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<blockquote data-quote="Scurvy_Platypus" data-source="post: 3626754" data-attributes="member: 43283"><p>First, I think you should be fair... your review is really for Point Buy Numbers, which is something of a hatchet job of Buy The Numbers. I personally found Point Buy Numbers to be rather grating in a number of cases, and it's not exactly clear to me why the author chose to make the changes that he did from Buy The Numbers.</p><p></p><p>For a Enworld review of Buy The Numbers, you can go here: <a href="http://www.enworld.org/reviews.php?do=review&reviewid=2011414" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/reviews.php?do=review&reviewid=2011414</a></p><p></p><p>And you can read different 2 other reviews by RPGNow staff (both of them five star ratings) here: <a href="http://enworld.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=2909" target="_blank">http://enworld.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=2909</a></p><p></p><p>Note: The RPGNow staff review by Chris Gath, and the Enworld review are the same review.</p><p></p><p>From the Introduction of Buy The Numbers (which really is a different animal than Point Buy Numbers):</p><p></p><p>Snip of some math bits, and then:</p><p></p><p></p><p>The author of Buy The Numbers also points out:</p><p></p><p></p><p>As well as:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Scattered throughout the text are numerous alternatives and suggestions on how to handle various things and what some of those effects might be.</p><p></p><p>I'd also kinda suggest that if a person is actually mucking about with their game at this level, they really need to have a clue about what sort of thing they're trying to effect in their game.</p><p></p><p>On the whole, I'm disappointed in Point Buy Numbers, but I really feel Buy The Numbers doesn't deserve the same treatment. Point Buy Numbers seems to be a pointless hatchet job of Buy The Numbers. BtN only really claims to be trying to let folks go really wild in making their character be _exactly_ what they want. It's also built from the standard d20 rules, and not d20 Modern like Point Buy Numbers was supposedly adapted for.</p><p></p><p>C'mon, Buy the Numbers was Nominated for a 2005 ENnie Award... it's got to have some redeeming features. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> I think it's the best $5 I ever spent on a d20 product.</p><p></p><p>Sorry for the threadjack, I just wish that such a groovy product didn't seem to fly beneath so many people's radar.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scurvy_Platypus, post: 3626754, member: 43283"] First, I think you should be fair... your review is really for Point Buy Numbers, which is something of a hatchet job of Buy The Numbers. I personally found Point Buy Numbers to be rather grating in a number of cases, and it's not exactly clear to me why the author chose to make the changes that he did from Buy The Numbers. For a Enworld review of Buy The Numbers, you can go here: [url]http://www.enworld.org/reviews.php?do=review&reviewid=2011414[/url] And you can read different 2 other reviews by RPGNow staff (both of them five star ratings) here: [url]http://enworld.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=2909[/url] Note: The RPGNow staff review by Chris Gath, and the Enworld review are the same review. From the Introduction of Buy The Numbers (which really is a different animal than Point Buy Numbers): Snip of some math bits, and then: The author of Buy The Numbers also points out: As well as: Scattered throughout the text are numerous alternatives and suggestions on how to handle various things and what some of those effects might be. I'd also kinda suggest that if a person is actually mucking about with their game at this level, they really need to have a clue about what sort of thing they're trying to effect in their game. On the whole, I'm disappointed in Point Buy Numbers, but I really feel Buy The Numbers doesn't deserve the same treatment. Point Buy Numbers seems to be a pointless hatchet job of Buy The Numbers. BtN only really claims to be trying to let folks go really wild in making their character be _exactly_ what they want. It's also built from the standard d20 rules, and not d20 Modern like Point Buy Numbers was supposedly adapted for. C'mon, Buy the Numbers was Nominated for a 2005 ENnie Award... it's got to have some redeeming features. :D I think it's the best $5 I ever spent on a d20 product. Sorry for the threadjack, I just wish that such a groovy product didn't seem to fly beneath so many people's radar. [/QUOTE]
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