Yogah of Yag
Mongoose
As DW was unknown in the US at the time, and I have only learned of the books of late, and I look forward to this reissue. Let us all hope the printing/binding are well-done. :wink:
Yay, Dragon Warriors!
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hal said:SnowShadow said:So the first 3 books will have books 1-6 rules, and then? Adventures and hopefulluy new rules. Can't wait.
The first three books are the Rulebook, the Bestiary and Elven Crystals. There will then be the two other books with the campaigns that were in books 1, 2 and 4 and book 5 respectively. James Wallis has seemed to say that no new material will be written once those 5 books have been done.
Some updates from what I said earlier.
James Wallis has confirmed that if the DW rulebook sells well then further books are a possibility. Mass combat rules and a "Robin Hood/Ivanhoe" class have been discussed, but nothing is set yet.
Sleeping Gods contains all the adventures from books 1, 2, 4 and 6.
There have been 3 other artists named beside Erik Wilson and Jon Hodgson (who is the primary artist).
Sir Brad said:
Looking back over thre Yahoo list, both Ian Sturrock and James Wallis placed high priority on balancing professions.
Some of the stuff that was mentioned (though none was confirmed):
- moving tracking from Assassin to Knight/Barbarian
- having Assassins choose which abilities they had (rather than getting them all).
- balancing Warlocks (particualrly so they don't make knights redundant).
- boosting non-Darkness Elementalists.
FallenAngel
Mongoose
I personally don't think the Warlock is as overpowered as some people make him out to be.
His small amount of Magic Points seriously limits any perceived power advantage he may have over a knight.
If you actually make use of your Simultaneous Casting ability for example to put up two "buff" spells at the beginning of a fight, you've basically blown your entire magical potential for the day(if you're lucky you can regain half your points if you end the spells consciously before they expire).
So yeah, you aren't going to cast a lot of spells, that's for sure and once you've run out of MP you're not gonna catch up to a Knight in combat ability.
Knights have 2 more HP, 1 higher Attack and Defense, as well as 1 higher Evasion and isn't restricted to a few weapon groups. That's not even touching High Rank abilities, which makes Knights decidedly superior fighters to an unbuffed Warlock.
The only thing I would maybe change is not letting Warlocks wear any and all types of armor without penalty, that was pretty much the Knight's unique schtick up until the Warlock showed up.
His small amount of Magic Points seriously limits any perceived power advantage he may have over a knight.
If you actually make use of your Simultaneous Casting ability for example to put up two "buff" spells at the beginning of a fight, you've basically blown your entire magical potential for the day(if you're lucky you can regain half your points if you end the spells consciously before they expire).
So yeah, you aren't going to cast a lot of spells, that's for sure and once you've run out of MP you're not gonna catch up to a Knight in combat ability.
Knights have 2 more HP, 1 higher Attack and Defense, as well as 1 higher Evasion and isn't restricted to a few weapon groups. That's not even touching High Rank abilities, which makes Knights decidedly superior fighters to an unbuffed Warlock.
The only thing I would maybe change is not letting Warlocks wear any and all types of armor without penalty, that was pretty much the Knight's unique schtick up until the Warlock showed up.
hal said:Are we nearly there yet?
We are
Dragon Warriors is in our warehouse, and is about to make that slow, meandering path through distrobution
Jon Hodgson
Mongoose
Ding Dong!
hal said:
It is! A week or two behind.
Matt, what format do the new books for Dragon Warriors come in? Are they novel sized like the originals, or are they the larger A4 format? Personally, I'm hoping that they're smaller books, like the Munchausen book. I remember the game fondly and liked the portable book sizes.
AlphaStrike
Mongoose
Got my copy of DW and have to say it has a really nostalgic feel to it. In all the best ways, it reminds of RPing back in the day. The rules are simple, but elegant and there is lots of scope for heroic adventuring. Hurrah!
It even had that nice, 'new book' smell that a good RPG should have.
It even had that nice, 'new book' smell that a good RPG should have.
AlphaStrike said:Got my copy of DW and have to say it has a really nostalgic feel to it. In all the best ways, it reminds of RPing back in the day. The rules are simple, but elegant and there is lots of scope for heroic adventuring. Hurrah!
It even had that nice, 'new book' smell that a good RPG should have.
I assume that you are a preorder.
Please provide a summary of the minor changes to the Elementalist and Assassin.
Also, does the game still have the 2d10/1d20 dichotomy for its core rules or have they dropped one in favour of the other?
Hear hear! How does it hold up to today's RPGs with their heavy focus on skills and feats? Although I personally DM 4e D&D, it already feels like a chore running it. Combat is still needlessly complex what with this thing marking that thing, etc.; although it is lot better than 3.x in the combat department.
From what little I've been able to gather from the 'net, DW seems to me to capture that pulp swords and sorcery feel, much like the Conan novels. It doesn't seem very high fantasy at all and almost reminds me of Warhammer with it's British flavorings. Is this a fair assessment? Any info is greatly appreciated! Also, how long did it take for you to receive your pre-ordered copy? Thanks again!
DaveyB said:
DW feels a lot like Red Box D&D in terms of play and combat. As such, PCs may have a few "abilities" but on the whole special rules are simply adjudicated in play by the GM.
DaveyB said:
DW isn't so much Sword and Sorcery as Medieval History. Though both a grim and gritty and magic is something to be superstitious of, DW doesn't share a number of other elements with the likes of Conan.
Your comparison to Warhammer (the RPG not the wargame) is more apt as Warhammer has a more realistic, grim and gritty flavour (though DW and WFRP are seperate beasts again).
DaveyB said:Also, how long did it take for you to receive your pre-ordered copy? Thanks again!
Assuming the books arrived on 6 November as Matt said, they should take less than a week.
