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WalkerNinja
Senior Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 27 Nov 2006 : 16:32:01
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Poll Question:
Originally, I felt like FR was getting the short end of the stick in '07, but the more I look at it the more pleased I am becoming.
3 super adventures
1 Expedition to Undermountain (with Ed an Eric on the Billing)
It looks like they are putting some action back into FR. I know that not all of us are fans of manufactured modules, but they seem to also be putting a bit of Realmslore into these. The Scouring of the Shadowdale at least seems to have some in-depth dales-related lore.
Also, modules are one of the best ways to get new players into an old setting.
Who's Pumped?
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Edited by - WalkerNinja on 27 Nov 2006 16:33:36
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dwarvenranger
Senior Scribe
USA
428 Posts |
Posted - 27 Nov 2006 : 16:35:22
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| Looking forward to them, just like I'm looking forward to a certain DM who shall remain anoymous getting his players their xp. |
If I waited till I knew what I was doing, I'd never get anything done.
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WalkerNinja
Senior Scribe
USA
575 Posts |
Posted - 27 Nov 2006 : 16:39:17
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| I can't imagine who you mean. I know of a certain esteemed DM that frequently rewards patience... |
*** A Forgotten Realms Addict since 1990 ***
Treasures of the Past, a Second Edition Play-by-Post game for and by Candlekeep Sages--http://www.rpol.net/game.cgi?gi=52011 |
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Uzzy
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
618 Posts |
Posted - 27 Nov 2006 : 16:40:47
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Looking forward to the new year as always. The Modules look good. Expedition to Undermountain looks great.
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Faramicos
Senior Scribe
Denmark
468 Posts |
Posted - 27 Nov 2006 : 16:52:39
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| Sounds good, but i will limit my excitement and wait in silence for the products... Less of a dissapointment then, if they strike out. Which i doubt they will, but anyways. |
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Zimme
Learned Scribe
Denmark
209 Posts |
Posted - 27 Nov 2006 : 16:59:54
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| They sound good but i must know more before I can judge them for myself |
Sometimes I feel like Beshaba is sitting on my back, devoting her entire attention to me!
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Romaal
Acolyte
Germany
22 Posts |
Posted - 27 Nov 2006 : 17:27:58
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| I'll keep my judgement until they're published. |
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
Posted - 27 Nov 2006 : 17:44:31
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Even being a Realms addicted, I will expect to see the tomes, first.  |
Dwarf, DM, husband, and proud of this! :P
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Besshalar
Learned Scribe
Finland
166 Posts |
Posted - 27 Nov 2006 : 17:48:45
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| Wait and see ... After all it's no good to start cooking the rothe if you haven't killed it yet. |
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Faraer
Great Reader
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Posted - 27 Nov 2006 : 17:58:53
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A whole year's product slots is a big outlay, and without seeing this trio, who can say if it'll be the best use of them, in any sense? Or if one or two would have been enough.
I can't see how new players would be drawn by high-level scenarios that presuppose investment in the Realms for their hook. (Like I said, why not give us a Dales sourcebook, then blow it up?)
I'm not concerned in the long term, because this is part of the experimenting with different formats that Rich Baker mentioned was going on.
What do you mean by 'putting some action back into FR'? In what sense was there ever a lack? |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 27 Nov 2006 : 19:28:07
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| I am going to wait and see, but I am not very optimistic. Adventures don't really interest me and changes are usually not to my liking. But again, I have been wrong before. |
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WalkerNinja
Senior Scribe
USA
575 Posts |
Posted - 27 Nov 2006 : 19:35:19
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"putting the action back in FR"
By this I mean printing some meaty modules for us. As a DM, I'm a big module fan and hate converting vanilla modules to be FR. FR specific modules have so much flavor invested in them! 3E-3.5 has produced very few modules for FR, and I like the new direction that they are taking. They are converting Realmslore from Data into Information by placing it in a relevant context.
Just my opinion. |
*** A Forgotten Realms Addict since 1990 ***
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Snotlord
Senior Scribe
Norway
476 Posts |
Posted - 27 Nov 2006 : 19:50:03
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After a long series of of hit-and-miss sourcebooks, I'm excited about more adventures.
As for the why-more-trouble-in-Shadowdale drama I fail to see the big deal, FR is a game world, not a anthropology study. |
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Faraer
Great Reader
3308 Posts |
Posted - 27 Nov 2006 : 20:01:40
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| I love scenarios, and the Realms has never been particularly well dealt with them, compared to Oerth, Athas, Krynn, Planescape or Ravenloft. It could really have done with a complex campaign adventure in the 1990s that really showed off its depth and power groups. As a game world, major events are better treated in adventures than novels, and better still left up to the DM. Though Wizards doesn't consider the Realms primarily a game world, in that the novel line is the more profitable concern. |
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Snotlord
Senior Scribe
Norway
476 Posts |
Posted - 27 Nov 2006 : 20:09:47
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| ...all the more reason to be exited about adventures that seem disconnected to novels, and with author like Baker and Cordell who knows how to write good adventures. |
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
1720 Posts |
Posted - 27 Nov 2006 : 21:13:39
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Patience is the best to go by, IMO!
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Reefy
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
892 Posts |
Posted - 27 Nov 2006 : 22:36:53
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Originally posted by Jorkens
I am going to wait and see, but I am not very optimistic. Adventures don't really interest me and changes are usually not to my liking. But again, I have been wrong before.
That pretty much sums up my feelings. Adventures *do* interest me, but I have plenty of ideas and things on the go as it is. I want more regional sourcebooks ideally. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 27 Nov 2006 : 23:41:35
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| Can someone please tell me the difference between a "super-adventure" and a regular, run-of-the-mill adventure? |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36805 Posts |
Posted - 28 Nov 2006 : 00:29:43
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Can someone please tell me the difference between a "super-adventure" and a regular, run-of-the-mill adventure?
I think in this case, super-adventure means a multi-volume adventure. |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
4607 Posts |
Posted - 28 Nov 2006 : 00:32:05
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Can someone please tell me the difference between a "super-adventure" and a regular, run-of-the-mill adventure?
A Super adventure has over 100 pages (CoSQ, Red hand of Doom etc) regular module have less typically 32, 64 or 96 pages (Sons of Gruumsh etc) |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 28 Nov 2006 : 00:34:57
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OK, thanks for the replies. At least it isn't just some meaningless marketing term.
Well, actually it sorta-kinda is, but no big deal. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 13 Dec 2006 : 15:50:13
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| Although my budget has gone down significantly since buying some land, I look forward to breaking it by buying any and all FR products ;) |
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Marquant Volker
Learned Scribe
Greece
273 Posts |
Posted - 14 Dec 2006 : 11:21:55
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| Its good to see FR geting some love from WotC |
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hammer of Moradin
Senior Scribe
USA
758 Posts |
Posted - 14 Dec 2006 : 17:12:51
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It can even be a decent adventure and I will by some of them if they have some good MAPS! Designers please take note. |
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LucianBarasu
Fellaren-Krae Co-ordinator
USA
214 Posts |
Posted - 14 Dec 2006 : 17:29:25
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I'm waiting for my eyes and hands to peruse the material, but i'm still optimistic.. hell, it IS Forgotten Realms after all..
Hammer of Moradin is right...Maps are great, they can oft times make or break an adventure. |
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Fellaren Krae Project Co-Ordinator
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