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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paka" data-source="post: 1096893" data-attributes="member: 100">I love DT and the way in which Monte wrote it. He writes in order to inspire rather than inform. With worlds I always want inspiration over information. There are so many seeds and plot hooks that I can't take a step through a page without getting seed juice all over my shoes and plot hooks in my toes.The world kicks ass, combining old pulp fantasy with Donaldson high fantasy. It leaves white space on the map for me to create in and gives conflicts and story without beating me over the head with meta-plot. All of the pieces are there for me to take or not take, without changing the world.I dig it, rilly I do.The lack of alignment is palpable. I can feel it on every page and I like what I feel. This is a book written for me and my friends, older gamers who have been gaming for years and only use Alignment as a rough guideline anyway, chafing under the magic and rules that kept them in place.I was surprised not to see PrC's for Order of the Axe and Order of the Diamond. Monte has long been a proponent of PrC's that are groups in the world, giving flavor and showing themes. I thought these two organizations, both noble but at odds, illustrates how the lack of alignment makes everything so damned complicated all of the sudden. I was sure they'd be in the book.For the Order of the Diamond I'll probably just use a slightly tweaked Dwarven Defender, hold the Dwarf, please. Monte tells us how to tweak the Defender, because he's Monte and he writes good @#%$. But still I would have really liked to have seen PrC's for the Order of the Axe and Diamond. That would've been neat. The implied conflict between these two organizations is too sweet to pass up.Keep in mind that my only critique of the book is that he wrote an organization that was too damned interesting. I'm still coming out ahead here.I find myself with a really low priced PDF that has left me inspired to run a game. While other world books have been cool I almost never want to actually game in them as making up a world has always been my favorite part of DMing. Suddenly, I find myself wanting to run a game in someone else's world. That doesn't happen often. Nice.I would have rathered the book version but I know the quality of Malhavoc's stuff and I am chewing through AU right now. I couldn't wait until November.I'm glad I bought it and can't wait to take it for a spin, see what it can do.Previously posted on Monte's Boards. </blockquote>

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