What's Scarred Lands like?
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I especially like the following things about the Scarred Lands gazetteer:
1. It is rules-generic. It isn't d20, so there isn't any useless stuff for an old OD&Der like myself.
2. It is only 48 pages. I like my fantasy worlds to be lightly sketched. I like being given the general concept, but not the details. Kind of like my relation to FR: I own the 1987 boxed set, but that's all. I don't want all the other stuff. Just get me started and I'll do the rest!
3. It's price: $8.95 for a complete campaign world. If you just buy this, you don't need anything else. Very refreshing in an industry that typically charges $25-40 just for admission.
My advice: Buy the SL gazetteer. Everything else is optional. Even if you don't like the gazetteer (which I think is unlikely), you're only out $8.95.
1. It is rules-generic. It isn't d20, so there isn't any useless stuff for an old OD&Der like myself.
2. It is only 48 pages. I like my fantasy worlds to be lightly sketched. I like being given the general concept, but not the details. Kind of like my relation to FR: I own the 1987 boxed set, but that's all. I don't want all the other stuff. Just get me started and I'll do the rest!
3. It's price: $8.95 for a complete campaign world. If you just buy this, you don't need anything else. Very refreshing in an industry that typically charges $25-40 just for admission.
My advice: Buy the SL gazetteer. Everything else is optional. Even if you don't like the gazetteer (which I think is unlikely), you're only out $8.95.
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Geoffrey said:
I dont think it's really any more rules-generic than any other setting. I certainly dont think it's any more difficult to run say the Realms or Greyhawk in a non-d20 environment than Scarred Lands.
I myself have run Rolemaster games in Greyhawk & the Realms and am now doing so with Scarred Lands. Any it's been no more difficult or easier to do.
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Sulimo said:
Right, but I was getting at something else: The SL gazetteer isn't published under the d20 license, so it doesn't have ANY d20 stats in it at all. This is, for me, a very good thing. The d20 stats would be useless to me, so all they would do would be to take-up space that would otherwise be devoted to descriptions of the SL. (And we all know that d20 stats take-up quite a bit of space.)
In short, I don't spend money on products that devote a considerable amount of their paper-space to stats I would ignore.
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Yeah. I definitely prefer books that dont have a bunch of new rules and stuff in them. But most people seem to prefer books with heaps of 'crunchy stuff'.
Thats probably why I doubt I'll pickup any more of the core non-source S&S books like R&R2. The first one gave me a good feel for the setting through the types of magic items and prestige classes (as well as the setting info in the spells), but unless I start playing a full blown 3e-Scarred Lands game its doubtfull I'd get much use out of it.
Thats probably why I doubt I'll pickup any more of the core non-source S&S books like R&R2. The first one gave me a good feel for the setting through the types of magic items and prestige classes (as well as the setting info in the spells), but unless I start playing a full blown 3e-Scarred Lands game its doubtfull I'd get much use out of it.
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Sulimo said:
But you did pick up the Screen so it cannot be ALL bad to get some crunchy stuff eh Sul?
Btw, I answered your question about Warren, at least as much as I know. I HAD heard, and maybe JD can confirm this, that there will be at least TWO new ratmen along with some maps hopeful. (Not sure about the Maps but I know I'D like them)Similar Threads
