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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Talaysen" data-source="post: 86206" data-attributes="member: 340">Speaking as the editor of RPG Action, which will be publishing some eBooks and PDF zines (eventually...):To be honest, I too am inclined to keep our plans close to the vest, as Chris Pramas put it. However...aw heck, I revealed some of this already; I might as well let y'all in on a little more. Call it an EN World exclusive. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I did announce a few projects in my initial open letter; let me address the eBooks first. The Referee's Toolbox is pretty much what the name implies: a set of tools for enterprising GMs. The point-based PC race construction system I've been working on will be in there. The d20 world classification system (covering such things as gravity, surface temperature, etc.) I've been working on will be in there. Lots of goodies will be in there. And so forth.Next we have Ambrosae's Grand Catalogue of Species, Volume I: The Intelligent Undead. Hmmm...how to describe this? Well, I think three little words will say it best: Van Richten's Guide. For those of you who don't remember the VR Guides, simply put, they were a sort of "build-your-own-monster" kit. Each book defined its subject - lycanthropes, ghosts, whatever - in very broad terms, and outlined a number of qualities common to all members of the species and qualities available only to some; so, for example, VR's Guide to Ghosts allowed you (at least in theory) to build anything from a banshee to a wraith, and mix and match attributes. The VR's Guide also covered such topics as pathology (especially in the case of vampires and lycanthropes), psychology, etc.For obvious reasons, Ambrosae's Grand Catalogue WON'T just be a rehash of the old material, but yeah, that's the basic intent behind it: to provide GMs with a set of tools with which they can build new and nastier vampires, liches, incorporeals, mummies...and later other sorts of creatures. For example, "vampire" will be defined as a creature that steals any sort of vital essence or portion from the body; so you could have a bloodsucker, or a life-force drainer, or an organ eater, or a drinker of, say, spinal fluid! All this will be described in d20 terms.And if that doesn't impress you...well, my friends, that is only the tip of the iceberg. Stay tuned; I'll have more details sooner or later. (Incidentally, the title is likely to change; it's really just a working title, and I'm not terribly happy with it.)Two e-zines were mentioned by name in my open letter: Master Player and Master Referee. These will be our first two subscription services, and they will be sister zines focusing on different aspects of the d20 system. Master Player will, as the name implies, provide material useful to players - new classes, new races, advice on skill and feat selection and use, customizing your character, and so forth. Master Referee will be for game masters only, and will provide advice on worldbuilding, constructing monsters, crafting plotlines, etc. There will probably be an adventure module or two in each issue, to boot.As for my plans beyond all that...well, I do have some ideas, but you'll have to wait for most of them. I will say that I'd like to do something with bards. I'll say that I have a fairly non-traditional campaign setting in mind. And I'll ALSO say that I hope to launch a new open-source system before too long, but that, of course, has little to do with d20 itself.It may take a little while to get all this off the ground, but it should be wondrous to behold once it's in the air.</blockquote>

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