Q on Scarred Lands

[Trickstergod]

If it's a choice between the Ghelspad hardcover, Termana hardcover and some of the player's guides, go with the Ghelspad hardcover. It has a degree of assumed knowledge, but not as much as Termana. It's also a decent book all around.

Termana isn't bad, either. But it assumes the reader knows a bit more about the setting than the Ghelspad book does.

Ignore the player's guides. They're not particularly great. Bland at best and White Wolf's generally mechanic-shoddy streak becomes more glaring in prestige-class, feat and new power books. These books are an unhappy medium between setting book, generic all-use book and also 3rd edition and 3.5 (the came out roughly the same time as the change and suffered at least slightly for it). They're not terrible, but they're nothing to write home about, either. They should be low priority.

The Ghelspad Gazetteer is definitely a good place to start, though. It gives an overview of the setting.

But the best book for the setting, bar none, is Divine and the Defeated. The heart of the setting is located in that book.

 

[Nightfall]

*is glad to get some SL love* But ignore Trickerster's comment about the Player's guide (at least with Rangers and Rogues!) cause that's a great book! I wrote some of it!

Two,

When the Scarred Lands setting Bible is done, I'll come to you guys for the Vesh book. Vigil Watch: the Sutak is something I want to do later but I will take other ideas if you want.

And yes Divine and the Defeated = better than most religion books out there. Better than Faiths and Panethons, Deities and Demi-gods (by far) and certainly Faiths of Eberron.

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

Reading the Divine and the Defeated is a great introduction to the setting. A great read, and solid mythology.

Relics and Rituals might be a natural second book for injecting some rules flavor into your game, but the mechanics are just...OK

I'd recommend getting one of the city/region books before the Ghelspad Gaz - Try Mithril or Hallofaust for a place to base a campaign. Mithril is great because the land to the South ( Vesh ) seems central to most continental conflict.

Once you have gone this far you are gonna want CCRevised to fight all the baddies you are reading about and listed on the encounter tables rtc...

Then ... you are hooked and you'll want them all!

 

[Nightfall]

Biggie,

*sighs* Do I have to tatoo it on your forehead, palms AND forearms?! It's HOLLOWFAUST!

Spell it with me: H-O-L-L-O-W-F-A-U-S-T

Thank you.

 

[Ry]

Nitefal, dont be rediculous - its definatly Holofast.

 

[Nightfall]

ry,

*sighs* You two will be the death of me yet. I mean I thought it was something else but now...

 

[Aus_Snow]

Nitefal, dont be rediculous - its definatly Holofast.

No. No, it isn't.

It's Hallowfest. Yeesh, learn to read.

 

[Nightfall]

*sighs* I feel a smite worthy of Corean coming on...

 

[Twowolves]

*is glad to get some SL love* But ignore Trickerster's comment about the Player's guide (at least with Rangers and Rogues!) cause that's a great book! I wrote some of it!

Two,

When the Scarred Lands setting Bible is done, I'll come to you guys for the Vesh book. Vigil Watch: the Sutak is something I want to do later but I will take other ideas if you want.

And yes Divine and the Defeated = better than most religion books out there. Better than Faiths and Panethons, Deities and Demi-gods (by far) and certainly Faiths of Eberron.

I was under the impression there was a Vesh book in some degree of deveolpment at the time the line was pulled. Drawing from the adventure trilogy, the Ghelspad hardcover, the player's guides and the R&R books, there is a LOT of Veshian info, including a map of the Head Commander's house!

And the Vigil Watch book I most want to see next would have been Vigil Watch: Drendari. Or the Proud. Or Ledean Orcs..... hmmm, lots of choices! A setting book on the western end of Ghelspad would be nice, as would Bridged City.

/sigh, I miss SL setting support.

 

[Nightfall]

Vigil Watch: Drendali might come out later after I do some other things. I just figured I'd focus on things/monsters people most enjoy. But who knows...

I don't know about a Veshian book but if there was one, it's obviously locked away now.

Western Ghelspad I'd do after the Bridged City. It needs it I feel.