Wolfgang's "Demonweb Q&A"

[Glyfair]

Wolfgang has posted a "Demonweb Q&A" on his blog.

A few quotes of interest (read the original for full context):

I was told not to follow in the footsteps very much, as they did not want to repeat the "errors" of Q1. Giant mechanical spiders were explicitly off the table.

The editor was the astoundign Michele Carter, who was the main editor of the Planescape line back in the day, so you know it was in the best of hands for retaining and promoting the Planescape twists in it. However, this book contains no Planescape cant.

What else about process? It's all a bit of a blur, but I can say with confidence that it got much, much, much more time in development and editing than other WotC projects I've done. I'm still unclear on why that is, actually. I was initially told there would be an in-house playtest, and then that didn't happen (so I organized my own, in some haste and with much gratitude to the playtest group that stepped up). Development was.... strange in other ways. What seemed to me to be the best playtest recommendation was not adopted. I'm too far removed from WotC current processes to say any more than that. You'd have to ask the developer.

 

[shilsen]

What does this have to do with 4e?

 

[Glyfair]

What does this have to do with 4e?

Silly drop down menu moved

or....

Lolth is behind 4E, didn't you know?

 

[Nightfall]

I'd still like to know the adventure synopsis for this adventure...

And where Orcus might fit in all this...

 

[MerricB]

No cant! Yay!

 

[Nightfall]

For a second there Merric I thought you were saying "No, can't!"

 

[MerricB]

For a second there Merric I thought you were saying "No, can't!"

Cant is possibly the thing I hate most about Planescape (with the possible exception of some of the art).

Cheers!

 

[Nightfall]

*liked most of the art in Planescape actually* But I can see why you might hate cant. In any case I'm still wondering what the entirety of this module is about...

 

[MerricB]

*liked most of the art in Planescape actually* But I can see why you might hate cant. In any case I'm still wondering what the entirety of this module is about...

First half: Discovering what the threat is emanating from the Demonweb Pits.
Second half: Delving the Demonweb Pits to stop the threat.

I'm guessing, but...

Cheers!

 

[NiTessine]

First half: Discovering what the threat is emanating from the Demonweb Pits.
Second half: Delving the Demonweb Pits to stop the threat.

I'm guessing, but...

Cheers!

Something like that, kinda.

It's actually divided into five parts, of which the third and the fifth are set in the Demonweb...

Nightfall, Orcus indeed fits into the plot, and his interests even coincide with the PCs'.