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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 2556409" data-attributes="member: 8447">I must admit that I am utterly torn on this product.On the one hand, I don't mind adding early blackpowder firearms to games; certainly I've done this with homebrews on several occasions.  On the other hand, I have no solid notion of what Spiros Blaak is supposed to be about.I had assumed that the Mythic Vistas line was supposed to be dedicated to hemi-demi-historical settings for the D20 rules.  Testament, The Medieval Players Manual, and Skull & Bones had more or less set me up for that expectation.  Thus when Spiros Blaak was first announced, I thought, from the very brief blurb, that it would be something set in late 17th or early 18th century Europe, possibly in Eastern Europe.  Instead it appears to be simply another fantasy world that happens to have some slightly updated technology; if that is the case, there is probably very little reason for me to pick the game up.  Is there some source for Spiros Blaak, a la The Black Company, or is this an in-house created campaign?</blockquote>