The (new) Immortals Handbook Thread

[Plane Sailing]

Name calling? I didn't call anybody anything. I said this was a hoax.

Dyson, please remain civil. You tone has been particularly aggressive on this thread recently. By all means make your points, but take the time to frame them in such a way as not to impugne other members of the community.

Regards,

 

[Sledge]

So now that editing apparently has the files, can we open the betting/contest again?

 

[Baronovan]

I put my proverbial money on... May 30th, at the earliest, for the current material to come back from the editor.

 

[CRGreathouse]

I put my proverbial money on... May 30th, at the earliest, for the current material to come back from the editor.

That may be reasonable, although it of course depends on U_K -- as far as I know he hasn't sent it off yet.

Once he does, though, he can work on Part II while the editor works. Hopefully this won't take as long as Part I!

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hey all!

That may be reasonable, although it of course depends on U_K -- as far as I know he hasn't sent it off yet.

Once he does, though, he can work on Part II while the editor works. Hopefully this won't take as long as Part I!

I emailed the editor today.

I'm guessing that if people were in a real hurry to see things I could probably make the Bestiary preview text available perhaps as early as Monday (pending the initial reply from the editor) with a version including all the art to follow possibly by next Friday (which may turn out to be a good thing as it would also give me a chance to rework some of the pieces I am unhappy with...such as the Anakim).

As for part two, certainly it will go much, much faster. In terms of text I think I can now handle about 11 pages per week and most of the entries are already part written so maybe double that. So the text may take about 3 1/2 weeks, and probably another 1 1/2 weeks for the art.

So assuming the preview is fully finished by next Friday...the 13th. The full Bestiary should be ready roughly by mid-late June.

Although of course the novelty there would be me able to adhere to a deadline for once.

 

[Sledge]

I'm guessing that if people were in a real hurry to see things I could probably make the Bestiary preview text available perhaps as early as Monday (pending the initial reply from the editor)

That would so entirely and completely rock.

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hey Sledge!

That would so entirely and completely rock.

Well the more I think about it may be unfair to the editor. It assumes he can edit the entire document in three days (including over the weekend at that). I don't really know if thats even feasible, let alone realistic? So I'll wait until we can talk about things before jumping to conclusions. But be assured it won't be too much longer to wait.

I'll be really interested to hear the feedback to the preview, believe it or not I actually toned down quite a few of the monsters, thats not to say they are not tough - simply that they are not as min/maxed as they could have been.

 

[Baronovan]

Looking forward to it. Will you be making any appearances at the new Dicefreaks to let those guys know when the preview is released?

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hey Baranovan!

Looking forward to it. Will you be making any appearances at the new Dicefreaks to let those guys know when the preview is released?

You mean they don't all think its a hoax!

I don't know, I'll maybe wait until I have the full Bestiary ready before pimping anything. Though I'd happily respond to threads started by other people who have seen the preview material I guess.

Incidently, its probably not the place for it (?) but here is a small snippet of text that got cut from the Preview. I was never sure if I could get away with mentioning the Wasting Tower directly anyway.

The Wasting Tower

This macro-titanic edifice is the center of power for all daemonkind. The towers exact origins are unknown, although the venerable maskim are said to have been alive during the towers construction and whisper that sinistral overgods summoned a mega-being from beyond reality in the first war against the angels. However the mindless entity could not be controlled and ran amok. Forced into battling the creature, in a conflict where even overgods met their end, the monstrosity was eventually laid low. Over time the carcass of the great beast decayed and rotted, forever blighting the plane of Hades. Only the bones now remain, with the wasting tower being created from the creatures spine.

Over the eons the tower has inspired daemonic architects and broken the backs of the billions of slaves that have laboured upon it. The tower reputedly has some ten thousand levels, with roughly half above ground and half below.

 

[The Serge]

You mean they don't all think its a hoax!

Dyson's... special, U_K. He's not a moderator or an admin at DF, so don't take his comments as a reflection of the entire site. It's best to just ignore him when he's being silly. I can assure you that we are all very interested in The Immortals Handbook.