Xaxaxe wrote:Okay, WOTC is at it again with their conversions of classic modules; the victim this time is White Plume Montain (my all-time favorite 1e mod, if anyone is taking a poll).Here's the scary part: it's really not that bad. And I have to admit ... I love the updated map. WPM fans, completionists, and people who love free stuff, I heartily endorse following the link below:http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dn ... ILC-RSSDND+++++IMPORTANT NOTE: I am SO not looking for another 1e/3e debate here. My last WOTC thread (the one about the Tomb of Horrors conversion) turned into nine pages of nonsense. The only thing more boring than "my character" stories is "my edition" debates ...
Deadlord36 wrote:Apparently WotC views the classic modules as better than anything they can write, so they are "updating" them. How interesting.
grodog wrote:Deadlord36 wrote:Apparently WotC views the classic modules as better than anything they can write, so they are "updating" them. How interesting.That's pretty accurate, Frank: for 3.x I look to Necromancer Games for my modules, since they're firmly grounded in OD&D/1e sensibilities. WotC's 3.0 modules were all crap, Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil included.
beyondthebreach wrote:grodog wrote:Deadlord36 wrote:Apparently WotC views the classic modules as better than anything they can write, so they are "updating" them. How interesting.That's pretty accurate, Frank: for 3.x I look to Necromancer Games for my modules, since they're firmly grounded in OD&D/1e sensibilities. WotC's 3.0 modules were all crap, Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil included.Good marketing Grodog! Because of your suggestion, I just went on ebay and purchased Hall of the Rainbow Mage. A total of $15.00 with shipping! Yikes! Can't remember the last time I just indulged and purchased straight from someone's store . . . but, it was necromancergames themselves, and they have purchased several items from me in the past, so I figured what the hell . . .I need something new to read anyway.
MrFilthyIke wrote:I was never intrigued by NG mods...the other stuff like JG remakes and stuff seems interesting, and Tomb of Horrors was very cool (I'm still pissed that the update was a pdf only). The NG do seem cool, even if they are manipulating the nostalgia of old time gamers for money.
killjoy32 wrote:not necessarily d20 or NG, but the mayfair update of CSIO was a prime example of how it can all go wrong imo
killjoy32 wrote:yeah i have heard shane and some of the other guys on the JG threads raving about the wilderlands box set. i really must get around to having a look at that at some point. from my perspective tho, it would be more the maps, material and the product generally that would interest me really, rather than the d20 element of it, but even still, it sounds like its a good buy one way or the other.
killjoy32 wrote:wondering what the caverns of thracia one is like, and i dunno if its available yet, but they were remaking inferno too? that would prb be quite coolon another note tho, anyone aware of any other plans that are afoot for other conversions of old material? what modules might we look forward to seeing (or dreading, whichever way you look at it)...Al
Plaag wrote:Regarding Inferno..a couple of quotes from Geoff DaleIn June "I have finished the update through the end of the Fourth Circle (the end of the original Inferno), and have started across the Styx towards the Walls of Dis on the Fifth Circle. The text is still in draft form and needs some polishing and editing, but all the major elements are there, and it's better organized than was the original. I'd like to say the update as a whole is better than the original but I may be biased about that."End of November "I finally finished the Seventh Circle. It grew out of control and seemed like it took eternity. Still to do,Eighth Circle (10% done)Ninth CircleEscape from InfernoPalace of the King SamaelEarl or Duke's Palacethen,3E Conversion"Not sure who is going to release this..but he's working on it.
killjoy32 wrote:well this is one item i really look forward to seeing and i really hope that whatever is done to it, it gives the product justice - i just wish they would release a version BEFORE its converted.
Deadlord36 wrote:So the new JG stuff is 3E?
