Races of Stone focuses on gnomes, dwarves, and a new race, called goliaths, providing cultural information for these races as well as subraces. The book also introduces new deities for these races, including the goliath pantheon led by Kavaki, the Ram-Lord.
David Noonan explains the origins of the concept for the goliath race: "It all started with a piece of concept art that looks very similar to the Races of Stone cover. My job was to write the chapter for 'the big guy.' It's one of the most satisfying design assignments I've received."[4]
Reprints and revisionsedit
Races of Stone was later included, along with Races of Destiny and Races of the Wild in the Dungeons & Dragons Races Gift Set, released in 2005.[5]
Receptionedit
The racial substitution levels in the book have been praised because "[the] mechanic lets you play more than just another dwarven fighter or gnome bard."[6]
Races of Stone was nominated for the 2005 Chesley Awards award for Best Gaming-Related Illustration for William O'Connor's artwork, "Training a Dire Badger",[8] although it lost to the artwork of the Magic: The Gathering card Blazing Archon.[9]
^Ryan, Michael (August 6, 2004). . Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on August 23, 2004. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
^Dungeons & Dragons Races Gift Set at the RPGnet RPG game index. Retrieved on December 2, 2008.
^Races of Stone Review at the d20 magazine rack. Retrieved on December 2, 2008.
^. metareview. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved December 3, 2008.
^List of 2005 Chesley Award nominees, accessible from The Chesely Awards 2009-08-13 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on December 2, 2008.
^. Archived from the original on 2009-11-11. Retrieved December 2, 2008.
December 15, 2023
races, stone, sometimes, abbreviated, optional, sourcebook, edition, dungeons, dragons, fantasy, role, playing, game, cover, authorsjesse, decker, michelle, lyons, david, noonan, genrerole, playing, gamespublisherwizards, coastpublication, dateaugust, 2004medi. Races of Stone sometimes abbreviated to RoS is an optional sourcebook for the 3 5 edition of the Dungeons amp Dragons fantasy role playing game 2 Races of StoneCover of Races of StoneAuthorsJesse Decker Michelle Lyons and David Noonan 1 GenreRole playing gamesPublisherWizards of the CoastPublication dateAugust 2004Media typeHardcoverPages192ISBN0 7869 3278 3OCLC56523851LC ClassGV1469 62 D84 D836 2000 Contents 1 Contents 2 Publication history 2 1 Reprints and revisions 3 Reception 3 1 Awards and nominations 4 See also 5 ReferencesContents editRaces of Stone focuses on gnomes dwarves and a new race called goliaths providing cultural information for these races as well as subraces The book also introduces new deities for these races including the goliath pantheon led by Kavaki the Ram Lord Publication history editRaces of Stone was written by David Noonan Jesse Decker and Michelle Lyons and published in August 2004 Cover art was by Adam Rex with interior art by Thomas Baxa Steve Belledin Wayne England Jeremy Jarvis Doug Kovacs Chuck Lukacs Dennis Crabapple McClain Jim Nelson Wiliam O Connor Scott Roller Ron Spencer Joel Thomas Franz Vohwinkel and Brad Williams A web enhancement for the book was published in 2004 by Wizards of the Coast 3 David Noonan explains the origins of the concept for the goliath race It all started with a piece of concept art that looks very similar to the Races of Stone cover My job was to write the chapter for the big guy It s one of the most satisfying design assignments I ve received 4 Reprints and revisions edit Races of Stone was later included along with Races of Destiny and Races of the Wild in the Dungeons amp Dragons Races Gift Set released in 2005 5 Reception editThe racial substitution levels in the book have been praised because the mechanic lets you play more than just another dwarven fighter or gnome bard 6 MetaReview s MetaRating for the book is 6 8 7 Awards and nominations edit Races of Stone was nominated for the 2005 Chesley Awards award for Best Gaming Related Illustration for William O Connor s artwork Training a Dire Badger 8 although it lost to the artwork of the Magic The Gathering card Blazing Archon 9 See also editThe Complete Book of DwarvesReferences edit Races of Stone at the RPGnet RPG game index Retrieved on December 2 2008 Slavicsek Bill Baker Richard Mohan Kim 2005 Dungeons amp Dragons For Dummies For Dummies p 370 ISBN 0 7645 8459 6 Web Enhancement Races of Stone at Wizards Retrieved on December 2 2008 Ryan Michael August 6 2004 Product Spotlight Races of Stone Wizards of the Coast Archived from the original on August 23 2004 Retrieved August 12 2013 Dungeons amp Dragons Races Gift Set at the RPGnet RPG game index Retrieved on December 2 2008 Races of Stone Review at the d20 magazine rack Retrieved on December 2 2008 Races of Stone Dungeons amp Dragons Reviews metareview Archived from the original on 2011 07 14 Retrieved December 3 2008 List of 2005 Chesley Award nominees accessible from The Chesely Awards Archived 2009 08 13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on December 2 2008 2005 Chesley Award winners Archived from the original on 2009 11 11 Retrieved December 2 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Races of Stone amp oldid 1159035181, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
