Necro is IN! Planned Products

[WhatGravitas]

1. Select freelancers have had the rules for some months now. I just decided to contact one and say: I know you cant tell me what you are doing, but here is what I want you to do, can you do it? He said "yes."

That's still funny!

And soooo good! Must buy!

Cheers, LT.

 

[The Little Raven]

Well, I do think they cared and are taking steps to prevent a recurrence. Hence the fact that you can't publish a 4E book until 1 Sep, almost 3 months after the core release.

August, not September.

 

[Glyfair]

Please note, however, that there is apparently a "community standards" clause in the upcoming "d20-tiered-STL-called-OGL" that, apparently, would allow WotC to pull the plug on anything they wanted to. There very well may not be a sufficient way to get around legal restrictions in this case.

That said, I do wish Necromancer the best of luck. This is the first bit of news that makes me even remotely interested in 4e.

Clark hasn't exactly kept his plans for 4E secret. He's been saying for months that he wants to make everything "missing from the core" available as soon as he can (largely in reference to Tome of Horrors. WotC surely knows this and still invited him to the conference call.

While there might be some niggling details that won't fly, I doubt he will have major problems releasing the sort of products he wants to release.

 

[Charwoman Gene]

I'm sure Orcus knows he is creating a stopgap book. It will not sell well after 2009.

I've never bought a Necromancer (or non magazine Paizo) Product. I am buying the Player's Guide and the ToH.

I want Half-Orc Barbarians, Gnome Druids and Half-eLF Bards attacking Frost Giants and Erinyes! Seriously, having a "temp replacement" book is brilliant.

 

[Henry]

6s? (As in 6-6-08?)

Has it really been too long since people rolled 3d6 for ability scores?

Clark, you you just gave me a 4e shiver. Thanks for getting me more jazzed than I have been in a while.

 

[Almacov]

I'm sure Orcus knows he is creating a stopgap book. It will not sell well after 2009.

I know I'd still pick it up after '09.
I doubt that Wizards will have covered all of the same ground by then, and even the ground that is covered twice will be covered differently each time.

In any case, sounds like pretty delicious stuff.
And yes, Erinyes and Frost Giants are must-haves.

 

[Reaper Steve]

August, not September.

Corrected, thanks!

 

[Magus Coeruleus]

WotC won't have issues with this. Remember that in addition to driving core book sales, 3rd party OGL products provide free testing grounds for WotC. They will be well within their rights to look at the response to Necro's take on these classes and yoink and modify what they like for their later products. OGL = partly free R&D.

 

[Reaper Steve]

I've been thinking more about whether or not the OGL/SRD will limit new races, classes, monsters, etc., specifically the revival of those 'left out' of 4E.

I'm coming to the opinion that WotC has nothing to lose and everything to gain by allowing them to be published. Those that only want 'official' products will ignore the 3rd party stuff. While WotC won't bring everything back into 4E, I'm sure that when they get around to publishing the official version of something, it will hold the most traction.
Likewise, the 3rd party stuff may be the ticket some player's need to get into 4E: "Dangit, I'm not playing 4E unless I can be a gnome bard/druid in love with an erinyes with a vendetta against frost giants!" OK, here's some Necro books... welcome to the game.

So, I guess i don't really see a valid reason for placing that type of limit on the third parties. We'll know soon enough!

 

[Waylander the Slayer]

Are you sure you can publish these books you are planning before seeing the new license? (unless you have seen it already). The announcement seems a bit premature?