Requests for Pavis Rising

[Deleriad]

Inspired by something Pete said on the Monster Coliseum thread.

Something else folks should be aware of, is that by the time a book appears in the publishing schedule, it has probably already been written. So complaints that such and such hasn't been included as was suggested in the pre-release discussion is just as frustrating to us; since quite often we might make such an inclusion if we knew there was a desire for it in the first place.

Seeing as we know Pavis Rising is due out later in the year and is probably still being written then why not use this thread for what people would like to see in Pavis Rising. Can I suggest as well that it is kept positive: i.e. discuss what you would like to see rather than what you hope doesn't.

If this proves popular, perhaps other products could get their own topic.

 

[Deleriad]

So, what I would like for Pavis Rising is:

A mix of setting and campaign like Dara Happa Stirs.
Expanded char gen for Pavisites and local Nomad clans and appropriate crunch stuff (e.g. unusual weapons, equipment, spells etc).
A *good* map of Second Age Pavis.
Timeline and history of Pavis. Including some potential future history.
A Pavis gazetteer including things like laws, customs, interesting events, places and local personalities.
All that would allow me to use Pavis as a sandbox setting.

As for a campaign, I would like something for novice to seasoned characters. Especially ones exiled from Heortland after Blood of Orlanth I personally quite like heavily plotted campaigns like Dara Happa Stirs but that's just my taste.
Something however that would be extremely cool and have my inner fanboy geeking out is getting caught in a future quest and letting the characters see the devastation that awaits.

That's what I would like to see in PR.

 

[andyl]

Definitely more background and cult write-ups for Praxian nomads unless they appear in the Cults book, as well as the more specialised cults associated with the city.

I pretty much agree with Deleriad's list of 'wants' but would also like to see plenty of hooks in and around Pavis that are unrelated to the campaign as well.

 

[Rungard]

Good idea, Deleriad!

I would also love to see background and scenarios, a good map, gazetteer, main NPCs, hooks and scenario ideas, everything that's necessary to run a sandbox campaign.

I'm planning to use this as a trip to the glorious past of Pavis in my 3rd Age campaign, so it would be nice to find nods to what's been official so far for the 3rd Age.
I would like the scenarios to touch different aspects of the city. Some easier and some more difficult and with the PCs in the centre of the metaplot.

All in all, it needs to be better than "A Rough Guide to Pavis City". :wink:
A really nice and detailed map of the City showing the different neighbourhoods and background detailing different factions and potential seeds for adventure.

 

[Lord High Munchkin]

A decent map that isn't pixelated, nor too tiny to read, nor miss-labelled!!!

This is one case where, if Mongoose can't get a "professional" map done, don't release the supplement.

Not wishing to tell Mongoose how to suck eggs (but it has been overlooked before): remember to change the "physical" dimensions of the map so that it is at print resolution, and is the size of the box it's going into... or use a vector map.

 

[Ultor]

I'd like to see a good treatment of Giants, which have always been rather mysterious in Runequest. Also, some details of the God Learner settlements at Feroda and Port Sog. As the icing on the cake, the Second Age version of Horn Gate, complete with horn gate and what it is guarding, would be fantastic.

Having said that, there's plenty of material like this that would be good fodder for a fan publication post-release.

 

[The King]

I'd like a big campaign.