Next Project: Very, Very Close

[open_design]

The thing about Open Design Kobold Press projects is that they rarely stick with the original title. I think Northlands was called Frozen Empires for a time. Sunken Empires was a latecomer, I think the first title was Shore to Sea. Even things like the Zobeck Gazetteer were originally just "the city book

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[terraleon]

My shadow whispers that things of interest are being spoken here...

I'd love to see the glyph/rune system extended a bit more, because it's got an alien feel to it.

And because it came up in a conversation recently, I might like to see an archetype/alternate class list for things like rangers and inquisitors that was arcane, rather than divine.

I also loved 2E/Dark Sun's living magic items. They were just so unique.

-Ben.

[open_design]

Well, we recently did an arcane paladin, so an arcane inquistior or ranger doesn't seem too far afield.

Man, rangers are crazy popular.

[shadowborn]

Oh, this is exciting!

I'll have to check out the arcane paladin, but I wouldn't mind seeing some more things that help differentiate arcane magic from the divine. Too often I feel like clerics and wizards (in terms of magic) are little more than spell casters with different spell lists in the same way rangers and paladins have different lists.

[open_design]

Good point. The trouble is that most of the good ways to make clerical spells feel more divine impose a little on the player's style: the DM has to arbitrate or encourage more mystical and divine elements. Not every player feels comfortable with it, but it's awesome when a player just embraces whatever creed it is.

The arcane paladin is actually called the Battle Scion, and is up on the Paizo store.

[terraleon]

I need to go look at Ultimate Campaign, too, because, apparently, it has research rules, which even cover spell research.

And I need to be all over that.

-Ben.
(who is secretly loving the ability to select his userpic each time.)

[innercaine]

If wishes were fishes...

1,) An organic flexible magical system, like Words of Power or what Ars Magica uses. Dale McCoy Jr. came up with some undead words of power and asked for suggestions. I suggested that he clean up words of power, explain them clearly, and use that as a foundation. I even said that would be a cool little niche for him. He encouraged me to buy his undead words, and he would see if it was feasible. That was a fair response and I did. Just one time I asked him if he considered what I suggested and he got huffy with me.

I got no use for that.

Still, the idea is attractive to me. I have discussed this with Terraleon, and many people seem to think there is something solid to Words of Power that is just lost in presentation. Like the Ultimate Magic prototype actually works, but it was never really brought up to something release worthy before it was slapped in the book

[richgreen01]

Ah, didn't know that's why we haven't seen a Vudra book from Paizo! Been waiting and waiting....

Can you explain what you mean by psychic magic vs psionics please.

Ben - agree with you about the userpics. One of the cool things about LJ ;)

[innercaine]

Sure Rich

[richgreen01]

Cheers - all makes sense!