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Yes that's right folks after a long and difficult labor, the latest little monster of the D20 world has been birthed and released on the world, DireKobold.com!
What this means is that we've released our first adventure, "When Dire Kobolds Attack!" Additionally we're pleased to reveal the Xenogic Publishing System. This system allows you to enter number of characters in your party and their average level. The adventure will then be scaled using those numbers as it is generated, in addition to incorporating a host of other options.
Since this is something which has never been tried before we're starting with a free beta test open to anyone. Come on over kick the tires and let me know what you think. I'm also including a formal press release with more details:
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December 9, 2002 - DireKobold.com is pleased to announce the release of When Dire Kobolds Attack!, the first Xenogenic Adventure(TM), and to further announce the beginning of our free beta test, open to everyone.
Xenogenic Publishing System: All adventures available through DireKobold.com are enhanced with the Xenogenic Publishing System. This allows you to customize each adventure to suit your particular campaign and adventuring party. Enter the number of characters in the party (from 1 to 12) and the average party level (over a range of 7 levels) and the Xenogenic Publishing System will automatically adjust the power and number of the monsters to match the strength of the party.
Additional features allow you to choose the percentage of recommended treasure, the percentage of max hit points, and whether monsters ability scores are high, low or merely average. On top of everything already mentioned advanced options allow you to modify trap DCs, magic item scarcity and stat block format with more to come! Should you want to increase your level of control even further, all creatures are split into three categories: general, named and npc, and options can be set independently for each group.
Free Public Beta Test: The Direkobold.com free public beta test serves several purposes. First it allows the D20 community to have an active part in determining the initial feature set. Second it gives the subscribers a chance to discover the quality content offered by DireKobold.com and the flexibility of the Xenogenic Publishing System. Finally like all beta tests it gives us "many eyes" all working to ensure the robustness of the product.
The beta test will last for two months, during which time adventures will be released at half the normal rate, or one adventure every other week. During the beta additional features will be added until the first Monday in February when DireKobold.com will offer paying subscriptions, with one new adventure every single week.
What this means is that we've released our first adventure, "When Dire Kobolds Attack!" Additionally we're pleased to reveal the Xenogic Publishing System. This system allows you to enter number of characters in your party and their average level. The adventure will then be scaled using those numbers as it is generated, in addition to incorporating a host of other options.
Since this is something which has never been tried before we're starting with a free beta test open to anyone. Come on over kick the tires and let me know what you think. I'm also including a formal press release with more details:
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December 9, 2002 - DireKobold.com is pleased to announce the release of When Dire Kobolds Attack!, the first Xenogenic Adventure(TM), and to further announce the beginning of our free beta test, open to everyone.
Xenogenic Publishing System: All adventures available through DireKobold.com are enhanced with the Xenogenic Publishing System. This allows you to customize each adventure to suit your particular campaign and adventuring party. Enter the number of characters in the party (from 1 to 12) and the average party level (over a range of 7 levels) and the Xenogenic Publishing System will automatically adjust the power and number of the monsters to match the strength of the party.
Additional features allow you to choose the percentage of recommended treasure, the percentage of max hit points, and whether monsters ability scores are high, low or merely average. On top of everything already mentioned advanced options allow you to modify trap DCs, magic item scarcity and stat block format with more to come! Should you want to increase your level of control even further, all creatures are split into three categories: general, named and npc, and options can be set independently for each group.
Free Public Beta Test: The Direkobold.com free public beta test serves several purposes. First it allows the D20 community to have an active part in determining the initial feature set. Second it gives the subscribers a chance to discover the quality content offered by DireKobold.com and the flexibility of the Xenogenic Publishing System. Finally like all beta tests it gives us "many eyes" all working to ensure the robustness of the product.
The beta test will last for two months, during which time adventures will be released at half the normal rate, or one adventure every other week. During the beta additional features will be added until the first Monday in February when DireKobold.com will offer paying subscriptions, with one new adventure every single week.
