Table of Contents for Tome of Battle

[BadMojo]

WotC has just posted up the table of contents for Tome of Battle.

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20060731a

I must admit that I'm slightly more interested now than I had been earlier. It sounds like it has more of a Wuxia feel than I had anticipated.

OK, begin wild speculation.

 

[demiurge1138]

Ooh, it's pretty. The paper itself is much more in the style of Tome of Magic than it is of an ordinary book, which is good.

I am interested, certainly, but I will restrain myself, at least for a time. Need to give the gaming budget some time to recover. Still, it's nice to get a hint that my optimism was not in vain.

Demiurge out.

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

Ooooo...(gurgles in delight)

I can only hope it doesn't look cool and turn out to stink.

Us fighting-type players need some love.

 

[DonTadow]

One of my players sent this to me today. Is this suppose to be the answer to Iron Heroes?

 

[Olaf the Stout]

One of my players sent this to me today. Is this suppose to be the answer to Iron Heroes?

Or the Book of Iron Might?

I wasn't interested in this before (and I'm still not sure that I am now) but if it added a bit of flair into combat I might be enticed.

Olaf the Stout

 

[Nightfall]

Not sure if it's an "answer" but I think this is Mike Mearls way of making more combat stuff relevant to players that like to have roleplay with their combat.

 

[Olaf the Stout]

Not sure if it's an "answer" but I think this is Mike Mearls way of making more combat stuff relevant to players that like to have roleplay with their combat.

What makes you say that Nightfall?

Olaf the Stout

 

[Nightfall]

What makes you say that Nightfall?

Olaf the Stout

Just because I have both books (BoIM and IH). And the fact is they tended to change combat around. In this instance I think it's more 'adding flavor" to existing D&D combat than trying to make it so that combat is more fun. Or at least more fun for those that like to describe combats. Certainly that aspect is played up, but basing it on what's shown in the table of Contexts, you don't see a lot of whole sale changes, just tweaks. BoIM had some changes along with tweaks. IH lots of changes. This doesn't seem to change much in my opinion, Olaf.

 

[Sound of Azure]

Hey, this looks totally great!

It will be nice to see some interesting flavour, and maybe a set of tools/guidelines for creating our own fighting style/colleges.
I can see myself gaining a lot of inspiration from the ToB.

Might even add a bit more dimension to the image many people have of the "dumb bruiser" fighter type.

 

[Nightfall]

Sound,

I think that's what they are going for. More flavor with just tweaks, not changes.