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I just got finished reading, "Maiden, Mother, Crone," and I was thrilled with the small chunk of information provided for the Dvezda Marches. I also own and have read "The Varnhold Vanishing," and was equally thrilled by the information presented there.
That being said, I would be interested in an Iobaria Gazetteer Campaign Setting book at some point in the future. Just thought I would put my two copper pieces in, as nothing ventured, nothing gained. :)
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I just got finished reading, "Maiden, Mother, Crone," and I was thrilled with the small chunk of information provided for the Dvezda Marches. I also own and have read "The Varnhold Vanishing," and was equally thrilled by the information presented there.
That being said, I would be interested in an Iobaria Gazetteer Campaign Setting book at some point in the future. Just thought I would put my two copper pieces in, as nothing ventured, nothing gained. :)
I completely agree with this sentiment. I think Paizo should start doing more campaign setting gazetteers for regions beyond the Inner Sea, as they did with the Dragon Empires and Distant Worlds. That way they won't have to invest as much in it as they did with the Inner Sea World Guide, but it gives GMs just enough detail and ideas for good jumping off points.
Iobaria would be great because it would allow GMs running Kingmaker to allow their players to expand eastward with greater knowledge of what their players can expect, beyond the relatively small gazetteer in Kingmaker. Personally, I'd love for them to detail Casmaron and major sites such as the Pit of Gormuz, as well as the lands east of Taldor.
Agree with all above - I find Iobaria fascinating, and a great 'away from it all' area for DMs who want to do a lot of their own thing (not that that can't be done elsewhere - its just a great region that allows a lot of tweaking, do to its out-of-the-way nature).
A larger map, going both east and south, would be 'Da Bomb'. :D
I was thinking about Kingmaker as well.
Rob McCreary, I'm looking at you! Tantalizing us with the thought of a "Kingmaker: Iobaria," game. (I was listening to the podcast from Paizo Con and that sounded awesome!)
And you can make a little more "noise" Rob ... I'd be interested in an Iobaria Gazetter CS book ... might even get me to re-subscribe to the Campaign Setting line (although it was finances, not displeasure with the line that brought that about). :)
Dean
I'd love to do a campaign setting book focused on Iobaria. There's no plans in the works right now to do one, but seeing that there's some interest, I might start making some noise and see what happens!
A more ethnographic approach to the 'greater Iobaria' region, i.e. also Brevoy and Mendev would also be awesome... i.e. is there a new ethnicity or sub-ethnicity in the making with the Slavic-named Kellids, is this just some leakage from the in-universe Earth, or both? It doesn't seem like there is much consensus on what the Kellid cultural background is like (beyond Realm of the Mammoth Lords), at least covering it's manifestation in this region could be interesting... Perhaps as a 'People of the Mist' product along with Numeria and Sarkoris, vs. a country guide as such?
If you can also fit in Zavaten Gura (given they also share the Slavic naming convention) as well as the Dwarves within Brevoy that would be awesome, although I'm not sure if that might go in a 'People of the Ice'... (perhaps if there's some other ethnic groups in NE Casmaron we don't know of yet that would go in that product)More hints of what lies further South and East of Iobaria is also cool :-) (to the extent it impacts/has impacted Iobaria)
I'd love to do a campaign setting book focused on Iobaria. There's no plans in the works right now to do one, but seeing that there's some interest, I might start making some noise and see what happens!
I think an occasional gazetteer set on another continent, possibly with an occasional module would be a good way to expand the world, but without doing an another book like the Dragon Empires. And I would love an Iobaria, and an Iblydos gazetteer.
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Regional gazetteers like this for areas away from the well detailed Inner Sea might be a good idea. Instead of a book generalizing a large area in the way the Dragon Empires book did perhaps a book detailing just one region but with some vague ideas about what lay outside the borders might provide enough details to make good use of the region but also pique interest about what else is nearby.
I'd buy it
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And I would love an Iobaria, and an Iblydos gazetteer.I don't really 'get' Iobaria...
That's why it needs a full 64-page gazetteer! ;)
I would hope they get Steven Schend for the project again, as well. His body of work is amongst my favorite pieces of world design. He leaves enough loose-ends around to keep a DM busy for years.
That's why it needs a full 64-page gazetteer! ;)And I would love an Iobaria, and an Iblydos gazetteer.I don't really 'get' Iobaria...
Exactly!!! I've struggled to get a wholistic feel for Iobaria, but what I do get is a land of adventure and strong ties to the Inner Sea.
Given the Kingmaker's border nature:
Iobaria would be great because it would allow GMs running Kingmaker to allow their players to expand eastward with greater knowledge of what their players can expect, beyond the relatively small gazetteer in Kingmaker.
and the ties to the Inner Sea:
A more ethnographic approach to the 'greater Iobaria' region, i.e. also Brevoy and Mendev would also be awesome.
multiplied by the adventure potential:
As a land of scattered city states in a vast wilderness dotted with ruins and non-human realms it seems to have a lot of adventure potential, and its history and culture make it very distinct.
then yes, I think Iobaria needs, no, deserves a book. It's a win/win situation. ;)
I'm down. Iobaria !
Adding my support for an Iobaria book as well!
I'd love to do a campaign setting book focused on Iobaria. There's no plans in the works right now to do one, but seeing that there's some interest, I might start making some noise and see what happens!
Late comer, but so do I.
There's always the write-up in KM AP #33 to start with.
Ruyan.
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I'd love to do a campaign setting book focused on Iobaria. There's no plans in the works right now to do one, but seeing that there's some interest, I might start making some noise and see what happens!
Hi Rob, are you still banging the drum for an Iobaria gazetteer? Years later and my need for this is causing me real, physical, pain every time I think of it.
I'm not going to turn my nose up at any Campaign Setting on a new area, but I've always been quite curious what's just barely east of the Inner Sea region. From Iobaria on south. It's just right there! Come on!
Of course, once I got that information, I'd really want to know what was just barely east of that.
And then just east of that.
And then. And then. And then.
And then maybe go back west after that.