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Titolo: Faiths and Pantheons Preview!

Visto che qui in Italia non è ancora disponibile, vi posto la preview di
questo manuale che, IMHO, sarà veramente interessante (come lo sono stati
F&A, DD, P&P e MM per la 2 Ed.):
"Faiths and Pantheons was written by Erik Mona and Eric L. Boyd, and
developed by Sean Reynolds. As you'd expect, it's all about the deities of
the
Forgotten Realms campaign setting. The book is divided into four chapters,
plus an important introduction and appendix. I've got an advance press copy
sitting on my desk now, so I can thumb through and tell you all about it.
Introduction (8 pages)
The introduction explains the basics of godhood, including the concept of
divine ranks, divine characteristics, and how to read a deity entry. This
all proceeds directly from Deities and Demigods, but since we don't want to
make you buy two books, we restate the fundamentals here.
One: Major Deities of Faerun (78 pages)
This chapter describes 30 of Faerun's most important and distinctive
deities in full Deities and Demigods presentation (i.e., complete stats).
The deities described here include Azuth, Bane, Chauntea, Cyric,
Eilistraee, Gond, Helm, Ilmater, Kelemvor, Kossuth, Lathander, Lolth,
Malar, Mask, Mielikki, Mystra, Oghma, Selune, Shar, Shaundakul, Silvanus,
Sune, Talos, Tempus, Torm, Tymora, Tyr, Umberlee, Uthgar, and Waukeen. Each
is illustrated, along with his or her symbol--and the art is simply
incredible, possibly the best I've ever seen in a RPG product.
Two: Other Deities of Faerun (62 pages)
This chapter describes 89 deities somewhat less important than the major
deities in the descriptive style used to describe the important deities in
Chapter 5 of the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting. In addition to minor
members of the Faerunian pantheon such as Auril, Deneir, or Velsharoon,
this chapter also includes descriptions of the full elven, dwarven, drow,
gnome, halfling, and orc pantheons, as well as the Mulhorandi pantheon.
Every deity is illustrated, but only a dozen or so get their own
illustrations--most are collected into "group shots".
Three: Places of Worship (30 pages)
In this chapter we describe three "example" holy places, including some
great maps and NPC descriptions--the Abbey of the Sword, a temple to
Tempus; the Darkhouse of Saerloon, location of a secret Sharran cult; and
the Wyvernstones of Hullack, a site sacred to Eldath.
Four: Champions of Faith (32 pages)
This is the one you're waiting for--20 prestige classes, most tied to the
"specialty priesthoods" of the deities that have had unique or distinctive
specialty priests. Some of the classes include the doomguide of Kelemvor,
the dreadmaster of Bane, the dweomerkeeper of Mystra, the heartwarder of
Sune, the horned harbinger of Myrkul (no, he's still dead, but not all of
his former servants believe that), the nightcloak of Shar, and the
stormlord of Talos. Again, each prestige class is illustrated.
Appendices (10 pages)
Here we define all the deity salient abilities mentioned in Chapter One,
provide a chart of monster deities like the table entry in Chapter 5 of the
FRCS, and provide some feats handy for the prestige classes (and deity
descriptions)."
"So, there you go -- it's a hefty book, lavishly illustrated, with tons of
great stuff. You'll all love it."
Richard Baker
Managing Developer
Roleplaying R&D
Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
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stormlord of Talos. Again, each prestige class is illustrated.
ecco questo mi piace, cosi' dovrebbero essere le prestige!!!!
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ecco questo mi piace, cosi' dovrebbero essere le prestige!!!!
Perfettamente d'accordo.
Non tanto per i pg, quanto per caratterizzare dei bei png che non
siano anonimi.
SN
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Sergio the True Neutral Elf Bard Mage 
con un 3 pizzichi di Neutral Good
ed altri 3 di Chaotic Evil...
Un mostro di coerenza :)
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