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<blockquote data-quote="Barendd Nobeard" data-source="post: 523953" data-attributes="member: 960">I have the book (and most of the available supplements).The End is set in the future, though it is only 2006 when the Rapture starts.Angels and Devils do walk the earth, but PCs should not encounter them at low levels.&nbsp; Something about the d2 h.p./level really makes combat lethal.Magic is not something any PC will start out with.&nbsp; You must start as character class &quot;The Meek&quot; and magic does is not&nbsp; available in that class.&nbsp; Eventually you can multi-class to something else, where magic will be available.The religious background stuff is strictly role-playing.&nbsp; There is no game mechanic for it.&nbsp; For example, a polyglot suffers from indecisiveness, but there's no game mechanic involved (although some of the other sins do have game mechanic penalties).Yes, the game is based on real-world religions, so if that bothers you then The End is not a game for you.&nbsp; In the world of The End, God exists, but has turned his back on humankind after his chosen 144,000 go to heaven.&nbsp; Even one of his angels took too long to complete his mission, and is now trapped on earth with the mortals and other beings (the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are still around, etc.).Despite some less-than-perfect editing (there are some annoying typos in the book and minor gaffes), the book is a great read.The biggest different between The End and Left Behind, is that The End is actually readable.&nbsp; I tried to read the first Left Behind book, but couldn't make it past the first 10 pages.&nbsp; Really horrible writing, which is a shame considering the fascinating setting of that series.&nbsp; I wonder if the movie with Kirk Cameron is any better....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Barendd Nobeard, post: 523953, member: 960"] I have the book (and most of the available supplements). [b]The End[/b] is set in the future, though it is only 2006 when the Rapture starts. Angels and Devils do walk the earth, but PCs should not encounter them at low levels. Something about the d2 h.p./level really makes combat lethal. Magic is not something any PC will start out with. You must start as character class "The Meek" and magic does is not available in that class. Eventually you can multi-class to something else, where magic will be available. The religious background stuff is strictly role-playing. There is no game mechanic for it. For example, a [i]polyglot[/i] suffers from indecisiveness, but there's no game mechanic involved (although some of the other sins do have game mechanic penalties). Yes, the game is based on real-world religions, so if that bothers you then [b]The End[/b] is not a game for you. In the world of [b]The End[/b], God exists, but has turned his back on humankind after his chosen 144,000 go to heaven. Even one of his angels took too long to complete his mission, and is now trapped on earth with the mortals and other beings (the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are still around, etc.). Despite some less-than-perfect editing (there are some annoying typos in the book and minor gaffes), the book is a great read. The biggest different between [b]The End[/b] and [b]Left Behind[/b], is that [b]The End[/b] is actually readable. I tried to read the first [b]Left Behind[/b] book, but couldn't make it past the first 10 pages. Really horrible writing, which is a shame considering the fascinating setting of that series. I wonder if the movie with Kirk Cameron is any better.... [/QUOTE]

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