What are the best books for Scarred Lands?

[diaglo]

...so tell me what you think are the best books in the line.

the ones yet to be written

 

[radferth]

Right now a lot of SL stuff is cheap on White Wolf's own catalog right now. I need to see how much change I have lying around to finally pick up those player's guides.

 

[Psion]

I know this is an old thread, but no one mentioned the Warrens of the Ratmen.

Warrens was pretty cool, and I have used it a few times.

But really, I was taken by surprise at how cool Vigil Watch: Asaathi was. I mean I thought ratmen were cool for the beginning, and VW:WoR just gave me a few more tidbits. But VW:A took a race that I really didn't care much for one way or the other and made it into a greatly detailed race that really captured my attention.

 

[Nightfall]

I have to side with Psion, the Assatthi book was very well done. Warrens, my only gripe was it wasn't nearly as focused along with the fact there were a few mechanics that could have been fixed (the Priest Kings, Stragetos) it was very good at outlining what the Slitheren were both in an SL context as well as a race context.

Dialgo,

Just wait and see...

 

[Trickstergod]

You know, I remember reading the Vigil Watch for the Ratmen and thinking what a sloppy, poorly written book it was...I was rather surprised to find some of the glowing commentary when I later read the reviews. It might be that I was too hung up on the poorly done stat-blocks and my general opinion that a ratman brood for each of the titans is ridiculous, though; it's been a while since I read through it, being that I only read through it the once and felt it wasn't worth buying.

I did, however, pick up the Vigil Watch for the Asaatthi when it was going for less than half the cover price. That one I was meh on, too - at least as a Scarred Lands book. It seemed like the writers didn't actually bother looking at the asaatthi while it was being written; for a race listed as "Chaotic Evil," that was twisted over to "Lawful Evil" without any explanation as to why. While on its own it might be fine, I couldn't get over the fact that it didn't seem to be about asaatthi. The subraces, multiple epic level NPC's and the like also really dragged it down for me...eh. Meh. I wrote a review for it; I suppose I'll post that up rather than continue my griping here.

 

[Nightfall]

Trick,

I know you too well. You NEVER stop griping.

 

[twofalls]

Or you can just do what I did, recognize that they are all (except the Tribes book for some reason) selling at 60% off and just buy them all. My problem now is finding time to read them all. Divine and Defeated, Ghelspad, and Termana are all lots of fun to read.

 

[Nightfall]

twofalls,

You have to understand. Much like his namesake, Trickster is kind of griper about things. But that's okay. He's decent.

 

[Psion]

I did, however, pick up the Vigil Watch for the Asaatthi when it was going for less than half the cover price. That one I was meh on, too - at least as a Scarred Lands book. It seemed like the writers didn't actually bother looking at the asaatthi while it was being written;

Or maybe they did, but then realized what a blah monster it was, and decided to do something positive with it.

A decision I can't dispute.

(Nobody let him look at the fact that Drow became NE in 3e...)

 

[Trickstergod]

Or maybe they did, but then realized what a blah monster it was, and decided to do something positive with it.

A decision I can't dispute.

(Nobody let him look at the fact that Drow became NE in 3e...)

See, the thing is, I enjoyed the original asaatthi.

As for drow, I never particularly liked them. However, I do have my grumblings about the shifts other races went through, such as halflings, so my opinion with the asaatthi doesn't really set any new precedents.

Nor the fact that I, as an anti-psionic's kinda guy, am disagreeing with someone named Psion...