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<blockquote data-quote="Azuresun" data-source="post: 8874103" data-attributes="member: 7022312"><p>I really wanted to like this setting--I mean, I was hyped about doing a Treasure Planet / Outlaw Star esque campaign. And then the actual reviews and breakdowns of what was in the book started coming in, and it all faded away.</p><p></p><p>Everything I've heard makes it sound...low-effort. People have mentioned Stars Without Number, and that offers a very good, very compact way to generate random systems with plot hooks ready to go in just a few pages. Something like that? Nope, too much effort. A space combat system that engages the party? Nope, too much effort. I think the Hadozee mess was the cherry on top. OK, I understand why you excised the old lore, what's it getting replaced with? Oh....nothing? Well, I guess that is a guaranteed way to offend nobody.</p><p></p><p>"Just use your imagination!" I can indeed do that, and I'm not sure I need what the books offer to enhance that.</p><p></p><p>WotC can and have done better--Eberron and Ravenloft have far more meat on the bones. I swear if Waterdeep: Dragon Heist came out today, the description of Waterdeep would be "It's a fantasy city with people doing stuff, I dunno, make something up."....and people would defend it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Azuresun, post: 8874103, member: 7022312"] I really wanted to like this setting--I mean, I was hyped about doing a Treasure Planet / Outlaw Star esque campaign. And then the actual reviews and breakdowns of what was in the book started coming in, and it all faded away. Everything I've heard makes it sound...low-effort. People have mentioned Stars Without Number, and that offers a very good, very compact way to generate random systems with plot hooks ready to go in just a few pages. Something like that? Nope, too much effort. A space combat system that engages the party? Nope, too much effort. I think the Hadozee mess was the cherry on top. OK, I understand why you excised the old lore, what's it getting replaced with? Oh....nothing? Well, I guess that is a guaranteed way to offend nobody. "Just use your imagination!" I can indeed do that, and I'm not sure I need what the books offer to enhance that. WotC can and have done better--Eberron and Ravenloft have far more meat on the bones. I swear if Waterdeep: Dragon Heist came out today, the description of Waterdeep would be "It's a fantasy city with people doing stuff, I dunno, make something up."....and people would defend it. [/QUOTE]
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