Twin Peeks: Races of Faerun and Arms & Equipment Guide

[Olive]

There is a big thread on this somewhere...

sorry, must have missed it.

 

[EricNoah]

I noticed this in the sample that was released a week or so ago.

It looks like they used a hardback printing for the AaEG, but used the internal formatting of the paperbacks like RttToEE and the classbooks.

Am I correct in this Eric? Does it not have the same borders as the core hardbacks?

The inside looks exactly like Sword & Fist, DotF, etc.

 

[EricNoah]

- Did they include OGL material from other sources? (I eblieve someone else asked that as well, but I didn't see you answer...)

- Someone noticed the damage scaling for weapons by size was different in SS compared to 3.0 (scaling 2d6 -> 3d6 I believe, instead of 2d6 -> 2d8). Was that just a typo, or is that in A&EG as well?

Ok, I'm at home now, let's see if I can answer 1 & 2.

1. None in either book.

2. let's do d4 and then d12 as examples:

d4 --> d6 --> d8 --> 2d6 --> 3d6 --> 4d6 --> 6d6

d12 --> 3d6 --> 4d6 --> 6d6 --> 8d6 --> 10d6 --> 16d6

 

[EricNoah]

It seems to me that many of the races have been printed before. Is their new informationon the genasi, drwo, deep gnomes, halfling subtypes, etc? If so could you describe it?

Thanks.

Ok, now that I'm at home...

The racial entries included:

Major Race Information (general overview of the race as a whole)

Racial Data: Regions; Racial Feats; Racial Prestige Classes; Level Adjustment

History

Outlook: overview; Characters; Favored Class; Prestige Classes.

Society

Language and Literacy

Abilities and Racial Features (in "bullet-point format"); if this info was presented in the PHB or the FRCS it is omitted here, and the human ethnic groups don't get "racial features."

Magic and Lore: general views and specialites relating to magic; Spells and Spellcasting (any unique racial spells or spell-related feats available to the race); Magic Items (including affinities for crafting certain things and "iconic items" that are a specialty of the race).

Racial Deities: brief discussion

Relations with Other Races

Equipment: lists "common items" which can easily be found in that race's homelands; and unique items produced by the race; subheadings are Arms & Armor, and Animals & Pets.

 

[EricNoah]

Just one question...does it have an elven Mantle spell?

Unless it's called something else, no I didn't see that spell.

 

[EricNoah]

Re: Re: Twin Peeks: Races of Faerun and Arms & Equipment Guide

Is the elven bladesinger as printed in Sword & Fist, or as in the Sword & Fist errata, or something entirely new?

It's not the one in Tome & Blood.

The Races of Faerun one is 10 levels and abilties include Bladesong, Bonus Feats, Lesser Spellsong, Song of Celerity, Greater Spellsong, Song of Fury; but it does have essentially the same progression and spell list ast the Tome & Blood one.

 

[EricNoah]

Thank you for the info, Eric!

Can you tell us if there is a feat for noble drow that gives them back some of their 2nd edition abilities like levitation?

Yes, there's a Highborn Drow feat that grants detect good, detect magic, and levitate 1/day each.

 

[shadow]

Eric, I have a few questions about the A&EG. About how many new weapons are there? Are the new weapons based on real weapons from around the world or are they the fantastic weapons like mercurial grearsword?

I personally would love to see more historical weapons included (I fondly miss all those polearms from the 2e PHB).

 

[EricNoah]

Eric, I have a few questions about the A&EG. About how many new weapons are there? Are the new weapons based on real weapons from around the world or are they the fantastic weapons like mercurial grearsword?

I personally would love to see more historical weapons included (I fondly miss all those polearms from the 2e PHB).

2nd question first: they have a big chart with lists of other names from other cultures for various basic weapons. Their philosophy is (and I quote) "the D&D game doesn't really need more simple and martial weapons than it already has."

1st question: Howabouts I just list da weapons, eh?

Arrow, Alchemist's
" blunt
" flight
" signal
" thunder

battlepick, gnome
bladed gauntlet
bolas, 2 ball
bolt, tumbling
calculus, gnome
chain and dagger
chakram
claw bracer
crossbow, great
double bow, elven
duom
imi-bari
fullblade
gauntlet, springloaded
greatsword, merc.
gyrspike
harpoon
javelin, spinning
khopesh
longsword, merc.
lucerne hammer
mace, double
manti
maul
panther claw
sai
sapara
scimitar, double
shotput, orc
skiprock
stump knife
sword, butterfly
three-section staff
throwing iron
tiger claws
tonfa
triple dagger
war fan
ward cestus
whip, mighty
whip and dagger

So, yeah, a lot of repeats from S&F it looks like.

 

[MerricB]

With fixed critical ranges, I hope!

Cheers!