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<blockquote data-quote="Merova" data-source="post: 1308289" data-attributes="member: 2505">Setting StuffHi all!For $5 dollars, it's a decent buy, if you need setting write-ups for Elric's world. However, nothing mechanic-related in the book works at all in a balanced or even well-considered manner. It wins hands down as the worst d20 conversion.The list of atrocious design botches is impressive, including shoddy balance in character generation, endless errors in NPC and monster stats, absurd critical hit rules, waaaay too expensive summoning rules, and unbalanced direct reproductions of various BRP features. The whole effort seems to have been a &quot;cut &amp; paste&quot; from Stormbringer with minimal and incompetant d20 design considerations.I'm a big fan of various Chaosium products, but this game was awful. If you need a setting write-up, then this game has some utility value for you. If you don't, then don't waste any of your hard-earned cash of this shamefully haphazard book.Thanks for reading.---Olivia</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Merova, post: 1308289, member: 2505"] [b]Setting Stuff[/b] Hi all! For $5 dollars, it's a decent buy, if you need setting write-ups for Elric's world. However, [i]nothing[/i] mechanic-related in the book works at all in a balanced or even well-considered manner. It wins hands down as the worst d20 conversion. The list of atrocious design botches is impressive, including shoddy balance in character generation, endless errors in NPC and monster stats, absurd critical hit rules, waaaay too expensive summoning rules, and unbalanced direct reproductions of various BRP features. The whole effort seems to have been a "cut & paste" from Stormbringer with minimal and incompetant d20 design considerations. I'm a big fan of various Chaosium products, but this game was awful. If you need a setting write-up, then this game has some utility value for you. If you don't, then don't waste any of your hard-earned cash of this shamefully haphazard book. Thanks for reading. ---Olivia [/QUOTE]

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