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<blockquote data-quote="Loonook" data-source="post: 4688085" data-attributes="member: 1861">The issue with Modern really comes from lack of imagination and sloppy writeups.&nbsp; It is still one of my favorite sandboxes, and I can make up almost any game for it.&nbsp; That being said... the settings written up for Modern pretty much sucked.&nbsp; Modern lent itself to a simple microsetting vibe; the 'core FX' classes really were a great introduction to that vibe (even though they needed adjustments... the ability to stun any Shadow-based creature... wow...).Then came Urban Arcana... one of the worst setting books in the history of bad setting books.&nbsp; It created Greyhawk: 1999, and it really didn't have any pizazz behind it beyond simple stuff (oh my gods!&nbsp; Imagine a BURGER KING WHERE EVERYONE IS SHADOWKIND!!?!?!)Dark*Matter?&nbsp; Essentially a cheap rehash quick-cash scheme... Past was a joke, Future is hilarious (for good and ill) in some of its chapters.Just a lot of sloppy writing killed Modern.&nbsp; A great sandbox, but it seems WotC could only pick out the undesirable clumps and slap on a price tag.Of course, I picked up all my Modern materials for less than 20 bucks (thank you, cheapies on Amazon) so I don't feel TOO ripped off by the system <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />.Slainte,-Loonook.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Loonook, post: 4688085, member: 1861"] The issue with Modern really comes from lack of imagination and sloppy writeups. It is still one of my favorite sandboxes, and I can make up almost any game for it. That being said... the settings written up for Modern pretty much sucked. Modern lent itself to a simple microsetting vibe; the 'core FX' classes really were a great introduction to that vibe (even though they needed adjustments... the ability to stun any Shadow-based creature... wow...). Then came Urban Arcana... one of the worst setting books in the history of bad setting books. It created Greyhawk: 1999, and it really didn't have any pizazz behind it beyond simple stuff (oh my gods! Imagine a BURGER KING WHERE EVERYONE IS SHADOWKIND!!?!?!) Dark*Matter? Essentially a cheap rehash quick-cash scheme... Past was a joke, Future is hilarious (for good and ill) in some of its chapters. Just a lot of sloppy writing killed Modern. A great sandbox, but it seems WotC could only pick out the undesirable clumps and slap on a price tag. Of course, I picked up all my Modern materials for less than 20 bucks (thank you, cheapies on Amazon) so I don't feel TOO ripped off by the system ;). Slainte, -Loonook. [/QUOTE]

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