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JRRT
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posted October 23, 2002 04:49 PM      Profile for JRRT      Edit/Delete Post
I am new to this board, so please forgive my ignorance if this subject has been addressed many times over. It seems that WOTC hasn't done much to support this game, other than one supplement. Are there more supplements forthcoming? Or is this going the way of the "old" TSR RPGs (Alternity anyone)...?
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posted October 23, 2002 04:59 PM      Profile for Harkael   Email Harkael    Edit/Delete Post
Excellent question, and im sure it has been asked before, but I myself dont know so hopefully one of our more knowledgable members will pipe up so you and i can get some answers. It just feels like there should be another books worth of info to really flesh it out. But i guess i'll just have to dig out those heavy novels again, cause i dont think WOTC or Jordan are gonna put any more into it.

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posted October 23, 2002 06:03 PM      Profile for Mao      Edit/Delete Post
It's out of print and unsupported as far as I know.

They're not putting anything else out for it.

It'd be awfully nice if they open source it and let D20 companies make stuff, and possibly put out some errata [Smile]

-Mao

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posted October 23, 2002 06:08 PM      Profile for The True Adolf Nixon      Edit/Delete Post
It would be nice, but ,unfortunately, that does not seem to stand a whelk's chance in supernova of ever seeing the light of day up high at Wizards. Too bad. I guess it's their loss! [Big Grin]

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posted October 23, 2002 06:20 PM      Profile for Wowbangers the Infinitely Prolonged   Email Wowbangers the Infinitely Prolonged    Edit/Delete Post
Alas, Wizards did discontinue WoT, it was just one of those 'lets give it a shot for a year' games. But it has a rabid fan base who, if you are looking for errata, alternate rules, or just about anything else, more than likely have it on there sites. And there has already been one major netbook released, called Under the Dragons Banner, which you can find at various sites (most of which escape my memory at the moment. I think that Call of the Horn, and the Tower Library both have the book on their site, and if not, they have links. and if you can't find those sites, they have links in random posts concering UtDB). I hope that this helped [Smile] .

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posted October 23, 2002 08:13 PM      Profile for Xythlord   Email Xythlord    Edit/Delete Post
Wizards signed on with Tor books and Robert Jordan to do a two book deal for the Wheel of Time and turn it into a RPG using the D20 rules. They made the Corebook and then the Prophicies of the Dragon as those two books, thus ending their contract with Tor. It seems both parties were pleased with the results and content to let things stand with that.

Since that time, the WoT game has recieved absolutely no support from WotC, but a particularly rabid fanbase (myself included [Big Grin] ) have created a great many weaves; ter'angreal, feats, and most recently Prestige classes. Many of these have been made to more closely follow the novels. You can pick up a lot of very cool stuff at the following sites

Prestige classes - Xarmania
Netbook and other coolness - Call of the Horn
Tower Library
Weaves from an older contest - Stasis Box
and finally two newer sites with some good stuff on them Shadow's Waiting and Children of the Dragon

So to answer your question, yes it is going the way of Alternity, you will not see any official support from WotC in the near future (if ever), but take what you like and contribute what you can to this board, and enjoy the game as much as we do.

P.S. -We were all new to these boards at some point in time.
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posted October 24, 2002 04:30 AM      Profile for Tomanta      Edit/Delete Post
A little correction. Their license with TOR was NOT limited to two books - and it included miniatures. At least, that's what was announced by WotC.

At the same time, from the very beginning they've said they would only do two books.

Two books were probably required by the license, otherwise we might have never seen them at all. Given the editing problems, especially in the main book, I doubt it was a priority for WotC. But that's speculation.

Given the layoffs at WotC over the last year, I seriously doubt we'll ever see anything for WoT again. Even Star Wars has been cut to almost nothing - future books for that line will probably be written by freelancers and edited by a WotC staffer [speculation by.. some past/present WotC employee that I saw at EN World. They are down now so I can't look it up].

[I've been following this game since Precedence was working on it. Yes, an RPG (Discovered that a couple of months prior to the CCG release). Before they cut their RPG department and put WotC in touch with TOR :].

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posted October 24, 2002 10:37 AM      Profile for ranix65   Email ranix65    Edit/Delete Post
I'm gonna pick up the Core Rulebook, in what ways is it different from regular vanilla D&D, I've heard that the magic system is different, if it is, I might buy it just for that(the regular system gets me a bit frustrated sometimes).

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posted October 24, 2002 10:55 AM      Profile for Harkael   Email Harkael    Edit/Delete Post
Besides all the background information (its nice to get an overview of a country without having to read a novel) it provides slight revamps of some of the reg. classes and some new ones to fit the setting. The magic system is significantly different from the dnd one. Different monsters and that sort of thing. Worth a look at least

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posted October 24, 2002 04:43 PM      Profile for WizO_Autumn   Email WizO_Autumn    Edit/Delete Post
Ok, before I say this remember that I'm just another fan like you who moderates the boards for CoC violations. I do not work for WotC or have anything offical to say.

At GenCon this past August I had the priviledge to talk to a guy who was involved with the making of WoT. It was really cool. I told him I moderated this board and he opened up. Said that WotC had a time limit to decide if they would continue WoT material (which had to be made before the final product was out) and by the time they saw how much potential there was in it and how popular it could be it was too late. They had a budget and had to stick to it. Simple buisness techniques.

I thought it was cool that at least WotC saw that they were cutting the product short and that they made a mistake. But this was only one guy. :shrug: It made me feel better.

I do have to agree that the fans have really shown through though and the fan based material is simply amazing. There is such a wealth of information on WoT out there not much more is needed.

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posted October 24, 2002 09:20 PM      Profile for Melriken   Email Melriken    Edit/Delete Post
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Originally posted by WizO_Autumn:
I do have to agree that the fans have really shown through though and the fan based material is simply amazing. There is such a wealth of information on WoT out there not much more is needed.

I would have to agree with that, what I have read of the fan material, a lot of it is good. Still it would be nice to have some official stuff, especially once the books are done, if we could get some of the stuff like stats for the forsaken (official ones) and possibly some game stuff (PrC, Feats, and weaves) for off time settings, like the AoL or stuff like that...

you would think that WotC could negotiate a new contract with TOR for a second set of books and what not... both companys would probably be happy with it... *shrug* oh well

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posted October 25, 2002 05:18 AM      Profile for LuciusT      Edit/Delete Post
quote:
Originally posted by ranix65:
I'm gonna pick up the Core Rulebook, in what ways is it different from regular vanilla D&D, I've heard that the magic system is different, if it is, I might buy it just for that(the regular system gets me a bit frustrated sometimes).

For an overview of the magic system check out the thread: Should I buy this?
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posted October 25, 2002 09:39 AM      Profile for Melriken   Email Melriken    Edit/Delete Post
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Originally posted by LuciusT:
quote:
Originally posted by ranix65:
I'm gonna pick up the Core Rulebook, in what ways is it different from regular vanilla D&D, I've heard that the magic system is different, if it is, I might buy it just for that(the regular system gets me a bit frustrated sometimes).

For an overview of the magic system check out the thread: Should I buy this?

please provide links when referencing other threads, or atleast URLs
Should I buy this?

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posted October 25, 2002 01:14 PM      Profile for Eosin_the_Red   Email Eosin_the_Red    Edit/Delete Post
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if we could get some of the stuff like stats for the forsaken (official ones) and possibly some game stuff (PrC, Feats, and weaves) for off time settings, like the AoL or stuff like that...
Problem with that is that Jordon will not let anyone officially stat up the forsaken - He wants and needs free reign to pull whatever monkey he needs out of his hat to make the story go. FREX - the city sheilding ter'angrael, that flew strait out of RJ's......pen. He needed something, so he wrote it in. If things start getting cemented in endorsed products then you end up with a SW situation. "This official product never occurs in the official time line - " Then the whole cannon-not-cannon arguement [Frown]

I doubt that he would let anyone pen in something during the AoL for much the same reason.

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