Birthright stuff

[LordSchmit]

In a message dated 98-04-17 13:46:32 EDT, you write:

[Mark A Vandermeulen]

On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Alex Pekhovich wrote:

> Hi All,
> I'm planning to get seriously into BR, and I just wanted to ask, what
> are the core products? I heard that a hardcover book is coming this
> year.

Unfortunately, it just came down from TSR/WotC that the relaunch for
Birthright has been pushed back to next year (probably around the time of
GenCon, around August, but that's just a guess on my part). Until then,
the boxed set is still the main product: it has everything you need to get
started. There are two other really useful pieces of literature to possess
one of which are the "regent" books, which are the "Book of Magecraft" and
the "Book of Priestcraft." The "Book of Regency" was slated to be out
later this year, but we're still not sure whether that release got pushed
back along with the relaunch or not. (Presumably there will also be a
"Book of Guildcraft" along later to round out the series.) The other nice
section of literature are the detail for the other parts of the continent
of Cerilia. The boxed set comes with info on one of the cultures (the
Ruins of the Anuirean Empire). The other 4 cultures of the continent are
described in "The Rjuric Highlands" "Cities of the Sun" "Havens of the
Great Bay" and "Tribes of the Heartless Waste." These are really nice if
you don't want to get your game in a traditional western-european
medieval/renaissance type of setting, but I would emphasize that the boxed
set is really all you need to get started (and it should still be
available, plus TSR has said they will do another run of it if they run
out before the relaunch). Oh, and if you plan to be the DM, the book
"Blood Enemies" is a useful but also not necessary book to have. There are
very varied opinions on the Birthright adventures and Player's Secrets
books, they should be considered at the discretion and budget of the
purchaser. "King of the Giant Downs" is probably the best of that lot.
"Legends of the Hero Kings" has also gotten some glowing reviews on the
list here, but I don't have that one myself, and so can't give it a review
myself. Hope this helps you out. Feel free to ask more questions. We LOVE
to get new people hooked on this, the coolest of the TSR worlds.

Mark VanderMeulen
vander+@pitt.edu

[Alex Pekhovich]

Hi All,
I'm planning to get seriously into BR, and I just wanted to ask, what
are the core products? I heard that a hardcover book is coming this
year.

- --
-Alex
alex_p@itu.org.il

[Jim Cooper]

Snow . wrote:
> In a like manner, my NPC's are not all that related. I've thrown
> in a few twists of course, like a scion stuck with Azrai's blood, but
> who is LG in alignment.....<

Okay, it seems that no one is willing to go as far as I guessed with
bloodline characterization. This means I'll only introduce my first
post into MC.

Thanks everyone!

Cheers,
Me