actual meat to the conversions, then a modest fee is fine. After all, choosing to get the update is your choice. You could just do the alterations yourself.

Hagen

 

[Dougal DeKree]

Fingerspitzengefühl...

But what does it mean!!!!???

Fingerspitzengefühl means something like "sure instinct". Hard to translate.

 

[isoChron]

Fingerspitzengefühl = Diplomacy check of 30 and more
You just know how to handle the hot-tempered Dwarf King ... being an Orc

 

[Zarrock God of Evil]

Fingerspitzengefühl means something like "sure instinct". Hard to translate.

It's a very common term where I come from (5 kilometres north of the German border in Denmark). The Danish word is "fingerspidsfornemmelse" and it is indeed officially translated only as: "have a sure instinct, have flair," and "be tactful", the latter probably hitting closest to the head of the nail. Generally of course, it only refers to the fact, that your fingertips are very sensitive and then associates this metaphor with your mental ability to get the "feel" of all sorts of social situations and communication.

-Zarrock

 

[Samothdm]

I look forward to it. Don't get me wrong. I don't like some of the things Monte's done with the company in terms of PDF books on sale forever

I'm looking forward to the book, too. I was just curious about this statement, though - what's the downside of having a PDF being perpetually on sale?