Necro is IN! Planned Products

[Alzrius]

In all honesty, this is the single best piece of news I've heard regarding 4E, bar none.

Clark, The Crucible of Freya was the first 3E adventure I used, and I look forward to history repeating itself with Winter's Tomb. Kudos to you and everyone at Necromancer!

 

[moriarty777]

At first I had little interest in 4th Edition save for a bit of curiosity. However, I think that with a proposed Tome of Horrors and some sort of advanced player's guide are the two things that will make the purchase of the 4th Edition core set a viable option.

Thanks and good luck!

M

 

[Orcus]

Clark,


I want IN, dammit!

Claudio, email me. I have an evil little plan that has working with you written all over it...

Clark

 

[Orcus]

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.

Yeah, you will get that from us. And lets not forget demonic succubii.

 

[Agamon]

Judging by the response to this thread, Clark, I think WotC should give you your publisher kit for free.

 

[Orcus]

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.

CG, thanks for that.

You know, one of the joys of running Necro is that it isnt my main job. It is a side business for me. As a result, I dont have to always chase the money. I have the luxury of being true to what Bill and I decided was our company vision--we wanted to make the stuff that we want as gamers, we wanted to be the company that we wished existed when we were in our teens and twenties buying game stuff every week. And we can do that.

The APG is a great example. As a business, I could fluff out 129 pages which is the min for a hardback and jack up the price and make more money. But that isnt what I would want as a gamer, so that is not how I am going to do it. For that missing content that I think will likely come officially from WotC in a year, I want that in a more temporary format like a softback as a gamer. It is more portable with the core books. And then later I can keep it and use it as optional stuff. Its easy for me as a real world gamer to want and to use.

Our goal is always "what would I want as a gamer." Then, the cool thing about being a publisher, I get to make it for myself and have it printed And I get a free copy. Its so rad.

 

[Orcus]

Judging by the response to this thread, Clark, I think WotC should give you your publisher kit for free.

They understand. They know the value of the 3E publishers. I've had long conversations with Scott Rouse about this exact point.

I think Wizards is an awesome company and the people there are cool. But on the internet, the big guy always gets a bit of a Microsoft label (and, right or wrong, WotC inherited some of the baggage and bad will of TSR policies). WotC has seen and they know that as the "big guy" they wont have the street cred of some of the third party guys, particularly Necro and Paizo and GR and Goodman (by the way, I am geeked that Joe is going 4E, go Joe!). Its just the price of being the big guy on the block. They know that people who would ordinarily not pick up 4E will consider it because a publisher they trust is going to support it. As I've said before, I cant tell you how many people have emailed me to tell me that Wizard's Amulet was their first 3E game and until they stumbled on it and found it for free they had no plans on going 3E.

Bottom line: they know that companies like Necro can convince people who might not look at 4E to take a peek.

Heck, just read this thread. The proof is in the pudding as they say. Clearly WotC made the right choice to work with the publishers. And I commend them for understanding that. Because that says the understand the market. That means good things for D&D long term, in my view. So big props to WotC from me.

 

[Father of Dragons]

Hm, if it's going to be a smallish book, I wonder if it would make sense to print it in 6"x9" format like SWEE or the Green Ronin player's guides?

Have everything that is in 1E but not 4E? The 1E Illusionist hasn't really had a strict equivalent since then , really -- now how would you go about that in 4E I wonder?

 

[Neil Bishop]

Would you look at that. I may buy 4e after all.

Yeah, that's the way I'm now feeling. I had no interest in 4E but I really like Necro's stuff... and I'll probably want to keep buying it so I will, most likely, end up with 4E.

 

[Kunimatyu]

Awesome news, Clark! I'll be buying both -- even though I LIKE the directions WotC is taking the game.