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Psionics Toolkit (by S&S)
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I have it, just got back from the gaming shop where I picked it up.
Its okay, but not great. A few good ideas here and there but the presentation seems to be a little bit too haphazard and shallow. It probably would have greatly benefited from being a longer, more in-depth book.
Jesse Dean
Its okay, but not great. A few good ideas here and there but the presentation seems to be a little bit too haphazard and shallow. It probably would have greatly benefited from being a longer, more in-depth book.
Jesse Dean
ColonelHardisson
What? Me Worry?
What's funny is I was thinking just the opposite - this book benefits from its brevity. Too many sourcebooks seem to be way overpadded with filler material that is there to pump up the page count. This book seems to have been carefully put together, with just the right amount of content. I felt like I wanted more, in a good way. Had it been twice the current size, it may well have been too much of a good thing.
The ideas in this book are intriguing and feel fresh to me. I've never been a huge fan of psionics, but this book has helped nudge me in that direction. I also like, especially, the fact that it directly addresses the "psionics is only for scifi" mindset, and provides ways to make psionics fit comfortably in a fantasy milieu.
Good, solid work.
The ideas in this book are intriguing and feel fresh to me. I've never been a huge fan of psionics, but this book has helped nudge me in that direction. I also like, especially, the fact that it directly addresses the "psionics is only for scifi" mindset, and provides ways to make psionics fit comfortably in a fantasy milieu.
Good, solid work.
TalonComics
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Dark Psion
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TalonComics said:
Oh Derek ????
and ColonelHardisson *Waves hand* This is the book you are looking for.
And for everyone else who has to wait, check out the April/May issue of Stygian. Rules for madness and insainity with a lot of Psionic crunchy bits.
Download it here: http://www.realmsofevil.net/stygian/
Fiery James
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Hey Tuerny,
Here's the theory behind the "briefness" of the book (though it is 56 pages):
1) It was designed to be used as a "jumping off point" - a toolkit to allow a GM to develop his or her own ideas about psionic concepts and how to work them into a personal campaign. Starting with the 12 Questions in Chapter One and showing how the ideas could be developed throughout the various other chapters, Mearls has provided a toolset (hence the name "Toolkit") for the GM to use.
Adding more detail seemed to turn it into something more like a sourcebook or a book full of pre-developed setting info, which is not what we wanted. We wanted it to stir up as many questions (if not more) than it answered. I think Mearls walked that fine line admirably.
2) We pay Mearls by the word - we're not rich, you know.
I'll see if I can direct him here, so he can provide some more insight...
- James
Here's the theory behind the "briefness" of the book (though it is 56 pages):
1) It was designed to be used as a "jumping off point" - a toolkit to allow a GM to develop his or her own ideas about psionic concepts and how to work them into a personal campaign. Starting with the 12 Questions in Chapter One and showing how the ideas could be developed throughout the various other chapters, Mearls has provided a toolset (hence the name "Toolkit") for the GM to use.
Adding more detail seemed to turn it into something more like a sourcebook or a book full of pre-developed setting info, which is not what we wanted. We wanted it to stir up as many questions (if not more) than it answered. I think Mearls walked that fine line admirably.
2) We pay Mearls by the word - we're not rich, you know.
I'll see if I can direct him here, so he can provide some more insight...
- James
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