Stream of Annihilation Preview - DINOSAURS!

Not only did Chris Perkins pretty much confirmed that the product codenamed "Dust" is the one which Pendleton Ward was involved with (see below), but WotC's Greg Tito also confirms that the weekend-long live stream will feature the main announcement right at the beginning with a preview of a piece of art featuring.... dinosaurs! The video below features that art, as well as Tito talking about the various celebrities who will be attending (and starring in) the event.

[video=youtube;pEH1BX4m0eY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEH1BX4m0eY[/video]

"Something to look forward to. #wotcstaff #dust" - Chris Perkins
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[pukunui]

So Acererak has been ousted from White Plume Mountain and has taken up residence in ruined Mezro, raising an undead army.

When was Acererak ever in White Plume Mountain?

Seriously, they couldn't even come up with a new Mao, they just recycled the 4e Map, which thanks to the Sundering is out of date.

I wouldn't worry about it. The adventure itself is bound to have updated maps in it.

 

[Oofta]

Disappointed it's not Halfling riding barbarians.

Here's hoping one day Eberron is opened up like Ravenloft (or that they do it justice with a setting book).

edit: Also, I agree with the speculation it's an adventure set in Chult.

Halfling riding barbarians?

You mean something like:
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[Jocanuck]

So Acererak has been ousted from White Plume Mountain and has taken up residence in ruined Mezro, raising an undead army.

Cool.

You are thinking of Keraptis, he is the wizard (or lich maybe) that constructed WPM.

 

[dropbear8mybaby]

You are thinking of Keraptis, he is the wizard (or lich maybe) that constructed WPM.

Ah, yeah, confused it with ToH.

 

[gyor]

When was Acererak ever in White Plume Mountain?

I wouldn't worry about it. The adventure itself is bound to have updated maps in it.

Honesty I'm more concerned with others as I won't buy the Adventure Path until we get a FRCG.

 

[Ath-kethin]

This book sounds more interesting than any of the others so far, largely because a savage wilderness can be transported much more easily to someplace more distinct and interesting than the Forgotten Realms. If they could mesh the basics of THAT idea with the discrete shorter adventure format from TftYP, they'd get my cash no (other) questions asked.

So, baby steps. We might be getting there.

 

[gyor]

I wonder if it's just the main part of Chult that will be explored or with Samarach and Thindol will also be explored.

 

[Edwin Suijkerbuijk]

I could sugest another option.

In the Oficial DnD podcast there is a section called lore you should know.
And in the last 2 episodes the lore was about Baldurs gate and Amn.
But I noticed that in both cases they make a point of talking about the trade these places had with Maztica and if this trade will be re established now Maztica has returned from Abir.

So could this city with dinosaurs be something on the continent where Maztica is ?

 

[lkj]

So Nathan Stewart tweeted the following as a "preview" for the SoA:

https://twitter.com/NathanBStewart/status/869691270905511936


(quotes around preview were his not mine).

I personally have no idea whether that tells us something interesting. But maybe someone else does.

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[darjr]

Where do Aarakocra come from? Hmmm, I wonder?

http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Aarakocra