[JBE] The Year of Shadow Is Upon Us


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Jon Brazer Enterprises

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Jon Brazer Enterprises will be releasing the Shadowsfall campaign setting next year. Find out more about this new addition to your current campaign setting at JonBrazer.com. And be sure to watch the Trailer to see some of the artwork from these upcoming books.

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Very cool! And good choice of music to accompany it.

And, am I crazy, or was that a dire dodo at 0:14?


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This could be epic win. As Ravenloft is my default campaign setting (though I've mutated it to encompass about any other setting), this COULD be exactly what I'm looking for.. I'll keep my fingers crossed. :)

Jon Brazer Enterprises

Demiurge 1138 wrote:
And, am I crazy, or was that a dire dodo at 0:14?

actually ... yes you are exactly right. Dire Dodos will be in Book of Beasts.

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Endzeitgeist wrote:
This could be epic win. As Ravenloft is my default campaign setting (though I've mutated it to encompass about any other setting), this COULD be exactly what I'm looking for.. I'll keep my fingers crossed. :)

From what I know of this (which is admittedly only a small fraction) I think it is foing to be friggin' AWESOME!!!!

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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

Looks pretty cool so far, will be checking it out. Just keep the kids off my lawn...

Dark Archive

Looks cool, but I dislike non standard player races ...actually I dislike any non human player races and I think I saw me Kobolds or some other dragonkin type race 8(.


bigkilla wrote:
Looks cool, but I dislike non standard player races ...actually I dislike any non human player races and I think I saw me Kobolds or some other dragonkin type race 8(.

You no like Kobolds?!

Kobolds no like YOU!


Nice trailer; looks good!


Very nice trailer. This looks like a great product. My game is still kicking around in the birthright setting, and the shadow world plays an integral part of the setting, so some fresh ideas on how to expand on that part of the game would be awsome.

Jon Brazer Enterprises

Why the Plane of Shadows. In this post, I detail the background decisions that let up to us deciding to detail the plane of shadows.

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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

Sounds interesting.


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Dale McCoy Jr wrote:
Why the Plane of Shadows. In this post, I detail the background decisions that let up to us deciding to detail the plane of shadows.

This looks really cool, particularly with the high level angle, and is shaping up to be a must buy. Two questions; will there be rules for Shades, and are these going to be print products?


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Yup, this is definitely going to be a must buy for me. Looks awesome.

Jon Brazer Enterprises

theneofish wrote:
This looks really cool, particularly with the high level angle, and is shaping up to be a must buy. Two questions; will there be rules for Shades, and are these going to be print products?

Shades as in variant shadows? Or "Shadow" template creatures? Or ... ?

And yes, all the covers previewed in the trailer are going to be print. We have a few PDF only supplements but they're more web enhancements (monsters that had to be cut due to space, haunts, some player options (but we haven't determined which yet), an adventure or two), but the majority of what is going to be released for this will be print).


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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Charter Superscriber

Very intrigued! I also like your thoughts on high-level support.


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Dale McCoy Jr wrote:
theneofish wrote:
This looks really cool, particularly with the high level angle, and is shaping up to be a must buy. Two questions; will there be rules for Shades, and are these going to be print products?

Shades as in variant shadows? Or "Shadow" template creatures? Or ... ?

And yes, all the covers previewed in the trailer are going to be print. We have a few PDF only supplements but they're more web enhancements (monsters that had to be cut due to space, haunts, some player options (but we haven't determined which yet), an adventure or two), but the majority of what is going to be released for this will be print).

Yep - 'Shade' as in the template creature I believe. Back in 1st / 2nd edition, the alternate method for a wizard to become immortal by infusing themselves with Shadowstuff. Ended their level progression but enabled various shadow related powers, and bestowed eternal life. I'd love to see something similar as a Shadow Plane alternative to Lichdom.

Definitely going to be investing in this, regardless!

Jon Brazer Enterprises

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theneofish wrote:
Yep - 'Shade' as in the template creature I believe. Back in 1st / 2nd edition, the alternate method for a wizard to become immortal by infusing themselves with Shadowstuff. Ended their level progression but enabled various shadow related powers, and bestowed eternal life. I'd love to see something similar as a Shadow Plane alternative to Lichdom.

*makes furious notes*

There will be. Thanks for the idea.

Liberty's Edge

Dale McCoy Jr wrote:
We have a few PDF only supplements ... an adventure or two ...

Hey cool, I'll bet adventures set on the Shadow Plane will be really interesting and fun and freaky ... :)

Jon Brazer Enterprises

Marc Radle wrote:
Dale McCoy Jr wrote:
We have a few PDF only supplements ... an adventure or two ...
Hey cool, I'll bet adventures set on the Shadow Plane will be really interesting and fun and freaky ... :)

Speaking of adventures, I am running Shadowsfall adventures at That Game Con


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Dale McCoy Jr wrote:
theneofish wrote:
Yep - 'Shade' as in the template creature I believe. Back in 1st / 2nd edition, the alternate method for a wizard to become immortal by infusing themselves with Shadowstuff. Ended their level progression but enabled various shadow related powers, and bestowed eternal life. I'd love to see something similar as a Shadow Plane alternative to Lichdom.

*makes furious notes*

There will be. Thanks for the idea.

Awesome! Double awesome now I'm back from work and able to watch the trailer. I'll be adding this to the 'how much more can my bank account take' category.


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I am *so* looking forward to this!

-- david
Papa.DRB


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Papa-DRB wrote:

I am *so* looking forward to this!

-- david
Papa.DRB

. Me too!!!


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Great Idea , i will buy for sure.


It will have any relation with golarion besides the fact that is the plane of shadow?

For example... portal in Ustalav that leads to a certain location within shadowfall.

Jon Brazer Enterprises

kaymanklynman wrote:

It will have any relation with golarion besides the fact that is the plane of shadow?

For example... portal in Ustalav that leads to a certain location within shadowfall.

Officially, we can't do anything with Paizo's campaign setting. So we can't say Ustalav or the River Kingdoms or the Worldwound and so forth. But yes there will be portals from the material plane that will be covered briefly in the player's guide and in more detail in the gazetteer. There will be vague references to Paizo's campaign setting (in a similar fashion that the Book of Beasts: Monsters of the River Nations made vague references to the River Kingdoms). We want to make it as seamless as possible but we can only go so far.

Truth be told, I'm still surprised that no one did what JBE is doing with the Plane of Shadows but with the Forgotten Realms in mind. The Shadow Plane was OGL then and could be used in the same fashion I am now. There is no reason why something exactly like this couldn't have been done 10 years ago.


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I really look forward to this!

Jon Brazer Enterprises

Read about the Changing Land of Shadowsfall

Jon Brazer Enterprises

For Free RPG Day, JBE wants to release a Shadowsfall adventure for free. To make this possible we're running a Kickstarter campaign to pay for the printing. Contribute today to help make this a reality.


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Damn Dale... Deathhand subscriber or Battle Case Subscriber...

Hmmmm.. Or do you have a "Hide DnD purchases from Wife" spell that I can cast on my better half!

-- david
Papa.DRB

Dale McCoy Jr wrote:
For Free RPG Day, JBE wants to release a Shadowsfall adventure for free. To make this possible we're running a Kickstarter campaign to pay for the printing. Contribute today to help make this a reality.

Jon Brazer Enterprises

Latest Preview of Shadowsfall is up. This one detail the Protected Cities of Shadowsfall.


Is there an expected drop date for the setting book?

Jon Brazer Enterprises

Cheapy wrote:
Is there an expected drop date for the setting book?

We're aiming for GenCon. PaizoCon, if we're lucky.

Jon Brazer Enterprises

The first release for Shadowsfall will be coming out just after the start of the new year. Be looking for it.

Dark Archive

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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

Cool, look forward to checking it out.

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Cheapy wrote:
bigkilla wrote:
Looks cool, but I dislike non standard player races ...actually I dislike any non human player races and I think I saw me Kobolds or some other dragonkin type race 8(.

You no like Kobolds?!

Kobolds no like YOU!

Kobolds remember waterworks!

But on topic, this looks great.

Jon Brazer Enterprises

ShadowcatX wrote:
But on topic, this looks great.

If you think the trailer looks good, you should read the reviews the first book in the series is getting.

Liberty's Edge

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Dale McCoy Jr wrote:
ShadowcatX wrote:
But on topic, this looks great.
If you think the trailer looks good, you should read the reviews the first book in the series is getting.

Believe me, I have. :)


Waterworks was a fun dungeon...

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