Shadowdark Arcane Library Western Reaches KS

[Scribe]

The Roustabout!

The class is going to be printed in the Player's Guide to the Western Reaches!

I love it.

 

[Scribe]

Man, am I ever thankful for the core Shadowdark book.

 

[darjr]

Man, am I ever thankful for the core Shadowdark book.

I think there might be a unique cover reprint.

 

[Bill Zebub]

I do still want a "Paladin" class. Not just a ported/converted D&D Paladin, but something unique and interesting and Shadowdarky. Something evocative of Galahad.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I do still want a "Paladin" class. Not just a ported/converted D&D Paladin, but something unique and interesting and Shadowdarky. Something evocative of Galahad.

The blurb for the Western Reaches mentions playing a knight, and the description sounds different than the Knight of St. Ydris. So .... maybe?

 

[Scribe]

I do still want a "Paladin" class. Not just a ported/converted D&D Paladin, but something unique and interesting and Shadowdarky. Something evocative of Galahad.

I'm for sure curious what her Knight will look like.

 

[thullgrim]

I’ve got the current Cursed Scroll volumes but haven’t dug into then. How do the newer classes compare to the core ones?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I’ve got the current Cursed Scroll volumes but haven’t dug into then. How do the newer classes compare to the core ones?

They're generally more specialized, generally a little more complex, generally a little more powerful.

The Knight of St. Ydris is very much tied to the setting in Cursed Scroll #1 and there's a very specialized mystical desert assassin in Cursed Scroll #2 that is likewise not very generic.

On the other hand, the witch, the pit-fighter and warlock are all very portable and good classes.

And the two stretch goal classes from the original Kickstarter -- bard and ranger, each of which will be in the coming Cursed Scroll issues -- are very generic and generally very good classes.

All of the Cursed Scroll classes are much less archetypal than the four core book ones and are extremely optional, IMO. No one in your group is going to feel super-deprived if they can't play a Viking seer, for instance.

 

[thullgrim]

Thanks. I’m running them through Arden Vul with Shadowdark now. Was just thinking about other options for when someone dies. I’ll take a closer look at them.

 

[Lidgar]

Thanks. I’m running them through Arden Vul with Shadowdark now. Was just thinking about other options for when someone dies. I’ll take a closer look at them.

I appreciate the use of “when” versus “if” when referring to someone dying in Shadowdark.