bshugg
Underboss
1833 Posts
    
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| There was some information leaked about future sets at Winter Fantasy. I haven't seen a thread about them yet. When ever I heard something I was careful to ask if it was "on the record" or "off the record" That way only the information they didn't mind leaking was available.
The coolest thing mentioned was the promo for the War of the Dragon Queen prerelease events. The designers were worried that opening 2 packs of WotDQ wouldn't provide enough product to build a good epic 500 point band as that is the sealed format they will be using. To make up for this, the promo being handed out to everyone is theHuge Fiendish Spider that will be playable in your sealed pull. This will give everyone 3 huges to select from. So make sure you come out to one. A Huge spider is going to be way cool.
Anyone else get some good gossip?
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 8:33 AM |
| Any clue if that will be the Huge promo from Dragon Magazine in June?
If not, is that figure available as one of the uncommons in a WotDQ booster? I doubt it is an exclusive, right? | |
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monster_slayer
Warrior
331 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 8:36 AM |
| | Holy Crap! That's awesome. I love free stuff. | |
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Ack
Underboss
1476 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 8:37 AM |
| 3rd Set is gonna be Blood War.
Tiamat's spawn is one of the models in WotDQ (I almost missed this one)
I got nothing that hasnt been mentioned already | |
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Vash
Underboss
1995 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 8:45 AM |
| Huge Fiendish Spider, nice! A huge I wont mind having lord knows how man of.
So, this promo is one of two things.
Same promo to come in Dragon later this year.
Just a promo like any other being handed out at the events, thats part of the set.
If its the second scenario (the most likely) then we get our first HUGE REPAINT!!! As all the promos that get handed out at pre-release are repaints, this is awesome news indeed.
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Count Dooku
Commander
4637 Posts
New York
| | 03/01/2006 8:48 AM |
| Huge Feindish Spider???
Thats awsome! Great choice for a Huge slot!
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 8:50 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Count Dooku
Huge Feindish Spider???
Thats awsome! Great choice for a Huge slot!
and pretty much a give for Uncommon too [:D] | |
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griffrat
Commander
3506 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 8:55 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by glumag
quote:
Originally posted by Count Dooku
Huge Feindish Spider???
Thats awsome! Great choice for a Huge slot!
and pretty much a give for Uncommon too [:D]
I agree this seems to make the most sense of a huge uncommon and something that people wouldn't mind trading for if they were unhappy, i.e. "I don't use huge spiders". Not that I don't use huge spiders. I love me some poisons and it after the prep I put into a presentation on the mechanisims of spider posions. My players are going to love this fig!!!!
Awesome!!! | |
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Vash
Underboss
1995 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 8:58 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by griffrat
My players are going to love this fig!!!!
And by love you mean 'hate with every ounce of their being' right? [)] | |
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XenoZephyr
Underboss
1083 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 9:08 AM |
| Great news, thanks for the scoop! And I like that this indicates what sort of Uncommon Huges will be in the set. More than the ratio of Huge Rare to Huge Uncommon, I think that having Huge Uncommons that some people will want multiples of will make this set much better than GoL.
And this also means that they will most likely do something similar at Gen Con for League play. I was wondering how they were going to do that, if it was going to be 200 or 500 pt epic play. For Gen Con, we'll probably get the same as the pre-release setup or they'll hand out a different Huge promo instead. | |
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Username
Warlord
5690 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 9:15 AM |
| | Huge Fiendish Spider?!?!!? AWESOME!!!!! | |
Originally posted by Schooly_D
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berus316
Sergeant
656 Posts
Markham, Ontario Canada
| | 03/01/2006 9:19 AM |
| HFS - awesome...
At least these things you can have a use for more than 1 at a time...
Having 6 Bullettes or Nightwalkers aren't particularily useful...
6 HFS... the PCs are going to wet themselves....
Dairy Queen keeps getting better and better....
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striderlotr
Commander
3370 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 9:28 AM |
| Brad, nice tid-bit!
That is great news. A nice choice for the first huge repaint. So who can do a repaint of a halfling standing underneath it with a blue glowing sword??? [:p][:p][:p] | |
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Count Dooku
Commander
4637 Posts
New York
| | 03/01/2006 9:49 AM |
| | I bet this thread would get like 1000 more hits if the name of it was changed to "Huge Fiendish Spider in WotDQ!!" :) | |
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reezel
Sergeant
555 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 9:55 AM |
| I already try to keep my spider minis in some corner of my collection where I never see them. How will I hide this one?
It's a bad day when two psychosis (Severe Aracnophobia and Obession to complete Sets) clash in such a way. I don't know which side will win out in the end. | |
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greyhaze
Warlord
6920 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 10:17 AM |
| omg. OMG.OMG!!!
schweet.
oh so schweet.
HFS...
Yeh, you should change the title of the thread - I was pretty much just gonna skip over it... | |
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True_Blue
Underboss
2386 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 10:20 AM |
| | Pretty much everyone can use a Huge Spider. Also its nice that they are covering their bases when it comes to sealed play. It seems they really looked into it and saw what would work best, and by giving an extra figure a player is better off. | |
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Hejas
Sergeant
435 Posts
Poland
| | 03/01/2006 10:23 AM |
| Wow, cool news.
Too bad I won't probably get it till WotDQ... :/ :/ | |
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roonechr
Sergeant
604 Posts
Kansas City, MO
| | 03/01/2006 10:27 AM |
| | Good news all around. The Huge Fiendish Spider is an A+ Huge Uncommon and they're already thinking about the players at the prerelease. | |
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Lab Monkey
Commander
4136 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 10:31 AM |
| Nice choice for an uncommon. That's 1 more figure known. Add that to the Dracolich and Aspect of Tiamat and we already know 1/4 of the Huges and they all sound great!
I hope it looks more like the Dragoneye spider than the Underdark one. | |
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
10446 Posts
United States
| | 03/01/2006 10:32 AM |
| You know, before I jump up on the "OMG, spiders are cool!" bandwagon (and I will), let me preface things by saying that I'm getting a little tired of all the Drow and Underdark stuff. I know, I know, you aren't, whoever you are, but I am.
Yes, I need some big spiders for D&D (the Acklay is only so useful). And, yes, they'll be cool for the tournament. I think it's a great idea for WotC to make a third Huge available for the thing.
But, I kinda wish it had been something besides a spider. I'd have been happy for the spider to just be one of the Huge uncommons, and for us to get a different one as the third Huge.
I know, I know, every DM needs more spiders, etc., etc. That's true. I'm just griping.
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Vash
Underboss
1995 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 10:38 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Vrecknidj
You know, before I jump up on the "OMG, spiders are cool!" bandwagon (and I will), let me preface things by saying that I'm getting a little tired of all the Drow and Underdark stuff. I know, I know, you aren't, whoever you are, but I am.
Yes, I need some big spiders for D&D (the Acklay is only so useful). And, yes, they'll be cool for the tournament. I think it's a great idea for WotC to make a third Huge available for the thing.
But, I kinda wish it had been something besides a spider. I'd have been happy for the spider to just be one of the Huge uncommons, and for us to get a different one as the third Huge.
I know, I know, every DM needs more spiders, etc., etc. That's true. I'm just griping.
Dave
And its not like Spiders are just Drow/Underdark related. I could see all sorts of Caves and Ruins in which I could fit these things in. Wheeee. Skirmish wise, it may be a nice epic piece for the Drow Arachnomancer. | |
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Count Dooku
Commander
4637 Posts
New York
| | 03/01/2006 10:41 AM |
| I personally have never used drow yet in my D&D games.
I have however used giant spiders TONS of times. I really dont affiliate giant spiders with drow...But maybe thats just me. | |
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Username
Warlord
5690 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 10:53 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by striderlotr
Brad, nice tid-bit!
That is great news. A nice choice for the first huge repaint. So who can do a repaint of a halfling standing underneath it with a blue glowing sword??? [:p][:p][:p]
I wonder how many people actually use DDM for LOTR RPG? | |
Originally posted by Schooly_D
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Dordledum
Commander
3398 Posts
Netherlands
| | 03/01/2006 10:59 AM |
| I consider myself vindicated!
/me does a happy dance!
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Almalik
Warrior
266 Posts
Vancouver-ish, Canada
| | 03/01/2006 11:04 AM |
| | In the chat Shoe said that the WotDQ set starts off with a huge. Any doubts that it would be Aspect of Bahamut? | |
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taliesin
Underboss
1113 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 11:07 AM |
| | Sounds cool. I hope it's better painted than the Fiendish Scorpion ( too dull), but not as bright as the Fiendish Praying Mantis (waaay too flashy). Some happy medium on detail and otherworldlyness. And let's hope the repaint looks even cooler! | |
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Count Dooku
Commander
4637 Posts
New York
| | 03/01/2006 11:07 AM |
| If it STARTS witha huge that means it would be LG.
Dont know of any LG huges other than Aspect of Bhamut.
I hope we are getting a regular dragon as a huge. So far it seems like 2 aspects and a dracolich. | |
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Low Key
Underboss
1231 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 11:08 AM |
| | Ok, I guess this means I have to get my hands on a Drow Arachnomancer. [)] | |
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Caustic_Mouse
Sergeant
464 Posts
Tooele, Ut
| | 03/01/2006 11:13 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Almalik
In the chat Shoe said that the WotDQ set starts off with a huge. Any doubts that it would be Aspect of Bahamut?
I thought the same thing when I read that. Aspect of Bahamut would be awesome and would make sense (to me) to be in the same set as Tiamat. | |
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greyhaze
Warlord
6920 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 11:13 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Count Dooku
I personally have never used drow yet in my D&D games.
I have however used giant spiders TONS of times. I really dont affiliate giant spiders with drow...But maybe thats just me.
Same here. [:)] | |
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griffrat
Commander
3506 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 11:21 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Vash
quote:
Originally posted by griffrat
My players are going to love this fig!!!!
And by love you mean 'hate with every ounce of their being' right? [)]
Yup, that would be an example of love to hate....it is almost like they know that I am trying to kill them, or something....[:D] | |
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Corim Danex
Warlord
6809 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 03/01/2006 11:21 AM |
| | I think the spider is a great choice for huge uncommon. The only uncommon I wanted multiples of in GoL (for RPG) was the Treant. | |
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roonechr
Sergeant
604 Posts
Kansas City, MO
| | 03/01/2006 11:23 AM |
| | Fiendish Huge Monstrous Spiders can also be summoned with summon monster VI or higher. | |
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Sir Bozak The Damned
Commander
2854 Posts
Québec
| | 03/01/2006 11:34 AM |
| Great scoop, bshugg, I am also not a fan of Drows, but a huge spider will be much more useful than the high-CR huge uncommons GoL had to offer, except for the Treant I actually use for RPG and the F T-Rex that just looks amazing. This is making me consider
adding a spider army to my list...
I would also love it if the Aspect of Bahamut was included. With Tiamat it makes sense. However, WD did NOT have an Aspect Of Gruumsh to go with the Aspect Of Moradin so I would not bet on Bahamut until we get some more information... | |
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devasque
Sergeant
874 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 11:48 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Sir Bozak The Damned
I would also love it if the Aspect of Bahamut was included. With Tiamat it makes sense. However, WD did NOT have an Aspect Of Gruumsh to go with the Aspect Of Moradin so I would not bet on Bahamut until we get some more information...
Could very well get the Aspect of Bahumat as a huge rare and the Aspect of Gruumsh as a large rare. Not sure if they'd go more then two aspects in a set (ala Archfiends) but if they did I wouldn't be that heartbroken.
The huge spider and it being an uncommon is awesome. One more critter for my PC Aracnomancer to have come play [}:)] | |
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Zoons
Underboss
1066 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 11:53 AM |
| | Add a Yuan-ti Abomination and the DC of the poison on that guy should be around 27! Gonna see some poison deaths in matches that aren't timed. | |
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Darthrau
Underboss
2233 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 12:25 PM |
| | That's great news and will make me drive an hour. But I don't use huge minis. I almost thought about selling my complete GOL huge set. I'll wait and see if WotDQ and some of these new epics make me want to try 500 point games I guess. On a side note I still wish they'd have went with either a huge pack or a normal booster. I guess after not doing it with Universe I should've figured it wouldn't happen. | |
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Kunimatyu
Sergeant
725 Posts
| | 03/01/2006 12:45 PM |
| I'm telling you, here's the WotDQ Huge lineup:
Rares:
Aspect of Tiamat
Aspect of Bahamut
Hydra
Huge Black Dragon(maybe with rider, maybe not)
Huge Blue Dracolich
Forest Giant
Uncommons:
Tendriculos
Huge Fiendish Spider
Celestial Triceratops
Huge Elemental
Yrthak
Giant Crocodile
Me, I want a Mountain Troll or better yet, an Aboleth in there... | |
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yack
Commander
3270 Posts
Gatineau Canada
| | 03/01/2006 12:50 PM |
| | Ok great news that nails one down off the list. Which it was something else then a spider (can buy thoses at the dollar store)but still a great scoop! Thanks guys![:)] | |
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