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Post by Floyd on May 1, 2009 7:27:13 GMT -9
WOTC decided to release the QuickStart Rules and their first Adventure path Keep on the Shadowfell as their own compact PDFs. Something they should have done sooner but hey, better late than never. You can get them here. The Quickstart (they call them TestDrive) rules contain more details and/or photo examples than what were originally provided in the 1st release Keep on the Shadowfell. I do not know if the errata is up to date(or any was needed in the QuickStart rules). Also provided is the 6 Pre-generated characters seen in the Keep on the Shadowfell Adventure. Keep on the Shadowfell is updated from the original printed Adventure. In that they fixed many of the typographical errors throughout the module, revised the way that many encounters were presented and formatted, and re-tuned the difficulty of certain key sections by adding or subtracting monsters. Layout remeains the same with the following exceptions: the Rules (Player & DM have been removed). the Full Gloss Covers & all the BIG Foldout maps are removed. the pregen characters have been moved to the TestDrive rules PDF. What would be nice is if they had provided the maps as seperate PDF downloads and a complete set of counters needed for the enitire adventure. (ie. Like Fiery Dragons set).
You think this is a good enough reason to push ahead on a nice set of figure flats and possibly terrain/tiles to go along with this now Jim? You're practically there already...if you moved a few figures from different sets. It would make a heck of an introductory to OneMonk and extoll the virtues of Good looking, easy to build & store, paper miniatures, as well as being easy on the pocketbook.
~Fl0yd
Ochre Jelly, Blue Slime, a variety of Kruthiks, Dark Creeper, Clay Scout and maybe 1 or 2 Goblin characters, Gnome(non mage attired) & the Dragonborn PC class seem to be the only thing really missing. Maybe 2 sets worth (assuming 8 figures).
You have all the rest created...
The Orc set could be proxied for the Hobgoblins that appear in the Adventure path. You've already got Graves, rats, Hellhounds & bats. Plus Kobolds, Undead Ghouls, Skeletons and Zombies, Wraiths and Wights. Goblins, Zelots/Fantatics, brigands, vampires and Berserkers.
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Post by Dagger on May 2, 2009 17:50:40 GMT -9
I think that's an excellent idea. Here we have a high profile main-stream set of free rules complete with an adventure. If Jim put together a set of simple figs that specifically go along with these that would expose his work to a lot of people and would be a great way to showcase his expertise in flat figures.
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Post by luckyjoe on May 3, 2009 7:54:48 GMT -9
I agree with the idea that Jim producing minis for the Keep on the Shadowfells module could increase sales and name recognition. I had gotten the Fiery Dragon counter set for KOTS back when we were running that module, but was unsatisfied with using counters. I wanted minis, but didn't want the expense and time drain of painting plastics or metals. Then Lord Abaddon posted his diorama pics with the kobolds over on WWG, now I'm hooked. Maybe that will happen for others. Luckyjoe
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Post by squirmydad on May 3, 2009 8:30:42 GMT -9
The idea sounds cool, but I just have too many other projects going on right now. I do understand the benefit, I just don't have that much enthusiasm for 4th edition. I'd rather just do generic adventure sets for now. Maybe later when I have a wider variety of figures and parts collections I can start doing the module specific sets, but not right now. JIM
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