What the hell is MOTU? Masters of the Universe?

Mark of the Unicorn


stainer wrote on Jan 12^th, 2012 at 5:08pm:




http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/17300/the-masters-of-the-universe-role-playin...

My fear is that this will not be just a new world but a new game using 4th edition ruleset, basically ddo2, which means I will avoid it like the plague.

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Something I don't understand -

Cryptic has the FR campaign with the NWN mmo that is slated for later this year.

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My guess is Turbine did not want anyone else using "DDO" as part of their website name when associated to an "official" MMO like NWN.

stainer wrote on Jan 12^th, 2012 at 5:16pm:



Hmm, yes and no, Atari does, and asked Cryptic to design it, then sold Cryptic to PWE.

That reminds me of the Atari debacle in Europe...

Atari sold it distribution subsidiary to NamcoBandai... Hasbro Didn't like it AT ALL.

So the cards are probably changing hands behind the scene.
It wouldn't be surprising to see WB settle an agreement with Hasbro over D&D.
As for the NWN game, we will have to see... I remember a Shadowrun game that was Shadowrun only in name... Just because the rights for Shadowrun Computer games were sold to a studio that then passed hands several times and the game ended as a boring shoot them up.

Anyway time will tell.

stainer wrote on Jan 12^th, 2012 at 5:24pm:


Could be, I do not know one way or the other.

Right now those domains all take you to ddo.com.

Guess we will have to wait and see.

stainer wrote on Jan 12^th, 2012 at 5:45pm:



It will be interesting to see if they post anything. If this is truly the news, turbine may already be prepping their usual exclusive info nuggets to each site, so they may just stay quiet.

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Not since July, I'm afraid 

stainer wrote on Jan 12^th, 2012 at 5:45pm:

I have a tip for you Stainer

It would also explain the xxxdrizzzztxxx dervish enhancements... You can't have Forgotten Realms without thousands of drizzt clones running around with their dual scimitars.

Can you?

stainer wrote on Jan 12^th, 2012 at 5:16pm:


Neverwinter is only a small town that was destroyed in books. That's where the game takes over. So it won't be the whole FR world, just 1 small town, probably something following how baldur's gate and/or myth drannor went.

the Stormreaver story line references the Stormreaver and the Truthful One a powerful dragon, who together created a powerful spell that would break the link between Dal Quor and Eberron. the price for the spell to work was for each to sacrifice themselves. But the Truthful One couldn't do it all the way and cheated death by becoming a dracolich.
The abbott is referenced in the Meridia in the storyline in reference to the Abbott's death at the hands of adventrurers created such a disturbance in the fabric of the universe that Lammania which is normally coterminous with the Vale of Twilight was knocked askew allowing Shavarrath to also be co terminus. Harry's mission is to make that state permanent so that the devils have a path to Eberron thus setting up the whole Marketplace event.

The Reavers Refuge plot centers around the now defeated reincarnation of the Stormreaver, who has sought refuge with a powerful dragon as it turns out his former underling Sorjek has been resurrected by the Truthful One as a lich with orders to kill dragons and steal their souls and to make him an undead dragon army.