Recent content by Hstio

I've been a great fan of the Grey Citadel since it came out. I thought it was well put together, very believable, and fairly easy to run. The author just recently put out a sequel in pdf format, but my dislike of pdfs and the cost has prevented me from picking it up. I also really enjoyed the...

Very system specific, but I thought Monsternomicon 2 was outstanding. The layout, stories, and art were superb. Hstio

I was a little surprised to realize that I had 8 of the 10 (only missing Sovereign Stone and Accordlands). Of the 8 my favorite by a long shot is Midnight 2nd edition. It really changed how I played and got me interested in gaming and writing again. Next closest is Arcanis, which is a great...

Thank you for the advice. I've seen the books reasonable cheap online and thought about getting one or two. Good to hear that neither setting/book is "broken" and that there's some good material that can be easily ported over. Hstio

I've never played either on-line game (and never will) but was wondering if the books from either line are worth picking up. If so, which ones? Hstio

My top five: 1) Midnight 2nd Edition. I've gotten more use and enjoyment out of this book then any other in almost 30 years. 2) Ptolus. I was blown away at the quality, layout, just about everything. How to do a book if you have the budget. 3) Greyhawk from the Ashes. Greyhawk goes to war...

I was looking for the more obscure companies that wouldn't show up or showed up briefly in the FLGS. I'm looking for ones that I missed and might want to track down. I hadn't heard of any of the adventures in Crothian's post, because I normally look for dead tree versions. As you can see from...

I've been thinking that I've missed a potential gem in rough adventure from a small publisher that never made to the FLGS or disappeared so quickly I never saw or heard of it. There were a lot of small companies that came and went in a blink of an eye. For me two examples are: Gryphon's Legacy...

I hate to say it, but I'm from the older segment of the community (late 1970's crowd) that now has the income to purchase books full price, but has lost the luxury of having a lot of time. I'm not a big fan of pdfs as I prefer hard copy and hate spending even more time at a computer screen...

Voadam, Can you tell me a little bit more about the War of Burning Sky path and the Throne of Blood books? I'm on the fence with both. I'm not a fan of high level games (10-12th level is normally my cap), which makes me hesitant about the adventure path going to 20th level. With Pathfinder...

I can't seem to find the reviews and links to old reviews (through google) aren't working. Is there a link I'm missing or are not available yet? Hstio

There are three human "regional" books, Star and Shadow (sarcosan south), destiny and shadow (Erenlander central regions), and Honor and Shadow (Dorn north). There are also the two city books from human dominated regions, Forge of Shadow (Dorn city) and Under the Shadow (Erenlander city). I...

I've only played 4E once but the biggest issues for me are the healing surges which really don't fit for Midnight, where healing is difficult to come by, and the constant ability of spell casters to cast spells like magic missile. Magic should be rare and difficult. The races don't fit well...

The line is currently on hold as FFG makes decisions on their rpg line and 4E. FFG recently picked up the licenses to Warhammer and Warhammer 40K so they're in no rush to do anything else right now (my opinion). They also have been trying to get the Anima rpg for the past year or so. I think...

Fury details most of Erethor from the Druid Swamps to the Highhorn Mountains, covering the fight against the Shadow. The boxed set takes the elves and goes in much deeper, giving you a real feel for how the fey are fighting the shadow along all fronts. There are some great adventure locations...