Book of Vile Darkness. Used it?

[Olive]

I've thought about integrating some BoVD, CoC d20 and the Green Ronin Book of Fiends material into a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying-esque game. I think the material it has is actually pretty good.

This is a great idea! Hmmmmm... it would really need a nasty combat rule set too. Something with good crit hits.

 

[Storminator]

I play a priest of Bane in a campaign, and the whole campaign revolves around that book. I have Dark Speech, I sacrifice regularly (often calling outsiders), and we've used a ton of spells and a few of the drugs.

Evil spells apparently are just more powerful! I love Power Leech (Power Leech --> Dominate, Power Leech --> Forbiddance, Power Leech --> Harm...), and our necromancer is addicted to Grim Revenge. The necromancer also holds the record for innocent bystanders killed, when he did the Dance of Ruin in a crowded city street. Commoners scythed down like wheat.

QAnd my wife has one of the PrCs, the one with Lie, Cheat, and Steal as class abilities.

PS

 

[Decado]

I have used it and really liked it. One of my players, who plays an elven mage, fell victim to a Stop Heart spell. He survived the encounter but his party lost a minor artifact they were gaurding. The spells are probably my favorite part of the book. I also like the idea of cabals, demons since Orcus is a focus in my campaign, and some of the prestige classes, which I have a BEEG designed around. Good book IMHO and I do not see what all the negative fuss was about.

Decado

 

[Desdichado]

I did not for what it's worth, like most of the illustrations of the demon lords and archdevils, though. That was pretty disappointing. Here's a real picture of Orcus I found online somewhere once...

 

[Pants]

I did not for what it's worth, like most of the illustrations of the demon lords and archdevils, though. That was pretty disappointing. Here's a real picture of Orcus I found online somewhere once...

I found the picture in the ToH quite a bit better actually
*shrugs* That's just me though

 

[Desdichado]

I didn't particularly like that one either. That's why this picture is so vital to me (if I ever use Orcus in a campaign, that is, which is unlikely. )

 

[barsoomcore]

I just used Grim Revenge on the party fighter -- hee hee.

"What do you mean my hand just came off? Huh?"

I'm very fond of grotesque spells. I mean, it's magic, it oughta be freaky and crazy and messed up. Is what I think.

 

[Panthanas]

The group I play with had the pleasure of fighting a particularly mean cancer mage. Oh it was fun. Especially the part when my characters head was removed. Good times had by all.

-Panthanas

 

[Aeolius]

There's an evil aquatic deity in there...of course I've used it

The info on hiveminds was also of use...as was the concept of liquid pain...and, and...heck. lot's of tidbits, in there.

 

[Agamon]

No, not much. A couple spells for an evil cleric of the god of death, but that's about it. I do have an NPC in my M&M game who has a power that is addictive to those she uses it on, and I'll probably use the chapter on drugs to get some insight on how to do that game-mechanic-wise.