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Bocklin
Learned Scribe
Germany
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 Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 21:26:59
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This quote from Rich (from the Final Gate book club scroll) confirms the product and his own involvement (just in case we needed that):
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(...) As it's worked out, I've been assigned to few Realms projects in the last year or so, spending a lot of time on core D&D and a couple of special projects like Axis & Allies Miniatures. I had very little to do with Moonsea, Shining South, Serpent Kingdoms, Power of Faerun, Champions of Faerun, or Champions of Ruin. I worked a lot on Waterdeep with Eric Boyd, and I have recently contributed to Cormyr (and a couple of other 2007 Realms projects), but other than that the last Realms products I really was involved with were Underdark and Lost Empires of Faerun. And Last Mythal, of course!
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Asgetrion
Master of Realmslore
Finland
1564 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 23:29:01
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I would also like to see those LEoF "chapter modules" published that didn't make it to the book. Maybe we could also suggest to Rich that a product like Faiths of Eber-Whatsit would be really nice to have for FR, too   |
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Asgetrion
Master of Realmslore
Finland
1564 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 23:29:58
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I am VERY eager to get my hands on this one! Let's face the fact: how many "ready-to-run" adventure books/campaign arcs we have had in FR?
For 3/3.5e not counting Dungeon? This will be about the 5th or 6th. You got two preFRCS 3e ones. The Spider Queen one. The new Star Elf one. Rich's new one. And you could consider Mysteries that as well..... Course this doesn't count the mini adventures in the FRCS or Silver Marches nor the 1e/2e ones.
And you think that is enough, Kuje? 
It is for me. :) On top of the 10+ FR modules in Dungeon? Hells yeah. But then, I don't use premade modules that much.
Aye, I agree, we have had/will have lots of FR adventures, but nothing is enough for me  |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 07 Jul 2006 : 11:02:34
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Originally posted by Kuje
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Originally posted by Kuje
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Originally posted by Asgetrion
I am VERY eager to get my hands on this one! Let's face the fact: how many "ready-to-run" adventure books/campaign arcs we have had in FR?
For 3/3.5e not counting Dungeon? This will be about the 5th or 6th. You got two preFRCS 3e ones. The Spider Queen one. The new Star Elf one. Rich's new one. And you could consider Mysteries that as well..... Course this doesn't count the mini adventures in the FRCS or Silver Marches nor the 1e/2e ones.
And you think that is enough, Kuje?
It is for me. :) On top of the 10+ FR modules in Dungeon? Hells yeah. But then, I don't use premade modules that much.
Agreed.
Though I love the occasional lore we receive in these adventures... I hardly ever make use of pre-made officially published adventures. They only sit on my shelf because of the lore they have within them.
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
4607 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 16:56:05
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One of the Stores got the catlog for first trimester including
Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave
Richard Baker, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan, Matthew Sernett, and James Wyatt
Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave is the first-ever Forgotten Realms hardcover super-adventure! Designed to take characters from 4th to 8th level, the adventure pits the heroes against the evil agents of Shar and Cyric as they plot to corrupt the worship of Mystra, goddess of magic. The adventure begins in Cormyr, but the characters must also travel to the Plane of Shadow to thwart the villians machinations.
This adventure can be run as a standalone adventure or as Part One of an epic three-part series of hardcover adventures set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
[March 20, 2007[/B]
160 page hardcover
$29.95/$37.95 CAN
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Snotlord
Senior Scribe
Norway
476 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 17:10:19
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Bocklin
Learned Scribe
Germany
151 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 20:11:35
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Oh my god! This sounds wonderful.
Official, hard-cover, FR adventures. A series! In Cormyr!
I feel weak on my legs.
Bocklin
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Originally posted by Dargoth
One of the Stores got the catlog for first trimester including
Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave
Richard Baker, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan, Matthew Sernett, and James Wyatt
Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave is the first-ever Forgotten Realms hardcover super-adventure! Designed to take characters from 4th to 8th level, the adventure pits the heroes against the evil agents of Shar and Cyric as they plot to corrupt the worship of Mystra, goddess of magic. The adventure begins in Cormyr, but the characters must also travel to the Plane of Shadow to thwart the villians machinations.
This adventure can be run as a standalone adventure or as Part One of an epic three-part series of hardcover adventures set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
[March 20, 2007[/B]
160 page hardcover
$29.95/$37.95 CAN
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Sanishiver
Senior Scribe
USA
476 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 21:48:23
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Cool.
It's interesting to see the words 'hardcover' and 'adventure' in the same WotC blurb, much less 'three'!
I wonder if WotC's demographic/customer data have changed with regard to DMs and their need for published adventures?
Regardless my madDMSkillz (TM) will be most useful in converting the adventure/lore info in this (these) books to my campaign!
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 22 Jul 2006 : 06:26:55
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| Wow, now that I've seen the description, this book looks really cool! |
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Wandering_mage
Senior Scribe
688 Posts |
Posted - 22 Jul 2006 : 15:50:26
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Any FR product, whatever the format, is a good FR product in my view. Because the alternative is NO FR products and I would hate for that dark day to come.
-- George Krashos
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Wandering_mage
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 22 Jul 2006 : 15:53:51
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Wow, the book description does look good. Better hire Galearon as a guide. Or maybe he will be an NPC in the book. Hmmmm.....
Scary to think of traveling through the plane of shadow.  |
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Asgetrion
Master of Realmslore
Finland
1564 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jul 2006 : 23:15:03
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This is much more than I thought... splendid, a whole series of adventures set in Cormyr! (which just happens to be where most of my campaigns take place!)  |
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kaeso
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 24 Jul 2006 : 23:46:16
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| March 2007... *moan*... I wish it was sooner. It just sounds so good! |
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Ahwe Yahzhe
Acolyte
Iraq
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Posted - 02 Aug 2006 : 06:40:12
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Originally posted by Dargoth
One of the Stores got the catlog for first trimester including
Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave
Richard Baker, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan, Matthew Sernett, and James Wyatt
Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave is the first-ever Forgotten Realms hardcover super-adventure! Designed to take characters from 4th to 8th level, the adventure pits the heroes against the evil agents of Shar and Cyric as they plot to corrupt the worship of Mystra, goddess of magic. The adventure begins in Cormyr, but the characters must also travel to the Plane of Shadow to thwart the villians machinations.
This adventure can be run as a standalone adventure or as Part One of an epic three-part series of hardcover adventures set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
[March 20, 2007[/B]
160 page hardcover
$29.95/$37.95 CAN
Dargoth, you rock!
Man, just say it with me: "Part One of an epic three-part series..." I survive on well-written, lore-heavy pre-made adventures because of time constraints. It's much more fun to run a game where the primary plot path is all laid out, and there is still enough fluffy lore to allow me to indulge the players' desires to go off on tangents... March 2007 is much too far away...
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Verghityax
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 02 Aug 2006 : 14:21:55
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| I'm not as joyous as you are for I would prefer Cormyr regional sourcebook rather than an adventure set in it. Still, I will wait and see how much of Cormyr is going to be covered in "The Tearing of the Weave" before I think of buying it. |
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Ladejarl
Seeker
Norway
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Posted - 22 Aug 2006 : 16:54:41
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When I read the first post I thought it was an other RSE. But it's adventure in Cormyr...
@Verghityax: If the designers do their job, as I am sure they will, there should be plenty of lore in such a tome.
Adventure in Cormyr...
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SirUrza
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 23 Aug 2006 : 16:49:34
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So instead of a Cormyr region book (lore book) we're getting a Cormyr adventure they might include information for playing in Cormyr.. how lovely... I hope they release 4th edition and have to start all over again before they get to the Dalelands.
*sighs*
Might be past time to go download only on FR 3e material.
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Xysma
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
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Brenigin
Learned Scribe
New Zealand
117 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2006 : 07:15:16
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| Wow - great art. Will O'Connor? |
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2006 : 13:18:58
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Great art, indeed.
Thanks for the link, Dargoth! |
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bitter thorn
Learned Scribe
USA
184 Posts |
Posted - 03 Sep 2006 : 11:28:03
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Originally posted by Ahwe Yahzhe
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Originally posted by Dargoth
One of the Stores got the catlog for first trimester including
Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave
Richard Baker, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan, Matthew Sernett, and James Wyatt
Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave is the first-ever Forgotten Realms hardcover super-adventure! Designed to take characters from 4th to 8th level, the adventure pits the heroes against the evil agents of Shar and Cyric as they plot to corrupt the worship of Mystra, goddess of magic. The adventure begins in Cormyr, but the characters must also travel to the Plane of Shadow to thwart the villians machinations.
This adventure can be run as a standalone adventure or as Part One of an epic three-part series of hardcover adventures set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
[March 20, 2007[/B]
160 page hardcover
$29.95/$37.95 CAN
Dargoth, you rock!
Man, just say it with me: "Part One of an epic three-part series..." I survive on well-written, lore-heavy pre-made adventures because of time constraints. It's much more fun to run a game where the primary plot path is all laid out, and there is still enough fluffy lore to allow me to indulge the players' desires to go off on tangents... March 2007 is much too far away...
I just hope that it's better edited than Into the Dragons Lair. Great story line dreadfull menchanical work. |
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ShadowJack
Senior Scribe
USA
350 Posts |
Posted - 06 Oct 2006 : 13:05:43
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| Wow! Am I behind on Realms-releases... Just saw this listed on Amazon and was curious about it... I knew that the Sages of Candlekeep would have the inside info on it... I am a little saddened that it is a mega-adventure, but, I too will reserve judgement until I peruse this tome for relevant Realms-lore... I must admit that I am reading through MotM right now and am a little disappointed. Not enough lore for having spent $20.00... Hopefully, the new format this tome uses will have more lore for us lore craving folks. |
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maransreth
Learned Scribe
Australia
157 Posts |
Posted - 06 Oct 2006 : 22:44:25
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| At the Forgotten Realms seminar at GenCon Indy, Chris Perkins mentioned that the MoM format is what they are doing for 2007 as an "experiment". So unfortunately Tearing of the Weave, and the others, will be in the same format - some lore, but also adventure hooks. |
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Brenigin
Learned Scribe
New Zealand
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Posted - 07 Oct 2006 : 01:22:59
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| I don't think you're strictly correct. Cormyr: the Tearing the Weave is part 1 of a 3 part adventure, and from what we've been told it will be a different format to Mysteries of the Moonsea. MoM was supposed to provide the bones of a campaign for 1st to 20th level. Cormyr: tTotW is for levels 4-8. |
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ericlboyd
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
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Posted - 07 Oct 2006 : 02:31:35
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Originally posted by maransreth
At the Forgotten Realms seminar at GenCon Indy, Chris Perkins mentioned that the MoM format is what they are doing for 2007 as an "experiment". So unfortunately Tearing of the Weave, and the others, will be in the same format - some lore, but also adventure hooks.
Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave is not in the same format as Mysteries of the Moonsea.
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Archwizard
Learned Scribe
USA
266 Posts |
Posted - 07 Oct 2006 : 02:45:51
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| Eric, are you allowed to tell us about the differences in formats? Or is it too early still? |
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MerrikCale
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 09 Oct 2006 : 02:45:23
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Originally posted by ericlboyd
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Originally posted by maransreth
At the Forgotten Realms seminar at GenCon Indy, Chris Perkins mentioned that the MoM format is what they are doing for 2007 as an "experiment". So unfortunately Tearing of the Weave, and the others, will be in the same format - some lore, but also adventure hooks.
Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave is not in the same format as Mysteries of the Moonsea.
--Eric
Is it more of a straight up module then? I hope not. |
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maransreth
Learned Scribe
Australia
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Posted - 09 Oct 2006 : 08:50:06
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Ok, I really missed a couple of key points at the FR seminar at GenCon this year then. (For example I thought the Undermountain module was the last part of the mega-adventure that starts with Cormyr).
I thought Chris Perkins said that Mysteries of Moonsea was an experiment that WotC would continue in 2007. It is an experiment in that it is part sourcebook (detailing locations) and part module. And I thought Chris mentioned that this format was going to be continued in the mega adventure that would start with Cormyr: Tearing of the Weave.
So I'll wait til Eric can explain (or we see a ToC) what the expected format is. |
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ericlboyd
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
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Posted - 09 Oct 2006 : 12:58:46
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Originally posted by maransreth
Ok, I really missed a couple of key points at the FR seminar at GenCon this year then. (For example I thought the Undermountain module was the last part of the mega-adventure that starts with Cormyr).
I thought Chris Perkins said that Mysteries of Moonsea was an experiment that WotC would continue in 2007. It is an experiment in that it is part sourcebook (detailing locations) and part module. And I thought Chris mentioned that this format was going to be continued in the mega adventure that would start with Cormyr: Tearing of the Weave.
So I'll wait til Eric can explain (or we see a ToC) what the expected format is.
I think this needs to be addressed to Rich Baker on the Ask WoTC thread on the Wizards boards.
I would phrase the question as:
"What is the format of the upcoming Cormyr: Tearing of the Weave? How does its format differ from past products."
Note that he probably can't answer for months. However, it can't hurt to ask.
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