Darrin Drader
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I have Ghostwalk (obviously). It has some neat ideas but I'm otherwise withholding my opinion.
Sell me on a setting
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You might also consider looking at the Scarred Lands setting book Hollowfaust. It details a city-state run by non-evil necromancers, and would be extremely easy to add to the Ghostwalk or Forgotten Realms setting, or you could run in Hollowfaust (which would be my preference, if I were you) and use the Ghostwalk rules as add-ons.
For an off-night side-trek kind of game, you don't really need more campaign world than one locale (provided it is an interesting and flavorful one, which Hollowfaust is), and the themes of exploration of death beyond a religious or mythic perspective would be enhanced by the Ghostwalk rules-set.
Some Hollowfaust Reviews:
http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_5573.html
http://www.gamewyrd.com/review/56
http://palladia.interkan.net/Forum/index.phtml?az=show_msg&msgID=2642&forumID=13
For an off-night side-trek kind of game, you don't really need more campaign world than one locale (provided it is an interesting and flavorful one, which Hollowfaust is), and the themes of exploration of death beyond a religious or mythic perspective would be enhanced by the Ghostwalk rules-set.
Some Hollowfaust Reviews:
http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_5573.html
http://www.gamewyrd.com/review/56
http://palladia.interkan.net/Forum/index.phtml?az=show_msg&msgID=2642&forumID=13
V_Shane
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You might want to check out the World of the Azieran by heathen Oracle, its even got an upcoming world map thats 120 8.5 x 11 pages. and some unbelievable cool classes all written by Christopher Heath, all art by V Shane (me) and Mark Brooks.
Well, all the writing is done, but us artist slow pokes.....well its not out yet, but soon, ......I think
Well anyway, we'll be posting sometime soon.
Well, all the writing is done, but us artist slow pokes.....well its not out yet, but soon, ......I think
Well anyway, we'll be posting sometime soon.
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AshremBayle@Home
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Tsyr said:
Or Midnight...
Actually, it is Midnight's cosmology that makes it so perfect. Sure, there are some things you want be able to use, but part of what makes Midnight unique is that it has been severed from Heaven and Hell.
When you are dead you have three options:
1. Float forever in your corpse.
2. Rise as one of the Fell, animating your body and hunting for flesh until you fall apart.
3. Rise as one of the Lost, forsaking your body to roam endlessly. This is where Ghostwalk comes in.
Desdichado
Hero
I actually have Hollowfaust already, and I really like most aspects of the concept -- although it takes a little finagling to excise the SL specific parts of it.
I've also just read SKR's site about Ghostwalk, and I think I like it more having seen it. I'll probably just end up picking up both products in the long run...
Oh, Darrin, I must be missing something -- why is it obvious that you have Ghostwalk?
I've also just read SKR's site about Ghostwalk, and I think I like it more having seen it. I'll probably just end up picking up both products in the long run...
Oh, Darrin, I must be missing something -- why is it obvious that you have Ghostwalk?
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Darrin Drader
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Joshua Dyal said:
Having it is job related as the primary customer support person for D&D at WotC, which is why I'm withholding my opinion. It would be impossible for me to be impartial.
Desdichado
Hero
I own Unapproachable East and know someone who owns Ghostwalk (and I've given a read through both).
I think UE has some excellent, unique flavor to it. Of the many cultures in FR, the UE peoples have some of the most different customs. Rasheman with its witches, spirits of the land, and berserker lodges, or Anglorond (sp) ruled by the Symbul...
Ghostwalk is definitely different. The city of Manifest offers several unique adventures, particularly if only part of the party is dead. The setting offers many different organizations and how they interact is interesting.
(Blatently plugs both homebrew worlds in sig, because she can)
Low'verok is like regular D&D in many respects, but with a higher emphasis on both nature and the inner planes. Many people are divided by their guilds and organizations, so conspiracy and intrigue are common, against a backdrop of untouched nature and small gods, cities that are the nexus of a hundred portals, or occasionally both.
Vasorn is a world ruled by dragons, where some races have been pushed to the fringes, other ground under the claw, and some simply left to rot. Draconic excess is felt by many, and for those who conspire with the conqurers, life can be incredibly dangerous... for both sides.
I think UE has some excellent, unique flavor to it. Of the many cultures in FR, the UE peoples have some of the most different customs. Rasheman with its witches, spirits of the land, and berserker lodges, or Anglorond (sp) ruled by the Symbul...
Ghostwalk is definitely different. The city of Manifest offers several unique adventures, particularly if only part of the party is dead. The setting offers many different organizations and how they interact is interesting.
(Blatently plugs both homebrew worlds in sig, because she can)
Low'verok is like regular D&D in many respects, but with a higher emphasis on both nature and the inner planes. Many people are divided by their guilds and organizations, so conspiracy and intrigue are common, against a backdrop of untouched nature and small gods, cities that are the nexus of a hundred portals, or occasionally both.
Vasorn is a world ruled by dragons, where some races have been pushed to the fringes, other ground under the claw, and some simply left to rot. Draconic excess is felt by many, and for those who conspire with the conqurers, life can be incredibly dangerous... for both sides.
bloodymage
House Ruler
Don't know a thing about GW or UE, but if you want a setting that's just good without gimmickry, go for Kalamar.
Nightfall
Sage of the Scarred Lands
Joshua Dyal said:I actually have Hollowfaust already, and I really like most aspects of the concept -- although it takes a little finagling to excise the SL specific parts of it.
I've also just read SKR's site about Ghostwalk, and I think I like it more having seen it. I'll probably just end up picking up both products in the long run...
Oh, Darrin, I must be missing something -- why is it obvious that you have Ghostwalk?
Obviously though Josh, you could keep running Hollowfaust...maybe add Shelzar. Possibly a few Slitheren?
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