Q on Scarred Lands

[eyebeams]

I think the Divine and the Defeated is pretty much the SL book that details the central premise of the setting. I also found it more useful that Deities and Demigods, were the gods are a bit too uber for me to comfortably DM.

 

[Twowolves]

Two,

Well they are Player's Guide to classes, not to the Scarred Lands. They just happen to be very Scarred Lands oriented.

Yes, I know, I own every SL product SSS put out. I said "surprising ammount of background material despite their narrow focus". Narrow focus, in this case, being the classes the book in question is about. The PGt Rangers and Rogues is a great source of info on the Vigils and Vesh, while the PGt Fighters and Barbarians has a ton of stuff on the War Colleges of Lede and the various distant tribes. Hence "narrow focus".

 

[Aus_Snow]

[Particularly at that price,] I would recommend getting both the hardcovers you mentioned. Then Divine & Defeated.

Also, the Creature Collections (I, II and III) are nice to have, in my opinion. That's regardless of whether you're running SL or not.

 

[Nightfall]

Aus,

I'd pass on Creature Collection I and get CC Revised instead. Better art for starters.

 

[Aus_Snow]

Aus,

I'd pass on Creature Collection I and get CC Revised instead. Better art for starters.

Indeed. Actually, that's the one I have (er, and probably the one I meant). My mistake.

For some reason, it slipped my mind that there were two versions.

 

[Twowolves]

The original Creature Collection beat the original Monster Manual to the shelves by a couple of months. Unfortunately, back in those early days of 3rd ed, not everyone fully understood how the rules worked, so you had things like constructs with Con scores and special attack save DCs just kinda made up and not based on any formula.

Definately get CCRevised. It also has the setting specific races in the appendix.

The last book, Strand Lands:Lost Tribes has sketchy info on 3 other continents, but lots of spells, monsters, templates, etc etc. A really neat book, if you don't mind the kinda non-standard feel of the settings (all arctic, all destert/egyptian/babylonian, all faux oriental).

 

[Soel]

Aus,

I'd pass on Creature Collection I and get CC Revised instead. Better art for starters.

How much art is different? How about different creatures?

 

[Vanuslux]

This thread is making me really sad I had to sell off my Scarred Lands collection.

 

[Piratecat]

Another SL question: is there a map anywhere showing the positions of all the continents in relation to one another?

 

[Twowolves]

Another SL question: is there a map anywhere showing the positions of all the continents in relation to one another?

Nope. Unfortunately.

In early works, the Desert of Onn was in Termana, and that continent was due east of Ghelspad. Later they split Asherak and Termana, and moved the latter southeast of Ghelspad and south of Asherak. In Blood Sea, they put Ghelspad and Termana together on one map, but said they were 10,000 miles apart, which would have made the planet huge! After someone pointed out the logistical problems of colonizing another continent so far away, they hemmed and hawed and suggested 2000 miles was more appropriate.

As for the arctic continent, I think it's basically north pole-ish, and the Dragon Lands are west-southwest of Ghelspad, but both of these are just speculation or fuzzy memory.