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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Truename" data-source="post: 5312043" data-attributes="member: 78255">My group played Scales of War through the end of level 10 and now we're just finishing up level three in WotBS 4e. I prefer WotBS.Scales of War is combat-focused. It has excellent set-piece battles and good combat encounter design in general. Role-playing opportunities are rare, NPCs are two-dimensional (and infrequent), and the adventures are very linear. There's little backstory to help you if the players go off the rails. The overall plot is suitably epic and the feel of the campaign changes nicely from tier to tier, but there no real player impact on the outcome of the campaign. Scales of War is easy to pick up and play with minimal prep work.Choose Scales of War if your group loves combat and doesn't want much more. A "good parts" version that cuts out a third or half of the encounters in each adventure (with accelerated leveling) could be a blast to play.War of the Burning Sky is complex and deep. Its combat encounter design is generally mediocre and some monsters are poorly balanced. Role-playing opportunities abound, NPCs are rich and detailed, and the adventures offer lots of player choice with meaningful consequences. The adventures abound with notes about backstory and what to do if the players go off the rails and there are generally multiple paths through each adventure. I haven't seen the overall plot yet, but it doesn't seem quite as epic in scope as SoW, but it may have more emotional impact. The tiers don't look like they'll be differentiated much, if at all. WotBS takes a fair amount of prep, but it's worth it.Choose War of the Burning Sky if your group enjoys role-playing opportunities, wants to see real consequences for their actions, and you're willing to invest the effort to make it sparkle.For me, WotBS is the better series. The combat and railroad of SoW got boring after ten levels.</blockquote>

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