Sadly, it's highly doubtful either Savage Tide or Age of Worms will get the hardcover or 4e conversion treatment.
Highly doubtful as in "not until hell freezes over" ...?
I am going to go ahead and say that we will definately being seeing a print run in 5th edition of Campaign Classics that will include favorites such as Shackled City, Age of Worms and Savage Tide.
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Sean Mahoney
I am going to go ahead and say that we will definately being seeing a print run in 5th edition of Campaign Classics that will include favorites such as Shackled City, Age of Worms and Savage Tide.
Oh, so we'll be seeing them sometime next year then. Sweet! :P
Are there any plans to publish the Savage Tide Adventure path as a stand alone adventure? Or would that be even feasible with how it was sold to Dungeon Magazine?
Although I think you’ve already gotten your answer, I thought I would chime in with a direct, non-flippant response. As you allude to, there is a rights complication between WOTC and our gracious hosts who published Dungeon and Dragon magazines. From my understanding, WOTC will not allow Paizo to produce anything related to these APs and to do so without such approval would be a copyright infringement. I wish to be very diplomatic so as not to put our gracious hosts in a potentially compromising position, so I will choose my words very carefully. Sometimes, when rights laws are involved, some rights holders can be very stalwart – even uncompromising. Indeed, occasionally in these situations, reason, logic and even potential financial gain seem to have no relevance. I am not saying that this is the case with WOTC, mind you, but I am pointing out that this is a common stance for SOME, if not MANY, rights holders.
As such, the direct answer to your question would be that there would be further marketing of these delightful adventure paths if Paizo and WOTC could come to and agreement. However, the likelihood of this seems so remote that many would say (and have) that it is a safe bet that it never will.
I understand how this can frustrate you as a consumer. The unfortunate result of this kind of corporate posturing is that fans like you are left holding your money, desperately longing for a product that will never come. This is the kind of situation that drives the more nefarious among us to resort to alternative means.. As such, expect the previously mentioned .pdf files on a P2P file share near you.
