I hope this is a suitible place to post this, I would like to announce the imminent publication of my book for Pelgrane Press, which you can read about here:

http://www.dyingearth.com/article5.htm

DB

As I'm still not very hip to the modern rpg industry, I would appreciate it if anyone who reads this could post ideas of other places where I could promote The Primer. I think a lot of people might find it very interesting but I don't know where the most appropriate venues might be.

Db

RPGNEWS.COM is a good place, but I already posted something about this project there.

Also, take a look at RPGNEWS.COM and GAMINGREPORT.COM and look at the way the announcements are done there. A little info about the product in the announcement itself is a good thing.

xiombarg wrote: RPGNEWS.COM is a good place, but I already posted something about this project there.

Also, take a look at RPGNEWS.COM and GAMINGREPORT.COM and look at the way the announcements are done there. A little info about the product in the announcement itself is a good thing.

By the way, "hail eris!" "All Hail Discordia!" I'm an advocate of orthodox Discordian Catma, and occasional SubG heresy going way back...

Yeah, that's the stuff. Hail Eris!

While I plan to use the GPA's press release server for this, I need to make a major announcement myself and I don't know if it will have the kind of reach i need for my press release. And this is a pretty big annoucnement, at least from my perspective.

Drifter Bob wrote: As I'm still not very hip to the modern rpg industry, I would appreciate it if anyone who reads this could post ideas of other places where I could promote The Primer. I think a lot of people might find it very interesting but I don't know where the most appropriate venues might be.

Db

Drifter Bob wrote: By the way, "hail eris!" "All Hail Discordia!" I'm an advocate of orthodox Discordian Catma, and occasional SubG heresy going way back...

pete_darby wrote:

Drifter Bob wrote: By the way, "hail eris!" "All Hail Discordia!" I'm an advocate of orthodox Discordian Catma, and occasional SubG heresy going way back...

As suspected Pope(and prime heretic) of the Church of Terminal Paranoid Reality, I conspicuously distance myself from your organisation, and my own. In fact, I wholeheartedly deny the existence of everything.

Cynthia Celeste Miller wrote:

Drifter Bob wrote: As I'm still not very hip to the modern rpg industry, I would appreciate it if anyone who reads this could post ideas of other places where I could promote The Primer. I think a lot of people might find it very interesting but I don't know where the most appropriate venues might be.

Db

We get a lot of responses from people who say they saw our press releases on www.gamingreport.com.

You might find the info from my Marketing Strategies article too. It deals with press releases and such.

Here are a couple more excerpts from the book, some spells to whet your appetite...

Olfactory Confusion
Enchantment (Compulsion)
Level: Sor / Wiz 1
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Long (400 ft. + 40 ft. / level)
Area: Up to a 20 ft. diameter circle
Target: Up to six creatures within the area of effect
Duration: 1 round / level
Saving Throw: Will Negates
Magic Resistance: Yes

This spell, a development of what was originally a simple hunter’s cantrip, has a number of uses, albeit for the most part subtle and indirect ones. Upon casting this spell, up to six creatures can be caused to smell imaginary scents of a wide variety, and from any source or direction within the area of effect. Originally used by hunter’s to create scents which could cause animals to approach (musk, good food, etc.) or flee (the smell of a dangerous predator, or the whiff of a forest fire), this flexible spell has been adapted for a variety of uses as subtle as causing a detractors breath to reek strongly of wine while they whisper disparagements into a superiors ear, or as crude as causing ones romantic rival to suddenly take on an odor as if they have had an embarrassing personal accident.
The spell can be used to temporarily throw off the scent ability of a pursuing predatory animal, or in various situations to effect certain Bluff, Sense Motive, Intimidate, or Diplomacy attempts, by the caster or others, by as much as +4 or -4, depending on the circumstances and the judgment of the DM.

Success and Failure
On a Dismal Failure the caster begins to emit horrid odors. On an Illustrious Success the duration is doubled


Gochnor’s Bootlip
Transmutation
Level: Sor / Wiz 2
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Medium (100 ft. + 10 ft. / level)
Target: One person
Duration: 1 round / level
Saving Throw: Reflex negates
Spell Resistance: Yes

Though not a true wizard, the notorious burglar and ransacker Gochnor was a surprisingly gifted dabbler in the arcane arts. Indeed, his own considerable knack for simple magic expedients contributed to the great success of his daring raids, which made him as famous in his own day as many of the Arch Mages whose great manses he raided.
Like many explorers of similar ilk, Gochnor deplored interruptions of his clandestine activities by powerful wizards. The sudden appearance of some Mage, as often as not irate over a minor issue of trespass or a misplaced knick knack or two, could easily cause a distressing interference to his work.
To prevent a distracting, potentially tragic interruption of this sort, the ever wary Gochnor would pre-empt any hostile action by the immediate application of his own simple charm, known to this day as Gochnor’s bootlip. Then, while the outraged victim struggled with the effects of sudden physical distortion, Gochnor could make good a swift escape, in many cases with a sack full of valuables.
Once cast (with a simple gesture and the utterance of but three syllables), this crude but effective spell causes the lower lip of the victim to painfully swell to up to four inches wide, this interfering severely with their ability to correctly voice the magic syllables of any spell requiring Verbal components. Specifically, while under the effects of this charm, the target must make a Concentration check with a DC of 30 to cast any spell requiring verbal components.

Success and Failure
On a Dismal Failure the caster is affected instead of the target. On an Illustrious Success the target must save at –2.



Phandaal’s Observational Confinement
Evocation [Force]
Level: Sor / Wiz 6
Components: V, S, M
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft. / 2 levels)
Target: 1 creature
Duration: 1 hour / level
Saving Throw: Reflex negates
Spell Resistance: No

A most aggravating spell if you have no means to counter it. When cast, a large glass container appears from the ground around the target, forming itself as it appears, and closing over the targets head in a flash. This spell cannot be countered by spell resistance, but the potential victim can dive out of the way before being captured with a successful Reflex saving throw. Once the confinement is complete however, escape is nigh impossible.
Whilst air passes freely in and out, and there is plenty of room for sitting down and for such actions as hammering ones fists helplessly upon the magical glass, confinement is secure. Teleportation and Astral or Ethereal travel will allow egress, but other than that, only a dispel magic, disintegrate, Rod of Cancellation, or similar effect can damage the container and only the caster can pass objects through to the person trapped within. No magic can pass out of the container or affect if from within. The material component is 500 gp worth of sapphire dust which must be tossed into the air when the spell is cast.

Phandaal’s Gyrator
Transmutation
Level: Sor / Wiz 7
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Long (400 ft. + 40 ft./level)
Target: One creature
Duration: Concentration (up to 1 round / level)
Saving Throw: Reflex negates
Spell Resistance: Yes

‘The Deodand’s lips curled mockingly. “Blind magician! She has not left the glade.” He pointed, and Mazirian followed the direction of the dead black arm. But he jumped back as the Deodand sprang. From his mouth gushed the syllables of Phandaal’s Gyrator Spell. The Deodand was jerked off his feet and flung high in the air, where he hung whirling, high and low, faster and slower, up to the treetops, low to the ground. Mazirian watched with a half-smile.’

…from The Dying Earth

Through the application of spinning warps of magical force, the Gyrator lifts a single target into the air and spins it rapidly around. As long as the caster concentrates on the target, he can cause it to spin at any rate ranging from a few slow revolutions a minute to a speed great enough to rip limb from limb. At the maximum rate, the target suffers 2D6 Hit Points of damage per round until it reaches 0 hit points, (at which point it is dismembered and dies), the spell duration ends, or the caster is interrupted.
When rotating at half speed or better, it is nearly impossible for the target creature to cast any spell. Spells with verbal components only can be attempted if the target creature makes a Concentration skill check at DC 30. Otherwise, no spells can be cast.
The caster can also move the target through the air anywhere within the spells range. This spell will work on any living being or object up to the size of a draft horse (size L). If the caster is distracted the spell ends, whereupon the target ceases spinning and falls to earth, suffering normal damage for a fall. At any given time the target may be from 10 to 80 ft. high in the air.

Success and Failure
On a Dismal Failure the spell fails and the caster is buffeted by a weft of force and knocked prone. On an Illustrious Success the target saves at –2.

Hello,

This thread's now closed.

Best,
Ron