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Shadow Wolf <shadowolf3400@NOSPAMyahoo.invalid> wrote:
> Keith Davies <keith.davies@kjdavies.org> wrote in
> news:slrndh6gqm.t7b.keith.davies@kjdavies.org:
>
>> Werebat <ranpoirier@cox.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Keith Davies wrote:
>>>>
>>>> My favorite so far is from a Fast Forward Entertainment book (if you
>>>> really want, I can probably find which one).
>>>>
>>>> "Insight Rage"
>>
>>>> "INCITE Rage" is what they *should* have used.
>>>
>>> I must admit, this IS funny.
>>
>> It was amusing when I realized what was happening, but also a 'goddamn
>> it they've got lousy proofers' moment.
>
> FFE not only has lousy proofers, they just don't get d20 at all. For
> instance, many of their magic items grant odd-numbered attribute
> bonuses.
Yeah, I'm not pleased with them that way either.
> But the most egregious examples were in their Treasure Quest books
> (got one cheap from eBay). The first encounter is with a level 2
> barbarian - with a 2000gp gem in one boot and a 3000 gp gem in the
> other.
>
> 5000 gp, in the *first* encounter. That's more than the expected
> wealth for the entire first *level* for a party of four.
Heh, I've got that one.
On a *technical* level I think it's great. How the book is produced
(two *facing* pages per encounter, lie-flat binding, etc.) I really,
really like that.
The content, OTOH...
> (Then the local innkeeper and his wife had another 25000 gp of
> treasure hidden in their inn, etc.)
>
> These guys clearly did not get that D&D3 has certain expected wealth
> levels that need to be adhered to if the game is to be balanced.
>
> (Then again, the foreward explained why - the author gamed with Gygax,
> and loved it when the entire party was slaughtered by natives at first
> level and then resurrected by a *wish* Gygax gave his nephew's
> character. As I understand it, this was pretty typical Gygax DM-ing -
> deliberate TPK, ridiculous rewards, nepotism...)
bleah.
Keith
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