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| SirUrza |
Posted - 10 Apr 2005 : 04:52:49
It's good, got it yesterday at Icon. I'm slightly disappointed with how little... I guess variety they go into with the different main races, but the info on the Beholders and Mind Flayers alone is awesome. |
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| The Sage |
Posted - 22 May 2005 : 08:53:33
An web enhancement/adventure is now available for Lords of Madness -
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/we/20050520a
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| The Sage |
Posted - 12 May 2005 : 06:26:39
In general, I've made semi-regular use of most of the hulls from Ed's Lost Ships tome -- cargo barges and eelships in particular.
From the campaign setting itself, I usually allow the players the choice of which hulls they prefer for their game if the adventure is centered around the PCs needing acccess to a SJ hull. If they're just being used as background elements to the story, or as specific plot devices... I usually favor most of the smaller hulls that have been detailed -- 20-25 tons at the most. The only time I'll usually use larger hulls, is while adventuring in the Phlogiston itself. There have been exceptions to this though...
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| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 12 May 2005 : 05:15:22
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Originally posted by The Sage
I haven't run a SJ-specific campaign in quite a while, but both the Arcane and SJamming ships in general feature prominently at some point in most of my planar games.
Are there any particularly hulls you favor? |
| The Sage |
Posted - 12 May 2005 : 04:13:26
I haven't run a SJ-specific campaign in quite a while, but both the Arcane and SJamming ships in general feature prominently at some point in most of my planar games.
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| Kuje |
Posted - 12 May 2005 : 02:09:23
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by The Sage
I don't know a single SJ fan who did agree with that change. As it is, in my campaigns, they are still regarded as Arcane...  .
I'd do the same, if I was running a Spelljammer campaign. 
As did I and I still run Spelljammer and Planar and Material Plane games. :) |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 12 May 2005 : 01:58:15
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Realmslore
After 3rd-Edition renamed the Arcane to the Mercane and made them pathetic groundlings, I had little hope for the new Neogi. I'm glad to hear that I was wrong.
Yeah, that bugged me, too. 
I don't know a single SJ fan who did agree with that change. As it is, in my campaigns, they are still regarded as Arcane... .
I'd do the same, if I was running a Spelljammer campaign. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 12 May 2005 : 01:54:21
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Realmslore
After 3rd-Edition renamed the Arcane to the Mercane and made them pathetic groundlings, I had little hope for the new Neogi. I'm glad to hear that I was wrong.
Yeah, that bugged me, too.
I don't know a single SJ fan who did agree with that change. As it is, in my campaigns, they are still regarded as Arcane... .
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| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 12 May 2005 : 01:23:28
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Originally posted by Realmslore
After 3rd-Edition renamed the Arcane to the Mercane and made them pathetic groundlings, I had little hope for the new Neogi. I'm glad to hear that I was wrong.
Yeah, that bugged me, too. |
| Brian R. James |
Posted - 12 May 2005 : 00:31:20
After 3rd-Edition renamed the Arcane to the Mercane and made them pathetic groundlings, I had little hope for the new Neogi. I'm glad to hear that I was wrong. |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 11 May 2005 : 11:23:56
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Originally posted by The Sage
Wooly, when you get your copy, I'd be curious to hear what you thought about the Neogi as they are presented in the tome...
Sure. That'll prolly be the first section I peruse. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 11 May 2005 : 02:52:26
Wooly, when you get your copy, I'd be curious to hear what you thought about the Neogi as they are presented in the tome...
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| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 10 May 2005 : 23:31:38
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Originally posted by KnightErrantJR
Just glancing through this particular tome, I noticed that they did indeed keep the references to the Neogi and "travelling to different worlds" and through the skies, though its not overly detailed.
So I guess Spelljamming isn't dead, but it happens just out of sight.
That's reassuring... I just snagged a copy on eBay, which will hopefully arrive soon. |
| KnightErrantJR |
Posted - 10 May 2005 : 22:50:45
Just glancing through this particular tome, I noticed that they did indeed keep the references to the Neogi and "travelling to different worlds" and through the skies, though its not overly detailed.
So I guess Spelljamming isn't dead, but it happens just out of sight. |
| Xysma |
Posted - 04 May 2005 : 17:17:06
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Originally posted by kuje31
But you sure and the hells can't beat 30% off on WOTC material and other d20 material. :)
And to think I was happy with 20% |
| The Sage |
Posted - 23 Apr 2005 : 07:37:03
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Originally posted by SiriusBlack
WOTC has posted Use This Book Tonight: Lords of Madness.
Hmmm... "Sarkt, an outcast among mind flayers, has settled in a ruined temple once dedicated to Blibdoolpoolp, goddess of kuo-toa."
There's some intriguing possibilities here. I'll expand upon them elsewhere though. Thanks for the link SB  .
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| SiriusBlack |
Posted - 22 Apr 2005 : 18:34:09
WOTC has posted Use This Book Tonight: Lords of Madness. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 21 Apr 2005 : 09:43:02
Well, there's nothing wrong with fudging a cohort feat on your own, for a beholder that is.
In fact, I might try something like that myself when I finally have some truly free time, and not like that pretend free time that almost got me fired last week. 
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| Dargoth |
Posted - 21 Apr 2005 : 09:36:06
Damn
I was really hoping that I could take a Beholder as my Special Cohort when he becomes a Dreadmaster |
| The Sage |
Posted - 21 Apr 2005 : 09:24:04
Let me get the book... The Lady K is currently busy reading through the tome acquiring new and interesting ideas for her gaming groups excursion into an cerebrotic blot which has just recently formed off the southern Sword Coast.
Now,
No, there isn't an aberrations cohort feat. The only feats listed that are for the aberration feat type are: Aberration Banemagic, Aberration Blood, and Aberration Wild Shape.
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| Dargoth |
Posted - 21 Apr 2005 : 09:14:21
Is there an Aberrations Cohort feat?
and if so what does my Cleric of Bane have to do to get a Beholder Cohort!  |
| The Sage |
Posted - 19 Apr 2005 : 06:35:16
Ah yes, so they did. Thanks Arivia .
Of note also are the apparently other missed variant forms of the illithidae. There are only three detailed.
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| Arivia |
Posted - 19 Apr 2005 : 05:47:01
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Originally posted by The Sage
Another change: Psurlon adepts seem to have been replaced by Psurlon Elders.
They were-but not just in the Book of Madness. The MMII got to updating them to 3e first, and made the change. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 19 Apr 2005 : 05:29:21
Indeed, Faeries is a wonderful tome. A great addition to my planar book shelves.
Back to the Book of Aberrations though, I've noticed, again with growing disappointment, the lack of specific and expanded details on the psurlons. Again we've just been presented with stat blocks. Psurlons were among the most interesting astral creatures presented for the PS setting. And, as a major deviation from established material, their major environmental type is listed as warm deserts rather than the Astral Plane .
Another change: Psurlon adepts seem to have been replaced by Psurlon Elders.
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| Gray Richardson |
Posted - 19 Apr 2005 : 03:04:24
Aye, I have the book and it is a wonderful tome!
I recommend Mr. Wischstadt's d20 sourcebook Faeries wholeheartedly. Very well done! A real gem!
http://www.bastionpress.com/Products/faeries.htm |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 19 Apr 2005 : 00:53:25
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Originally posted by Gray Richardson
I hope its not the last of the monster books. I think it would be cool to have a book about the fey. Although, I would really love to see it done up FR style as "Sylvan Kingdoms" and reveal a lot about the Sylvan creator race and the Faerie pantheon, and maybe the plane of Faerie.
I have always wondered if there are more than one plane or world of Faerie, as the Faerie that the elves emigrated strikes me as possibly being a prime material world, as opposed to a whole plane. I also wonder what the fey pantheon are up to these days, if they still maintain any links to Faerun.
I am curious as to Emmantiensien's connection to the celestial World Tree. I would like to know about the sylvan creator race and their culture in its heyday. I am curious as to interesting fey creator race sites hidden in the forests and wilderness of Faerun.
And I want to know more about the Sylvan Crossroads and if they can actually take you to the plane of Faerie and what one might find there.
I think there is a ton of material on the Fey there to be mined and which would make for a great sourcebook!
There is a sourcebook entitled Faeries, but it's not WotC. 'Tis a D20 book from Bastion Press. I thought it was pretty well done.
Oh, the creative director was Jim Butler, and the editor was one Steven Schend. |
| Gray Richardson |
Posted - 19 Apr 2005 : 00:39:00
I hope its not the last of the monster books. I think it would be cool to have a book about the fey. Although, I would really love to see it done up FR style as "Sylvan Kingdoms" and reveal a lot about the Sylvan creator race and the Faerie pantheon, and maybe the plane of Faerie.
I have always wondered if there are more than one plane or world of Faerie, as the Faerie that the elves emigrated strikes me as possibly being a prime material world, as opposed to a whole plane. I also wonder what the fey pantheon are up to these days, if they still maintain any links to Faerun.
I am curious as to Emmantiensien's connection to the celestial World Tree. I would like to know about the sylvan creator race and their culture in its heyday. I am curious as to interesting fey creator race sites hidden in the forests and wilderness of Faerun.
And I want to know more about the Sylvan Crossroads and if they can actually take you to the plane of Faerie and what one might find there.
I think there is a ton of material on the Fey there to be mined and which would make for a great sourcebook! |
| The Sage |
Posted - 18 Apr 2005 : 14:37:02
That is a shame actually, if it is true.
Not that they are a racial type specifically, but I was hoping one day for a "Book of Constructs".
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| Dargoth |
Posted - 18 Apr 2005 : 08:46:54
I guess its going to be the last "Monster type" book as there doesnt appear to another one on WOTC 2005 Catelouge |
| The Sage |
Posted - 18 Apr 2005 : 08:25:16
And I see my concerns for 'all-things-tentacle-like' have again been proven accurate. I am slowly growing tired of this constant need by WotC to associate everything from the Far Realm with tentacles. The Far Realm is supposed to represent what the mortal mind cannot understand about the reality beyond our comprehension, and yet we still find basic interpretations and forms which are defined and make "sense".
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| SiriusBlack |
Posted - 18 Apr 2005 : 06:33:51
The product now has an art gallery available for viewing. |
