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It would be bizarre to think that spotting something is influenced by strength score. With Ranger & Paladin class in 1st Ed, the minimum ability scores were high BECAUSE of the divergent abilities of the classes. A Paladin Character with low Charisma & Wisdom would be, (I'll put it bluntly)...

I've had to come up with a fourth classification of creatures in the world of Aihrde.

Dang it.

Steve

As you know we are coming out with a sixth printing and are taking a hard look at the Players Handbook. We did have a long planning session last night which included both Mac Golden and Davis Chenault . . . rare these days to get us all together to discuss game design. For awhile we have been runnin...

The Cosmology is complete. It took a few more days than anticipated as I wanted to cover movement, encounters, and time & sustenance in each plane description so that we can all easily tell what happens in the Void, the Net of Ea-Raena, etc. I've moved on to Part 3, Deities. I'm gathering all th...

Once we get through the Book of Familiars and Codex Nordica I'll have a good handle on this.

I was looking at the Spring, but with the reprints of the 3 core C&C books, this might bump the ride a bit.

Steve

But hey, if we get it out BEFORE 2072! I want to get recognition for it.



Steve

Have you guys got anywhere along the tab indexing thought for quick reference for the chapters? We have gotten no where on it. hahahaahah But it is on my to do list. I know Peter can do it, but suspect it would have to be some type of die cutting in the print process, which will of course drive the...

When you release the PDF of the 6th printing, can you have the background on a layer, or release a b&w version? Or whatever it takes to make the PDF fast, maybe do as some others do and have a high res, large file size PDF and an optimized, low res version (usually optimized for printing, but s...

As you lunatics seem intent on putting formatting and layout comments in the Clarifications Thread, I though I should start a new thread about layout and format. Okay. To start. The PH 6 will be in color. Peter will add a bit of color to those pictures that aren't. We are working with walsworth to f...

As you lunatics seem intent on putting formatting and layout comments in the Clarifications Thread, I though I should start a new thread about layout and format. Okay. To start. The PH 6 will be in color. Peter will add a bit of color to those pictures that aren't. We are working with walsworth to f...

moriarty777 wrote:I just want Codex Nordica to match my leather copy of Codex Celtarum.

Not too hard to ask for right?

M

Mort,

Codex Nordica will go through the regular kickstarter program. Sooner rather than later. The leather option will be offered.

Steve

Mort, We have not put this up on the store yet. It will go up when we get the book in. We have refrained putting something up as a preorder, if we've offered it in the KS format (with all the benefits). We do this to make sure that those who back 1, 2 or 6 months earlier get the book before anyone e...

Alright. Part 1 is complete. Today I have to catch my breath, but by tomorrow I'll be on to Part 2, the Cosmological Landscape. This will be much easier as most of it is complete and in the AWD. It only needs cleaned up and clarifies and combined with stuff from Codex. When I'm done with Part 2 (fri...

Next installment should be out today!

Steve

So Kim's paladin has hit 9th level, or is about to, and he gets Smite Evil. Reading the ability we were all stunned by its actual weakness. Once a day, he can use this ability, and smite evil for +his level in damage and charisma modifier in to hit rolls. That's not what was intended in the original...

Yeah, I guess you're right, Tree. A good product is a good product, though, and should therefore not be subject to any risk. The Trolls put out good stuff, so I don't particularly see the need for the whole pre-sell mentality. But what do I know? :) EDIT: Thanks, Steve, for your reply. I really hop...

Treebore is close to right. The problem is the changing nature of the market. When we started this gig back in 1999 or 2000 things were a bit different. I don't have the papers in front of me but about 75+% of revenue was through the distribution channel. The rest was conventions, phone orders (soon...

On layout out, i am looking at some type of tabbing. I absolutely hate looking for stuff in any book and tabs would solve alot of that. Personally I would rather see the cleric and druid in a chapter with their spells, wizard and illusionist in a chapter. But on layout we are only just now talking a...

Hey folks, As you may or may not have heard we are moving into the sixth printing territory. Maybe by end of year, maybe by early next. One can never be certain. But I want to get ahead of the eight ball on this regardless. There has been some mention of areas in the PH that are confusing, not expla...

First one up is Book of Familiars. We are opening it up for pre-order today.

Bluffside should ship on the 13th. Its complete and ready to go.

Nodica is up for a KS or internal PO, we'll see. I want both books out sooner than later.

Steve

The normal prices of the Players Handbook is $29.99, making the price of five of them 149.99. The 5 x 5, gets you five books with no shipping for 119 and some change. That is a permanent item in the line up. Right now (through Tuesday) you can get 1 PH for 19.99, or five for 99.95. I'm assuming its ...

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Right now we are wrestling what to do with this title. We are seriously thinking of doing a kickstarter/preorder deal with it and Codex Nordica. Both of these books will be ready about end of November (print ready that is). They are both written and edited and Nordica in layout. We'll know that by t...

There are a few things we've run across, spells mostly, that need some clarification, but its pretty small stuff. At any rate, I don't mean t to sound negative, any and all suggestions will be welcome. This has been a great community for a long time, and alot of you have been around since even befor...

Well, apparently we can't wait until the 10th anniversary for the 6th printing as the 5th is selling out. We might make it through the beginning of the year. Interestingly enough, the same is happening on the other two main books MT and CKG. So we have reprintings in the near future. The PH will go ...

Despite the whirlagig of noise around here I'm still hammering on the Codex of Aihrde. I have now begun the editing/rewrite of the Isles of Mark, those battles between the peoples of Ethrum and Aenoch that eventually lead to the Age of Heroes. This places me right at page 23 in the old Codex. Now it...

Despite the whirlagig of noise around here I'm still hammering on the Codex of Aihrde. I have now begun the editing/rewrite of the Isles of Mark, those battles between the peoples of Ethrum and Aenoch that eventually lead to the Age of Heroes. This places me right at page 23 in the old Codex. Now it...

Thanks! We'll fix that as we go next one.

The second issue will be out next friday. I'm shooting for 3 entries, but right now we are at 2. We'll upload it as its own issue and update your existing file (which will serve as the master file as the book unfolds.

Steve

I'm glad your enjoying the book! We are working on a perfect bound edition to see if it holds up well. We are working on a CK Chronicles now. As for the pencils, I can't get my darn pencil sharpner to work. Its one of the old ones we all had on the wall at school so its rather annoying. But when I d...

After a long conversation with other Trolls its been decided to roll the knight in with the paladin. In beginning to write the possibilities for the knight they kept mirroring the paladin in so many ways that it seemed pointless to reinvent the wheel. No need to be redundant. That means, as Bluffsid...