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<blockquote data-quote="Orclicker" data-source="post: 326695" data-attributes="member: 981"><p>First I will admitt that I am biased in my opinion as I am one of the authors of the book in question.</p><p></p><p>I find that you have spent much time focusing on what you didn't like about the book, but you seemed to just gloss over the areas that you did like. I'm not sure why you did this. I'm not trying to complain about your review it seems to be objective, I'm just trying to find out why you did or did not like certain parts. WOuld it be possible for you to rank each section that you mentioned above? I'm just curious.</p><p></p><p>As for the problems with the Anti-Feats, a lot of the problems are because WoTC forced Kenzer to pull a large section of the rules at the last moment (A part called Fatal Flaws that really helped to balance things, a remnant of these can be found on the villain character sheet at the back of the book).</p><p></p><p>Also if I remember correctly the Veteran Officer's skill requirementw were similar to those of the Caviler from Sword and Fist.</p><p></p><p>As for the rules hiccups, Kenzer will most likely begin to compile an errata, which they post on their website.</p><p></p><p>As a final question have you created a villain using the book? I thinkthat you may be surprised when you see those archetypes woking.</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p><p>Andy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orclicker, post: 326695, member: 981"] First I will admitt that I am biased in my opinion as I am one of the authors of the book in question. I find that you have spent much time focusing on what you didn't like about the book, but you seemed to just gloss over the areas that you did like. I'm not sure why you did this. I'm not trying to complain about your review it seems to be objective, I'm just trying to find out why you did or did not like certain parts. WOuld it be possible for you to rank each section that you mentioned above? I'm just curious. As for the problems with the Anti-Feats, a lot of the problems are because WoTC forced Kenzer to pull a large section of the rules at the last moment (A part called Fatal Flaws that really helped to balance things, a remnant of these can be found on the villain character sheet at the back of the book). Also if I remember correctly the Veteran Officer's skill requirementw were similar to those of the Caviler from Sword and Fist. As for the rules hiccups, Kenzer will most likely begin to compile an errata, which they post on their website. As a final question have you created a villain using the book? I thinkthat you may be surprised when you see those archetypes woking. Thanks Andy [/QUOTE]
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