I'm really glad you like it. You can thank the awesome Hal Mangold for the gorgeous graphic deign and layout.
Just got my pdf...wow!
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I'm really glad you like it. You can thank the awesome Hal Mangold for the gorgeous graphic deign and layout.
Warbringer
Explorer
He did a bang up job. It also reads really well. Looking forward to unleashing it.
Fiddleback
First Post
I'm glad people are enjoying it as well. 
Gilladian
Adventurer
I just bought the PDF. I really like the illustrations, and it seems well-written, but I have to say I'm pretty disappointed in the first three "quests" included. The very first quest, missing children, is, in my opinion, badly presented and very very simple, lacking a lot of details. Firstly, the only way to find out that the missing child is indeed missing, is to read a sidebar about village gossip. And then there's NO suggested reason for any PC to care about finding the child. No indication it is in danger, just "we dared him and he hasn't come back." Three children are lost, and there are no parents hunting? the sheriff isn't offering a reward? No "lost" posters on the Inn wall? Nothing????
And the villain's motivation is incredibly weak. "He wants to create chaos." Why? Is he seeking revenge? Trying to gain personal power? Does he hate humans? If so, why? If he hates this village in particular, why? What is going on? Nothing? I can't figure it out from what's presented there... I'm going to have to completely invent motives for the villain and for the "helper". I'm saddened by how shallow it is.
And the villain's motivation is incredibly weak. "He wants to create chaos." Why? Is he seeking revenge? Trying to gain personal power? Does he hate humans? If so, why? If he hates this village in particular, why? What is going on? Nothing? I can't figure it out from what's presented there... I'm going to have to completely invent motives for the villain and for the "helper". I'm saddened by how shallow it is.
Gilladian
Adventurer
Zeitgeist would be more my thing if it was medieval and non-steampunk...
I never seem to get both deep plot and complex storyline and a setting I like in combination! Which is why I buy products like TSaD - I will be using it for my online DungeonWorld campaign, and for that it will be perfect - lots of room for the players to spout knowledge, to answer unanswered questions, and to reshape the world the way we want it to be.
Don't get me wrong about TSaD - I think the setting is great - the writeup of Hengistbury and the surroundings are wonderful. All the NPCs are terrific. I've already decided to add a village school for the kids to go to, and that Lady Sibyl is responsible for appointing the teacher; the first hint that kids are missing will be when the teacher discovers that 3 of her kids didn't show up for school one day, and reports it to the sheriff; all 3 are feared to have gone swimming in Mill Pond, because of something one child says; so the adults are all searching there, while the brothers Mortimer are hunting for Ugg to beg him to accompany them into the woods to rescue Poke and his friends.
The PCs will arrive in town during the beginnings of the pond-dragging, and perhaps will see Ugg and the boys sneaking away...
I never seem to get both deep plot and complex storyline and a setting I like in combination! Which is why I buy products like TSaD - I will be using it for my online DungeonWorld campaign, and for that it will be perfect - lots of room for the players to spout knowledge, to answer unanswered questions, and to reshape the world the way we want it to be.
Don't get me wrong about TSaD - I think the setting is great - the writeup of Hengistbury and the surroundings are wonderful. All the NPCs are terrific. I've already decided to add a village school for the kids to go to, and that Lady Sibyl is responsible for appointing the teacher; the first hint that kids are missing will be when the teacher discovers that 3 of her kids didn't show up for school one day, and reports it to the sheriff; all 3 are feared to have gone swimming in Mill Pond, because of something one child says; so the adults are all searching there, while the brothers Mortimer are hunting for Ugg to beg him to accompany them into the woods to rescue Poke and his friends.
The PCs will arrive in town during the beginnings of the pond-dragging, and perhaps will see Ugg and the boys sneaking away...
I think you could drop the trappings easily. Instead of magic v tech, make it divine v arcane magic (or old magic vs new magic).
Crispy120286
Explorer
I purchased the ap this morning. This ap looks very exciting! I'm planning on running it before I run Zeitgeist. Ill be ready to run it in maybe 3 months from now, definately will keep up a campaign thread 
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