Totally Useless Information About ENworld

[RangerWickett]

Sorry about the shouting, but I have to get this out. It sincerely is about ENWorld, though this also happens to be a pet peeve of mine.

It's "Natural 20 Press."

Y'know, the name of ENWorld's publishing company. I don't know if you're familiar with the term, but amongst most of the gamers I know, if you roll a d20, and result is a 20 without any modifiers, it's called a 'natural 20.'

Similarly, when people really need a high roll, and the situation is tense, if they roll a natural 20, they sometimes victoriously shout, "Natural 20!"

No one ever shouts, "Natural d20." It sounds silly.

So, I just wanted to get this off my chest. Fairly often I see people calling our company "Natural d20 Press," and it's just not right. I think it's fair that I hope people know the proper name of the company I work for. I know there's an image of a d20 in the logo for the company, but that'd be like calling White Wolf "White Wolf Pawprint."

So, in the future, please remember that there's no 'd' in the name of the company. Have a nice day.

 

[Henry]

Here, Here!

*bump*

 

[Tom Cashel]

Homer: "Done and done!"

(and bumped)

 

[Crothian]

Also, I just got Wild Spellcraft by Natural 20 press. I'm happy this is out in print and so far it seems like a fun book for a player.

 

[RangerWickett]

Oh yeah, and go to this thread that I posted earlier, about Nat20. It's about J.L. Jones, artist for Natural 20 Press.

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23809

Or, if you want to go straight to the pretty pictures, follow this link. It's fairly image heavy, so slower connections may have a hard time viewing the page.

www.animationcloset.com/jljones/JLJ_Main.htm

 

[pensiv]

um, ok.

I don't know how this is "vitally important," but I'll take your word for it.

I suppose being called by the wrong name is annoying and all. My name is Travis. I've been called Travers, Trevis, Trevor, etc., but I don't bother correcting people. I guess I don't find it vitally important.

Either way, I've never heard anyone shout "Natural 20" either, but I'm sure that would be a great advertisement for your company.

 

[RangerWickett]

I'm glad you liked Wild Spellcraft! I tried to convince Russ (Morrus) and Doug (from MEG) to go for a 300-page hardcover edition, but they never replied.

Just kidding, not really. Though now that I think about it, I should've gone for an extra 200 pages. I wanted to have a mixture of spooky-scary magic (the hexes aren't really scary, but they're a more entertaining way to kill someone than with a fireball), and fun magic. And the last chapter, with Yen-Ching, was my experimental attempt to write an adventure a little differently. Namely by not having a preset adventure, map, or challenge rating. *grin*

And one of these days I'll get around to writing some extra material for some sort of web supplement.

Hey, since you have the book, why not write a review? Constructive criticism is always appreciated.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Re: Vitally Important Information About Enworld

I love White Wolf Pawprint games! But apparently, I've been saying it wrong all this time!

 

[RangerWickett]

um, ok.

I don't know how this is "vitally important," but I'll take your word for it.

I suppose being called by the wrong name is annoying and all. My name is Travis. I've been called Travers, Trevis, Trevor, etc., but I don't bother correcting people. I guess I don't find it vitally important.

Either way, I've never heard anyone shout "Natural 20" either, but I'm sure that would be a great advertisement for your company.

I suppose the gamers in your group also don't use the term "tongue-in-cheek," either?

No, it was just a joke to get people to look.

 

[der_kluge]

And there's no "S" at the end of Bluffside.

It's Bluffside, not Bluffsides!