Promises, Promises - Revision history

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LuisDantas at 00:09, 17 July 2013

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	\|isbn=--		\|isbn=--
	\|releaseDate= ~~1996 ?~~		\|releaseDate= 1998
	\|format=[[PDF]]		\|format=[[PDF]]
	\|pageCount=16		\|pageCount=16
	\|productPage= http://www.atlas-games.com/arm4/		\|productPage= http://www.atlas-games.com/arm4/
	\|availability=[[PDF]] available		\|availability=[[PDF]] available; translations for at least four other languages also available.
	}}		}}
	'''Promises, Promises''' is a "Jump-Start Kit" released as a free online download concurrently with the release of [[Ars Magica Fourth Edition]]. It is intended to allow a group unfamiliar with Ars Magica to pick up the game, and includes a scenario as well as abbreviated rules and pregenerated characters.		'''Promises, Promises''' is a "Jump-Start Kit" released as a free online download concurrently with the release of [[Ars Magica Fourth Edition]]. It is intended to allow a group unfamiliar with Ars Magica to pick up the game, and includes a scenario as well as abbreviated rules and pregenerated characters.

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LuisDantas at 17:52, 13 July 2013

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	{{Product description		{{Product description
	\|productName = '''Promises, Promises'''		\|productName = '''Promises, Promises'''
	\|imageFile=Promises_Promises_cover.~~jpg~~		\|imageFile=Promises_Promises_cover.png
	\|edition=[[ArM4\|Fourth Edition]]		\|edition=[[ArM4\|Fourth Edition]]
	\|abbreviation=[[PP]]		\|abbreviation=[[PP]]
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	'''Promises, Promises''' is a "Jump-Start Kit" released as a free online download concurrently with the release of [[Ars Magica Fourth Edition]]. It is intended to allow a group unfamiliar with Ars Magica to pick up the game, and includes a scenario as well as abbreviated rules and pregenerated characters.		'''Promises, Promises''' is a "Jump-Start Kit" released as a free online download concurrently with the release of [[Ars Magica Fourth Edition]]. It is intended to allow a group unfamiliar with Ars Magica to pick up the game, and includes a scenario as well as abbreviated rules and pregenerated characters.

	During the scenario, the players - and to a large degree, characters - will be ~~acuainted~~ with the [[Code of Hermes]] and especially the prohibitions of swearing fealty to the Church and limitations on selling magic items, to [[Quaesitor\|Quaesitors]], [[Redcap\|Redcaps]], [[Final Twilight]], and Magic and Divine [[aura\|auras]]. The scenario sees them dealing with a local abbey to the satisfaction of an uptight Quaesitor.		During the scenario, the players - and to a large degree, characters - will be acquainted with the [[Code of Hermes]] and especially the prohibitions of swearing fealty to the Church and limitations on selling magic items, to [[Quaesitor\|Quaesitors]], [[Redcap\|Redcaps]], [[Final Twilight]], and Magic and Divine [[aura\|auras]]. The scenario sees them dealing with a local abbey to the satisfaction of an uptight Quaesitor.

	The kit includes a one page (!) rules briefing, one-page background briefing about the [[Order of Hermes]], as well as handouts of correspondence and pregenerated character sheets.		The kit includes a one page (!) rules briefing, one-page background briefing about the [[Order of Hermes]], as well as handouts of correspondence and pregenerated character sheets.
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	== External Links ==		== External Links ==

	The product is available for download at the [http://www.atlas-games.com/pdf_storage/promises.pdf ~~Atlas Website~~].		The product is available for download at the Atlas Website in a variety of languages, usually as a black-and-white PDF of 16 pages or just over that many.

			*[http://www.atlas-games.com/arm4/ Atlas Games Website for ''Ars Magica'' Fourth Edition]
			**[http://www.atlas-games.com/pdf_storage/promises.pdf ''Promises, Promises'' in English]
			**[http://www.atlas-games.com/pdf_storage/obiecanki.pdf ''Promises, Promises'' in Polish], courtesy of Pawel Radecki - cmi@rst.com.pl
			**[http://www.atlas-games.com/pdf_storage/promises_french.pdf ''Promises, Promises'' in French], courtesy of Eric Kouris - styren@worldnet.fr
			**[http://www.atlas-games.com/pdf_storage/promises_italian.pdf ''Promises, Promises'' in Italian], courtesy of Roberto Guadagno and Giordano Rodda
			**[http://www.atlas-games.com/pdf_storage/promises_japanese.pdf ''Promises, Promises'' in Japanese], courtesy of Ichikawa Akira - raoul@na.rim.or.jp



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	== Reader Comments ==		== Reader Comments ==
	As a free official adventure, ''Promises, Promises'' is a natural place to start a first saga or an exploratory game. The adventure introduces a lot of Ars Magica-specific setting content, but centers on the ''legal limitations'' of the player characters, threatening them with uber-powerful NPCs (the Quaesitor and [[Hoplite]]) and the censure of the entire [[Regional Tribunal]]. Unless you are attracted to such a game, it is probably wiser to begin your Ars Magica experience with an adventure that allows the player characters more freedom and does not pressure them so blatantly with Hermetic law. Alternatively, you may wish to modify the adventure to simply include more congeneal NPCs and a less draconic Order.		As a free official adventure, ''Promises, Promises'' is a natural place to start a first saga or an exploratory game. The adventure introduces a lot of Ars Magica-specific setting content, but centers on the ''legal limitations'' of the player characters, threatening them with uber-powerful NPCs (the Quaesitor and [[Hoplite]]) and the censure of the entire [[Regional Tribunal]]. Unless you are attracted to such a game, it is probably wiser to begin your Ars Magica experience with an adventure that allows the player characters more freedom and does not pressure them so blatantly with Hermetic law. Alternatively, you may wish to modify the adventure to simply include more congeneal NPCs and a less draconic Order. - [[User:Yair\|Yair]] ([[User talk:Yair\|talk]]) 19:37, 2 June 2013 (MDT)
	[[User:Yair\|Yair]] ([[User talk:Yair\|talk]]) 19:37, 2 June 2013 (MDT)

	== External Links ==		== External Links ==

Yair: An initial stub at a description and commentary.

2013-06-03T01:37:29Z

An initial stub at a description and commentary.

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{{Product description
|productName = '''Promises, Promises'''
|imageFile=Promises_Promises_cover.jpg
|edition=[[ArM4|Fourth Edition]]
|abbreviation=[[PP]]
|type=Scenario
|authors= [[David Chart]]
|publisher=Atlas Games
|productNumber=--
|isbn=--
|releaseDate= 1996 ?
|format=[[PDF]]
|pageCount=16
|productPage= http://www.atlas-games.com/arm4/
|availability=[[PDF]] available
}}
'''Promises, Promises''' is a "Jump-Start Kit" released as a free online download concurrently with the release of [[Ars Magica Fourth Edition]]. It is intended to allow a group unfamiliar with Ars Magica to pick up the game, and includes a scenario as well as abbreviated rules and pregenerated characters.

During the scenario, the players - and to a large degree, characters - will be acuainted with the [[Code of Hermes]] and especially the prohibitions of swearing fealty to the Church and limitations on selling magic items, to [[Quaesitor|Quaesitors]], [[Redcap|Redcaps]], [[Final Twilight]], and Magic and Divine [[aura|auras]]. The scenario sees them dealing with a local abbey to the satisfaction of an uptight Quaesitor.

The kit includes a one page (!) rules briefing, one-page background briefing about the [[Order of Hermes]], as well as handouts of correspondence and pregenerated character sheets.

== Reader Comments ==
As a free official adventure, ''Promises, Promises'' is a natural place to start a first saga or an exploratory game. The adventure introduces a lot of Ars Magica-specific setting content, but centers on the ''legal limitations'' of the player characters, threatening them with uber-powerful NPCs (the Quaesitor and [[Hoplite]]) and the censure of the entire [[Regional Tribunal]]. Unless you are attracted to such a game, it is probably wiser to begin your Ars Magica experience with an adventure that allows the player characters more freedom and does not pressure them so blatantly with Hermetic law. Alternatively, you may wish to modify the adventure to simply include more congeneal NPCs and a less draconic Order.
[[User:Yair|Yair]] ([[User talk:Yair|talk]]) 19:37, 2 June 2013 (MDT)

== External Links ==

The product is available for download at the [http://www.atlas-games.com/pdf_storage/promises.pdf Atlas Website].

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