RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32, 2010 Top 8
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Today, Wizards of the Coast and the Istari announced the conclusion of the Istari's license to use the term 'Wizard'. The Istari will be known now as 'Not-really-wizards, but OGL equivalents', and will be retreating further West in August.
Wizards of the Coast will be offering services to halflings, dwarves and the races of men in an online model. Both companies remain on good terms and continue to discuss future opportunities for publishing partnerships.
Gandalf the White, head and CEO of the Istari, released the following statement. "Being a Wizard has been a labor of love for me, as well as Alatar and Pallando. Our goal as Wizards of Middle Earth has always been to give the long suffering peoples of Middle Earth quality help that supports our vision for Middle Earth, and deliver a Shadow-free world. Our agreement has come to an end, and is not being renewed."
Loren Greenwood, WotC Exec, was unavailable for comment. He has promised a statement, once his new headquarters, complete with environmental friendly geo-thermal energy, is completed on Mount Wotzi, formerly known as Mount Doom.
The sad thing is I can't tell if you're kidding or being factual.
I won't weigh in until I hear Radagast's opinion.
What's next? Is the term garden "gnome" going to be taken from us? When will the madness stop? AAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!
I don't want to say where I heard this, but you might want to start preparing yourself for people being required to call you Aberanimatedformeralivething.
Why is WotC doing all this?! My hats off to Gandalf and Co. for how they handled the situation. My loyalty will remain with Middle Earth and I can't wait to see what they have coming up next!
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Why is WotC doing all this?! My hats off to Gandalf and Co. for how they handled the situation. My loyalty will remain with Middle Earth and I can't wait to see what they have coming up next!
I have a friend who's an intern for the Istari and he told me that when moods were generally high around the office... something about not having to trot the to-be-accepted tomes down the hall of that other castle while 'facilitators' sang "Where There's a Whip, There's a Way".
But Fara- uh, I mean, Frank did say that when Gandlaf was told that the usage of Wizard was not covered in the OGL and he was going to have to change his title to 'Gandlaf the White, Prestigigitator Supreme of Middle Earth' there was a hissy-fit and he did holler "Bloody blistering f$%&!! Now I'm going to have to reprint all my business cards!"
The sad thing is I can't tell if you're kidding or being factual.
LOL same...sadly...
Today, Wizards of the Coast and the Istari announced the conclusion of the Istari's license to use the term 'Wizard'. The Istari will be known now as 'Not-really-wizards, but OGL equivalents', and will be retreating further West in August.
Wizards of the Coast will be offering services to halflings, dwarves and the races of men in an online model. Both companies remain on good terms and continue to discuss future opportunities for publishing partnerships.
If WotC so much as touches the license for the term 'Dragon,' I'll breath blue lightning on them, even from but crack in my buttocks. So help me I will.
Wizards of the Coast will be offering services to halflings, dwarves and the races of men in an online model.
What about the elves? Or are they relocating with the Spellcasters Formerly Known as Wizards?
I tell ya, this is all just preparation for the 5th Age, and we'll all have to update our hobbits to the "new, improved" version. I wont', I tell ya! I won't!
If WotC so much as touches the license for the term 'Dragon,' I'll breath blue lightning on them, even from but crack in my buttocks. So help me I will.Today, Wizards of the Coast and the Istari announced the conclusion of the Istari's license to use the term 'Wizard'. The Istari will be known now as 'Not-really-wizards, but OGL equivalents', and will be retreating further West in August.
Wizards of the Coast will be offering services to halflings, dwarves and the races of men in an online model. Both companies remain on good terms and continue to discuss future opportunities for publishing partnerships.
Then they'd be Wizards of the Toast! (rimshot)
But what I want to know is, are nazgul going to still be supported when this rumored "4th age" comes about?
NAZGUL GOT THE SHAFT!
-The Gneech
that my friend made me smile...but wasn't sure it was a joke til line 2 or so
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I don't want to say where I heard this, but you might want to start preparing yourself for people being required to call you Aberanimatedformeralivething.
What's next? Is the term garden "gnome" going to be taken from us? When will the madness stop? AAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!
Yeah and Amberzombie has it easy. I am named after a non-OGL feat. I guess I could be HeWhoOnceHadCarnalRelationsWithTheUndead. Doesn't have the same ring to it tho.
And as long as I am on the subject, why did the BoVD need to add the word "perverted" when discussing the specifics of the Lichloved feat? One would think perversion would have been part and parcel of the entire thing, hmmm? I can hardly imagine a conversation like this:
Player: Ok, I am going to enter the sepulcher and get the corpse.
Dm: Ok...
Player: And now I will... do that which I have to do to qualify for this feat.
DM: Uh, you are going to have to do better than that, it says "perversion" in the rulebook...
Pleyer: Oh yeah, right. Sorry. I am going to do what I need to do with the corpse, but...pervertedly.
Won't happen I tell you.
I am named after a non-OGL feat. I guess I could be HeWhOnceHadCarnalRelationsWithTheUndead.
So, charnel relations, then.
Trey strikes again. This was a much better pun than the last one. ROFLMAO
What's next? Is the term garden "gnome" going to be taken from us? When will the madness stop? AAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!I don't want to say where I heard this, but you might want to start preparing yourself for people being required to call you Aberanimatedformeralivething.
Nah, I think I'll be fin....WTF! Holy Crapcakes, what the hell happened to me? Aaaahhh...The evil ones have struck again.