Jeremy lassen ([info]jlassen) wrote,
@ 2007-01-27 17:29:00
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You know your a successful fantasy author when...
Dragon magazine runs an issue dedicated to converting your shit to the d&d system.


Dragon Issue #352
24 Jan 2007

The World of China Mieville
by Wolfgang Baur
Explore the intriguing and fantastical world of China Miéville with an interview with the author himself and in-depth D&D conversions pulled right from the pages of Perdido Street Station, The Scar, and The Iron Council.

Bas Lag Gazetteer
Travel from the city-state of New Crobuzon to the mysterious lands of High Cromlech, from the ship-city of Armada to the deadly Gengris in this expansive gazetteer.

The People of Bas Lag
Four new player races, including the cactacae, khepri, vodyanoi, and the tortured remade.

Monsters of New Crobuzon
From the deadly slake moth to the incomprehensible weaver, this bestiary reveals eight new monsters of Bas Lag.

Plus!
The Ecology of the Yrthak, Volo's Guide, Dragonmarks, Class Acts, First Watch, Savage Tidings, comics—including the Order of the Stick—and more!

shoutout to [info]mcurry for this link/info

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[info]drjon
2007-01-28 01:31 am UTC (link)
Damn. I was expecting to see "Converting Your Shit To D&D" blazened across the cover image...

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[info]mroctober
2007-01-28 01:37 am UTC (link)
Ahh, yes. Dragon. I used to write for them. Back then, the pay was good. Hmm, I'll have to see what they did with China's world.

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[info]buymeaclue
2007-01-28 02:59 am UTC (link)
Chaotic neutral cactus man!

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[info]newbabel
2007-01-28 03:51 am UTC (link)
Yeah. No doubt. That rocks. :-D

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[info]experimeditor
2007-01-28 03:57 am UTC (link)
This may possibly be the ultimate nerd-compliment. Very cool.

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[info]rambleman
2007-01-28 04:16 am UTC (link)
i'd heard about this through a gaming industry friend who is a fan...

i don't doubt that Bas Lag would translate well into gaming, though it deserves better than a one-off treatment for the demon spawn of the Hasborg [D&D produced by TSR->owned by WOTC->owned by Hasbro]. it's too bad that the gaming industry is in such a slump [esp licensed fantasy RPGs], or else i'd love to see it done properly.

still, this could be cause for me to buy a copy of Dragon for the first time in about 15 years...

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[info]mroctober
2007-01-28 05:13 pm UTC (link)
I don't think TSR even exists anymore on paper.

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[info]rambleman
2007-01-28 06:07 pm UTC (link)
i was wondering about that, and figured it was quite likely. i haven't really paid attention to the realm of D&D in a long time, and beyond knowing that TSR had been swallowed by WOTC, which then was swallowed by Hasbro...

as much as i now have issues with the (A)D&D systems, it was sad to see TSR go. they were a thread to RPGs' early days and still seemed to care about games and gaming. now, via WOTC and Hasbro, it's about games as a means to profit.

it's sad to see China's Bas Lag implemented by what amounts to the evil, corporate empire of the gaming world.

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[info]the_monkey_king
2007-01-29 03:59 am UTC (link)
FWIW, the magazines are published by Paizo, a plucky independent firm that licenses the rights to D&D from the evil, corporate empire of the gaming world.

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[info]steve_vernon
2007-01-28 10:19 am UTC (link)
Yup, very cool.

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[info]barthanderson
2007-01-28 12:52 pm UTC (link)
Waiting impatiently for the next Ambergris module. (I'm a 14th level Nimbyltod!).

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[info]jlassen
2007-01-28 08:21 pm UTC (link)
LOL

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[info]jlundberg
2007-01-28 03:53 pm UTC (link)
I'm actually astonished that no one's done this until now.

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[info]marlowe1
2007-01-29 06:16 am UTC (link)
Very cool. Well for China.

And ironic considering how many fantasy writers began trying to write down their awesome D & D adventures (and if they were smart they didn't admit to it unless drunk.) and still harbor fantasies of introducing characters as level five accountants with +4 software.

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