I liked all these supplements for 4e. The lore is good.
What is/are your most recent TTRPG purchase(s)?
Eyes of Nine
Everything's Fine
Great game. Best version.
Alzrius
The EN World kitten
Assuming PDFs count, I picked up a copy of Samurai Sheepdog's S-Class Characters: The Monster Trainer yesterday.
It kills me to have to write poorly of them, because I love their stuff, but this is the second product of theirs that I've seen where the monsters are presented using the simple monster creation rules, and it's just...not good.
Those rules are, specifically, for coming up with a monster relatively quickly (at least compared to generating full stats) when you need something for your game, and so necessarily leaves information out. No listing of their languages spoken, no listing their Hit Dice (just hit points), no feats, no CMD, etc.
I can understand finding monster creation to be a laborious process in PF1. But if I'm paying for a book that has monsters in it, I want the full stats for them; not partial stats developed on guidelines that specifically describe themselves as "cuts some corners."
It kills me to have to write poorly of them, because I love their stuff, but this is the second product of theirs that I've seen where the monsters are presented using the simple monster creation rules, and it's just...not good.
Those rules are, specifically, for coming up with a monster relatively quickly (at least compared to generating full stats) when you need something for your game, and so necessarily leaves information out. No listing of their languages spoken, no listing their Hit Dice (just hit points), no feats, no CMD, etc.
I can understand finding monster creation to be a laborious process in PF1. But if I'm paying for a book that has monsters in it, I want the full stats for them; not partial stats developed on guidelines that specifically describe themselves as "cuts some corners."
aramis erak
Legend
Picked up the videogame Rune, which included the PDF of the TTRPG.
Ruin Explorer
Legend
A PDF copy of Imperium Maledictum, the recent Warhammer 40K RPG, by Cubicle 7. Largely based on a review that said it was somewhere between CoC and Wrath and Valour in design. It seems pretty solid in a lot of ways. Not sure if I'll ever run it, but it's definitely interesting.
Considering picking up Broken Weave, a 5E setting book also, rather surprisingly, by Cubicle 7 (seems like they are not the "tiny company" I remember them as!). It's a vaguely Dark Souls/Elden Ring-esque post-magic-apocalypse setting, but one where the focus is on survival and hope and rebuilding, not purely on stuff rolling downhill.
Mulling over the fact that I missed the Dagger in the Heart Kickstarter/Backerkit (I forget which), but I think that was probably fine, because as much as I love Rowan, Rook & Deckard, the odds of convincing anyone I know to play Heart are... low (despite having good experiences with Spire).
Considering picking up Broken Weave, a 5E setting book also, rather surprisingly, by Cubicle 7 (seems like they are not the "tiny company" I remember them as!). It's a vaguely Dark Souls/Elden Ring-esque post-magic-apocalypse setting, but one where the focus is on survival and hope and rebuilding, not purely on stuff rolling downhill.
Mulling over the fact that I missed the Dagger in the Heart Kickstarter/Backerkit (I forget which), but I think that was probably fine, because as much as I love Rowan, Rook & Deckard, the odds of convincing anyone I know to play Heart are... low (despite having good experiences with Spire).
eyeheartawk
#1 Enworld Jerk™
I agree it's a great pickup. The one thing I would recommend if you are planning on actually playing first edition would be to pick up the Star Wars Sourcebook from '87. Without it, you're missing a bunch of stuff you would expect in the game.
Ruin Explorer
Legend
This is very true, I'd forgotten how important that book is, but it really is a key part of the 1E WEG D6 Star Wars. Which I concur with others, is easily the best Star Wars TT RPG, it's not even close (it's not flawless but it works really well, and 2E and so on didn't take it in the direction of working better).
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