tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post5719857773250928260..comments2024-03-26T02:31:48.024-05:00Comments on Trollsmyth: The Year Ahead for WotCtrollsmythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-70504405545795797562010-01-24T12:57:02.226-06:002010-01-24T12:57:02.226-06:00Sorry this is a bit off topic, but I couldn't ...Sorry this is a bit off topic, but I couldn't find your contact info on your blog page.<br /><br />I just wanted to let you know that we're launching a special offer today at Kobold Quarterly that your readers might be interested in taking advantage of. From now through January 31, they can go to the KQ Store and use the coupon code KQ10Free to download a free PDF copy of Kobold Quarterly #10.<br /><br />Issue #10 features an interview with Paizo's Jason Bulmahn, Ed Greenwood's Dwarven Goddess, Ecology of the Hill Giant, John Wick's unique (and slightly disturbing) take on Halflings, Secrets of the Halberd, Monte Cook's Game Theories, Rampant Elf Lust, and more. We think it's one of the best issues we've ever done, and if you're inclined to share the coupon code on your blog, we hope it gives your readers some useful and entertaining content.<br /><br />If you have any questions about Kobold Quarterly, this offer, or whether Wolfgang really does have a magical workshop in the basement full of clockwork monstrosities, please don't hesitate to contact me.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Shelly Baur<br />Kobold Minion #1Shelly Baurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04224924484140448648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-65282570943250695042010-01-24T01:12:18.383-06:002010-01-24T01:12:18.383-06:00Unlike most (it seems) I was/am not a fan of ToH. ...Unlike most (it seems) I was/am not a fan of ToH. GDQ1-7 or whatever that monster combination was called is firmly at the center of my nostalgia. Still wouldn't get the 4e version. I have the 1e versions and they work fine.Norman J. Harman Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01319655075997712313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-31197242398147201052010-01-22T14:14:05.879-06:002010-01-22T14:14:05.879-06:00As long as people keep buying their shit, WotC wil...As long as people keep buying their shit, WotC will continue to produce shit.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-82071700404627117062010-01-22T13:44:51.510-06:002010-01-22T13:44:51.510-06:00Of course, I used to lug (at the end) nine hardbac...Of course, I used to lug (at the end) nine hardback books to every AD&D session. Although, I could argue that at that point I might have been running thin on 1e essence myself.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733274876782876659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-30062302426570829622010-01-22T13:38:25.981-06:002010-01-22T13:38:25.981-06:00They can say it's 1e in essence all they want,...They can say it's 1e in essence all they want, but when I played 1e I didn't need three players handbooks and a stack of other core books.christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650456794111980661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-81012762492796169662010-01-22T13:35:09.984-06:002010-01-22T13:35:09.984-06:00Agreed, a ToH campaign definitely misses the point...Agreed, a ToH campaign definitely misses the point, and will likely eradicate or elide everything that makes that module to legendary. But then again, I would say "misses the point" is an apt description of 4e in general. . .Carter Soleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01286436801953647693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-55371019083667770542010-01-22T11:43:33.262-06:002010-01-22T11:43:33.262-06:00Hasn’t this already been done? Is there any surpri...Hasn’t this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_to_the_Tomb_of_Horrors" rel="nofollow">already been done</a>? Is there any surprise that they’ve got yet another retread of a retread on the schedule? From what I’ve seen, the history of these kinds of things is that they are always recasting the old thing in the new style rather than trying to capture the old spirit with the new mechanics.<br /><br />Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I’m just not going to believe it’s going to be anything different until it actually proves itself to be.<br /><br />I think there’s an even more fundamental point that gets missed here. The tomb was designed to be something special. Try to expand it into a campaign or even make it part of an “adventure path” and it ceases to be special. This is the place you hear rumors about and—one day—choose to risk everything to prove that you’ve got what it takes.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733274876782876659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-57268834162703952902010-01-22T11:42:09.745-06:002010-01-22T11:42:09.745-06:00I'm pretty sure that the Tomb of Horros campai...I'm pretty sure that the Tomb of Horros campaign is not going to so much be Tomb of Horrors as "Tomb of Horrors"-themed. Plenty of traps (skill challenges!) and you fight Acererak at the end. <br /><br />Considering that 4e isn't so much D&D as it is "D&D"-themed.<br /><br />Likewise, I'd be looking forward to Dark Sun if I didn't suspect that they're going to eviscerate the parts of it I find most interesting (survival in a physical hostile and culturally alien environment!) in favor of fighting evil plants and dragon-wizards.<br /><br />In general, the whole move towards "nostalgia!" and "1e feel!" disturbs me, because they're just so painfully clueless, and they're going to propagate that cluelessness on a mass scale.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528192783751011497noreply@blogger.com