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<blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 1386218" data-attributes="member: 172">I'm not going to really draw a distinction in the two.I think Mongoose's version and Green Ronin's version both have a lot going for them. They both use the common idea that different spirits are represented by different domains.For the busy GM, I'd lean a bit more towards the Green Ronin book, as it takes less effort to use. You can pretty much drop the book into the game and it's ready to run. The Shaman is more standardized and fits fairly well with existing classes, while capturing many intriguing shamanic concepts such as &quot;diseases as spirits.&quot;Mongoose's ED: Shamans is more customizable, but it relies more on this customization. These shamans have no default spell list and rely entirely on the DM to detail the shaman's spirit allies (which is no mean feat, having done it one I can say.) Further, the way the domain abilities works in the ED Shaman system doesn't work so well for some domain abilities.I find most other shamans (Kenzer, Open World, OA, etc.) to be pale shadows of these two or simple druid or cleric knock offs. You get more flavor with the Green Ronin or Mongoose shamans.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Psion, post: 1386218, member: 172"] I'm not going to really draw a distinction in the two. I think Mongoose's version and Green Ronin's version both have a lot going for them. They both use the common idea that different spirits are represented by different domains. For the busy GM, I'd lean a bit more towards the Green Ronin book, as it takes less effort to use. You can pretty much drop the book into the game and it's ready to run. The Shaman is more standardized and fits fairly well with existing classes, while capturing many intriguing shamanic concepts such as "diseases as spirits." Mongoose's ED: Shamans is more customizable, but it relies more on this customization. These shamans have no default spell list and rely entirely on the DM to detail the shaman's spirit allies (which is no mean feat, having done it one I can say.) Further, the way the domain abilities works in the ED Shaman system doesn't work so well for some domain abilities. I find most other shamans (Kenzer, Open World, OA, etc.) to be pale shadows of these two or simple druid or cleric knock offs. You get more flavor with the Green Ronin or Mongoose shamans. [/QUOTE]

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