WotC release schedule thru 2005

[Knight Otu]

I'll try to reserve judgment on the books until we get a bit more information. Considering how things went in the past, the WotC site might add the information for these products soon.
However, two things stood out for me. The encyclopedia series gets an :\ from me. If it is what I (and from my reading, most others) suspect it to be, it will be of limited use to me, as I am one of the few who tries to buy most books anyway.

The Magic of Incarnum book, on the other hand - most seem to see the term Incarnum as a pseudolatin word which, given some responses from writers, does not seem to be a fully correct view. And even before that, I read it in the same way as "Magic of Faerûn" or "Magic of Eberron". Could this book be somehow tied to a setting? Maybe one of the runner-ups of the setting search? But if so, why "start" with a Magic book?

 

[Felon]

i'll be better tomorrow. promise

Life in Atlanta getting you down?

 

[diaglo]

Could this book be somehow tied to a setting? Maybe one of the runner-ups of the setting search? But if so, why "start" with a Magic book?

what do you mean start?

rich burlew helped write the Monster Manual 3. he placed second behind keith baker in the search....

where do think some of those monsters came from?

 

[diaglo]

Life in Atlanta getting you down?

nah. i've had a backedup septic tank for over 2 months now.

the work can't start until it stops raining long enough to dry out here.


it's raining as i type this.

life isn't getting me down. it is the smell.

 

[Knight Otu]

what do you mean start?

rich burlew helped write the Monster Manual 3. he placed second behind keith baker in the search....

where do think some of those monsters came from?

Yeah, I know that the three finalists in the Setting Search were involved in the MM3, but there isn't really any information on the two runner-up settings in it, is there?

And I placed the start in " " because, in the event the book is tied to a setting in a way, the setting would propably not receive much attention, maybe as a planned one-book deal ala Ghostwalk.

 

[baileyrecords]

D20 Cyberspace could be interesting.

Yep. I'm always interested in new cyberspace/cyberpunk materials... wonder what it'll be like. Is this for Future?

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Yep. I'm always interested in new cyberspace/cyberpunk materials... wonder what it'll be like. Is this for Future?

It'll probably be a small softcover in the vein of d20 Past an d20 Apocolypse

 

[Mouseferatu]

I'm just gratified that they've finally announced the existence of Heroes of Horror...

Because it means I can finally tell people the name of the first WotC book I worked on.

Yes, HoH was my first WotC contract (though thankfully not the last). The other major freelancer on it was C.A. Suleiman. If our names look familiar when placed together, it's because we have co-credit on quite a few books, including Egyptian Adventures: Hamunaptra from Green Ronin, a number of Scarred Lands books, and many books for White Wolf's World of Darkness games. (Note: Not saying the two of us were the only writers on the book; just the only freelancers.)

As to what it's about, I can't tell you that. I can tell you that everyone assuming it's a Ravenloft retread is jumping to some seriously far-fetched conclusions. It's part of the same series as Heroes of Battle and Oriental Adventures for a reason.

 

[Mouseferatu]

Fluff is easier to do (all it takes is an imagination) than it is to make crunch (that takes employment at WotC R&D team who playtest, balance out, and edit the new feats, PrC, spells, psionics, etc.).

No offense, but it's very clear that anyone who could write a statement like this doesn't write for a living.

Why do you think there are hundreds or thousands of wanna-be novelists for everyone one who makes it? Solid flavor (I refuse to use the word "fluff") is one of the hardest things in the world to write, if you want to do it well.

That's not me saying good crunch is easy; but it's nonsense to claim that good flavor's not just as hard.

 

[baileyrecords]

we have co-credit on quite a few books, including Egyptian Adventures: Hamunaptra[/b] from Green Ronin,

I demo played this game last Summer at GenCon - Indy. It rocked! I had a really great time playing it and it's right up my alley when it comes to fantasy play (mythology over medieval fantasy).

Cheers!