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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
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Beirnadri Magranth
Senior Scribe
USA
720 Posts |
 Posted - 18 Oct 2006 : 23:44:54
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Christopher Lindsay worked on Complete Psionic... so I thought he was new to WotC (since that was recent compared to complete warrior etc)
anyway
i think he worked on early d&d adventures right? that was before my time
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"You came here to be a martyr in a great big bang of glory... instead you will die with a whimper."
::moussaoui tries to interrupt::
"You will never get a chance to speak again and that's an appropriate ending."
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turox
Learned Scribe
USA
145 Posts |
Posted - 19 Oct 2006 : 00:00:08
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| Be still my beating heart!! Both Eric's and a return to Undermountain!!! I was hoping to return to there. I CAN"T WAIT!!! Think I will do a jig tonight to celebrate the announcement. |
Turox Antas Dragonslayer -
"People will believe anything they want to believe, or fear to believe."
Wizard's First Rule: Chapter 36, Page #397, US Hard Cover (revealed by Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander).
Explanation by Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: "People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People’s heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool."
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 19 Oct 2006 : 00:12:46
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Christopher Lindsay, I am not familiar with... But Eric Boyd and Ed Greenwood? Oh yeah! If it wasn't already, that factoid alone would put it on my "rush out on my lunch break to buy it the day it comes out" list.  |
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Archwizard
Learned Scribe
USA
266 Posts |
Posted - 19 Oct 2006 : 00:21:07
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| With all the classic modules being updated (Ravenloft, soon Castle Greyhawk), it's good to see Undermountain getting the mega-adventure treatment. This format presents a good way to revisit places that might otherwise be ignored. Makes me wonder what else is next. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 19 Oct 2006 : 01:17:18
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Hmmm... I wonder whether this was the "something big" the Lady THO just mentioned Ed was working on in his scroll?
Regardless, I'm ecstatic to hear this. And while I would've preferred it to be under the FR logo -- Ed's and Eric's input is sure to make it as relevant to the Realms as is possible, given that it is described as a "D&D Adventure Supplement".
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"So Saith Ed" -- the collected Candlekeep replies of Ed Greenwood
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
5402 Posts |
Posted - 19 Oct 2006 : 02:34:10
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Skeptic
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1273 Posts |
Posted - 19 Oct 2006 : 02:50:37
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I would have prefered Boyd, Greenwood and Schend but.. we can't have all we want..
*cross his fingers* to have the "upper part" of Undermoutain included. |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6666 Posts |
Posted - 19 Oct 2006 : 06:21:19
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No doubt Steven will get to have some input - at least indirectly. There are after all his copious notes on the drow of Undermountain which his Dungeon Crawl adventures there only hinted at.
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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
1720 Posts |
Posted - 19 Oct 2006 : 09:58:22
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Great news! Undermountain - the place to be and - for adventurers - to die. I can't wait to go there............
Thanks in advance to the dedicated authors for their combined efforts to bring us into Undermountain once again. |
"Das Gras weht im Wind, wenn der Wind weht." |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
Posted - 19 Oct 2006 : 12:40:50
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dedicated authors
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Mace's not so gentle gamer's journal My rants were harmless compared to this, beware! |
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
Posted - 19 Oct 2006 : 13:47:37
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Moradin´s beard!
Undermountain by Eric and Ed?
Someone poke me, probably I´m sleeping...
That´s awesome news, and I can´t wait to see this tome. |
Dwarf, DM, husband, and proud of this! :P
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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
1075 Posts |
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Reefy
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
892 Posts |
Posted - 19 Oct 2006 : 15:38:26
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Life is either daring adventure or nothing. |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
Posted - 19 Oct 2006 : 16:35:26
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| I hope my recent acquisition of Ruins I and II wasn't wasted... |
Mace's not so gentle gamer's journal My rants were harmless compared to this, beware! |
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Brightblade
Acolyte
USA
6 Posts |
Posted - 19 Oct 2006 : 16:37:24
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| I'm pretty excited...This will no doubt be "the" epic adventure of the past few years (well since City of the Spider Queen at least)! |
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Brightblade
Acolyte
USA
6 Posts |
Posted - 19 Oct 2006 : 16:40:33
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| Nothing yet at Amazon.com though... |
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Faraer
Great Reader
3308 Posts |
Posted - 21 Oct 2006 : 00:25:34
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I bet they aren't, Mace (for II, any more than it was already).
How many pages does $44 buy you now? Good move going for the big size, if the Chapters entry is accurate (unlike the title and dimensions). |
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Dhomal
Senior Scribe
USA
565 Posts |
Posted - 21 Oct 2006 : 04:46:13
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I bet they aren't, Mace (for II, any more than it was already).
How many pages does $44 buy you now? Good move going for the big size, if the Chapters entry is accurate (unlike the title and dimensions).
Hello-
Keep in mind that that is $44 Canadian. I'm not sure what the exchange is, but I would expect the US$ to be 30, or 34, thus making it more the standard harcover format size, by my guess.
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Faraer
Great Reader
3308 Posts |
Posted - 21 Oct 2006 : 16:23:32
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| I actually didn't register that -- long day. Even though the Canadian dollar is now only about 10% below the US$, $44 does seem to be the standard size. |
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BobROE
Learned Scribe
Canada
106 Posts |
Posted - 21 Oct 2006 : 16:47:13
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Originally posted by Faraer
I actually didn't register that -- long day. Even though the Canadian dollar is now only about 10% below the US$, $44 does seem to be the standard size.
Not quite, my copy of Hordes of the Abyss is listed at $39.95 Canadian. |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
4607 Posts |
Posted - 22 Oct 2006 : 01:20:43
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Can anyone tell me how many pages Expedition to Castle Ravenloft is?
The Wizards site says 224 but Amazons saying 160 |
“I am the King of Rome, and above grammar”
Emperor Sigismund
"Its good to be the King!"
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Uzzy
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
618 Posts |
Posted - 22 Oct 2006 : 02:44:07
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Well, the Table of Contents for the Ravenloft book has it going over 220 pages, so im guessing its 224 in total, rather then the 160 Amazon's listing.
Cant be 100% sure, seeing as I dont own it. Yet.. heh. |
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Bakra
Senior Scribe
628 Posts |
Posted - 22 Oct 2006 : 03:59:46
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| Total page count is 224. However the last page numbered in the book is 221 which is player handouts. The last 3 pages are just fillers, product checklist, Dragon Ante ad, and D&D ad. |
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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Haman
Seeker
USA
60 Posts |
Posted - 23 Oct 2006 : 22:19:13
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| Excellent! I can't wait to get my hands on that, and watch my players squirm.... |
Some people say we gamers have no lives....I think we have too many. |
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
5056 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2006 : 03:25:46
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Expect the Undermountain tome to be over 200 pages, too. Ed hasn't said one word to me about this, but one of my spies in the industry tells me someone has been whispering at Hasbro. Remember, if it was Ed doing a "proper Ed job," 250 or so pages wouldn't even cover just the level right under the Yawning Portal. So I suspect it's going to be covering a lot more, a lot more lightly.
Which still means a "must buy" for THIS girl. 
love,
THO
Edit: They're missing an author in that entry. Who? Well, does "Hungry Little Monsters" ring any bells? |
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Skeptic
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1273 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2006 : 05:20:44
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
Expect the Undermountain tome to be over 200 pages, too. Ed hasn't said one word to me about this, but one of my spies in the industry tells me someone has been whispering at Hasbro. Remember, if it was Ed doing a "proper Ed job," 250 or so pages wouldn't even cover just the level right under the Yawning Portal. So I suspect it's going to be covering a lot more, a lot more lightly.
Which still means a "must buy" for THIS girl.
love,
THO
Edit: They're missing an author in that entry. Who? Well, does "Hungry Little Monsters" ring any bells?
S.K.R. was added on another Amazon product info page.
Ask Ed if it's to late to do some suggestions on what should be covered.
P.S. Same question for Eric and Sean. |
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Ardashir
Senior Scribe
USA
544 Posts |
Posted - 21 Dec 2006 : 23:50:04
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| This has to be some of the best gaming news I've heard in years! Long live Undermountain! |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
4607 Posts |
Posted - 04 Apr 2007 : 02:43:01
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| According to Richard Baker Expedition to Undermountain is designed for a first level party and will take them to 9th level |
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Emperor Sigismund
"Its good to be the King!"
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Eremite
Learned Scribe
Singapore
182 Posts |
Posted - 04 Apr 2007 : 10:21:39
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Originally posted by Dargoth
According to Richard Baker Expedition to Undermountain is designed for a first level party and will take them to 9th level
Great idea. Could be a perfect start to a new Waterdeep and the North campaign, especially for new DMs (gotta get that new blood in, eh?). |
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