I grabbed a softcover the other month. It's a tasty read - I'm a fan of the inspiring material from back in the day. The maps are really nice.

Some of the conceits of the setting - the planet's world soul (which accounts for wilderness and monsters, if I recall) is a nice spin. The gods are also interesting - some nice cosmology items (how the Calidar Odin gets "created" is very interesting).

Quote from: Bruce Heard;821951Still?  What a bummer.  I'll ask DTRPG to send you another copy.  Sorry about that.

I'm the one who's sorry; it's shitty bad luck.  You'd be only like the third review product ever (out of maybe hundreds) that never showed up.
Send me a PM just so we can triple check the address, if you could.

Quote from: The Butcher;822267Funny, 'cuz I don't own the book and I would love to hear your thoughts on the setting. How about a review?

You can also find a list of links to existing reviews on my blog.  Click here for those.

Calidar is rated on EnWorld, where it sits in second place on their main chart.  Click here for this.

Greetings all,

Just dropping by to let you know that the World of Calidar is about to launch its new web site.  More details right here in this fun video.  Hope you have a great weekend.


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Quote from: Bruce Heard;845508Greetings all,

Just dropping by to let you know that the World of Calidar is about to launch its new web site.  More details right here in this fun video.  Hope you have a great weekend.


Click Here for the video

Cool!

It's been a while since I last posted here. This looks like a good opportunity to go over all that's happened since then.

CC1 "Beyond the Skies:" It is my present project. I just finished the writing part and am working on the upcoming Kickstarter event. This book is, as you might guess, the second release for my campaign world, Calidar. It details 89 gods spread out among eight pantheons (one elven, one dwarven, one fellfolk, one gnomish, one half-elven, and four human) plus one monotheistic cult. A good deal of the book focuses on outer planes, servants of the gods, divine alliances, secret societies, powers granted to the faithful based on their levels of piety, histories of the cults and therefore of their people, as well as shamans of the Dread Lands, and mechanics on how to handle the Great Caldera's "haunted" wilderness. All told, the book should exceed 250 pages, small type (akin to the presentation style of GAZ3 "Principalities of Glantri" for those of you familiar with this old series of D&D accessories.)

The Kickstarter Event: Funding is needed essentially for the cover art, internal illustrations, and final editing. It is currently projected for December 2015, ending early in January 2016. The book's final release date should be in the summer of 2016, depending on the availability of the artists I'd like to see involved in this project. This Kickstarter is crucial, since it will determine how much internal art will illustrate the various gods. Diagrams, temple floor plans, geographical maps, and godly symbols have already been secured. If you aren't familiar with Calidar, the original Kickstarter took place in 2014 -- click here for that page.

New Website: Calidar Publishing now owns its own website, which gives an overview of Calidar, the game world, the product, and the first book. It includes my blog, a webstore, and an official forum which turned out to be pretty snazzy! Give us a visit and tell us what you think. You can still get your copy of CAL1 "In Stranger Skies," the first book in the series via DTRPG.

Other Events: I will attend Lake Geneva's Gary Con in March of 2016, as well as North Texas RPG Con in June 2016. I'm looking forward to meeting D&D Mystara and Calidar fans.

Good to hear!! Looking forward to this.

Mighty tempted to go for the book. Love me some flying ships and evocative setting.

On a scale from 1 to Errol Flynn, how much swashbuckling is in the setting?

Quote from: Battle Mad Ronin;861998Mighty tempted to go for the book. Love me some flying ships and evocative setting.

On a scale from 1 to Errol Flynn, how much swashbuckling is in the setting?

Are you familiar at all with the Voyage of the Princess Ark, series published in Dragon Magazine in the 80s and 90s?  If you are, that should answer your question, since Calidar is, at least in spirit, an offshoot of that genre.  

So, yes -- it is about swashbuckling.  The Captain, Isldemer d'Alberran fights two-handed, with a rapier in one hand and a wizard's wand in the other.  Certainly the first book in the series, CAL1 "In Stranger Skies" fits in this category, as well as upcoming Gazetteer-style books for Calidar.

CC1 "Beyond the Skies" is about Calidar's gods, the history of the cults and their people, and all the shenanigans between the world of the divine and the mortals.  The difference with classical Greek gods is that those of Calidar are created by the mortals who worship them, and therefore, the pious followers do have some measure of control over their spiritual patrons...  take it from there and see where that leads.  

Never Read 'Voyage of the Princess Ark'. Is it available in bookform or online somewhere?

It sounds like Calidar might very well be something for me. Alternative world building, swashbuckler action and flying ships sound about right for what I like in a fantasy campaign. It also seems to have more of an 'age of sail' feel than the usual anachronistic fantasy medieval Europe that is many D&D worlds.

Quote from: Battle Mad Ronin;862116Never Read 'Voyage of the Princess Ark'. Is it available in bookform or online somewhere?

It sounds like Calidar might very well be something for me. Alternative world building, swashbuckler action and flying ships sound about right for what I like in a fantasy campaign. It also seems to have more of an 'age of sail' feel than the usual anachronistic fantasy medieval Europe that is many D&D worlds.

VotPA is hard to find.  A big portion of the magazine's material was compiled and developed in the Champions of Mystara boxed (written for BECMI D&D game mechanics), which is now OOP and fairly expensive to obtain via eBay.  Otherwise the original material is spread out over more than 25 or 30 issues of Dragon Magazine from the 80s and 90s.  Calidar is/will be an alternative to VotPA, but it's going to take some time before it can exceed what was originally written.  CC1 "Beyond the Skies" will certainly help achieve this goal.  On the other hand, the World of Calidar itself is far more intricate and far-ranging than Mystara, which offers much greater potential.

Thanks for the info. I've gone ahead and bought the book, and am already planning how to use the setting for a campaign. I'm thinking having the players own a skyship, and keep everything open-ended, like a sandbox. Opportunities abound Now for writing some 5e conversion material...

Quote from: Battle Mad Ronin;862269Thanks for the info. I've gone ahead and bought the book, and am already planning how to use the setting for a campaign. I'm thinking having the players own a skyship, and keep everything open-ended, like a sandbox. Opportunities abound Now for writing some 5e conversion material...

Thanks.  Have fun!

Just want to take this opportunity to express my admiration for your work and the projects you've supervised Mr. Heard. Minrothad Guilds was especially useful to me.