Noticias sobre a aventura introdutória do D&D4E:
H1: Keep on the Shadowfell has appeared on Amazon, with a release date of April 15th and a price of $29.95. It's apparently hardcover, and, as we know, is being written by Mike Mearls and Bruce Cordell. There's no cover shot yet:
A D&D adventure for characters of levels 1-3.
The town of Winterhaven stands watch over a ruined keep that was once a bastion of good in the realm. This keep overlooks the Shadow Rift, a dark scar in the world that was once a gateway to the Shadowfell but has been dormant for many years. Now, an evil cleric of Orcus, Demon Lord of the Undead, seeks to re-open the gate, and the only thing standing in his way is a small yet determined band of heroes from Winterhaven.
Keep on the Shadowfell is an exciting Dungeons & Dragons adventure designed for characters of levels 1-3. It includes three double-sided poster maps suitable for use with D&D miniatures, as well as information on the town of Winterhaven and environs.Comentários: Primeiro, a sigla H1 me faz lembrar dos velhos tempos dos módulos do OD&D e do AD&D 1/2e. Ah, bons tempos de X10, M3 e CM 6
Segundo, a citação sobre" Shadow Rift" me faz lembrar do domínio de Ravenloft de mesmo nome. Será que o mundo "points of light" pegará elementos de Ravenloft (sem usar necessariamente as brumas)? Resumindo o Shadow Rift de RL, direto da wikipedia:
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The Shadow Rift was created during the Grand Conjunction in 740 Barovian Calendar when the nations of G'henna and Markovia vanished from the main continent, the Core. Left in their place was a great, yawning chasm splitting the Core in two. The Shadow Rift is a sheer canyon filled with darkness and black fog. None that have entered it have ever returned.
At the bottom of the Shadow Rift is a kingdom of shadow fey, the Arak, shrouded in perpetual night. The domain is reachable through a number of cracks and crevices that run beneath neighboring domains. Those that pass through these cracks understand that roughly two days of travel pass in either direction, but they retain no memory of the journey itself.
The Shadow Rift is ruled over by Loht, the Prince of Shadows and head of the Unseelie Court, and his sister Maeve, the Faerie Queen and mistress of the Seelie Court. These two children of the former shadow fey king, Arak, jointly rule the land in the father's stead. Arak died fighting the monstrous entity known as Gwydion, a being that had enslaved and altered their race to conquer worlds for him. Arak freed his people and trapped Gwydion between worlds. Gwydion, called the Sorcerer-Fiend, is the true master of the Shadow Rift, though he can exert very little control over it, since he is stuck in transit between the Plane of Shadow and the Demiplane of Dread.
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Será que esse portal para "Shadowfell" descrito na aventura se refere a esta região sombria de aprisionamento de Cthulhu, digo Gwydion

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