Necropolis?
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Clark Peterson was kind enough to give me a copy when I stopped by the S&SS booth. I haven't had chance to read it thoroughly yet, but I've looked through it and my first impression is that it's pretty good - certainly the best D20 material I've seen from Gary Gygax yet. It's also very attractive and well put together, which tends to sit well with me.
I'll post more as soon as I've read it properly. It's a big book, though - that could take some time!
I'll post more as soon as I've read it properly. It's a big book, though - that could take some time!
ColonelHardisson
What? Me Worry?
Well, I wasn't at GenCon, but I got my copy this week. So far it looks great. It is, indeed, much easier to navigate than the original, which I also have.
Orcus
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Organization was one of the most difficult parts of the process with the book. Gygax has unbelievable style. He turns a sentence in such a unique way. But often it isnt the most "user friendly." My biggest hurdle was applying a level or organization and user friendliness without losing the Gygax feel. I felt pretty good about the final product in that I felt I had achieved what I wanted. It was mostly accomplished by moving some text and adding headers and adding some intro material to each chapter and reorganizing encounters so that the relevant information is given before not after it is needed. Plus some stuff just flat out needed new descriptions, such as a particular passage in the Tomb and how it all works. Those of you who have the old version and the new one know what I am talking about.
Plus, I have to say I was very pleased with the art for the book and the overall consistent feel from front to back.
Clark
Plus, I have to say I was very pleased with the art for the book and the overall consistent feel from front to back.
Clark
ColonelHardisson
What? Me Worry?
The only thing I was disappointed not to see was new introductory material by Gygax. I would love to have seen him give an introduction.
There was only one major problem...
I spent some time last week reading the converted Necropolis, and I have the original.
Perhaps the one biggest snafu that people will likely catch as they read it is this...you have a major discrepancy between the aligments of the Khemetic deities listed in the statues and throughout the main text, and the alignments given to the diety descriptions in the back.
I suspect it was hard to always convert the concepts of the 5 religious ethoi in Mythus to the double-axis alignment system in d20 rules. But when you have statements that the Lawful Good deities do not interviene in the Underworld of Osiris because of the conflict with Ra, and Ra in the back is listed as Neutral Good--you have to admit, it does get confusing.
Outside of that, and perhaps explaining the concept of Seelie, Unseelie, and especially "Borderer" so people understand the terms seperating those sphinxes, I think it was a good job.
I spent some time last week reading the converted Necropolis, and I have the original.
Perhaps the one biggest snafu that people will likely catch as they read it is this...you have a major discrepancy between the aligments of the Khemetic deities listed in the statues and throughout the main text, and the alignments given to the diety descriptions in the back.
I suspect it was hard to always convert the concepts of the 5 religious ethoi in Mythus to the double-axis alignment system in d20 rules. But when you have statements that the Lawful Good deities do not interviene in the Underworld of Osiris because of the conflict with Ra, and Ra in the back is listed as Neutral Good--you have to admit, it does get confusing.
Outside of that, and perhaps explaining the concept of Seelie, Unseelie, and especially "Borderer" so people understand the terms seperating those sphinxes, I think it was a good job.
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Grazzt said:
Shouldn't that be, "...another 10-12 pages after editing"?
Alan
