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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
1720 Posts |
 Posted - 02 Jun 2008 : 10:48:46
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Poll Question:
Leading onto from my first poll question: Will you buy the 4th Ed.? - now the follow-up question:
What will you buy of the 4th Ed.?
I encourrage all of you to explain your answers with a post.
Answering this question makes sense only if you answered the previous poll question ("Will you buy the 4th Ed.?") affirmative - that is with a yes.
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"Das Gras weht im Wind, wenn der Wind weht." |
Edited by - Ergdusch on 02 Jun 2008 11:01:10
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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
1720 Posts |
Posted - 02 Jun 2008 : 13:16:16
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Originally posted by Victor_ograygor
The only thing I will buy concerning the 4 edition is the third book of Richard Lee Byers Haunted Lands, book 3.
Right! Novels - I forgot to mention that I wanted to leave those out of the scope of this particular poll but it seems only fair to vote 'other'.
Thanks for your answer, Vic. |
"Das Gras weht im Wind, wenn der Wind weht." |
Edited by - Ergdusch on 02 Jun 2008 13:28:14 |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 02 Jun 2008 : 13:44:38
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| The core books to play at work and the FRCS just cause even though I'm not happy about the spellplague. And the cores only because my library is full of never used 3.5E books. |
Karsite Arcanar (Most Holy Servant of Karsus)
Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril as penned by me:
http://www.dmsguild.com/m/product/172023 |
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Quale
Master of Realmslore
1757 Posts |
Posted - 02 Jun 2008 : 14:33:14
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maybe some novels, like the Blackstaff Tower
FRCS, only if it's full with quality lore
I doubt that
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GRYPHON
Senior Scribe
USA
527 Posts |
Posted - 02 Jun 2008 : 14:58:19
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| Nothing... |
'Everyone dies...I only choose the time and place for a few.' --Eric Destler |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 02 Jun 2008 : 15:54:29
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| I chose other. So far, I am getting the core rulebooks. However, I cannot say at this time if that's all I'm going to get. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
--Richard Greene (letter to Time) |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
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Snotlord
Senior Scribe
Norway
476 Posts |
Posted - 02 Jun 2008 : 16:41:18
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| I plan to buy the Player's Handbook and the FRCS, and then see if I want to see more. |
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scererar
Master of Realmslore
USA
1618 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jun 2008 : 01:50:19
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| I will pick up the new FRCS and of course FR novels. |
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MerrikCale
Senior Scribe
USA
947 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jun 2008 : 03:00:26
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| I don't see myself getting the FR |
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
1720 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jun 2008 : 08:01:10
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Originally posted by Mace Hammerhand
Do Dungeon Tiles count as 4e?
I would not count them as such, but than again I have actually never bothered with minis or the tiles at all... |
"Das Gras weht im Wind, wenn der Wind weht." |
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Kyrene
Senior Scribe
South Africa
741 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jun 2008 : 09:42:36
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| I voted "No" to the "Will you buy..." poll, but may buy a novel here and there if it is from a writer I have previously really liked, so I voted "Other" here. |
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Jamallo Kreen
Master of Realmslore
USA
1537 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jun 2008 : 04:30:22
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I may buy the Spellgard book, but if, and only if it contains a large amount of pre-warpstone ... ah ... pre-Spellplague lore. I have no interest in the Realms 4.New.Coke, and will not buy any of the "core rule books." (I mean the 2008 core rule books, not the "core rurule b ooks they sold five years ago, or the "core rule books" they sold ten years ago.)
I may pick up a couple of the "Dungeons" novels, since they have (I hope) little rules-oriented or Chaos lands Shadowfell carp in them.
The one dicey book is the last Erevis Cale novel. I (figuratively) devoured the first trilogy, and was waiting to read the other books until May, when Shadowrealm, the last book of the second trilogy was scheduled for release. With a December release date now, I don't know if I will buy it or not. I definitely will not buy it if it's been Bakerized" (a word to enter the lexicon alongside "Turnerize," the adding of color to a motion picture originally shot in black and white).
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I have a mouth, but I am in a library and must not scream.
Feed the poor and stroke your ego, too: http://www.freerice.com/index.php.
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BARDOBARBAROS
Senior Scribe
Greece
581 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2008 : 23:25:50
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BARDOBARBAROS DOES NOT KILL.
HE DECAPITATES!!!
"The city changes, but the fools within it remain always the same" (Edwin Odesseiron- Baldur's gate 2) |
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lockdar
Acolyte
Netherlands
18 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2008 : 08:17:55
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| I've already bought the Core Books and both of the Faerun books, but that's it for now. The only things I'll consider buying next year will be the various campaign settings that might be published. Eberron will be a good candidate and I'm rooting for Spelljammer and Planescape. |
Save yourself a penny for the ferryman. |
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silverwizard
Seeker
Greece
76 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2008 : 13:47:03
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| Absolutely nothing |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36782 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2008 : 15:38:52
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| I got the FR stuff... All from eBay, for about half the cover price. I hate not supporting my FLGS, especially on FR stuff, but there was no way I was handing WotC my money. |
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Ladejarl
Seeker
Norway
55 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2008 : 15:59:22
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quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I got the FR stuff... All from eBay, for about half the cover price.
Got mine second hand to. Now I only have to work up the courage to read it.quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I hate not supporting my FLGS, especially on FR stuff, but there was no way I was handing WotC my money.
I share your sentiment 100%. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36782 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2008 : 17:49:15
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Originally posted by Ladejarl
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I got the FR stuff... All from eBay, for about half the cover price.
Got mine second hand to. Now I only have to work up the courage to read it.
I've just not had the inclination, really. I flipped thru both hardcovers, and that's it -- Spellgard is still in shrinkwrap. I've been more eager to read the Warmachine books and the Pathfinder Campaign Setting. And once I'm done with the latter, I don't know if I'll finally read the FR stuff or if I'll get back to reading thru Ptolus.
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Originally posted by Ladejarl
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I hate not supporting my FLGS, especially on FR stuff, but there was no way I was handing WotC my money.
I share your sentiment 100%.
It's sad, too. As I've mentioned before, with past FR products, I often went on my lunchbreak to buy them, even though I knew I'd not be able to flip thru them until after I got home. And then, on the drive home, I was flipping thru the book at traffic lights. Now? I've had the main book for over a month. I wasn't in any hurry to get it, and I've not been in anything resembling a hurry to read it.
Hells, I was eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Pathfinder book, and started flipping thru it as soon as it came in the mail. The FRCG I waited most of a day before flipping thru, and the FRPG I've still barely cracked open. |
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Faraer
Great Reader
3308 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2008 : 18:18:22
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quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
[quote]Originally posted by Ladejarl
[quote]Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I've just not had the inclination, really. I flipped thru both hardcovers, and that's it -- Spellgard is still in shrinkwrap. I've been more eager to read the Warmachine books and the Pathfinder Campaign Setting. And once I'm done with the latter, I don't know if I'll finally read the FR stuff or if I'll get back to reading thru Ptolus.
Castlemourn! Castlemourn! |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36782 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2008 : 19:20:29
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quote:
Originally posted by Faraer
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I've just not had the inclination, really. I flipped thru both hardcovers, and that's it -- Spellgard is still in shrinkwrap. I've been more eager to read the Warmachine books and the Pathfinder Campaign Setting. And once I'm done with the latter, I don't know if I'll finally read the FR stuff or if I'll get back to reading thru Ptolus.
Castlemourn! Castlemourn!
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2008 : 20:20:48
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Not sure how to vote - I have two of the Core books, and have read the FRCG, and I'm not really thrilled with any of it, so I won't be buying anymore.
I'm also trying to avoid any and all WotC novels from now on, although its hard, with Schends new novel and more stuff coming down the pipe from Ed
In fact, it goes beyond the novels even - I have four kids, and I will NOT be purchasing ANY Hasbro products hencforth. I know that won't hurt them at all... but I do work in the K-Mart Toy Dept around X-Mas time.  |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Purple Dragon Knight
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1796 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2008 : 22:07:18
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| Nothing, unless Paizo starts offering 4E Realms product set before the Sellplague. |
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Ladejarl
Seeker
Norway
55 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2008 : 22:09:30
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quote:
Originally posted by Markustay
...but I do work in the K-Mart Toy Dept around X-Mas time.
By smart, by S-mart.
I'd realy like to continue to help feed people like Ed and Steven though. |
"There should be much less violence, and more nudity and kinkiness in the world." |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3240 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2008 : 23:36:44
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quote:
Originally posted by Ladejarl
quote:
Originally posted by Markustay
...but I do work in the K-Mart Toy Dept around X-Mas time.
By smart, by S-mart.
I'd realy like to continue to help feed people like Ed and Steven though.
Oh, trust me, there's ways to feed them without feeding Wasbro as well. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
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Jakk
Great Reader
Canada
2165 Posts |
Posted - 11 Oct 2008 : 02:49:19
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I bought the 4E core books, only because I (foolishly) preordered them. My group created characters, looked at each other  a few times during the process, found one or two other things that we liked about the new rules, played a session, and by the end of it we were all  and thinking that we'd been  by Wizbro. I'm advertising my 4E core books for sale locally (upper Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada if anyone's interested); I should be able to get back 3/4 of my money because they're in mint condition... yes, I managed to suppress my immediate desire to compact them into a cube of fourth... or is that a cube of farce? Anyway, we're happily playing 3.5, which we were happy with to begin with, apart from the lack of sourcebooks for the Bloodstone Lands (including Impiltur), the Dalelands, Cormanthyr, Cormyr, and the Lands of Intrigue (Amn, Tethyr, and Calimshan). And who said that every square inch of Faerun had been covered and it was necessary to blow it all up instead of exploring the rest of the world? Just don't tell me where they live; I'd rather not throw my life away on their account. Nah. That would take way too much effort, and I'm happy now that I don't have to go to the game store once a month any more.  |
Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.
If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic. |
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Purple Dragon Knight
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1796 Posts |
Posted - 11 Oct 2008 : 06:06:03
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I hear you Jakk... but thank you for making me feel better about sticking to my guns and forbidding my players to buy anything with 4$ on it! LOL!
By the way, Impiltur was covered in great details in our late (print) Dragon magazine, written by our esteemed George Krashos himself!
Dragon Magazine #346 Impiltur
August 2006 issue
"Impiltur: The Forgotten Kingdom," pp. 56-71. Chivalry and conspiracy in one of the last frontiers of the Forgotten Realms.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31701 Posts |
Posted - 11 Oct 2008 : 07:32:44
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Originally posted by Purple Dragon Knight
I hear you Jakk... but thank you for making me feel better about sticking to my guns and forbidding my players to buy anything with 4$ on it! LOL!
By the way, Impiltur was covered in great details in our late (print) Dragon magazine, written by our esteemed George Krashos himself!
Dragon Magazine #346 Impiltur
August 2006 issue
"Impiltur: The Forgotten Kingdom," pp. 56-71. Chivalry and conspiracy in one of the last frontiers of the Forgotten Realms.
And there's also the fine "Impiltur" sections in both Champions of Ruin and Champions of Valor. They serve, appropriately enough, as a convenient mini-setting for Impiltur-based campaigns.
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Jakk
Great Reader
Canada
2165 Posts |
Posted - 12 Oct 2008 : 09:24:06
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Re: Impiltur sources: I was very impressed by all three; I just don't have my Dragon collection with me right now, except for my CD archive... which seems to have data integrity issues. I was browsing through it a couple of weeks ago, and a couple of pages in one issue I looked at are completely blank where there should be text. It annoys me.
I really want my 3E Dragon mags and my pre-3E Realms material. That requires a moving truck, which requires money, which requires me to have a job, which would in turn prevent me from having the time to make the trip. |
Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.
If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic. |
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danbuter
Seeker
USA
74 Posts |
Posted - 21 Oct 2008 : 02:35:32
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| I picked up the PHB. That was enough. I don't like the system. I flipped through the FR campaign guide and put it back on the shelf. My money goes to Troll Lord Games these days (Castles and Crusades, Castle Zagyg). |
Nothing beats the gray box!
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What will you buy of the 4th Ed.?
