September In the Works is up

[Kzach]

I missed that tidbit for a while and kept wondering when it would show up on Amazon.

What an odd thing to do. I mean, I get why they're doing it, but it's kinda too little, too late. And regardless, hobby stores are like any other business and need to adapt to changing markets or die. It's not up to publishers to prop them up.

Hasbro should look to Apple's example and open up Hasbro stores with a dedicated gaming area in them for playing ANY Hasbro game. Once a week, host Encounters. The rest of the week, MTG, Yugioh, board games, etc. That'd kick ass.

 

[Scribble]

What an odd thing to do. I mean, I get why they're doing it, but it's kinda too little, too late. And regardless, hobby stores are like any other business and need to adapt to changing markets or die. It's not up to publishers to prop them up.

Depends on if the publishers feel propping them up is in their own best interest.

Hasbro should look to Apple's example and open up Hasbro stores with a dedicated gaming area in them for playing ANY Hasbro game. Once a week, host Encounters. The rest of the week, MTG, Yugioh, board games, etc. That'd kick ass.

I miss the old Wizards of The Coast stores.

 

[gyor]

Witch I'm betting will be primal/arcane druid conroller with leader/striker secondary. Primal deals with the more spiritual aspects and arcane the more scholaric/sage elements of the witch mythos. Some have suggested a spell book as well, my guess is a free familiar feat. More speculation on my part maybe a multiple multiclassing option like bards or away to add other power sources to powers.

Satyr's will have free bard implement profiencies. May a know prone on a charge feature. Racial powers will be mostly be arcane with maybe a couple primal. Will be male only optionally.

Pixies, racials powers will be arcane, including invisiblity at will as a standard action.

Dryad will be racial powers primal. Alot of defensive tricks.

 

[Nemesis Destiny]

I am potentially very interested in the Witch, but I don't think it will look like you describe. Certainly not a striker secondary. I can't say what I think it actually will look like, but whatever it is, my hopes are not high that it will turn out in a way I find pleasing. See also Heroes of Shadow - I wanted a leader-like Necromancer, but alas.

 

[Rechan]

Making it a hobby store exclusive means that those of us without an FLGS are buggered.

 

[MrMyth]

So would your DM be a bad DM if a group of local loggers just happen to cut down the dryads tree while she was away on an adventure?

They didn't do it to intentionally cause harm, they just needed the wood for the coming winter.

If it happened without warning or ability for PC to react, then yeah. In the same way that, "Hey, while you guys left town, it was hit by a meteor" or "Random mugger killed your family while you were away. Sorry!"

If you set this stuff up - and the player knows that 'loggers are moving into that area of the woods' or 'bad guys have been stalking your family' or 'prophecy says the red star wil fall unless the magic doo-hicky is destroyed'... and the players decide to head elsewhere anyway... then no real problem.

If the DM just has bad stuff happen arbitrarily without warning, regardless of what that bad stuff is, then yeah, they aren't being an especially good DM. The loggers might not be intentionally causing harm, but the DM sure is.

 

[Pickles JG]

Making it a hobby store exclusive means that those of us without an FLGS are buggered.

I hear some FLGS do mail order, though you may end up paying more

 

[Nemesis Destiny]

Some do eBay as well.

Depending on where you live, you might be able to get someone from these boards to get you a copy and mail it to you.

 

[Rechan]

Yeah, that's a winning sales strategy.

 

[Pentius]

If it happened without warning or ability for PC to react, then yeah. In the same way that, "Hey, while you guys left town, it was hit by a meteor" or "Random mugger killed your family while you were away. Sorry!"

If you set this stuff up - and the player knows that 'loggers are moving into that area of the woods' or 'bad guys have been stalking your family' or 'prophecy says the red star wil fall unless the magic doo-hicky is destroyed'... and the players decide to head elsewhere anyway... then no real problem.

If the DM just has bad stuff happen arbitrarily without warning, regardless of what that bad stuff is, then yeah, they aren't being an especially good DM. The loggers might not be intentionally causing harm, but the DM sure is.

I can't XP MrMyth again yet. Can someone cover me?