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2 years ago ::
Jul 17, 2011 - 2:32PM
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Building a GenCon Warband? Are you building a GenCon warband?
There is one last thing that you need to know. The Items Compendium, which will be released tomorrow, will be legal for GenCon. I am not certain it is going to have any game-breaking pieces in it, but, I can preview a little bit here. The old sets are included (Treasure Trove, Drow's Fortune, Epic Arcana). However, some costs have changed. Heck, some keywords changed. So look at them again. The half set that was promo'ed last year at GenCon is filled out and included. (The Outfitter's Shop) There are two complete new sets.
Alchemy and Shipwreck. There are new kinds of items, as well. And even one specifically for Beholders. (Alchemy has Beholder Eye Mastery). So, I'm going to guess that for most people, a minimum of 33ish new items, and maybe closer to 40 or 45 if you include exiting but tweaked items. I realize this sets challenges to get a warband together in time. This is, not surprisingly, intended. Good luck, and lets find out who this year's best players really are.
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2 years ago ::
Jul 18, 2011 - 1:28PM
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Thanks Tried. Sounds great! I am looking forward to seeing these. 
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2 years ago ::
Jul 18, 2011 - 3:21PM
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Date Joined:
Feb 26, 2003
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Please post the link as soon as they're available for download.
Thanks!
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2 years ago ::
Jul 18, 2011 - 8:55PM
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Its up at DDMGuild.com.
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2 years ago ::
Jul 19, 2011 - 3:58PM
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Date Joined:
Feb 26, 2003
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Some people seem to think that the Horn of Fog is too good. I don't think so.
Horn of Fog
Level 1–9 F Stealth or Aquatic
Powers
Covering Fog: Use at start of round: Until end of round, line of sight ends after 6 squares.
+3
First, only figures that have Stealth or Aquatic as keywords can use this. That's not very many pieces.
Second, those pieces have to be 1st through 9th level; that eliminates a lot of good pieces.
Third, either you're paying 3 points, or your opponent is paying 3 points, to cloak everyone in some light mist for a round. Big deal.
Dave
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2 years ago ::
Jul 19, 2011 - 4:51PM
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Date Joined:
Apr 15, 2008
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Dave, do you remember the threads where people (myself included) were begging for a rules change that would make start areas safe from first round nukes? We were told that that could not be done because it would make the pieces that rely on attacking from afar (ranged and area attackers) too weak, making them unplayable even. And now we have exactly that at the cost of 3 pts. Available to all factions, with a huge variety of pieces that can use it (see comparison check Cloak of Eyes) and those pieces are not some outlier pieces either (at the cheap end we have the Drow Assassin, Warforged Scout and Kenku Sneak, at medium level Gnome Trickster) but bread and butter pieces that already see much usage.
I am prepared to eat my hat if this item, unedited, is not found in most all successful melee bands at Gencon. I will even wager that it will make such an impact that there will not be major ranged or area bands in the top 4 this year.
If it would not be edited at all, ranged teams would have very little reason to show up to play.
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2 years ago ::
Jul 19, 2011 - 5:28PM
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There is a change in the PDF. Use at start of first round
Cost: 6 More than one of this item is useless !!!
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2 years ago ::
Jul 19, 2011 - 5:36PM
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Date Joined:
Apr 15, 2008
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The change in level requirements is almost an even bigger change.
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2 years ago ::
Jul 19, 2011 - 5:41PM
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yeah, the cut and past got left on that card, and I completely missed it because there were no other typos on it. I couldn't understand why everyone was so upset about it...
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2 years ago ::
Jul 19, 2011 - 7:35PM
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Date Joined:
Sep 20, 2007
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I really like the horn of fog I will paid 6 points for avoid area attacks, unless my proposal for broken item it is the potion of blindsight I just disagree with giving blindsight so easily, I thought the cloak of eyes was to much, but this it isnt fair; for the bat familiar you get 6 points and it is only blindsight 5 squares for arcanes, but with this is for everybody and with a point cost of 3, also it will make useless maps like hellspike prision, temple of unseeing and tract of the tarrasque, and there some nasty area attacks and ranged attacks that can make this item to dangerous
just my two cents
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