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(NOT crossposted to rgfd, because I don't know them...and those guys
scare me!^^;😉
Spurred by the Ebarron thread here, I spent a couple of hours after my
shift paging thru one of the four Ebarron setting sourcebooks my store
got in. Quite an engrossing read, beautifully composed, and
excellently laid out. Frankly, I even found myself asking why Exalted
couldn't have this much setting detail painstakingly sketched out?
(Huh; not one paragraph in, and already I bring up Exalted; oh,
well...)
Anywho, this game has a great setting, and the Race and Class
descriptions really made me want to play most of them. I also
appreciated the emphasis on Noir/Pulp-style tone and action over the
traditional D&D style. One of the complaints in the previous thread
was the "anime" feel; maybe it's because I'm a big anime fan, or
heavily involved in such an obviously anime-influenced game like
Exalted, but frankly, I don't see it. He may have had a point about
the comic book superhero influences, however...
Well, I guess I can't get thru this without a comparison to Exalted.
Frankly (yes, there are a lot of franks in this article), more than a
few setting elements caused me to raise an eyebrow, such as the
elementally empowered weapons/armor, martial arts monks, relic
hunters, and most tellingly of all, the great (yet missing) Dragons,
the dynasties of Dragon-Marked Houses, and the Heartst-I mean,
Dragonshards. Yes, I know, it's much more likely that both games are
plundering the same sources than anything else, it just raised an
eyebrow, is all.^^
I'm not really a D20 player; my players got me the D&D game (whichever
one was in the red box with the dragon on the cover?) for Christmas
when I was a kid, but I couldn't find anyone on my block or in school
to play with!-_- Didn't stop me from collecting the Monster Manuals,
tho; I used to love looking up the monsters onthe Saturday morning
cartoon show! Er, anyway, my point is that I didn't read much of
Ebarron's rules mechanics, but the Action Points part intrigued me.
Was this a part of a previous D&D edition? Was it any different there?
I'll read more tomorrow, but it's safe to say I think this is a very
cool game, well worth checking out. As cool as Exalted? Nooot quite,
but cooler than Agone, which is saying something.^^
Any other opinions?
Dex,
who now has some new Exalted ideas to write up...
(NOT crossposted to rgfd, because I don't know them...and those guys
scare me!^^;😉
Spurred by the Ebarron thread here, I spent a couple of hours after my
shift paging thru one of the four Ebarron setting sourcebooks my store
got in. Quite an engrossing read, beautifully composed, and
excellently laid out. Frankly, I even found myself asking why Exalted
couldn't have this much setting detail painstakingly sketched out?
(Huh; not one paragraph in, and already I bring up Exalted; oh,
well...)
Anywho, this game has a great setting, and the Race and Class
descriptions really made me want to play most of them. I also
appreciated the emphasis on Noir/Pulp-style tone and action over the
traditional D&D style. One of the complaints in the previous thread
was the "anime" feel; maybe it's because I'm a big anime fan, or
heavily involved in such an obviously anime-influenced game like
Exalted, but frankly, I don't see it. He may have had a point about
the comic book superhero influences, however...
Well, I guess I can't get thru this without a comparison to Exalted.
Frankly (yes, there are a lot of franks in this article), more than a
few setting elements caused me to raise an eyebrow, such as the
elementally empowered weapons/armor, martial arts monks, relic
hunters, and most tellingly of all, the great (yet missing) Dragons,
the dynasties of Dragon-Marked Houses, and the Heartst-I mean,
Dragonshards. Yes, I know, it's much more likely that both games are
plundering the same sources than anything else, it just raised an
eyebrow, is all.^^
I'm not really a D20 player; my players got me the D&D game (whichever
one was in the red box with the dragon on the cover?) for Christmas
when I was a kid, but I couldn't find anyone on my block or in school
to play with!-_- Didn't stop me from collecting the Monster Manuals,
tho; I used to love looking up the monsters onthe Saturday morning
cartoon show! Er, anyway, my point is that I didn't read much of
Ebarron's rules mechanics, but the Action Points part intrigued me.
Was this a part of a previous D&D edition? Was it any different there?
I'll read more tomorrow, but it's safe to say I think this is a very
cool game, well worth checking out. As cool as Exalted? Nooot quite,
but cooler than Agone, which is saying something.^^
Any other opinions?
Dex,
who now has some new Exalted ideas to write up...
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