World's Largest City [Merged]

[Hussar]

I just hope they spend some time proofreading WLC. WLD was bad. Worse than Mongoose bad, even. I mean, how do you mislabel an entire chapter of a book? And maybe the WLC will do the OGL correctly (hah!)

Which chapter is mislabeled? Didn't notice that.

But, yeah, the proofing of some of the regions is truly bad. Not all the regions, but some. Region B, gets my vote for being very poorly done. Others have been fine.

 

[jim pinto]

I just hope they spend some time proofreading WLC. WLD was bad. Worse than Mongoose bad, even. I mean, how do you mislabel an entire chapter of a book? And maybe the WLC will do the OGL correctly (hah!)

wow

those are fighting words

i'm not even sure what you're talking about

anyway

i spoke with Zinser about the WLC today....

nothing new to report

 

[jim pinto]

Ptolus has (IMO) just set the bar too high for any published city product to match. If you have Ptolus, you certainly do not need the WLC. The question will be, what unique properties does the WLC bring to the table?

Ptolus does not attempt to define every NPC within, as Monte (IIRC) does not see that as relevant to its usefulness as a game product. If (for example) the WLC does end up detailing everyone in the city, that would be unique (though its value is certainly going to be questioned).

i can honestly say that didn't get done



and since i was only involved in the concepting of the project, i have no idea what doug sun actually did with the book

but doug's a good writer, solid...

the book won't be as long as the WLD, i don't think, but i don't have the final numbers on that, either

 

[DaveMage]

I'll be interested to see what it brings to the table (so to speak).

How will it compare to other large city sourcebooks, such as Bard's Gate, Ptolus, Bluffside, Waterdeep, City State of the Invincible Overlord, etc.?

Will it be more of the same, or will there be something to it that's never been done?

Will it be like the WLD where you can take out a section and drop it into any other city?

One of the great things about the time leading up to the release of the WLD was the way you provided previews which sparked interest. I hope we get to see something similar from the WLC (either here or on the alderac website) so that the "coolness" factor of the product can be on display.

 

[DM_Jeff]

>>>"I just hope they spend some time proofreading WLC. WLD was bad. Worse than Mongoose bad, even."

Is that even remotely possible? I'm not sure I could agree with this assessment.

-Dm Jeff

 

[Psychic Warrior]

wow

those are fighting words

i'm not even sure what you're talking about

anyway

i spoke with Zinser about the WLC today....

nothing new to report

I think he is talking about the chapter on the Chasm. While it is called the Chasm and that the chapter title says Light and Darkness. I can't remember the exact page#.

BTW I only just got WLD and I absolutely loved it. A wonderful book that I will min e for all it's worth and may, one day, run the whole thing as a MEGA campaign. Thanks for all the hard work that went into this mr. pinto!

 

[Qwillion]

No, he is talking about Tomb of the Unliving/Tomb of the Living. 4192046916

I personally did not find the editing gaffs to be any greater than any other book (per page). The only other major gaffs I remember is how you calculate a horde's special ability DC and three missing rooms in region N. That is 4 mistakes that have affected my 15th level party out of 3800 possible rooms (I am estimating here)

I don't have Ptolus, I as always will await reviews of products.

 

[Crothian]

So, I hear it was released at Gen Con SoCal.

 

[Treebore]

Yep, that is what is being said on RPG.net.

 

[Dog Moon]

Is that rumor or fact?