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Daviot
Senior Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 09 Sep 2010 : 22:39:51
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[Dusts off podium]
I've been officially a scribe since 2007, though I had lurked the halls much longer. 
After a stack of research delving in the cold,musty stacks of Norman, Oklahoma's research library, and a polite query letter to the esteemed Kobold-in-Chief Mr. Wolfgang Baur, I've learned that an article I submitted back in August is due to be included in the Fall 2010 issue of Kobold Quarterly (#15 for those keeping score).
It's sadly not Realmsian*, but covers a new swath of weaponry pulled from the history books (and mostly forgotten by roleplaying games), with brief notes on each weapon's history, a tasty dollop of fluff of how to use it in one's own game, and (tentative the blessings of Paizo), where one might find such weapons in Golarion. I'm certainly looking forward to it, and I hope my fellow scribes will be able to get something useful out of it.
*Though, many of these weapons were field-tested in my group's Faerûn games.
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One usually has far more to fear from the soft-spoken wizard with a blade and well-worn boots than from the boisterous one in the ivory tower.
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Ionik Knight
Learned Scribe
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2010 : 23:57:28
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Fools to right of them,
Jesters to left of them,
Clowns in front of them
Pun'd and parody'd. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 10 Sep 2010 : 06:20:10
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| I look forward to it too! I love weapons! |
The Old Grey Box and AD&D for me! |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
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Posted - 10 Sep 2010 : 06:21:05
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Well done, Daviot. Bravo! Always a great feeling to see hard work pay off.
-- George Krashos
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Bakra
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 10 Sep 2010 : 13:13:37
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Cool! I look forward to the article.
Prepare for some horrible criticism. :)
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I hope Candlekeep continues to be the friendly forum of fellow Realms-lovers that it has always been, as we all go through this together. If you don’t want to move to the “new” Realms, that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with either you or the “old” Realms. Goodness knows Candlekeep, and the hearts of its scribes, are both big enough to accommodate both. If we want them to be.
(Strikes dramatic pose, raises sword to gleam in the sunset, and hopes breeches won’t fall down.)
Enough for now. The Realms lives! I have spoken! Ale and light wines half price, served by a smiling Storm Silverhand fetchingly clad in thigh-high boots and naught else! Ahem . .
So saith Ed. <snip>
love to all,
THO
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Daviot
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 28 Oct 2010 : 20:35:17
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And...the article is live!
KQ Store PDF link.
PDF subscribers should be getting access about now, while it's not doubt still in the mail for the dead tree edition.
The published title is "Blades from the Past: 10 Weapons from the History Books", on page 47. It even gets a fairly big shout-out on the front cover. |
One usually has far more to fear from the soft-spoken wizard with a blade and well-worn boots than from the boisterous one in the ivory tower.
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Daviot
Senior Scribe
USA
372 Posts |
Posted - 28 Oct 2010 : 23:48:33
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| And~...a Paizo shop link. |
One usually has far more to fear from the soft-spoken wizard with a blade and well-worn boots than from the boisterous one in the ivory tower.
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Halidan
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 29 Oct 2010 : 03:31:20
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Congradulations on the article. I subscribe to Kobold, via my FLGS, so I'm looking forward to seeing it.
I'm also curious to see which weapons you chose. Is ther any way to just get a list of the weapoms included in the article to wet our appetites? If not, I understand. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 29 Oct 2010 : 04:05:56
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Originally posted by Daviot
And...the article is live!
KQ Store PDF link.
PDF subscribers should be getting access about now, while it's not doubt still in the mail for the dead tree edition.
The published title is "Blades from the Past: 10 Weapons from the History Books", on page 47. It even gets a fairly big shout-out on the front cover.
Looks like I'll have to download it when I get home. Can't wait.  |
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Daviot
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 29 Oct 2010 : 04:45:09
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Originally posted by Halidan
Congradulations on the article. I subscribe to Kobold, via my FLGS, so I'm looking forward to seeing it.
I'm also curious to see which weapons you chose. Is ther any way to just get a list of the weapoms included in the article to wet our appetites? If not, I understand.
Since the article crunch is Open Game Content, sure!
-Cinquedea
-Estoc (a.k.a. tuck)
-Hurlbat (a.k.a. whirlbat)
-Khanda
-Partisan (a.k.a. partizan; the polearm, not the guerrilla)
-Sidesword (a.k.a. "spada da lato", "cut-and-thrust" sword)
-Smallsword (a.k.a. dress sword, court sword)
-Stiletto (a.k.a. misericorde)
-Trump (a rather obscure flamethrower-on-a-stick)
-Tulwar (a.k.a. pulwar, talwar)
I did have a couple others, originally, but the Pathfinder Advanced Player's Guide appeared with them in it between the time of my submission and the editing/publishing date. Wish I had had more space to expound and clarify, but there was room for fluff on how the above weapons fit in Golarion, and with the Golem's nod of approval for said inclusion, that makes them effectively semi-canon. |
One usually has far more to fear from the soft-spoken wizard with a blade and well-worn boots than from the boisterous one in the ivory tower.
My Tabletop Writing CV. |
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