Woo-hoo! Heroes of Horror preview!!
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Tuzenbach said:
Ow! Stop that!
As I said, I can't say for sure why it was named that way, since I didn't write that class. But my best guess is that they needed to distinguish it from the standard necromancer (i.e. the wizard specializing in necromancy).
As far as the "dread witch," which I did write, let me just say that the title is entirely appropriate; I didn't just pick the word "dread" out of the air.
And no, I can't explain what I mean, but you'll see soon enough.
Mouseferatu
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Oh, the new Product Spotlight interview with James Wyatt is here: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ps/20051010a&dcmp=ILC-RSSDND
I loved working with James on this book. Haven't had the chance yet to do so on any subsequent contracts, but I very much hope to again in the not-too-distant future.
I loved working with James on this book. Haven't had the chance yet to do so on any subsequent contracts, but I very much hope to again in the not-too-distant future.
Mouseferatu said:
It's a very interesting interview, too. (Mouse, you should have asked some leading questions on that thread - that would have been fun.
)I really like this bit:
James Wyatt: In designing this book, however, we took a deliberate step away from Gothic horror, with its virginal heroines and everyman heroes, toward a flavor of horror that I think fits better in the D&D world, with its superheroic characters. Influenced more by Clark Ashton Smith than Bram Stoker, Heroes of Horror threatens characters with the possibility that the evil they fight might corrupt them -- not just by luring them into evil deeds, but also by eating away their flesh or devouring their souls. Thus, even high-level characters have plenty to fear from this book.
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That's just sold me on Heroes of Horror. I really want it now!
Cheers!
Cthulhudrew
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Borlon said:
Like others, I like the class- but it doesn't seem to fit into a world which already has clerics and wizards, et al. It has a lot of flavor, and some really interesting abilities.
That being the case, I think the above quote puts it into the precise context- this is the key to why the Archivist class was presented in a book on horror games. It really fits best in a world that doesn't have a direct line to the gods via the cleric, a horror game where the divine is just as mysterious and enigmatic as it is dangerous.
Cthulhudrew
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Mouseferatu said:As far as the "dread witch," which I did write, let me just say that the title is entirely appropriate; I didn't just pick the word "dread" out of the air.
And no, I can't explain what I mean, but you'll see soon enough.
I'm just guessing, but I think James Wyatt gave it away in his interview on the Wizards site.
[EDIT] In the interests of not blatantly spoiling anything (if indeed I am), I decided to pull the quote from the article that I originally posted, and leave it to others to find what I'm talking about in the interview if they're so inclined.
Rystil Arden
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I believe it. I made one that was eerily similar to the Spellthief significantly before Complete Adventurer ever came outSammael said:I created a base class a couple of months ago that's nearly identical to the archivist... great minds think alike.
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Cthulhudrew said:
Hmm... Looks like he did, at that. Part of it, at least.
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