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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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 Posted - 22 May 2006 : 23:39:17
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Originally posted by Asgetrion
(They must be quite desperate to publish a D&D module featuring a god of the Cthulhu mythos???).
The original Deities & Demigods had the Cthulhu mythos in it.  |
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Kuje
Great Reader
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Posted - 23 May 2006 : 00:00:53
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Asgetrion
(They must be quite desperate to publish a D&D module featuring a god of the Cthulhu mythos???).
The original Deities & Demigods had the Cthulhu mythos in it.
And there's the d20 Call of Cthulhu RPG. |
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Arivia
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 23 May 2006 : 00:04:43
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Originally posted by Kuje
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Asgetrion
(They must be quite desperate to publish a D&D module featuring a god of the Cthulhu mythos???).
The original Deities & Demigods had the Cthulhu mythos in it.
And there's the d20 Call of Cthulhu RPG.
And there's some stuff in Lords of Madness and possibly Heroes of Horror. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 23 May 2006 : 01:32:23
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And there was once a few "Great Old One" tidbits in an early (very early) DUNGEON as I recall. I think I've got the issue here somewhere...
-- But I think we've diverged from the main topic enough... Let us return eh? .
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Bocklin
Learned Scribe
Germany
151 Posts |
Posted - 23 May 2006 : 10:23:17
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Originally posted by Asgetrion
Everything - IMHO it's only useful for wiping your *** (which I also do with those Eber-Whatsit "tomes" )
How do they call that in the US? "Shooting from the hip"? Anyway... Would you care to elaborate?
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Originally posted by Asgetrion
I used to do this with Dungeon adventures, but their quality has dropped dramatically during the last years
Strange, I have not seen this kind of judgement before. Seems that the posters on the Boards I visit usually think the exact opposite.
The "Far Realm" and Chtuloid things have always been a part of D&D, so it is no surprise that one Lovecraft-inspired module comes out in Dungeon once in a while... Nothing to do with despair.
On the other hand I hear that they are desperate for good FR adventure prposals. So we should all get back to our desk and get our creativity going! If we don't get books from WotC, let's try to have more material published by Paizo! 
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mdhprime
Acolyte
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Posted - 23 May 2006 : 16:39:27
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Originally posted by Asgetrion
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Originally posted by Hoondatha
Hey! What's wrong with Four from Cormyr?
Everything - IMHO it's only useful for wiping your *** (which I also do with those Eber-Whatsit "tomes" )
Woo..harsh!!! I thought it was pretty good. While on the subject of adventures, I for one am glad some more adventure related material (Mysteries, etc.) is getting released. |
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Asgetrion
Master of Realmslore
Finland
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Posted - 23 May 2006 : 21:53:10
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Originally posted by mdhprime
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Originally posted by Asgetrion
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Originally posted by Hoondatha
Hey! What's wrong with Four from Cormyr?
Everything - IMHO it's only useful for wiping your *** (which I also do with those Eber-Whatsit "tomes" )
Woo..harsh!!! I thought it was pretty good. While on the subject of adventures, I for one am glad some more adventure related material (Mysteries, etc.) is getting released.
1) It contained a LOT of info that contradicted with existing Realmslore. Most of it seemed to be from the author's own campaigns, and given the opportunity, he tried to "force-feed" it to FR fans as "new Canon". I just hate that.
2) The contradictory lore was crappy. Period. Whoever gives a damn about a "Lord Thistle" or the Realm of Orva - just to mention two of his great ideas.
3) The modules sucked. A murder mystery involving a doppleganger? I wrote one when I was 13... (and believe me, mine was better than this one).
4) All the maps sucked - big time. But hey, they all did in almost every product that TSR chucked out during its dying process.
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
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Bocklin
Learned Scribe
Germany
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Posted - 24 May 2006 : 08:07:48
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Sure.
Damn! No FR product for the 4th quarter apart from an adventure... That's not good, no, not good...
Bocklin
PS: Thanks Agsetrion, interesting to read that. I was genuinely wondering, as I had not read the module. |
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
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Posted - 24 May 2006 : 08:15:20
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Originally posted by Bocklin
Sure.
Damn! No FR product for the 4th quarter apart from an adventure... That's not good, no, not good...
Bocklin
PS: Thanks Agsetrion, interesting to read that. I was genuinely wondering, as I had not read the module.
The cheek of some folk!  |
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Bocklin
Learned Scribe
Germany
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Posted - 01 Jun 2006 : 14:25:13
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Originally posted by Dargoth
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Originally posted by Bocklin
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Why are you not posting this on the WotC Boards? This would make more sense, me thinks.
Done
A pity that Rich has suddenly become silent on the topic...
Having seen the ToC from the Moonsea book I see that there will be some pages of fluff, but I still have mixed feelings about the book concept.
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4th Quarter WOTC titles listed: NO REALMS BOOKS!
