October 2009 Editorial Calendar

[Shroomy]

The October 2009 editorial calendar is up. Highlights:

Playing Vistani
PHB3 Preview: The Seeker
Channel Divinity: The Raven Queen (there is also a Deities & Demigod article this month, so I can only assume it also covers her)
Barbarian & Wizards essentials

Kind of wondering what an Abyssal Genasi is.

Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Calendar (October 2009 Content Calendar)

FYI, "Treed!" is by me. I hope you enjoy the side trek.

 

[Herschel]

Kind of wondering what an Abyssal Genasi is.

My next Swordmage? (local inside joke, sorry)

Vistani, huh. I smell a 4E Strahd adventure in the works.

 

[gribble]

Kind of wondering what an Abyssal Genasi is.

I'm going to go out on a limb, and suggest it's genasi corrupted by demonic influences.
Seems to fit very well with 4e's cosmology involving the abyss being a corruption of the elemental chaos.

 

[dmccoy1693]

PHB3 Preview: The Seeker

Please tell me this has nothing to do with that tv show.

 

[Badwe]

Please tell me this has nothing to do with that tv show.

don't be ridiculous....

it has to do with the song by The Who - The seeker. he's been searching low and high.

 

[Shemeska]

I'm going to go out on a limb, and suggest it's genasi corrupted by demonic influences.
Seems to fit very well with 4e's cosmology involving the abyss being a corruption of the elemental chaos.

Well since 4e has its tieflings limited to a single, monolithic origin, rather than the vast variety of fiendish bloodlines they could have previously, I'd guess the "abyssal genasi" is a way to have a demon-blood tiefer without contradicting themselves and calling it a tiefling, given the "elemental" association with the Abyss in 4e.

 

[Rechan]

Treed caught my eye. I'm looking forward to that, Shroomy!

I really hope Vistani is NOT the humans of Ravenloft. They're humans. Why do we need stats for those?

Well since 4e has its tieflings limited to a single, monolithic origin, rather than the vast variety of fiendish bloodlines they could have previously, I'd guess the "abyssal genasi" is a way to have a demon-blood tiefer without contradicting themselves and calling it a tiefling, given the "elemental" association with the Abyss in 4e.

Or they may not be related to Tieflings, but it might tie or warp the elemental nature of Genasi. Like say, a Poison-air genasi, or a toxic water genasi, or something.

 

[yesnomu]

Awesome stuff this month! The Seeker, Barbarian and Wizard crunch, Abyssal genasi, and... gypsy people? What the heck kind of racial power are they going to give Vistani? Even Wikipedia says they're basically GM devices.

Githzerai make good seekers, so they'll probably be Dex and Wis. The name doesn't sound very Primal, so I'm guessing Psionic or Divine. And it'll probably be a Striker because like a third of the classes are.

 

[gribble]

I really hope Vistani is NOT the humans of Ravenloft. They're humans. Why do we need stats for those?

Could be a background plus feats/powers tied to that background. It isn't necessarily a new race...

For example - an article titled "Playing Valenar". Would you assume it's stats for a new race or options for elven characters to make them fit into the Valenar fluff?

 

[caudor]

Vistani? Great! I'm always ready for more Ravenloft goodness.

I think if we do see a Ravenloft adventure anytime soon, it will be in Dungeon Magazine.