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<blockquote data-quote="Tzarevitch" data-source="post: 960089" data-attributes="member: 1792"><p>Honestly, I love yuan-ti. They're just so . . . evil and cool, the rationale why they hated Manefest struck me as stupid. </p><p></p><p>Unfortunately I just wasn't all that impressesed with Ghostwalk. Thankfully I read it at Barnes and Noble before I made the mistake of buying it.</p><p></p><p>As much as I despise White Wolf's gameplay problems, they do a very good job generating ambiance in their settings. Wraith, The Oblivion has great ambiance, Ghostwalk doesn't. The setting has all the feeling of a dead fish. Ghosts traditionally are creatures of great emotion. They remain with the living because some strong emotional tie keeps them around. The Ghostwalk setting sort of kills all of that. Think of playing Bob the accountant. . . but incorporeal. </p><p></p><p>Personally, I think the writers of the setting missed the boat completely. The thing that makes ghosts interesting is that they are NOT simply incorporeal versions of everyone else. They are extraoardinary because they suffered the trauma of death and they refuse to go quietly because of some strong emotion for something or because something important to them MUST still be done. </p><p></p><p>Like TiQuinn said, the setting stamped all of the mystery and magesty behind ghosts. The book seemed coherent and made sense. Quality of the product also seemed escelleny. I just couldn't bring myself to care (especially not at the price WoTC was asking for it.) </p><p></p><p>Tzarevitch</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tzarevitch, post: 960089, member: 1792"] Honestly, I love yuan-ti. They're just so . . . evil and cool, the rationale why they hated Manefest struck me as stupid. Unfortunately I just wasn't all that impressesed with Ghostwalk. Thankfully I read it at Barnes and Noble before I made the mistake of buying it. As much as I despise White Wolf's gameplay problems, they do a very good job generating ambiance in their settings. Wraith, The Oblivion has great ambiance, Ghostwalk doesn't. The setting has all the feeling of a dead fish. Ghosts traditionally are creatures of great emotion. They remain with the living because some strong emotional tie keeps them around. The Ghostwalk setting sort of kills all of that. Think of playing Bob the accountant. . . but incorporeal. Personally, I think the writers of the setting missed the boat completely. The thing that makes ghosts interesting is that they are NOT simply incorporeal versions of everyone else. They are extraoardinary because they suffered the trauma of death and they refuse to go quietly because of some strong emotion for something or because something important to them MUST still be done. Like TiQuinn said, the setting stamped all of the mystery and magesty behind ghosts. The book seemed coherent and made sense. Quality of the product also seemed escelleny. I just couldn't bring myself to care (especially not at the price WoTC was asking for it.) Tzarevitch [/QUOTE]
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