Twin Peeks: Races of Faerun and Arms & Equipment Guide

[Sir Osis of Liver]

ok, you said the arts all black and white, but do they have lots of illastrations for things. That was something i always hated about the 2e version, not enough pics of the items.

 

[MerricB]

I'm interested in this section:

Hirelings and Creatures
-finding and paying for hirelings and mercenaries
-companions, pets and mounts
-guard creatures (includes stats for new creatures: climbdog, thudhunter)
-more info on mounts, particularly exotic ones (Gelatinous Cube mount, anyone?). Includes stats for axebeak, hippocampi, giant dragonfly, giant firefly.

Any idea of how in-depth and useful it is, Eric?

Cheers!

 

[Nightfall]

Must...steal...Eric's Books... Kidding. I am jealous of all the stuff you get Eric. Maybe some day...I'll be worthy of such attention.

In regarding this thread, thanks for the sneak peeks. I do appreciate it.

 

[demiurge1138]

Ahh, mercurial weapons!
I thought that nightmare was over.

Anyways, A&EG looks cool. Nothing like the original (best 2ed supplement, IMHO), but cool nonetheless. Except for the mercurial (shudder) weapons and the violating the agreement with Necromancer Games (axebeak, hippocampus and giant dragonfly).

Demiurge out.

 

[Gez]

Humans: Calie, Chondathan, Damaran, Illuskan, Mulan, Rashemi, Tehyrian, other ethnic groups

Maybe you should find a smarter filter... Or no filter at all. That's just ridiculous.

Besides, there's so many four-letter words that an unititiated wouldn't know whether the real name is calishte, or something else like califcke or caliccke or...

 

[Swack-Iron]

Races of Faerun:
Equipment (about 20 new weapons, including bolas, halfling skiprock, and jambiya; 5 new armor types including mud armor and Dendritic crystal armor; new gear like armor lubricant and snowshoes; and special items like drow poison and flash grenades)

Out of curiosity, is the elven thinblade amongst the "new" equipment? WotC has occasionally reprinted material from splatbooks or Dragon Mag. in Realms books, and since I don't own the splats and don't have a Dragon subscription... But this is one piece of equipment I'd definitely like to see in the Realms.

Prestige classes (dwarven battlerager; elven bladesinger; breachgnome; elven high mage -- this is an epic PrC; Great Rift skyguard; orc warlord; Spellsinger; Warrior Skald; halfling warsling sniper)

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

 

[Katerek]

Bummer

I thought I heard that gnolls were going to be in RoF.

poop

 

[Alzrius]

Hmm, so nephelium (transparent iron) didn't make it into A&EG huh? Oh well, we got Baatorian Green Steel, so I'm happy. The additional artifacts is a perk I wasn't expecting also. More than anything else, artifacts has seen a lack of support in 3E (no Book of Artifacts or special rules for their magic aura). Overall though, both books sound really good, and I'm sure I'll be getting them soon.

 

[Selvarin]

Hmm, why no derro? They'd make for a decent RoF web enhancement, at least.

 

[Dave Blewer]

Looks like I will need AE&G for my Sundered Sky Campaign...

Thanks for the info Eric