美服《龙与地下城》启动设置&基本规则明日发布 怪物不断增加

2014-07-14 2228

怪物
D&D中心的一切都变得忙碌起来,因为就在明天,启动设置和上周提到的基本规则就将正式发布。但这只是我们努力推出新版《龙与地下城》以及巨龙僭政故事线工作的开始。困难有时候令人难以置信,我也花了相当多的时间接触巨龙僭政之后的故事情节,它已经进入初稿阶段。有时候,很难一次就可以应付D&D的过去、现在和未来。
说到未来,让我们讨论一下《怪物图鉴》。勇敢的平面设计师和无所畏惧的编辑团队将继续完善本书,但我们还是遇到了一个非常严重的问题。像我期望很多玩家的一样,我们都想象着《怪物图鉴》能充满令人生气、讨厌的动物。箱子已经非常大,非常完整。夺心魔的触角沿着接缝膨胀了,里面的一切都要求穴居人被迫穿科隆。
不幸的是,仍有怪物需要挤进箱子。但无论怎样,生物继续蔓延。
我们已经详细地讨论了该做什么。减少每个生物的故事材料?这肯定是个错误,特别是我们收到了玩家的反馈,他们希望有一本有趣的书。剔除某些统计模块?我们不喜欢削减生物的可用选项,比如龙。也许我们可以减少几个条目?但减少生物种类似乎是个坏主意。
所以看着我们的选择,我们决定,对过多怪物唯一明智的应对措施就是准备更大的箱子。《怪物图鉴》现在已经比最初多出了32页以容纳所有的生物。因此增加页数,书的价格将保持不变。这是按兵不动。10%以上的内容有0%的溢价。
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原文

A Menagerie of Monsters
Things have been very hectic here at D&D central, what with tomorrow's official release of the Starter Set and last week's posting of the basic rules for D&D. But that's only the beginning of the huge effort underlying the launch of the new edition of the Dungeons & Dragons game and the Tyranny of Dragons story line. Hard as it is for me to believe sometimes, I'm also spending a fair amount of time putting the final touches on the storyline that will begin after Tyranny of Dragons—and the storyline after that one is already entering first draft. It's hard sometimes to juggle the past, present, and future of D&D all at once.
Speaking of the future, let's talk a bit about the Monster Manual. As our dauntless graphic designers and our fearless editorial team continue to polish the book, we've run into a very serious issue. Like I expect many players do, we all imagine the Monster Manual as a crate full of angry, nasty creatures. That crate is already very large and very full. A mind flayer's tentacles are bulging out along the seams, and everything inside is demanding that the troglodyte be forced to wear cologne.
Unfortunately, there are still monsters we need to squeeze into that crate. But no matter how much we jump on top of it, creatures just keep spilling out.
We've talked at length about what to do. Could we cut down on the story material for each creature? That would be a mistake, especially since feedback has made it clear that people want a book that's fun to read. Do we cull some stat blocks? We're not crazy about cutting back on the options available for creatures like orcs and dragons. Maybe we could cut a few entries? But reducing the variety of creatures seems like a bad idea.
So in looking at our options, we decided the only sensible response to too many monsters is to get a bigger crate. The Monster Manual is now 32 pages longer than it was originally, to accommodate all the awesome creatures we want to fit into it. As a consequence of that increase in page count, the price of the book will be increased . . . by nothing. It's staying put. That's 10 percent more content for a 0 percent premium.
That's our news for the week. The modrons in particular want to thank their fans for helping save them from the chopping block.

 

 

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