The Diamond Throne: Anyone got it yet?

[NeuroZombie]

Looks like I'll be heading to RPGNow as well!

While other world books have been cool I almost never want to actually game in them as making up a world has always been my favorite part of DMing.

I agree Paka. I tend to purchase settings and canabalize them for my own settings, but just from the AU PHB, I am already hooked!

 

[Paka]

Looks like I'll be heading to RPGNow as well!



I agree Paka. I tend to purchase settings and canabalize them for my own settings, but just from the AU PHB, I am already hooked!

I actually like the Diamond Throne world enough to game in it. I don't think I will be immediately cannabalizing the crunchy-bits for my own game just yet.

 

[Michael Tree]

Could a Mage Priest be used for Faen who worship umpteen millions of gods? Is it only for spellcasters who revere extraplanar beings religiously, or could a character who is more of an occult kabbalist use it to invoke the power of extraplanar beings?

Does it have information for using the prestige classes from the 3.5 DMG, particularly the Eldrich Knight, Thaumaturge, and Arcane Trickster?

 

[Nightfall]

I'm actually more interested in seeing how they use Relics and Rituals series PLUS the monsters from ToH and CC R and CC 2.

 

[Staffan]

After skimming Diamond Throne, I'm not so sure I'll be using it. I'll probably stick with my Spielburg-based homebrew, probably only allowing human and maybe faen PCs from the beginning.

 

[Kesh]

But, see, I'm using a Mac...

Oh, that's no problem. Buy it through RPGnow. They let you download a regular PDF, and you should have Acrobat Reader on your system.

I bought the three-pack of AU PDFs, and I'm having no problems.

 

[Varianor Abroad]

Could a Mage Priest be used for Faen who worship umpteen millions of gods? Is it only for spellcasters who revere extraplanar beings religiously, or could a character who is more of an occult kabbalist use it to invoke the power of extraplanar beings?

A faen could easily be a Mage Priest. That would be something to clear with the DM, who'd have to decide if the faen gods are real, or if there are spirits out there that will respond to their entreaties. They make pacts with minor spirits, eventually major ones, and learn truenames of powerful extraplanar creatures as they advance. Some of these could easily be faenb deities. The PrC suits any vaguely priestly role in the setting very well from occultist to cultist.

They tend to talk like Dr. Strange though.

Does it have information for using the prestige classes from the 3.5 DMG, particularly the Eldrich Knight, Thaumaturge, and Arcane Trickster?

Nope. It does recommend the Eldritch Warrior from BOEM II, which IMO is a really cool class. (Admitted fanboy here though.) The setting recommends five of the six PrCs from the 3.0 rules (loremaster, assassin, dwarven defender, shadowdancer, and arcane archer), which are a much better fit. If you wanted to use the above classes, you'd have to run a hybrid 3.0/3.5 game and do some customization.

Personally, to get close to an arcane trickster in AU, I'd run an Unfettered/Mageblade or just a Mageblade with the sneak attack feats.

 

[Berandor]

Tried to quote, messed up
Kesh:

I think he was talking about the name generator - which, being a mac-user myself, I can't utilize either

 

[Nightfall]

Ver,

Any details on the Relics and Rituals stuff? How about the monsters from CC 1, CC2 and ToH?

 

[Varianor Abroad]

Ver,

Any details on the Relics and Rituals stuff? How about the monsters from CC 1, CC2 and ToH?

Yup. One R&R class is good (Vigilant), and one R&R II (Spirit Walker). There's a great selection of ToH and CC monsters listed. (I won't reproduce it here. You'll have to buy the book. )

Plus there are twelve new monsters with incredible illustrations. When I showed the the rhodin to my players just as they attacked, everyone went "Euh!"

Then they went "Ow!", but that's another story....