Howdy Folks!
I got a lot of layout work done on Book One and as I had requested this week and a few weeks back, you folks gave me your suggestions for potential bonus content for it. Here is what has made the cut (so far):
- Dossiers on Ch'p, Jaine and Dhur (Becky would be in the second book), along with D&D (4th Edition) game stats for each;
- A more detailed map of the continent of Ardris;
- A three page prequel story of sorts, whose working title is "How the Heck Did I Get Here?!";
- New Encyclopedia Ardrisia articles on topics such as noteworthy magic items of modern times (including the iOUN 4), and other topics that I'm sure you'd like to know, but I haven't made up my mind about what they will be yet. Suggestions, as always, are welcome.
Dragonborn Sorcerer, a frequent commenter, had made several cool recommendations and one of them was family trees for the three main characters. Neat idea, but genealogy, even made-up genealogy, would be my wife's forté, not mine. Seriously, she could work as a genealogist, she's that thorough. She did my family and found out that I have an ancestor that was a Lord Mayor of London and another one that was a founding partner in the East India Trading Company! Pretty cool, I'd say. However, genealogical workups for Dhur and Company would require more time than I have right now. Not saying never, just not right now. :)
I'm estimating the book to be 9"x 7" and around 88 - 96 pages. Black-and-white interior with a color cover, on account of a full-color book is EXPENSIVE to print. No word on pricing yet. More news as I have it.
Have a great weekend!
~Rob
Heh, heh, heh,
Looks like Dhur admits to Male Pattern Deafness.
No stats for 3.5 edition? I think more people play 3.5 than 4th judging from the amount of active games for each on Myth Weavers (meeting place for D&D people to PBP and discuss stuff).
Oh well. I guess some clever DM can back convert?
Well, it’s mostly because of space constraints. I have only so many pages to devote to bonus content, so there had to be a cut somewhere. I *may* end up making 3.5 stats for the crew and putting them up on the Extras section of the website.
Rob, i just wanted to let you know there is a website called kickstarter.com where you post how much it will cost to put the book together, and people will… donate? i guess that’s the right way to put it. they also have levels of donations like $5 gets you this, $10 gets you that. and that way you can fund your book, reach a new audience because ALOT of people get on kickstarter, if people donate enough maybe get it published in color, and maybe if people are willing to donate a larger chunk you can do something they want? the only cons are: 1. you don’t get the money until 10 days i think after its successful, 2. Kickstarter and amazon get a cut of the money (im not sure how much) 3. if you dont raise enough money then noone gets charged for the money and the times basically wasted, thus delaying the time it takes to get the book out. its just a suggestion. you can look on their website and see if you like that. Best of luck.
Wow… it supprised me and made my day when I saw you like my ideas. I’m glad you like them and I look foreword to buying a copy
what kind of poker are they playing? 5 card? half-ork hold’em? 😀
Ambassador Dhur? You can do better than that.
Ambassa-Dhur. That’s winning!
Doh! I let that one slip right past me. Good call. 🙂