Land of the Southwinds Book?????

[Gthomas41571]

..Ok... here it is layed out, there are many of us that feel (myself included) that feels like Palladium Fantasy RPG is being left out some.. this is the game that started it all, there are still several area that need to be filled in the Southwinds,more info on the old kingdom, there's info on these place, but its a little vauge in some places... I understand that GM are good enought to run with there own ideas, but there's more then enought room to fill these lands with source book ideas, I kmow the people at palladuim books have there hands full with publishing dates and quotas,and other game systems, but a lot of us would love to hear somemore on these area...I just think IMO that PFRPG was pushed to the back of the bus,

I'm not knocking the company by anymeans,I know LOD3 and the new magic book was done,and done extremly good,and that's its not easy to run a publishing company, especially with your schedule,
We would just like to the more of the game that started it all..

Respectfully yours. G Thomas
P.S. keep up the great work...

[robertbc73]

I agree and as an after thought; what about the rest of the globe?

[The Dark Elf]

Me too!

[St. Evil]

Here here. I love the settings and read the books just for fun in-between my normal reading and to get ideas for what I run next, any new or updated material would be fun to see.

[MADMANMIKE]

I'm not knocking the company by anymeans,I know LOD3 and the new magic book was done,and done extremly good...

If they were done and done extremely good, you'd have them in your hands..

I'd love to see some more books for this line too, it's why I'm working on the Tombs of Gersidi, and why I've almost finished the Palladium Fantasy Paper Miniatures. If I can do good on the Tombs, I'm going to ask Kev for the Old Kingdom manuscripts to see what I can do with them.

Happy Birthday DarkElf, where's your PF manuscript?

[robertbc73]

I am probably going to start expanding on the rest of the world. As I do Ill do my best to write it up all pretty and share.

[Gthomas41571]

I can't wait... let us know how it goes......

[Gthomas41571]

I'm not knocking the company by anymeans,I know LOD3 and the new magic book was done,and done extremly good...

If they were done and done extremely good, you'd have them in your hands..

I'd love to see some more books for this line too, it's why I'm working on the Tombs of Gersidi, and why I've almost finished the Palladium Fantasy Paper Miniatures. If I can do good on the Tombs, I'm going to ask Kev for the Old Kingdom manuscripts to see what I can do with them.

Happy Birthday DarkElf, where's your PF manuscript?

Well all the other books.were done well and theyMve only gotten better soooooooo..... they have to be done well lol

[pblackcrow]

I agree. I think it is high time we write our own ideas and share them. For LotSW, in my games, has always been the orient.

[The Dark Elf]

I'm not knocking the company by anymeans,I know LOD3 and the new magic book was done,and done extremly good...

If they were done and done extremely good, you'd have them in your hands..

I'd love to see some more books for this line too, it's why I'm working on the Tombs of Gersidi, and why I've almost finished the Palladium Fantasy Paper Miniatures. If I can do good on the Tombs, I'm going to ask Kev for the Old Kingdom manuscripts to see what I can do with them.

Happy Birthday DarkElf, where's your PF manuscript?

Ty Mike. feeling old

Ive done the 80 locations in Lopania (which are awesome) and am just doing a Campaign Cartographer 3 map of the city in between my other maps of the Palladium world. I have four pages on event rules which Im playtesting and refining. That's all that's left! That's over 80 print pages just on the games and I had to flesh out most of Phi and Lopan (in notes) to establish this manuscript.

Ive not spoken to Kevin about the content so it may all be too far from his vision for all I know but hey - if so, I'll offer it to the Rifter.

[zyanitevp]

I'm not knocking the company by anymeans,I know LOD3 and the new magic book was done,and done extremly good...

If they were done and done extremely good, you'd have them in your hands..

I'd love to see some more books for this line too, it's why I'm working on the Tombs of Gersidi, and why I've almost finished the Palladium Fantasy Paper Miniatures. If I can do good on the Tombs, I'm going to ask Kev for the Old Kingdom manuscripts to see what I can do with them.

Happy Birthday DarkElf, where's your PF manuscript?

Ty Mike. feeling old

Ive done the 80 locations in Lopania (which are awesome) and am just doing a Campaign Cartographer 3 map of the city in between my other maps of the Palladium world. I have four pages on event rules which Im playtesting and refining. That's all that's left! That's over 80 print pages just on the games and I had to flesh out most of Phi and Lopan (in notes) to establish this manuscript.

Ive not spoken to Kevin about the content so it may all be too far from his vision for all I know but hey - if so, I'll offer it to the Rifter.

Get to it man!!! Looking forward to it. Happy Birthday!

[Gthomas41571]

Hey Dark Elf ,if Kevin doesn't use them postem, I sure the unimaginative lot her would, me being one of them lol.

[Gthomas41571]

Hey Dark Elf ,if Kevin doesn't use them postem, I sure the unimaginative lot her would, me being one of them lol.

[Tyberius]

I'd love to see something too.

[Juce734]

If people here would post their own islands or continents we could have an unofficial rest of the globe. That would be a lot of fun. One person who is a good writer could flesh it all out based on ideas people may have for the rest of the world. Maybe someone who knows cartography could map it out and include the original Fantasy part of the world into it.

I think that would be really awesome.

[Tyberius]

I'm trying to prep a world for a pending campaign I'm planning on GMing, and Old Kingdom and LotSW are big holes. Oh well, lots to work with starting with Timiro, then some Eastern Territories, and then some Sea Adventures.

I'm new to all of this. Would love to hear of any ideas people have run with in their worlds.

[TheGameMaster]

I really hope they put out some new books. I have almost all the fantasy books and am starting to get a little sad that my collection is almost complete . What am I supposed to do once I have them all

[MADMANMIKE]

I really hope they put out some new books. I have almost all the fantasy books and am starting to get a little sad that my collection is almost complete . What am I supposed to do once I have them all

There's an infinite number of possibilities presented within the books already printed, so really exploring every nook and cranny of the system as is should take a lifetime, but don't fret. More books will come out, it's only a matter of time..

[tmbn]

I agree! We are still waiting on The Old Kingdom Lowlands and The Old Kingdom Highlands books promised by Kevin in 1998. Don't get me wrong. I love Palladium Fantasy books, but we realy need some new books soon. I would buy them in a heartbeat. I would also love that people contribute to Rifter with Fantasy content. Then I would buy The Rifter more also

[gaby]

I Love it if Land of Southwinds get a book.
But I hope it thas not stop people from seding Palladium fantasy,s ideas to Rifter.
I like to see people,s view of Land of Sounthwinds,Phi and Lopan.
People can also show ther ideas for the Cities of Western Empire,Timiro,Bizantium,Eastern territory.
Adding ther own spin to them.

Maybe comeing up with a Original just discover islands or a the last Hidden Elf or Dwarves,I think the Palladium world have the Room.

come on People use your Minds.

[Reagren Wright]

Here's my 2 cents. Kevin already has in his mind what's there and want he wants to see. Someone
has to "embellish" those ideas (which are hinted in numerous books) and create a book that
"wows" Kevin into saying this book needs to be done now. Otherwise it gets thrown in the
assembly line of things that will get done in do course like LotD3, another Mysteries of Magic book,
or Yin Sloth Jungle 2nd edition with no time table. Almost all the freelancers are working on Rifts
books, and I can't think of anyone who said they are working on anything Fantasy in a while. Still
the point is to embellish what already written there, cause Kevin already knows what should be
there. Work from that angel and we might at some point see a Land of the South Winds book.
there's a hint find an 1st edition Adventure on the High Seas. It shows you on the map two cities
and provides some details about the city. Library of Blethered also provides some clues. And there
have been several references that call LotSW the Land of a Thousand Cults.

[MADMANMIKE]

I'm not knocking the company by anymeans,I know LOD3 and the new magic book was done,and done extremly good...

If they were done and done extremely good, you'd have them in your hands..

I'd love to see some more books for this line too, it's why I'm working on the Tombs of Gersidi, and why I've almost finished the Palladium Fantasy Paper Miniatures. If I can do good on the Tombs, I'm going to ask Kev for the Old Kingdom manuscripts to see what I can do with them.

I think both of the direct responses to this were misunderstanding me so I'll clarify; Back in the days Kev would announce a book that someone had pitched to him without seeing their final product, and often (as was the case with these books) the product falls short of expectations; There are seeds for a decent couple of books in those manuscripts, but they were written for 1E and didn't go in the direction Kev was looking for, so in essence, these books have not been written. That's what I was saying..

[Majestic]

I don't know how many of you are familiar with the Traveller RPG, but they have something called the Foreven Sector, which is a sector of space set aside for Game Master development. It means that nothing canonical will ever take place there, so a GM doesn't have to worry about creating something just have it superseded by something official in a year or two years. Of course, at a GM's table, his word is law, but I know some GMs like to know there's a part of the world they don't have to worry about becoming a major feature or big development on them. Perhaps LSW could serve a similar purpose for Palladium Fantasy? There doesn't seem to be any urgency on the part of Palladium to do much else with it.

So why don't we do this? Perhaps an unofficial "Land of the South Winds" website or "eBook" that has a collaboration of different ideas. There are a half dozen good ideas just in this thread.

If it was big enough and cool enough and intriguing enough, it may spark interest with Kevin. Instead of "Foreven Sector", maybe it should be "Lazlo's Mirage" or something of the kin.

[arouetta]

If people here would post their own islands or continents we could have an unofficial rest of the globe. That would be a lot of fun. One person who is a good writer could flesh it all out based on ideas people may have for the rest of the world. Maybe someone who knows cartography could map it out and include the original Fantasy part of the world into it.

I think that would be really awesome.

I do have a rough map of the southern hemisphere for my game. I think I may have gotten some of my measurements off, but I could still post it if there's interest.

[Stone Gargoyle]

I have posted some of my stuff in the Kronos God of Time thread and am working on making the realm of Kh'ron a playable setting. If more people posted their homebrew settings on here there would be lots of material for people to adapt into the other lands of the Palladium World.

[zyanitevp]

I don't know how many of you are familiar with the Traveller RPG, but they have something called the Foreven Sector, which is a sector of space set aside for Game Master development. It means that nothing canonical will ever take place there, so a GM doesn't have to worry about creating something just have it superseded by something official in a year or two years. Of course, at a GM's table, his word is law, but I know some GMs like to know there's a part of the world they don't have to worry about becoming a major feature or big development on them. Perhaps LSW could serve a similar purpose for Palladium Fantasy? There doesn't seem to be any urgency on the part of Palladium to do much else with it.

So why don't we do this? Perhaps an unofficial "Land of the South Winds" website or "eBook" that has a collaboration of different ideas. There are a half dozen good ideas just in this thread.

If it was big enough and cool enough and intriguing enough, it may spark interest with Kevin. Instead of "Foreven Sector", maybe it should be "Lazlo's Mirage" or something of the kin.

Right now I know for a fact that Wayne is looking for good PF short articles for the Rifter.

[Majestic]

I do have a rough map of the southern hemisphere for my game. I think I may have gotten some of my measurements off, but I could still post it if there's interest.

Yes, please. That would be great!

[jade von delioch]

Well, I know for a fact that they do have not one but two manuscripts for Land of the Southwinds.

The reason I know this is that my friend, known here as Entiago, sent in his manuscript in for it over 8 years ago and received a reply back saying that they liked what he had but that they already had a book for that setting in the works (which was just sitting on a shelf waiting to be finished). Kevin's ex-wife was/is working on it.

So with this knowledge, I'm pretty sure there will be no movement on releasing it. But hell if all they need is some PF stuff for the rifter, why not slowly release that in a few issues. That would be great! It snot like they are going to do anything else with it.

[The Dark Elf]

Check Out what Prysus is up to....

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[Goliath Strongarm]

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Pretty much sums up my feelings on it anymore. I've given up. Screw it. Do I like the setting? 9/10 for what's there. Do I like the system? 6/10, and it drops about .2 every time I look it over again. Do I like the company? 3/10, and the level of apathy just means it doesn't go anywhere anymore. I don't care enough to stop caring.

If KS doesn't care enough to try to keep the setting alive- and let's face it, it's all but dead- then I'm not going to try. I'm at the point where this is an idea source, and a setting source for me now. Period. And with the amount of gaming I do, or lack thereof, it doesn't really matter.