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DM - What are your sources? I only ask because I distinctly recall an announcement that Tsar1 was "on a slow boat FROM China" and was to be released in February. *sigh* As is par for the course, I can't find the friggin' thread where this was stated and thus keep myself from looking like a babbling idiot who is talking out his arse....
Ah... okay. I was of the understanding that the $5K had to be paid upfront. My bad. Maybe WotC isn't quite as evil as I believe them to be. So... if Necromancer hasn't paid the $5K yet and won't until AFTER they see the GSL, there is still a chance (albiet an slim one) they might not go 4E if the GSL is not to their liking. Wishful thinking on my part but..... Necromancer got royally screwed by the announcement of 4E. They had several 3.5 projects in the works, including "Eamonvale Incursion" but when 4E was announced, retailer and distributor interest in 3.5 products completely vanished. Now those projects/products are in limbo until WotC gets off their collective arses and releases the GSL. "Slumbering Tsar" was on it's way back from the printer when the distibutor's said "It's 3.5. We don't want it" and now something like 1,000 or 1,500 printed copies are sitting in boxes in Bill or Clark's garage, collecting dust because they have no way of getting them to the market in a quantity large enough to cover the production cost. That is my understanding of the situation, anyways. It could very easily be inaccurate if not altogether wrong so don't take my word for it.
True... but Paizo's decision came some time after Necro's decision. I'm not sure how well Necro changing their mind would work. Would WotC give them back the $5K they paid to get a jump on the market? I seriously doubt it. As most of us from the Necromancer Games message boards know, Necro is NOT a big company with money to burn. It basically consists of Bill and Clark and that's pretty much it. $5K is a goodly chunk of change to devote to a business decision and then throw away because the decision was changed. Yes... Paizo is continuing to support 3.5E even though the system will soon be obsolete. This is Paizo though... former publishers of "Dragon" and "Dungeon" magazines, creators of the "Adventure" path concept, and so on and so forth. In a nutshell, people (distributors, retailers, consumers) know who they are. As such, what system a product is supporting is overshadowed by who published the product. Not so with Necromancer. Time and again, Necro has had issues with product identity. Due to their dedication to making generic, non-branded, products, and their use of publishing partners, their products are continuously mistaken as somebody else's. Necromancer simply does not have the fame (for lack of a better word) as Paizo and as such can't rely on it. Paizo can rely on their fame to help sell their products and will do so until PF-RPG is completed and released. Necromancer could decide to go with PF-RPG as well (throwing away $5K in the process) but would have to wait until PF-RPG is released in 2009. If memory serves me correctly, Necro's last product release was "City of Brass" back in late summer of 2007. That's nearly two years without a release. Not exactly good for business. Simply put, Necromancer doesn't have the "muscle" to strike out on their own like Paizo is doing. Like several others, I am disappointed that Necromancer has decided to go 4E. However, I realize that this IS a business and from a business POV, supporting 4E was in Necromancer's best interests. Regardless of what system they use, I like Necro's products and will continue to support them. I'd rather see a 4E Necromancer Games than no Necromancer Games. Perhaps, if enough people support them (rather than whining about their choice and abandoning them), we can eventually give them the "muscle" necessary to follow Paizo's example and break away. Viva la Revolucion!
Works for the d&d miniatures. LOL! Valid point. There is also the possibility that the cards could be larger. Since they wouldn't be intended as playing cards, they wouldn't have to be playing card sized. Perhaps they could be the size of index cards. This would allow the artwork to be larger and more info to be included in the stats.
Anybody ever notice that when halflings (or anyone for that matter) are drawn, where they walk around barefooted, their toes and toes nails always look so neat. You'd think walking around barefooted would leave your feet filthy and you wouldn't bother keeping your nails perfectly pedicured. I sorta view a halflings feet as being like a dwarf's beard or an "old-school" gnome's nose; its their pride and joy and, besides their height, the distinguishing feature of their race. The over-sized, hairy, feet are what makes a halfing a halfling rather than just a small human. While I don't know this for a fact, I'm fairly sure that is the very reason Tolkein gave hobbits big hairy feet- to denote/establish that they are indeed a completely seperate and distinct race of beings rather than just simply diminuitive humans. Anyways, with that in mind, I would imagine that keeping their feet as neat and tidy as possible would be of utmost importance to a halfling. Just my view on the matter.
Also, using the Selection tool on an object lets you get only the object, without the background, preserving any transparency. So if you select a magic item, for example, you effectively get only the magic item, and can easily drop it onto any background you like. But if you use the Snapshot tool, you get a square area containing whatever was there, so the item, background, and any surrounding text are now part of the image, and removing them requires effort on your part. The issue I've had is when using the Selection Tool on maps. Every so often, when I Copy/Paste a map, the image doesn't include any of the map's text such as location names and identifiers. When I Copy/Paste text, the location names and identifiers from the maps wind up included in that text. I'm guessing the location names and identifiers on the maps are actually on a transparent layer above the map image and Adobe Reader considers them to be text rather than graphics. So... if I want to have the location names, room numbers, or whatnot on the maps, I have to use the Snapshot tool.
Last I had heard they only had the ability to make the PDFs until the shipping date of dungeon 150 so any that weren't out mostl ikly wouldn't get done. this is from memory, so I may be wrong, but that is what i seem to remember. In other words, PDFs of the Savage Tide issues will not be available for purchase, even after the hardcopy issues are sold out, correct?
I'm learning the rules myself and this is by far one of the easiest and most simplified systems I've ever seen. The idea is that while rules provide structure, too many rules slow down gameplay and ruin the mood. Basically, the only stats are the six attributes which are then split into two categories: Primary and secondary. The base target number of an action is based on whether the attribute being used is a primary of secondary. The ratings of each attribute determine any modifiers to the roll. Meet or beat the target number and the action is successful. That's it! There are some "detail rules" but essentially, that's the whole game right there... as I understand it.
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