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Gimble made the cover of Complete Scoundrel and Shoe has Shoe-firmed gnomes in Blood War...methinks we'll finally get Gimble [^]

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Originally posted by kyrin
Dude, Gimble is a Gnome BARD. There's NO WAY such a fringe character is getting a mini any time soon. I mean, it's not like it's their favored class or anything...
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Both [url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786941529/ref=wl_it_dp/104-2608534-9980769?%5Fencoding=UTF8&colid=1UHFS9YHBXEQ6&coliid=I2002NCUI3MTU2&v=glance&n=283155]Complete Scoundrel and [URL=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786941189/ref=wl_itt_dp/104-2608534-9980769?%5Fencoding=UTF8&colid=1UHFS9YHBXEQ6&coliid=I1M3FNSVQTK17F&v=glance&n=283155]Dungeonscape have cover art now. Enjoy

CC

P.S. I can't do HTML

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Both [url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786941529/ref=wl_it_dp/104-2608534-9980769?%5Fencoding=UTF8&colid=1UHFS9YHBXEQ6&coliid=I2002NCUI3MTU2&v=glance&n=283155]Complete Scoundrel and [URL=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786941189/ref=wl_itt_dp/104-2608534-9980769?%5Fencoding=UTF8&colid=1UHFS9YHBXEQ6&coliid=I1M3FNSVQTK17F&v=glance&n=283155]Dungeonscape have cover art now. Enjoy

CC

P.S. I can't do HTML

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Thanks much appreciated and now I've updated even more then those two with picture links!

Maybe some of the covers can give us clues to future mini goodness! [)] Like the Barrow of the Forgotten King cover!

PS. You forgot the " " before and after the http address. But no worries I didn't [:D]

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Zherog's GenCon blog on the Wizards board has a bunch of info from the upcoming products seminar.  Link is posted below, and text is included below that for those behind a firewall.

http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=681829

So we're home, and we've picked up the kids. I now have a PC that works, so it's time to pick up where I left off. I'll talk about the trip home later, in another post, as well as wrapping up. For now, I owe you a big post from Saturday.

My favorite session every year is the seminar WotC does where they talk about new products and take questions and (general) give answers. There's some things they can't answer, but most stuff does get something. I took a double-sided page worth of notes, so hang with me a while as I try to compile it all into some sort of coherent manner. Let's talk about some products first. In no particular order:

Dragon Magic: It's pretty much what you would probably guess. The book presumes dragons play an integral part in your world, and it explores what happens when dragon spells, items, and so on trickle down from the dragons to the general populace. Funny story from Chris Perkins: According to the people who do the research, books with the word "Dragon" in the title sell really well. Also, books with the word "magic" in the title also sell really well. So the marketing guy wondered - why isn't there a book named Dragon Magic?

One other interesting little tale. The initial design material for PHB2 and Dragon Magic came in around the same time. Both had a class that was eerily similar - even though the designers of those two projects didn't talk to one another. The PHB2 one (dragon shaman) was kept, and the Dragon Magic team had to come up with a new base class. They developed one called the Dragon Fire Adept. Hopefully it's as cool a class as it sounds.

Expedition to Castle Ravenloft: This is a mega-adventure, based on the old I6: Ravenloft module. It's the first in what's going to be a long series of adventures based on older favorites. I'll talk about this series more later.

Complete Mage: It's probably exactly what everybody expects based on the name - a book to give arcane casters some more love (even if you think they don't need it). I got the impression that the warlock was going to get some more lovin' in this book - though it wasn't explicitly stated, so if my impression is wrong don't track me down.

One thing Chris talked about a little bit in this book is a new type of feat called a Reserve Feat. Basically, your spellcaster has to prepare a specific spell, and as long as that spell is prepped, you have access to the feat. The example Chris gave was that your wizard could prepare Melf's acid arrow in the morning, and as long as the feat was still prepared, he could use the feat that goes with it, and it would likely have some sort of acid thing going on. It sounds like a cool concept, and I'm looking forward to seeing it in action.

Scourge of the Howling Horde: An adventure for 1st level characters! Even more important, I think, is the adventure is written with beginner DMs in mind, so there's lots of little things inside to help the DM work his way through. I think this is a great thing.

Shattered Gate of Slaughtergarde: This is a big juicy dungeon crawl. If Chris said the level range, I didn't write it down. But it's a multi-level dungon, so we can probably safely assume it covers a bunch of character levels. Sweetness!

Chess set: This looks freakin' awesome! It releases in October, and all the pieces are dragons. The queens are Bahamut and Tiamat. This looks like an awesome chess set, and I'm hoping the price is within my range.

Complete Scoundrel: From what I can gather on the Future Releases board, there's a bunch of speculation over this product. Well, not any more. The book is written for characters and DMs who are interested in intrigue and skullduggery. As somebody who would love to run an intrgue based game, I'll be checking this one out.

Barrow of the Forgotten King: Another adventure! This one is the first of a three parter. Each of the three can stand alone, but they'll have an over-arching plot that would allow a DM to tie them together if he wanted to. If Chris gave a level range, I didn't write it down.

FR1 Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave: Yet another adventure, and yet another part one of three. One thing Chris mentioned about the second installment in the series is that the characters get to help lead a peasent uprising! That sounds interresting, and I can't recall anything like that being done before.

Magic Item Compendium: There's a lot of talk about this one over on the Future Releases board, mostly because of the new item format. The book is going to contain 1000 of the "best" items previously published, much like Spell Compendium. Interrestingly, about one third of the items have an illustration!

Dungeonscape: My friend Rich Burlew co-wrote this book; I'm really excited for him. Chris described it as a book, similar to DMG2, that provides DMs tools to build a dungeon, as well as talking about how to go about it. I would've picked this one up without knowing what it is, because it's a way to support my friend, but I like new tools. Now all I need to do is get my players to not look at it.

Expedition to the Demonweb Pits: This is the second adventure in the "Expedition" series. Planar fans, you'll need to put this one on your list. It's supposed to be chock full of planar travel, and not just to the abyss. Also, we were told that we could expect Graz'zt to play a key role in the adventure. Good times! This adventure comes out in April 2007.

City of Peril: An urban adventure! This is also scheduled for April 07.

Eyes of the Lich Queen: Earlier we had an FR adventure, now it's Eberron's turn! Another April 07 release - looks like that's going to be adventure month!

So that's the new stuff that Chris talked about. There was also a lot of Q&A. Chris asked for suggestions for other adventures to do in the Expedition series. The following ones were tossed out:

Desert of Desolation
Barrier Peaks
Against the Giants
Castle Greyhawk
Undermountain

And there were probably a few others I didn't jot down. When the last two in that list were suggested, Chris implied that they were already on the list. Again, if I misinterpretted don't track me down.

A "Feat Compendium" is a distinct possibility for the future, especially if the interest shown by the attendees has anything to do with it.

I specifically asked if there was any thought to doing a book about Law and/or Chaos in the same series as BoVD and BoED. The answer was pretty much a no. Later, however, somebody asked about a generic book about alignment. That generated much more interest - both from Chris and from those in he audience.

Chris also asked for suggestions in the next "Monster" series - the same series as Libris Mortis, Fiendish Codex 1 and 2, and so on. The following creatures were tossed out:

Fiendish Codex 3 (addressing yugoloths and such)
Constructs
Giants
Celestials

And probably some others I'm forgetting as well.

 When the last two in that list were suggested, Chris implied that they were already on the list. Again, if I misinterpretted don't track me down.
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I suggested those two and I got the same impression as you. Seems like they were already in mind. I also asked if another Spell Compendium was being planned. Chris said no and then asked if we wanted another one. I think about a dozen, maybe more, hands went up, so who knows.

Finally got around to looking over the new releases and there are a few from the WOTC catalog not mentioned here:

Accessories/Supplements:
D&D Dungeon masters kit................Jan 16 2007
Dungeon tiles 2-Arcane Corridors.......Nov 14 2006
Dungeon tiles 3-Hidden Crypts..........Jan 16 2007
Magic Item Compendium..................Mar 6  2007
City of peril(map supplement)..........Apr 17 2007 This doesn't say fantastic locations but the description sounds like it

Novels/Anthologies:
The Measure and the truth:the rise of Solamnia......Dragonlance........Jan 9 2007
Sacrifice of the Widow:The lady penitent.book 1.....Forgotton realms...Feb 13 2007
The Halls of Stormweather:Sembia book 1.............Forgotten realms...Feb 13 2007
Flight of the Dying Sun:Heirs of ash,book 2.........Eberron............Feb 13 2007
Depths of Madness:The Dungeons......................Forgotten realms...Mar 13 2007
The Great White Wyrm:Champions book 3...............Dragonlance........Mar 13 2007
Forge of the Mind Slayers:Blade of the Flame,book 2.Eberron............Mar 13 2007
Dragons of Time.....................................Dragonlance........Apr 10 2007
Unclean:The Haunted lands,book 1....................Forgotten realms...Apr 10 2007
Shadows Witness:Sembia book 2.......................Forgotten realms...Apr 10 2007
Bound by Iron:The Inquisitives book 1...............Eberron............Apr 10 2007

[QUOTE]Monsoon28 wrote
Maijstral if you're looking at Reevel post your right the supplements haven't been updated, but if you move down to my two posts you should find them there no problem.

I've been a little lacks in my novels post though.[/QUOTE]

You are correct sir , I was looking at the first post and posts on the last page. I thought it odd that Reevel's list was so incomplete and the only other mention of newer stuff was near the end of the thread.

Teach me not to scroll through the whole thread (or even the first few posts ).

Some new stuff on Amazon:

Complete Champion: http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Champ...e=UTF8&s=books

Complete Champion (Hardcover)
by Ed Stark (Author), Chris Thomasson (Author), Rhiannon Louve (Author), Ari Marmell (Author)

Hardcover
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (June 12, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN: 0786940344

Drow of the Underdark: http://www.amazon.com/Drow-Underdark...e=UTF8&s=books

Drow Of The Underdark: A D&D Supplement (Hardcover)
by Robert J. Schwalb (Author), Anthony Pryor (Author), Greg A. Vaughn (Author)

Hardcover
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (May 8, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN: 0786941510

The Last War: http://www.amazon.com/Last-War-Eberron-Supplement/dp/0786941537/sr=8-3/qid=1160136337/ref=sr_1_3/102-7335659-3157701?ie=UTF8&s=books

The Last War; an Eberron Supplement (Hardcover)
James Wyatt, Wolfgang Baur, Ari Marmell
June 19th 2007
$29.95