So, what are *you* doing with the WLC?

[Vraille Darkfang]

I opened up Autocad.

I place a Dot on my Map (I use AutoCAD as my Game Mapper, at this point anything that anything on the Market can do, I can do in CAD)

I labeled it WLC.

Now I have a Nice Paper Wieght.

In fact, that is the actual Game Total of WLC as of this point.


However, a major Port which I had only the Barest Details of matched the Bare Details of the WLC almost 100%.

Thus the 1 Paragraph of the City of the Crow became "Crow Citadel, World's Largest City" and the Hill & Citadel at the Heart of the City became "Citadel at the Top of the Spire at the Center of the City"

My Party also got Teleported to a Desert on the Far side of the World a few sessions ago.

WLC is one of 2 Primary Ports they'd have to go through to get back.

So, I might be using the WLC on a more regular Basis.

 

[Aus_Snow]

Thanks jdrakeh, and Odhanan, for the details there.

It's been ages since I picked up a ridiculously big city source. And well, these two recent offerings probably really are the world's largest cities. Hm, in d20. . .

Of course, with the rather unfortunate timing involved, WLC didn't get quite the press it might've, otherwise. So I thought I"d get more of an idea from those who've actually got the book.

Cheers.

 

[jdrakeh]

No problem. Ultimately, I think that the WLC was worth its cover price, but it wasn't quite what I expected (which did lead to some disappointment). Ptolus definitely has the edge as its own setting/campaign with both its implied metaplots and the wicked good organization that makes it easy to reference during play. That said, I think that the WLC has the edge as a generic city sourebook for use with any setting by virtue of sticking to the D&D core rules and not introducing new races, magic, technology, etc.

 

[amethal]

No problem. Ultimately, I think that the WLC was worth its cover price, but it wasn't quite what I expected (which did lead to some disappointment). Ptolus definitely has the edge as its own setting/campaign with both its implied metaplots and the wicked good organization that makes it easy to reference during play. That said, I think that the WLC has the edge as a generic city sourebook for use with any setting by virtue of sticking to the D&D core rules and not introducing new races, magic, technology, etc.

It was pretty much what I expected, apart from the humanoid district (and accompanying backstory). That makes it a bit less generic, but is one of the parts I find most interesting.

At the moment, its sitting on my shelf next to WLD. Its not worth the effort of integrating it into what's left of my current camppaign (PCs have just reached 19th level). I'll be doing War of the Burning Sky next. I don't know if it will fit in that campaign; guess I'll just head over to the WotBS forum and ask!

 

[Odhanan]

I think that Ptolus actually is Third Edition D&D. 3.x, after all, was built out of Praemal first and then Ptolus specifically, through Monte's own games. Ptolus actually creates a fictional environment in which all the D&D tropes (adventurers plundering dungeons, selling their stuff, buying magical items, having class levels, alignments etc) suddenly make sense and feels 'believable' for lack of a better word. That in itself is a huge part of Ptolus' greatness to me.

Now, that said, I do agree with what jdrakeh's means: WLC is indeed more vanilla, generic, and can be introduced in any setting. Ptolus can too, but it does have specificities that would require more thought on the part of the DM wishing to use it in a homebrew/another published setting.