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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 8170131" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>The official announcement of <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-new-d-d-book-candlekeep-mysteries-17-mystery-adventures-updated.677555/" target="_blank">the book that was revealed yesterday</a> includes an image of the alternate cover. Clint Cearley did the standard cover and Simen Meyer did the alternate cover.</p><p></p><p>It looks like this isn't the book spearheaded by Kate Welch and featuring Marisha Ray and Deborah Ann Woll, as they don't feature on the list of designers.</p><p></p><p>The hardcover book will be available on March 16th for $49.95, and the alternate cover will be available from local game stores. Instead, the press releases describe it as a "New Book Full of Short Adventures from Up-and-Coming Designers".</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]131176[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><em><strong>An anthology of seventeen mystery-themed adventures for the world’s greatest roleplaying game.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Candlekeep attracts scholars like a flame attracts moths. Historians, sages, and others who crave knowledge flock to this library fortress to peruse its vast collection of books, scribbled into which are the answers to the mysteries that bedevil them. Many of these books contain their own mysteries—each one a doorway to adventure. Dare you cross that threshold?</p><p></p><p><em>Candlekeep Mysteries</em> is a collection of seventeen short, stand-alone D&D adventures designed for characters of levels 1-16. Each adventure begins with the discovery of a book, and each book is the key to a door behind which danger and glory await. These adventures can be run as one-shot games, plugged into an existing Forgotten Realms campaign, or adapted for other campaign settings.</p><p></p><p>This book also includes a poster map of the library fortress and detailed descriptions of Candlekeep and its inhabitants.</p><p></p><p><em>Adventure writers include:</em> Graeme Barber, Kelly Lynne D’angelo, Alison Huang, Mark Hulmes, Jennifer Kretchmer, Daniel Kwan, Adam Lee, Ari Levitch, Sarah Madsen, Christopher Perkins, Michael Polkinghorn, Taymoor Rehman, Derek Ruiz, Kienna Shaw, Brandes Stoddard, Amy Vorpahl, and Toni Winslow-Brill.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]131177[/ATTACH]</p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p>WotC's announcement on Facebook includes additional writers not mentioned on the product page -- Hannah Rose, and Chris Lindsay. I asked the company who does WotC's press stuff and they confirmed that they contributed but not as authors.</p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">The Canopic Being</span></p><p>One of the adventures, by Jennifer Kretchmer, is called <em>The Canopic Being</em>. It's 10-12 pages, designed for a single session.</p><p></p><p>Like all the adventures it starts in Candlekeep, the greatest library in the <em>Forgotten Realms, </em>and features a dungeon located in Tashalar far to the south of the Sword Coast. As a wheelchair user, Kretchmer's adventure is a dungeon crawl beneath the earth, filled with fantasy elevators and ledges accessible by ramps.</p><p></p><p>The word "Canopic" refers to ancient Egyptian vases or jars often used during the mummification process. Canopic jars store and preserve the body's internal organs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 8170131, member: 1"] The official announcement of [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-new-d-d-book-candlekeep-mysteries-17-mystery-adventures-updated.677555/']the book that was revealed yesterday[/URL] includes an image of the alternate cover. Clint Cearley did the standard cover and Simen Meyer did the alternate cover. It looks like this isn't the book spearheaded by Kate Welch and featuring Marisha Ray and Deborah Ann Woll, as they don't feature on the list of designers. The hardcover book will be available on March 16th for $49.95, and the alternate cover will be available from local game stores. Instead, the press releases describe it as a "New Book Full of Short Adventures from Up-and-Coming Designers". [ATTACH type="full" width="800px" alt="1.jpg"]131176[/ATTACH] [I][B]An anthology of seventeen mystery-themed adventures for the world’s greatest roleplaying game.[/B][/I] Candlekeep attracts scholars like a flame attracts moths. Historians, sages, and others who crave knowledge flock to this library fortress to peruse its vast collection of books, scribbled into which are the answers to the mysteries that bedevil them. Many of these books contain their own mysteries—each one a doorway to adventure. Dare you cross that threshold? [I]Candlekeep Mysteries[/I] is a collection of seventeen short, stand-alone D&D adventures designed for characters of levels 1-16. Each adventure begins with the discovery of a book, and each book is the key to a door behind which danger and glory await. These adventures can be run as one-shot games, plugged into an existing Forgotten Realms campaign, or adapted for other campaign settings. This book also includes a poster map of the library fortress and detailed descriptions of Candlekeep and its inhabitants. [I]Adventure writers include:[/I] Graeme Barber, Kelly Lynne D’angelo, Alison Huang, Mark Hulmes, Jennifer Kretchmer, Daniel Kwan, Adam Lee, Ari Levitch, Sarah Madsen, Christopher Perkins, Michael Polkinghorn, Taymoor Rehman, Derek Ruiz, Kienna Shaw, Brandes Stoddard, Amy Vorpahl, and Toni Winslow-Brill. [ATTACH type="full" width="800px" alt="candlekeep-key-small.jpg"]131177[/ATTACH] [HR][/HR] WotC's announcement on Facebook includes additional writers not mentioned on the product page -- Hannah Rose, and Chris Lindsay. I asked the company who does WotC's press stuff and they confirmed that they contributed but not as authors. [HR][/HR] [SIZE=6]The Canopic Being[/SIZE] One of the adventures, by Jennifer Kretchmer, is called [I]The Canopic Being[/I]. It's 10-12 pages, designed for a single session. Like all the adventures it starts in Candlekeep, the greatest library in the [I]Forgotten Realms, [/I]and features a dungeon located in Tashalar far to the south of the Sword Coast. As a wheelchair user, Kretchmer's adventure is a dungeon crawl beneath the earth, filled with fantasy elevators and ledges accessible by ramps. The word "Canopic" refers to ancient Egyptian vases or jars often used during the mummification process. Canopic jars store and preserve the body's internal organs. [/QUOTE]
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