[SCOOP] Psionics 3.5, The New Setting, and Dark Sun!!

[nikolai]

I never really looked that hard at Dark Sun, so I don't have that deep an understanding of the ideas behind it. I do like the idea of a "semi-tropical" campaign world with great deserts and forests though - a more Conan-esque sort of thing. I don't think we need another "quasi-medieval Europe" setting like Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms and DragonLance - which I don't think would add anything much to the options we've got now.

As for psionics, I've got the handbook and have never really used it. It just doesn't seem to fit very well into the rest of the system or my campaign. I'd be very relucant to buy anything else psionics based.

On the other hand I think I really could use a 3e Tome of Magic.

nikolai.

 

[shadow]

Yes! Yes! Yes! Bring back Dark Sun! Long Live Psionics!

 

[Trance]

done

 

[Ashrem Bayle]

hehe Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel.

 

[Corinth]

No, he's a spy.

(begin Uber-l33t Spy Communique)
Do not go to the G4 studios, for they are silly and Wil Wheaton cursed the place upon his departure. Fnord.
(end communique)

 

[Trance]

none

 

[Neo]

I have to say

I did wonder myself, why anyone just giving an honest to goodness scoop would feel the need to do so under an alias, unless they knew they were doing wrong by giving up the scoop.

How would posting as yourself endanger your source? unless

a) you are your source
OR
b) your source should never have told you anything about anything

Whatever happened to NDA's?

 

[Simplicity]

To “the Dragon”

What gives you the right to disclose information like this? You are nothing more then a luker. a leak, and a mole. According to your post, you were trust with information, and you decided to leak it out. You have betrayed their trust. That is unforgivable. I hope you are happy with your self. If you feel like you are offering up an honest scoop would do you feel the need to do so under an alias, UNLESS you knew you were doing something wrong. Also if you feel like you have done nothing wrong, then reveal your true name.

My, aren't you a negative Nancy. He said that he was protecting his sources. If the info was leaked to him from within a company, then he certainly has no legal obligation to keep that info secret. He isn't a leak. His source is.

Anyways, this is hardly classified material we're talking about here. It's rumors about a GAME expansion. Forwarding such
information hardly makes him worthy of contempt.

Get serious.

 

[Yuan-Ti]

Bring them on, I love psionics in my games. DS was one of my personal favorite games but it was hard to find players that apprecited the world for the way it is.

DarkSun will sell, the new setting will sell, and that means more psionics rulebooks, splatbooks, prestige class books, plush dolls, keychains, barfbags, etc., will sell. It will be good for WotC.

I, personally, have long had a strong dislike for psionics because the rules have never satisfied me. Being told by even people who love psionics that the 3e rules are messed up has not encouraged me. As a result, I will not buy Dark Sun and I will not buy the new setting, unless someone proves to me that it is fascinating reading, plundering, etc., aside from the psionics madness.

In a way, though a psionics-heavy setting is very much like FR, so I am not too surprised WotC went for that.

Btw, I have to ask as well -- didn't someone actually get the rights to do Dark Sun?

 

[Taren Nighteyes]

Trance: Leaking information to the public is part of the game.

Nearly every organization designs or expects "leaks". How many times have you read "speaking on the condition of Edit: "anonymity"(sp??), or "sources close to the situation", or a "high level official"...etc.

Why leak info?? It generates excitement, buzz, or interest. It is a cheap way to advertise or make the general public aware of what is coming down the pipe. It also illicits feedback...general public opinion....before an official announcement - which means they can kill the idea or modify it, if the public out cry is larger than expected....

So quit whining and trying to get the "source" to reveal himself. "The Dragon" may even have "permission" to leak the information, so until a wizards official sends out a nastio-gram about "leaks" and breach of contracts, assume that the leaked information isn't hurting anyone and is probably expected.

Taren Nighteyes

Edit: just checked your spelling. Dinkeldog