We're hoping to have them up by tomorrow, or the start of next week at the latest. Thanks for being so patient!
-James
Burn some of that midnight oil man and let's see it tomorrow!
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Well Editing is a good thing I suppose. Not to mention it looks like 2 updates are getting released. Can you say with the utmost certainty that we will be looking at finished product sometime next week?
Daily updates are needed. Thanks!
I give up. It's never coming out.
15 days later....
Personally I think this is a terrible idea. The Shauagin seem to have a better fit in Xen'drik than the interior of Breland. Personally, I think Mr. Baker's explanation in the #126 supplement fit quite well!
This is a segment from one of my players journals. It takes place in the TFoE module. The setting is Eberron. *** The allip drifted after the scampering figure, and the two robed figures behind it followed, murmuring the beginnings of their nefarious incantations. Quickly, Sapphire darted aside, calling to her friends. Grind was the first to move, standing in the doorway before Elle, protecting his ward. Amber moved up behind Elle and stared in, trying to see into the L-shaped room. A strange babbling echoed into the corridor and the party gasped as they shook away the effects of the strange muttering. Focusing, Elle began to cast a variety of protections upon Grind, while Grind swung at the misty figure before him. Amber brandished the symbol of the Host, trying to banish it to no avail. Sapphire moved behind a pillar, she was cornered; unable to reach her friends, she focused upon the spellcaster moving towards her, readying her bow against his spell. The sorcerer cast as Sapphire missed her target and sucked in her breath as fire boiled forth from his fingers. Grinning, the dwarven woman emerged unscathed from the slender marble column and readied her bow. Amber’s fingers began to shake as she held the wooden symbol, she had already focused a large quantity of energy against the allip, but it still stood unfaltering. In the strange light of the chamber, she saw two more figures standing behind it and deduced the source of the allip’s resiliency. Angrily, she called upon the forces in the earth and vines sprung out of the floor and quickly entangled the distant figures. Elle continued to tinker with Grind as she felt his focus lose sway, knowing the ghost-like figure to be draining his center. She concentrated upon his mind and pushed forth a surge of wisdom. Frustrated with his battle against the allip, Grind watched as the figures in the vines slowly emerged from the bush; stepping forward, Grind swung at the robed figure that closed into his threat and dropped a bloodied carcass. The far door swung open and Sapphire turned to see another robed figure, more sinister than the others, step forward. He held in his hand a staff and a cruel dagger was sheathed at his belt. His hands rose upwards as he released a javelin of blue light that streaked towards Sapphire. Gasping, Sapphire clasped her hands over her wound, the robed figure that had just moved behind her from the vines, collapsed onto the floor, his robes charred from the bolt. As she turned, she stared in horror as Grind stiffened, the chamber’s walls glowed green and veins of purple pulsed mystically in a hypnotic beat. She had managed to overcome the transfixion but had forgotten to warn the party of its power. Fearing the worst, Sapphire tumbled through the allip rejoining Elle and Amber outside the chamber. “Grind’s not moving” gasped Sapphire. “What?” screamed Elle; her face looked flushed with fear. “Sapphire, I need to get next to that allip,” yelled Amber. “On my mark,” agreed Sapphire. Quickly, Sapphire ducked back further into the corridor as Amber moved before the undead spirit. “Now you will feel power,” Amber muttered angrily and she reached forward to touch the spirit, her body infused with positive energy. Elle looked pale and her hands trembled as she stared down the dark corridor from whence they had traveled. Slowly, she drew a sunrod from her pack and lit it, staring back down the maze, considering her path. From the blackness, she heard a snarl and her eyes widened as she saw a fiendish boar step into the sunrod’s light. “There’s another door out of the chamber,” yelled Sapphire as she moved beside Elle, looking at the boar. “Amber, come over here and entangle it!” Frustrated, Amber turned from the allip, it had already drained some of her focus and her eyes looked glassy with anger. “Fine,” she replied, “On my mark.” Amber moved towards the boar as Sapphire slipped before the allip. “It’s just a boar,” said Amber in confusion, “I can hold it with a spell,” Elle stared intently at the beast, “No, it’s not going to work,” Shaking her head from the babbling voice of the allip, Amber threw the spell against the far wall. Vines sprung out of the floors and walls, covering everything in its wake. Sighing softly, Amber felt the branches weave around her body and she slumped wearily against the wall, entangled in her own spell. A strange fire glowed in Elle’s eyes as she drew her morningstar, a silent revenge for he who had fallen. Chanting, Elle enhanced her weapon despite Amber’s protests and brought it down hard upon the boar. The creature squealed in pain but Elle’s wrath did not end. She struck it again and with a flash of light, the boar disappeared. Gasping in surprise, Amber stared at where the summoned creature had stood, relieved that it had not been a real boar. Smiling brightly, she flashed a triumphant grin to Elle as they turned to see Sapphire fighting the allip, Grind in its flank. ***
So Friday then. Great! I look forward to downloading it!Mmmm, how's that foot tasting? ;-) Tastes fine. Especially since I pre-coated it heavily in a sauce of sarcasm!
So Friday then. Great! I look forward to downloading it!
OK Eric, I have leared by now a couple of days in Eric time = like weeks to us serfs out here in the fields. You posted this Wednesday. A couple days later it was Friday. Now over half a week later, it's Monday. Can we have another update please?-=Brian
Then there are subscribers like me that tend to look for something once it's promised to you. Would I cancel my subscription to Dungeon without the online supplements? No. But when the editor tells me next week we will post the next installment, which btw was almost 4 weeks ago Mr. Mona, I tend to expect it.
Now I am not in the business of publishing magazines, so I don't know what all goes into the thing, but obviously when you said one more week, you thought that's all it would take. So I am curious what un-planned event(s) happened to push this back? A little honesty and common courtesy go a long way in a relationship.
Tick tock tick tock,
That's really good. But wouldn't the Chamber want to get involved in order to stop this from happening? Or... While your ideas are fresh and exciting I think you are completely missing the idea of The Chamber. The Chamber would not "wait and see." That's what the rest of dragonkind would do. The Chamber is different because they believe that they need to take a more active roll. If the Prophecy shows itself to them they wish to aid it so that it comes true as soon as possible. With that in mind, let's revist the above passage. Dragotha could be a young, idealistic member of the Chamber, who foresaw the coming of the Age of Worms. This Age could directly interfere with the Prophecy (as a DM I recommend you flesh out how exactly it interferes so you know why the Chamber wants to prevent it from happening). Perhaps instead of turning to the Chamber for help (which he shouldn't have to do), he turned to the rest of Dragonkind, who preferred to just sit and wait. The Chamber isn't a secret from the rest of dragonkind and even divulges it's findings to the elder dragons. The rest that was written works out just fine. If you want more intrigue, simply toss another power group in there that could oppose the Chamber. Perhaps the Mosaic Committee. While they don't want the Age of Worms to come to bear, they believe that certain parts of it could aid in the destruction of the Prophecy, so they are more than glad to participate. But perhaps they under-estimated the power of the AoW and in trying to use it to destroy Draconic Prophecy they set something in motion in which they could not stop alone.... There are so many options with Eberron. I would be happy to discuss more ideas if you would like. Just say the word!
My game too is set in Eberron. THey just finished the Whispering Cairn In my party I have: Lady Elle d'Cannith - female human artificer 3
Elle has set out on her own in search of herself. She has decided at this time not to accept aid from her house, but still performs work for them by creating items for the local blacksmith in Diamond Lake. She has recently manifested the Least Mark of Making but has kept that fact hidden from society and her family. With her travels her warforged companion, Grind. Grind was created by her family as a guardian and companion. Currently Elle is trying to come to terms with what her roll will be in Cannith South as she can feel the energies inside her growing. Lady Amber d'Valadis has also arrived in town from the nation of Thrane. She fled Thrane for fear of persectution as a member of the Host of the Faithful. Now in Diamond Lake, she cares over the horses of one of the local mine managers and hopes to magebreed on of his finest white stallions. Sapphire, from the displaced nation of Cyre has lost her memory and is fleeing an unknown foe. She is in Diamond Lake working as a laborer in the mines. Having overheard a group of adventureres talking about riches in one ot he cairns he quickly told his boss's employee and friend Lady Amber d'Valadis of the news. The two, knowing they might run into trouble, decided to bring along Lady Elle d'Cannith and her mighty warforged, just in case. Recently it appears that they have stumpled upon not only treasure, but an apocolyptic prohecy of sorts. It all began when the ghost of one Alaster Land sent them on a mission to bury his remains. This led them to the Old Observitory where a strange Karnnathian named Filge was rumored to be living. According to their information, he had hired Kullen's group to get him some bones for his experiments. Having thouroughly ransked the Observitory and destroying all of Filge's experiments, Filge broke down in fear as the warforged loomed over him. He told the party his friend Balebar had brought him here to investigate some strange happenings in town. He also spoke of the prophecy of the Age of Worms. He told them of the Ebon Triad. This coupled with Sapphire mysterioulsy being able to understand the nature of the fresoc's in the true tomb has led the party to believe that they are in the middle of history in the making. Broke once more, the group wishes to travel to Sharn, but doesn't have the means to do so. So instead they feel they need to confront Balebar Smenk about what's going on down in the Dourstone Mines.
It's never coming out. Thank god my group just finished the Whispering Cairn last night and it took them five 4 hour sessions to do so.
Knights of Columbus, release this thing already!
I am running it in Eberron and so far so good. My PCs are still exploring the Whispering Carin, having just found the mysterious suits of red leather armor. I am going to tie the armor to a group from Morgrave University.
Consider this your reminder!
THat's kinda of what I was thinking. It lent itself as a location that made the most sense.
I was just wondering if anyone knows if Keith Baker will continue to write conversions in the supplements? I noticed the issue #125 supplement lacked a conversion but then it appeared in the AoW: Overload supplement. In reading the Overload document, more specifically the synopsis of each adventure that makes up the campaign, several conversion questions arose in my mind. Now, I am not beyond figuring it out for myself, however, any help from Mr. Baker is always appreciated.
I am running my AoW campaign set in Eberron and I read about the Prince in the Overload PDF. I immediately began pondernig where to place this kingdom in the world and if the Prince would stay that character. Hopefully Keith will continue to provide conversions in the supplements as he had for issues #124 and #125. Any light that can be shed on this Eric?
Running this campaign in Eberron (best campaign setting ever!) Amber Vadalis: Amber is a Thranish born member of House Vadalis. She is a preist for the Host of the Faithful. Sapphire: Dwarven Rogue who is a Cyran refugee with an unknown past. Elle d'Cannith: Human Artificer who is dragonmarked Grind: Male Personality Warforged guardian of Elle.
I am curious how you fellow DMs began your AoW campaign. Did you start off with your players in the mining shop ready to head out to the Whispering Cairn, or did you do some story to lead up to all of this?
*Marching around the room, stomping feet, throwing fists in the air chanting "What do we want?" (Overload!) "When do we want it?" (A month ago...!) Looks like it wasn't 10 minutes.
Just watch, we will be here next week, talking about the same thing.
Well I got my sept issue of Dungeon in the mail yesterday. Still no overload. That makes me sad. :(
Any hints as to the content of the Eberron conversion stuff? There was already some in the #124 online supplement.
It seems to me there is no clear cut way on how to get the party from Diamond Lake to the Whispering Cairn. I mean why would they go there? The article just seems to start with them at the entrance to the Cairn. How did they get there? I am hoping the Overload thing answers these questions. I certainly hope so. Right now it seems much like the adventure begins with them all entering the Cairn. Whereas I would like there to be a clear cut reason for them going out there, how they know about it. Perhaps some intrigue leading up to it.
It seems to me there is no clear cut way on how to get the party from Diamond Lake to the Whispering Cairn. I mean why would they go there? The article just seems to start with them at the entrance to the Cairn. How did they get there? I am hoping the Overload thing answers these questions.
This week ;) Will you be holding your breath?
Great Odin's Raven! Could this thing please come out already. I want to begin the campaign but I am worried if I start it before this PDF is out I am going to miss out on some really cool stuff I could fluff the story up with. Basically background on why the PCs would visit the Cairn in the first place. |