half-dragon dragon
First Post
First of all, apologies if I missed a similar thread about this. Anyway after a thread I recently started and seeing it mentioned a few times before, I've become rather intrigued with Burning Wheel. I read a few reviews and so far I'm very impressed with what I've seen so far, but before I invest, I wanted to get a few more impressions of the game.
I'm basically looking for any and all impressions y'all might have; good, bad, indifferent, scathing, anything really.
I do have a few questions/concerns, so any insight into these would be greatly appreciated.
How varied are the individual races in their life paths? Can I play forest-dwelling barbaric dwarf? I guess my real question is, how far outside of their fantasy archetypes/stereotypes do the races go in their life paths?
How 'bound' are the races to their emotion aspects (i.e. greed for dwarves, grief for elves)? As in, if I make a dwarf, do they have to be greedy, or can I generally ignore these aspects of the race if it doesn't fit my concept?
Less of a concern and more of a query, how do you feel about the combat/duel of wits scripting mechanics?
Also, are there any/many interesting options for non magical folk in combat?
Anything else you'd like to say about the game?
Thanks all in advance
EDIT: I should also mention that I'm more interesting in hearing about BW Revised.
I'm basically looking for any and all impressions y'all might have; good, bad, indifferent, scathing, anything really.
I do have a few questions/concerns, so any insight into these would be greatly appreciated.
How varied are the individual races in their life paths? Can I play forest-dwelling barbaric dwarf? I guess my real question is, how far outside of their fantasy archetypes/stereotypes do the races go in their life paths?
How 'bound' are the races to their emotion aspects (i.e. greed for dwarves, grief for elves)? As in, if I make a dwarf, do they have to be greedy, or can I generally ignore these aspects of the race if it doesn't fit my concept?
Less of a concern and more of a query, how do you feel about the combat/duel of wits scripting mechanics?
Also, are there any/many interesting options for non magical folk in combat?
Anything else you'd like to say about the game?
Thanks all in advance
EDIT: I should also mention that I'm more interesting in hearing about BW Revised.
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