Necromancer games RP products?

[Sean Mahoney]

Hello all,

With the announcement that Paizo will not be publishing an adventure path in the foreseeable future for 4E I have taken to looking closer at Necromancer Games products. The official Paizo line is that they will still be involved in putting out 4E material as they are partnered with Necromancer Games and they are doing 4E material.

So after perusing the list of products that have been produced I realized that I had already bought several of the products (albeit pre-3.5 stuff) and so could look to them for a quality comparison.

Now, I don't really care all that much about the art and paper stock and such (though it is nice in the Paizo stuff, it is not what brings me back), so I don't really care about that. However, I found the necromancer material that I have just isn't something I would be interested in adding to my game.

Before anyone gets too insulted by that let me explain. Necromancer is said to have be third edition material with a first edition feel, and I think in this they are tremendously successful. The problem for me is that I don't like the first edition feel. Hopefully that can be perceived as just a taste difference and not an attack. Specifically I mean that I do not enjoy dungeon crawls and want as much chance for RP as possible. In fact my only complaint with the Adventure Paths has been that I feel they are too dungeon heavy, but as they are so ripe for RP I still love them (and I do love the combat too... just in small doses).

Anyway, my question is if the later Necromancer Games products went any more towards the roleplaying aspect of the game and away from the dungeon crawl focus? If so, can someone give me an example of a product they feel fits that criteria so I can pick it up and check it out.

Once again, I am not trying to attack, Necromancer has successfully hit the target they are shooting for in my opinion and that is a really great thing that most companies struggle with, so they should be congratulated. I am just looking for a different target in my adventures and want to know if I choose to switch to 4E will I need to abandone Paizo altogether or if I will be able to get the same type of great adventures from Necromancer games that are 4E products?

Sean Mahoney

[Tharen the Damned]

Hi Sean,

I think it is best if you try to look at the Necromancer homepage and the ENworld 4th edition Boards.
Clark in his Orcus persona has some threads going about what he plans to do.
He seems to be very much in love with the 4th edition feel and to embrace it wholeheartedly.
So I think this will mean a new "feel" to the forthcoming Necromancer Adventures.
I think it will be 4th edition rules with 4th edition feel.

[Dark_Mistress]

Sean yes a lot of their stuff was that way. But not all of it, some of it was fairly RP heavy or mysteries. My fav they have done is The Grey Citadel, which takes place in a city. Yes there is some dungeon crawls in it but a lot of RPing and mystery solving as well. So while they do often lean towards the heavy dungeon crawl they do make other products too.

[GAAAHHHH]

Doom of Listonshire has some good RP possibilities, and it isn't dungeon focused. In fact, Doom of Listonshire is one of my favorite 3e adventures (#2 to be precise). I have recommended it on several forums now.

[amethal]

Personally, I see Vault of Larin Karr as being full of roleplaying possibilities as well.

Its a valley in which lots of things are going on, and the PCs can wander about wherever the mood takes them.

[Mr Baron]

Both Doom of L and Vault of LK are excellent modules, and are two of my favorites. IMHO, I think there are tons of role playing opportunities in both and I think they have a good mix of both role & roll.