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Bakra
Senior Scribe
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 Posted - 13 Jun 2013 : 15:50:54
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Courtesy of Feetz from the Wizards forums:
The article http://www.wizards.com/WPN/News/Article.aspx?x=2013_06_10_DDEBaldur and solicitation flyer http://www.wizards.com/ContentResources/Wizards/Sales/Solicitations/2013_06_08_DDBaldur_Solicitation_en_US.pdf.
Highlights
Can be run in 3.5, Next, or 4e.
The for sale adventure is what you use for Encounters. The kit does NOT have the adventure. Stores have to order it.
13 weeks
Intro adventure to be run at Launch event on Aug 17-18.
Player maps, NPC cards, exclusive d20s
Part of the Sundering event for Forgotten Realms
Report results and influence outcome
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I hope Candlekeep continues to be the friendly forum of fellow Realms-lovers that it has always been, as we all go through this together. If you don’t want to move to the “new” Realms, that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with either you or the “old” Realms. Goodness knows Candlekeep, and the hearts of its scribes, are both big enough to accommodate both. If we want them to be.
(Strikes dramatic pose, raises sword to gleam in the sunset, and hopes breeches won’t fall down.)
Enough for now. The Realms lives! I have spoken! Ale and light wines half price, served by a smiling Storm Silverhand fetchingly clad in thigh-high boots and naught else! Ahem . .
So saith Ed. <snip>
love to all,
THO
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deserk
Learned Scribe
Norway
237 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jun 2013 : 17:45:00
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I'm guessing it's a safe bet Bhaal's returning. Which is great.
Albeit, it is kind of annoying that they have to kill gods in the first place and revive them a few years later. Feels kind of like exploiting the consumers.
Then again I want back all the dead gods, and for WotC to stop killing 'em.
Very nice cover art btw too. Wish there was a larger version of the picture. |
Edited by - deserk on 16 Jun 2013 17:45:54 |
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Tarlyn
Learned Scribe
USA
315 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jun 2013 : 17:50:48
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| I am just hoping that the story effecting event of this is not the PCs having a chance to prevent Bhaal's ascension. If I was playing as a player I would want to lose for the benefit of the setting. As DM, I would be gunning for the players for the benefit of future products. |
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Irennan
Great Reader
Italy
3802 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jun 2013 : 17:59:16
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| I wonder how they will prevent people from ''cheating'' (submitting multiple feedback). I only hope that they won't do something like putting a code on the copies of the adventure, which will be needed to contribute. That could be some cheap trick for easy sales... |
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. |
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Tarlyn
Learned Scribe
USA
315 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jun 2013 : 18:13:19
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| I kind of figured it would be the code in the back of the adventure. I don't think of that as a cheap trick. Each copy of the adventure gets effectively one vote. I think that will reduce false results rather than increase them. $35 dollars to fake a vote is pretty expensive. |
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Irennan
Great Reader
Italy
3802 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jun 2013 : 19:11:31
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I said 'cheap' because it could lead people who are disappointed with the 4e FR and that would like their opinion to be considered, to pay even before they actually got to see what WotC wants to do with the setting.
Besides if someone can't play the game but is still interested in the setting, (s)he will not be able to 'vote', unless (s)he buys something that will hardly be used. These people would be effectively cut out |
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. |
Edited by - Irennan on 16 Jun 2013 19:16:51 |
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Bakra
Senior Scribe
628 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jun 2013 : 15:00:51
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quote:
Originally posted by Tarlyn
I kind of figured it would be the code in the back of the adventure. I don't think of that as a cheap trick. Each copy of the adventure gets effectively one vote. I think that will reduce false results rather than increase them. $35 dollars to fake a vote is pretty expensive.
A player only gets a vote if they participate in a D&D Encounters sessions which are held at a WPN approved local hobby shop, bookstore, or comic shop. They haven't made any announcements on home games being allowed to vote. |
I hope Candlekeep continues to be the friendly forum of fellow Realms-lovers that it has always been, as we all go through this together. If you don’t want to move to the “new” Realms, that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with either you or the “old” Realms. Goodness knows Candlekeep, and the hearts of its scribes, are both big enough to accommodate both. If we want them to be.
(Strikes dramatic pose, raises sword to gleam in the sunset, and hopes breeches won’t fall down.)
Enough for now. The Realms lives! I have spoken! Ale and light wines half price, served by a smiling Storm Silverhand fetchingly clad in thigh-high boots and naught else! Ahem . .
So saith Ed. <snip>
love to all,
THO
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Plaguescarred
Learned Scribe
Canada
190 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2013 : 20:51:05
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Matt Sernett got his author's copy of Murder In Baldur's Gate and shared a a photo of the book and DM screen:
@Sernett Got my author copies of Murder in Baldur's Gate today! It looks awesome! #ForgottenRealms #DnD pic.twitter.com/esXVdK0pWw
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Yan
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Jeremy Grenemyer
Great Reader
USA
2717 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2013 : 20:59:53
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| Dude...that looks awesome! |
Look for me and my content at EN World (user name: sanishiver). |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6646 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2013 : 23:59:54
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I'll reserve judgment, but that sure looks like the wide open spaces of the 4E format.
-- George Krashos
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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus |
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Dark Wizard
Senior Scribe
USA
830 Posts |
Posted - 04 Aug 2013 : 04:34:35
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| If the price is right, it might be worth getting for the maps and art depicting scenery and structures. The latter especially since I feel FR has focused on art depicting figures (and specifically on novel characters) in the past. |
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Bakra
Senior Scribe
628 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2013 : 16:59:55
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| The latest play-test packet (August) contains a supplement for this product. Yes it contains spoilers for those who want to play the game. Also, it has an interesting spoiler for old school Baldur Gates fans. |
I hope Candlekeep continues to be the friendly forum of fellow Realms-lovers that it has always been, as we all go through this together. If you don’t want to move to the “new” Realms, that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with either you or the “old” Realms. Goodness knows Candlekeep, and the hearts of its scribes, are both big enough to accommodate both. If we want them to be.
(Strikes dramatic pose, raises sword to gleam in the sunset, and hopes breeches won’t fall down.)
Enough for now. The Realms lives! I have spoken! Ale and light wines half price, served by a smiling Storm Silverhand fetchingly clad in thigh-high boots and naught else! Ahem . .
So saith Ed. <snip>
love to all,
THO
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Marco Volo
Learned Scribe
France
201 Posts |
Posted - 06 Aug 2013 : 08:54:02
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| The question is : what is on the other side of the screen ? |
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Caladan Brood
Senior Scribe
Norway
410 Posts |
Posted - 06 Aug 2013 : 09:50:06
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| That map! It shows the bridge! :-) |
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Bakra
Senior Scribe
628 Posts |
Posted - 06 Aug 2013 : 15:34:40
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http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Sundering.aspx
This link shows the map in the product....and it is the long delayed Sundering mini-website. |
I hope Candlekeep continues to be the friendly forum of fellow Realms-lovers that it has always been, as we all go through this together. If you don’t want to move to the “new” Realms, that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with either you or the “old” Realms. Goodness knows Candlekeep, and the hearts of its scribes, are both big enough to accommodate both. If we want them to be.
(Strikes dramatic pose, raises sword to gleam in the sunset, and hopes breeches won’t fall down.)
Enough for now. The Realms lives! I have spoken! Ale and light wines half price, served by a smiling Storm Silverhand fetchingly clad in thigh-high boots and naught else! Ahem . .
So saith Ed. <snip>
love to all,
THO
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Jeremy Grenemyer
Great Reader
USA
2717 Posts |
Posted - 06 Aug 2013 : 16:21:57
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quote:
Originally posted by Bakra
http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Sundering.aspx
This link shows the map in the product....and it is the long delayed Sundering mini-website.
Thanks for that link, Bakra. I like how you can zoom in on the map an get the details to (some of the) locations.
Netheril starting a war, eh? Well, this should be interesting. |
Look for me and my content at EN World (user name: sanishiver). |
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Bakra
Senior Scribe
628 Posts |
Posted - 06 Aug 2013 : 19:07:01
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quote:
Originally posted by Jeremy Grenemyer
quote:
Originally posted by Bakra
http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Sundering.aspx
This link shows the map in the product....and it is the long delayed Sundering mini-website.
Thanks for that link, Bakra. I like how you can zoom in on the map an get the details to (some of the) locations.
Netheril starting a war, eh? Well, this should be interesting.
You’re welcome.
I found this interesting : “The intermingling of worlds brought about by the Spellplague also comes to an end, as what belongs to Abeir returns to Abeir, leaving the Forgotten Realms looking much as it did before.”
 So a native Torilian Dhrakar (dragonborn) returns to Tymanther only to find Unther? |
I hope Candlekeep continues to be the friendly forum of fellow Realms-lovers that it has always been, as we all go through this together. If you don’t want to move to the “new” Realms, that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with either you or the “old” Realms. Goodness knows Candlekeep, and the hearts of its scribes, are both big enough to accommodate both. If we want them to be.
(Strikes dramatic pose, raises sword to gleam in the sunset, and hopes breeches won’t fall down.)
Enough for now. The Realms lives! I have spoken! Ale and light wines half price, served by a smiling Storm Silverhand fetchingly clad in thigh-high boots and naught else! Ahem . .
So saith Ed. <snip>
love to all,
THO
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