Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Libertad" data-source="post: 9082051" data-attributes="member: 6750502">You're very welcome! I don't know how long this one will take, but I have some others in the backlog I want to clear out before 2023 ends.If I had to think of a close enough comparison, I'd pick the Doom series. But it's kind of hard to be too scared when you realize that the monsters should be afraid of Doomguy instead of the other way around.2. While it differs, Tier 3 expectations are when the PCs are Masters of the Realm, meaning that they're already people that have saved the world. In a more earthly setting they'd be the kinds of people who accumulated lots of favors and goodwill to not worry anymore about tracking torches and rations.3. I think it goes well with many interpretations of Christianity. Humanity's status as being imperfect sinners means that there's always room for improvement, and expecting to be a Christlike paragon from the get-go is unrealistic. That's the whole point of needing Biblical guidance, because we're apt to stumble. Or at least, that's the vibe I get, not necessarily what I personally believe which is an unrelated topic.4. The book does later touch upon the Crusades, albeit briefly. It takes the stance that the idea of God mandating an invasion of the Holy Land was built on a lie, that the war and destruction caused wasn't a mandate but the flawed interpretations and justifications of mortals.5. I kind of get the feel that the writers either expected people to lift "modern 5e" mechanics from other sourcebooks, or saw it as too involved and just winged it. The foreward in Azrael's did say that too much End Times fiction focuses on the material world vs the spiritual. If I had to make a guess out of the blue, I feel that there were some in the writer's room who were keen on a "modern pseudo-fantasy setting with Biblical overtones" like with Left Behind, and others who saw it as just one stop on the cosmic road trip. I'll admit, I do kind of wish the setting of Earth under the Antichrist's reign got more development like we saw with Adventurer's Guide to the Bible. I also tinkered with the idea of making a homebrew world where it's also a cyberpunk future in borrowing elements from this book as well as Cities Without Number.6. Thank you! I can't make any promises, but I'm going to try working on more reviews this month and the next. For October I have some Ravenloft books lined up.</blockquote>

Verification