[PR] S.T. Cooley Publishing's Website Opened!

[The Sigil]

*drumroll*

I am happy to announce the unveiling of the S.T. Cooley Publishing website, located at:

http://www.cooleys.org/publishing/

The website contains Product Enhancements for the Enchiridion of Mystic Music (nothing flashy, just a new Table-Of-Contents Page and a Borderless, Ink-Saving Version for those who have already bought the full graphical version from RPGNow.com ).

Freebies are available as well - we have a freshly re-formatted and cleaned-up version of the Burning Sage's Demense, award-winning and critically-acclaimed adventure that can be scaled for characters of levels 1 through 9! The Table of Contents for the Enchiridion of Mystic Music is a Freebie for those who wish to see what is in it.

Also located on the page are some thoughts on coming products - no firm release dates, but just a warning on what is kicking around in my devious little head.

Check it out and enjoy!

--Spencer "The Sigil" Cooley
High Grand Poo-bah, S.T. Cooley Publishing

 

[BV210]

Terrific! I've been waiting for your site so I could see what other cool products you were planning on. Eldritch Energies? Treasures? Planar Powers? All sound very cool. Can't wait to see them. If they stick to the quality level as Mystic Music, they WILL be great.

BTW - love Burning Sage's Demense. I can forsee it being sprung on the players in my campaign.

 

[The Sigil]

Anecdote...

BTW - love Burning Sage's Demense. I can forsee it being sprung on the players in my campaign.

Perhaps this should go in the "funniest moment" thread on the General RPG Discussion, but I think it's too good to let go without commenting on it.

This was from the playtest of the Burning Sage's Demense when the party ran into Skizix (the troll)...

Me (DM): "Suddenly, the door behind you bursts open and a huge, hulking form, one of the ugliest creatures you've ever seen, leaps into the room, growling at you."

*Initiative Rolls; PC Wizard gets the highest roll*

PC Wizard: "I Quick-Draw my sword and step up to the thing and slice it open!"

PC Ranger and Cleric/Ftr: "What?!?!?"

Me (incredulous): "Umm... okay, roll the dice..."

*He misses*

PC Ranger (next highest initiative roll; recognized the beast as a troll): "I stay a step or two back and hurl a flask of alchemist's fire."

*Dice are rolled, he misses, but hits the troll with the splash damage*

PC Ftr/Cleric: "I cast bless on the party."

*Troll now has initiative*

DM: "The troll attacks... ouch... ouch... ouch... (grimaces, rolls once more)... ugh... (to Wizard) how many hit points did you have?" (Troll hit with claw/claw/rend and bite routine - including two criticals - to the tune of 58 points of damage)

PC Wizard (proudly): "26!"

DM: "The troll grabs your arms at the shoulders, bites your head, then rips your body completely in half, snapping your ribs like you snap a chicken's wishbone. You are VERY dead."

PC Rogue (stunned): "It's my turn, right?"

DM: "Yeah..."

*a couple of rounds later and the ranger and ftr/clrc are in close combat with the troll and getting the crap beat out of them... the rogue has hung back and tried - mostly ineffectively - to pepper the troll with arrows*

PC Ftr/Clrc: "Dude, get in here and flank this guy... we can use your sneak attack bonus!"

PC Rogue (some of the best Role-Playing I have ever seen - the text doesn't do it justice...): "Are you kidding? I saw what he did to the wizard! I'm not getting near him!"

Probably wasn't as funny in text as it was in person.

PUNCH LINE 2: For anyone who has ever seen the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version of "attack of the pod people" (I think that's the one), where Tom Servo is cracking "You know what playing is, right Trumpy?" followed by "Yes, it's where I break you in half," everyone in our party constantly told the wizard the following for the rest of the campaign (another 6 months)...

PC 1: "You know what playing is, right trolly?"

PC 2: "Yes, it's where I tear you in half."

Wizard: "Shut up, guys, that was 4 levels ago... I was raised and I've taken a level in ranger with Trolls (giants) as my favored enemy! It's never gonna happen again..."

Lots more great quotes for the Burning Sage's Demense from that playtest session... but those may be a website feature some day so I'll wait...

--The Sigil

 

[Amen-Zulu]

PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES

Greetings Sigil,

Very intresting comments you posted in the general forum. I have read some similar use of planes being a major source of a god's power in what I think is the best supplement ever written on divine level play Wizards of the Coast(pre magic 1992) The Primal Order. If you can find a copy I think it would be very helpful to you. That book and its supplements: Pawns(a divine level beastiry); Knights(complete religions for 3 lesser dieties); and Chessboards(planes, planes, and planes).

 

[The Sigil]

Re: PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES

Greetings Sigil,

Very intresting comments you posted in the general forum. I have read some similar use of planes being a major source of a god's power in what I think is the best supplement ever written on divine level play Wizards of the Coast(pre magic 1992) The Primal Order. If you can find a copy I think it would be very helpful to you. That book and its supplements: Pawns(a divine level beastiry); Knights(complete religions for 3 lesser dieties); and Chessboards(planes, planes, and planes).

I will definitely make it a point to pick up Primal Order... but only AFTER I release any product I have dealing with the subject matter. That way I can avoid running into potential problems... I can prove that the entire work is my own and not derivative and any similarities are due solely to parallel development. Otherwise I could get in a mess of legal trouble. :-(

--The Sigil