Editing Warlords of the Accordlands (section)

==d20 Version==
In 2003, AEG promised to convert the Accordlands content into the [[d20 System]]. In 2006, this promise was kept - we got four books, all at once! Not soon enough for some of the [[RAGE]]rs on (''e.g.'') goodreads, sadly.

The three books which aren't ''The Campaign Adventure Book'' credit Mark Jelfo as "creative director". jim pinto (lowercase) did the art direction for all of them; Rowland chipped in for the three non-''TCAB'' books. Editors: [[Dale Donovan]] (whom you may, or may not, recall from ''[[For Duty & Deity]]'') and DJ Trindle; and there's a CEO and a couple of project managers who we guess made sure the writing-room had donuts.

'''The Master Codex''' is Allison Medwin's [[Player's Handbook]], with help from Rowland and Getting and others. This provides the races, classes, [[Prestige Class]]es, spells, and equipment. [[Arcana Unearthed|Some settings]] consider prestige classes, at least, to belong to the Gazetteer, to be doled out by the DM; but AEG put them in this book. Races are Deverenians (hominid nephilim who are better than you), Humans (standard), [[Elves]] (short-lived and scaly here), Nimbics (even shorter, and shorter-lived too), [[Dwarves]] (standard), Nothrog (green militant [[Ork]]s, Warhammer-style). Halfbreeds exist but are uncommon in Larisnar.

'''The World Atlas''' would be that Gazetteer, for the Accordlands proper. Andrew Getting compiled this one, here aided by Medwin, Rowland, ''et al.''. It starts with 24 pages of <strike>bore</strike>lore. Then, in order: the Empire of Deverenia, the [[Dwarves]], the [[Elves]], the Free Kingdoms (''i.e.'' us), the Nothrog, and the Unaligned Lands. These chapters all follow the same template which helps in finding the lore we need. Then Religion and Cosmos. Then Magic Items, and Personalities = NPCs. Think, the ''Time of the Lance'' box; doing its best to make a sandbox out of a linear plot.

'''Monsters and Lairs''' is the Medwin-directed [[Creature Collection]] of the setting with, helpfully, sample dungeons and lairs to get you started. This is a nice touch borrowed from / shared with the ''Legacy of the Dragon'' supplement for [[Arcana Unearthed]].

And the '''Campaign Adventure Book''' is - so far as we've gathered - the same [[Adventure Path|epic story]] which played out in the card game. Medwin, once more, was the senior director and editor here although - once more - the usual suspects did many of the setpieces before her. The Line Editors are lower down in this book's credits, we don't know why. ''WotA:TCAB'' may end up with its own page when and if we can be bothered to do it.

Errata exist, and when word got out the mistakes didn't help sales. We're unsure where to find their corrections.

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