Quick question ... We mainly play in Golarion. How easily will this port over? Any idea where it would fit?
Personally I'm a bit of a magpie when it comes to setting materials: stealing cultures, kingdoms, and individual locations from books to cut and paste alongside my homebrew stuff, so rest assured that portability is high on the agenda: We’re a setting book for everybody’s version of the frozen north (just about), not only the one from Wolfgang’s world.
Don't get me wrong, I want Zobeck fans to cry huzzah that we’ve added some great locales to Midgard’s expanding terrain, but I know I’m going to end up porting bits of it into various campaigns at home, so Trollheim (say) should be compatible with any traditional Viking lands (Golarion’s Linnorm Kings, Mystara’s Northern Reaches, Oerth’s Hold of Stonefist, etc) both when dropped in wholesale with the serial numbers filed off or plundered for individual aspects like NPCs, cultural notes (honor and duelling etiquette, or the Thing, for instance), or just style – the three major areas are really as much ways of looking at the north as much as they are specific settings: The semi-historical world of the Norse sagas, classic D&D and myths of the gods, and lost kingdoms/polar exploration respectively.
And the crunch is all generic of course! Arctic survival, equipment, grudge magic and runes, local feats etc will all click easily into place with Pathfinder (or your personal "3.whatever" ruleset).
Very cool - sounds like another winner!
We'll definitely buy a copy when it's available to the general public!
Why not throw in with on patronage? Shape the project yourself!
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Very cool - sounds like another winner!
We'll definitely buy a copy when it's available to the general public!
Why not throw in with on patronage? Shape the project yourself!
You know, I'd love to, and this Open Design project is the one that REALLY has me intrigued ... but I have a bunch of illustration and writing projects taking up the bulk of my free time right now (I sometimes feel like sleep is becoming an optional pass time for me!:)
I'll definitely keep an eye on this project though!
Kobold Press
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It's good to be busy! This project is pretty close to the goal (90% of the way there!), just needs to find a handful of people who want to see it happen.
I've seen the proposed monster lists and discussion for class elements and gear. I want to run a northlands game pretty badly as a result, maybe a Beowulf riff.
Maybe we can hammer together another preview to convince people (the monster list? the new spells?). Even if the preview doesn't happen, I'm pretty excited about what I've seen so far!
We're closing in on last call for this project-- green light looms on the horizon and the price goes up. If you were on the fence for this one now might be the time to get onboard, before the longships launch and the reavers get underway!
-Ben.
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Small but Fierce.
Kobold Quarterly's News Minion.
Heroes wanted for hazardous journey!
Bitter cold, months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success. Interested? Apply to Frozen empires: Glories of the North
Green light is very very close.
Don't miss your shot to join this project at the ground level.
-Ben.
Frozen Empires Open Design project has met 100% of its commission goal! It's on to the design stage!
-Ben.
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Small but Fierce.
Kobold Quarterly's News Minion.
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Frozen Empires Open Design project has met 100% of its commission goal! It's on to the design stage!
-Ben.
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Small but Fierce.
Kobold Quarterly's News Minion.
W00t!
I was a patron for Sunken Empires and I am proud to have paid patronage for this as well. I hope it goes well. This is a place where I would love to run adventures and maybe play especially if I can use one of my furry races like a wolf, bear or wolf-bear race as a ranger of the far north. I can't wait to see what comes of this.
Ladies and gentlemen, valkyries and thanes... The long wait is over! Our (now slightly renamed) project is now complete: Northlands - a sourcebook for Pathfinder and first official supplement for our awesome All Father, Wolfgang Baur's Midgard (AKA the dark and nefarious world of Zobeck).
We have culture and psychology guides to really get into the head of vikings, cossacks, and other northerners - and let players indulge in feuds, feasts, duels, and wergild. There's also traits and feats of the frozen north (including some great Achievement Feats); New race and class options (including for those in the Advanced Players Guide; I especially like the additions to Witches and Oracles); plus hazards, haunts, and other horrible things for GMs to inflict upon their unsuspecting PCs. And rounding it all off we have more new spells, monsters (both mythological and brand new), and magical loot than you could fill a raiding longship with!
For Golarion fans, this book would be the perfect compliment for games set in Ustalav, Irrisen, Brevoy, Numeria, or Varisia… plus our gazetteer covers the far polar reaches, both arctic tundra and lost tropical worlds beneath the northern lights. For Midgard, we’re giving you teh full guided tour... From the North Pole and the lair of the cruel north wind himself to the bulwarks and granite fortresses of Krakova, the ravaged elven lands of Thorn, and the glowering citadels of the infamous “Reaver Dwarves" (with dozens of adventure sites you can drop anywhere on the map)
See the kobold quarterly site and store for details.
Sincere thanks to everyone who patronised and contributed. Long shall your glory be sung of in Valhalla!
Keep on rollin'
Dan