New listings on the WotC 2007 product page!

[Psion]

Drow of the Underdark
D&D Rules Supplement
Ari Marmell, Anthony Pryor, Robert J. Schwalb, Greg A. Vaughan

Two authors I trust and lack of the one author I don't want anywhere near drow.

I'm hopeful.

Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk
D&D Adventure
Jason Bulmahn, James Jacobs, Erik Mona

I'm hoping the inclusion of the words "Ruins" is intentional and meaningful. I loved the moody dungeon crawl that was Greyhawk Ruins. I loathed the silliness that was Castle Greyhawk.

Monster Manual V
D&D Rules Supplement

New monsters ideal for any Dungeons & Dragons game.

Monster Manual V is the most recent volume in the best-selling Monster Manual line. This 224-page D&D supplement presents a fully illustrated horde of new monsters, as well as ready-to-play variations of previously existing monsters. In addition, this supplement features maps of monster lairs, sample encounters, and tactics sections to help Dungeon Masters run the more complex creatures. Additionally, many entries contain information about where monsters are likely to appear in the Forgotten Realms and Eberron campaign settings.

A mind flayer looking thing on the cover. Please tell me that this means you aren't going to treat psionics like a red-headed stepchild this time around.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

"At last, dark elves get their due!" - I though that already happened back in 2e!

Castle Greyhawk...mixed feelings about this. On one hand, Erik Mona's passion for Greyhawk has always been clear, on the other hand I can't help but think that C&C's Castle Zagyg will be far more true to the original and exciting, after looking at the last Expedition.

However, "Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land" is pretty darn cool. Trashing one of the pillars of the Realms is a gutsy move that I can respect.

 

[RodneyThompson]

I don't know.. MMV could be good. Not that I would know anything about that...

Jason Bulmahn
Tired Author

Pshaw, what do you know, Bulmahn? The book was probably written by a bunch of hacks. Not that I would know anything about that...

 

[an_idol_mind]

"At last, dark elves get their due!" - I though that already happened back in 2e!

It certainly did. Drow of the Underdark was the name of a Forgotten Realms supplement. Although, as I remember, that supplement was one of the better sourcebooks for the Realms.

 

[S. Baldrick]

Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk! All I can say is "Yes!"
The other stuff is cool but I was hoping that Wizards would do something with Greyhawk again.

 

[KB9JMQ]

The Greyhawk and Eberron books will be mine.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Lot of interesting new stuff.

I wonder if Complete Champion will have new spells for shugenja and shamans, since Complete Mage had new spells for wu jen.

 

[Waldorf]

Greyhawk. Finally.

 

[Zaukrie]

Complete Champion looks interesting.

I hope those pictures for the tile set are wrong. Looks like the same inn/bar/whatever in one of the pictures.

The Greyhawk adventure certainly has my interest.

 

[greywulf]

Lots of love about this list. I'll even forgive them Yet Another Complete Book, as they've turned out to be a better resource than I'd originally given them credit for.

In fact, I can't find much to fault in the product list at all. I loved MMIV for being the first genuinely GM-friendly Monster Manual (and streets ahead of the gawd-awful MMII), so I really do hope that MMV is more of the same. It looks like it.

If Greyhawk is half as good as Castle Ravenloft, it'll be twice as good as....errr.....um.....never mind. Yes, it looketh good.

Shame about the drow stuff though. Ah well.