tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640265852371787129.post5460852670032519466..comments2023-11-12T01:55:41.490-08:00Comments on SWORD & SHIELD: Warrior-Lords of Darok pt2Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640265852371787129.post-75624523750125346962012-06-02T23:34:48.908-07:002012-06-02T23:34:48.908-07:00The contents for the other areas were largely refo...The contents for the other areas were largely reforged and released as the non-TFT Gamelord supplments, "City of the Sacred Flame" and "Within the Tyrant's Demense."<br /><br />"City of the Sacred Flame. This was originally intended to be Shaylle: Soldier City for the Land Beyond the Mountains campaign, but when Metagaming went out of business the module was rewritten and issued under the new title, for use with the Thieves' Guild rules system. The history section was heavily redone and the main non-player character's names are changed, but many of the area descriptions and the adventures remain essentially unchanged. In fact, at least one quest in this module still has the original NPC's name, unchanged.<br /><br />Within the Tyrant's Demesne. This was originally intended to be Intrigue in Plaize for the Land Beyond the Mountains campaign, but when Metagaming went out of business the module was rewritten and issued under the new title, for use with the Thieves' Guild rules system. As with City of the Sacred Flame, the history is rewritten, but many descriptions and references remain largely unchanged. The product number would probably have been 2205."<br /><br />You can read a little more about TFT in general at:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantasy_Trip <br /><br />(which is also from where the quote above came) and at:<br /><br />http://tft.brainiac.com/<br /><br />and at:<br /><br />http://gamersrave.webs.com/tft.htm <br /><br />This statement above -- "Instead, the completed TFT work for Shaylle was reworked to match a d20 system and released as City of the Sacred Flame." -- is a little misleading. "D20" as the nomenclature is used today didn't exist. Gamelords originally published their material as AD&D (1st ed.) supplements in a series entitled "Thieves Guild" (which I believe made it all the way to the double digits). Those supplements included not just source/setting material, but also AD&D rule variations to support the contents of each supplement. Ultimately, in fact, Gamelords released a house system, which certainly bore some resemblance to (A)D&D. I believe both "City of the Sacred Flame" and "Within the Tyrant's Demense" actually supported the Gamelord system and not AD&D... but regardless to reference it as a D20 system would be somewhat misleading.<br /><br />BTW, through a totally different venue was recently turned on to "Heroes and Other Worlds" -- a very nice, simple, yet thorough treatment of a TFT-like game. Kudos! <br /><br />Cheers,<br />--The Raving GamerThe Raving Gamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113239810254431513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640265852371787129.post-8351891934615979362012-01-29T12:08:41.805-08:002012-01-29T12:08:41.805-08:00@Narmer-no problem, yeah that cat is a little funk...@Narmer-no problem, yeah that cat is a little funky!<br /><br />@Knightsky-it is still easy to track down for purchase. Note the background info and setting changed quite a bit from the original TFT design, but it is the TFT Shaylle capitol book with some different parts on it.Fenway5https://www.blogger.com/profile/14870312188585916750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640265852371787129.post-53884005502053518232012-01-29T11:48:54.995-08:002012-01-29T11:48:54.995-08:00"Instead, the completed TFT work for Shaylle ..."Instead, the completed TFT work for Shaylle was reworked to match a d20 system and released as City of the Sacred Flame."<br /><br />Huh, didn't know that. May need to see if I can track down a copy of Sacred Flame.Knightskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397391662639446678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640265852371787129.post-62084467552685951602012-01-29T11:09:03.431-08:002012-01-29T11:09:03.431-08:00Thanks for the write-up. I have to say though tha...Thanks for the write-up. I have to say though that the center portrait is an extremely goofy looking dude.Narmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635665594860371230noreply@blogger.com