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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pierce" data-source="post: 1182444" data-attributes="member: 12161">Hey C,To be honest, I read through San Carillo the day I got it and haven't been able to read any more (too frickin' busy between work and "real" life).  As I said before, I think one of the great strong points in the product is the hooks for various levels of FX.  Our Modern campaign is fairly low level FX-wise, so we would normally use "Level 1" in Backdrops.  But I can easily imagine the crew being on a road trip, running across one of the scenarios provided here - upping the FX level becuase the area is a Hellmouth/Gate/Portal/Singularity to give it some newness/weirdness.I think the level of detail is good - gives you a nice cast of NPC personalities to use, plus good background.  I like the timelines outlining the history of the area (but I like timelines in general <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />).  The maps are great - more maps please!  I feel that I can write and describe things well, but when it comes to drawing out a map or determining how large that office really is, I have trouble.I realize the Possession/Fiendish Vessel are from Blood and Relics but I haven't seen them before, so I'll comment on them here.  Firstly, the whole thing scares the becrappies out of me.  I can picture this happening to one of our group and the rest of us just freaking out.  I am never letting my GM see this <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.  Adding a template or new rule set like this is a nice feature.  Extra bonus in that the template can be applied to NPCs, NPC Villains (as an extra little bit of nastiness!) or to the PCs themselves (*brr*).Our group doesn't do Psionics, so I don't feel qualified to comment on that section.Stuff to Add: Perhaps new creatures?  I recently picked up the Menace Manual and had fun just reading over the bugaboos in there.  Any good fresh ideas for monsters would be great (or rips from D&D monsters that haven't been converted already).Again, I haven't had the chance to read through every bit of it, but I really like what I've seen.  Keep it up.</blockquote>

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