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ShortQuests -- Pocket Sized Adventures! An all-new collection of digest-sized D&D adventures designed for 1-2 game sessions.

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 1381400" data-attributes="member: 8447">I got guilted into buying this book by the owner of the FLGS (who might be dropping RPGs later this year if sales don't pick up).My thoughts are:  I paid how much for what?Decent ideas:WP/V rules -- but I already had this info, between multiple on-line sites and a friend's copy of Star Wars, so that seems like paying for the cow I already bought.  Equally, it doesn't really fit the "One Hit, One Kill" potential, does it?Armour as Damage Reduction -- see aboveLegendary Weapons -- but I already had a house rule that I prefer that does more or less the same thingRacial Paragons -- shades of Arcana Unearthed...  And how does one justify a "paragon" of a Half-Race?Spell Points -- but again I have already downloaded variants of this from half a dozen on-line sources, some of which I prefer to this systemHex based templates -- we did this immediately, with the very few combats that we bother to haul out the battle boards for -- squares never made senseWeapon Group Feats -- Okay, I have no complaints about this one.  Decent notion, flat out.So I don't see any of these ideas as something I should have paid for.As for screamingly bad ideas:Bloodlines -- would never use this notion, makes no sense (how many types of dragons could even potentially mate with humanoids?)Gestalt classes -- All I can say is AGH!"Maximum Ranks, Limited Choices" Skills Options -- why?  Someone doesn't want to think about character development?Spelltouched Feats -- don't get the notion at allCharacter Background -- expected something more along the lines of material I had already developed; instead it is just a set of charts for making very, very random charactersThe rest of the material was either something I wouldn't use in my campaigns or just didn't catch my interest.So I paid a lot of money basically on the hope that the FLGS will keep stocking RPGs, but if this is the level of books available, I'm not sure it is worth it.</blockquote>

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