Disappearing Special Items

[Relenoir]

In the Grand Master series, has anyone else noticed that sometimes, at the beginning of the book, the items you can carry over from the Kai/Magnakai books change? I'm not talking about Helshezag or the Dagger of Vashna--I know the deal with those, but items like the Silver Bracers and Korlinium Scabbard, which are listed in book 13, disappear in books 14-16, then reappear in books 17-20. Was this a typo/accidental omission on Joe's part, or are you really not supposed to carry them on these missions?

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Relenoir said:

In the Grand Master series, has anyone else noticed that sometimes, at the beginning of the book, the items you can carry over from the Kai/Magnakai books change?

Yes, we noticed, and it's been something of a pain for Project Aon

In the Newsletter where Joe showcased the Grand Master rules some months before The Plague-lords of Ruel was published, the list was the one given in Books 14-16. Obviously, some Club members wrote to Joe asking about the Silver Bracers and Korlinium Scabbard, so he incorporated them into the list.

However, that's quite a long list--10 items; and as you can only carry a maximum number of 12 Special Items, I would guess Joe decided to lose those two items after playtesting Book 13 because you can pick up needed items during the books. Further, this would mean that although you cannot actually take either the bracers or the scabbard in Books 14-16, they can be carried over into the Grand Master series and kept in safekeeping until Book 17. Either that ot he forgot to amend the text of the rules for Books 14-16, which is possible but unlikely.

As to why the list changes again in Book 17:

** MAJOR SPOILER ALERT **

Both the Dagger of Vashna and Helshezag are destroyed during the course of The Legacy of Vashna.

[jimy]

i shouldn't have read that, its the only one i haven't read yet