Midnight 2nd Edition

[Erekose]

Hi!

I'm thinking of picking up the Midnight 2nd Edition rulebook and wondered what people's thought were on how good it is. I'm quite keen on the grim and gritty milieu (I already have the excellent Thieves World from Green Ronin).

Also, I beleive the 2nd edition rulebook contains some of the supplements - does anyone know how much and of which ones?

Many thanks!

 

[Neil Bishop]

It's superb.

I'm still waiting to run it: business has gotten in the way of a few games in the past few years.

It includes the second book which, IIRC, was called Against the Shadow. It may have a couple of monsters in it too from Minions of Shadow but I'm not 100% sure.

The thing that attracted me to Midnight originally was that every story hour I read was well-written. It didn't matter who the author was, the threads were all worth reading.

I'm also seriously considering running it one day using Savage Worlds instead of D&D.

 

[Razuur]

The book is super awesome. One of my favorite campagin setting purchases.

I will be running it with True20 one of these days...

 

[ShadowDenizen]

Add me to the list of "Midnight" fans, as well!

It's a bit of a departure (both Rules AND settingwise) from the Core 3.5 stuff, but it's WELL worth the purchase, and remains one of the jewels of my collection.

Before playing, though, I would explain to potential players that this really is a "Alone Against the DarK" type of setting; imagine LotR if Sauron had captured the One Ring.

 

[Banshee16]

The book is awesome....definitely one of my best books in the D20/3.5 ruleset.

I'm running a campaign currently. There's a bit of a learning curve at the beginning, and it takes getting used to for the players. However, once they get over it, it gets better and better.

Banshee

 

[Shadeydm]

Add me to the list of "Midnight" fans, as well!

It's a bit of a departure (both Rules AND settingwise) from the Core 3.5 stuff, but it's WELL worth the purchase, and remains one of the jewels of my collection.

Before playing, though, I would explain to potential players that this really is a "Alone Against the DarK" type of setting; imagine LotR if Sauron had captured the One Ring.

Also Imagine if Gandalf, Aragorn, and Elrond turned traitor and became Sauron's greatest generals, if Gondor and Rohan were overrun by orcs etc.

 

[Erekose]

Thanks for the replies - looks like my next purchase is decided!

 

[Voadam]

Midnight 1e (3.0) is only $5 on rpgnow. I grabbed it and I like it.

 

[Aus_Snow]

Anyone know which supplements are for 1st ed. and which for 2nd?

 

[mwaite]

Anyone know which supplements are for 1st ed. and which for 2nd?

1st edition books are the Core Rulebook, Against the Shadow, and the module, Crown of Shadow. The rest are all 2nd edition.