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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ghostwind" data-source="post: 2498790" data-attributes="member: 3060">Well, if you haven't looked at a Bastion Press book since 2001, then you aren't really qualified to bash them, now are you? That would be like judging Sword & Fist against Iron Heroes. A whole different era in game design, literally.Bastion Press has garned a bit of a rep among some folks who feel they must constantly bash the company because of art from the company's first two years. Todd left the company in 2002 and the only time you ever see an image by him in a later book is because it has been reused for a reason. Bastion Press uses a lot of very good artists now that include names like Jason Engle, Jeremy McHugh, Christopher Pickrell, Jeremy Jarvis, Bruce Colero, Ginger Kubric, and Phillip James (to name a few). Just pick up and look at the art in books like Torn Asunder, Wildwood, Into the Green, and Doom Striders. This is not the Bastion art of old.Now back on topic, to compare Bastion's entire line of books against the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting line is not only unfair, it's almost troll-like. The poll, as it is worded, suggests this very thing. As previously stated, Bastion's Oathbound line is intentionally skewed to a higher power game. Everything in there is a bit over the top and balanced with that in mind. It's like comparing apples to oranges, they are two different fruits altogether. As for trying to compare Bastion's generic d20 line of books like Arms & Armor v3.5, Torn Asunder, and Into the Blue I would say that they as balanced (if not more so) than any FR book. Perhaps the original poster could clarify the poll better in his initial post, although the numbers are already heavily against Bastion because of the poor wording.If you haven't picked up a Bastion book in awhile, then I strongly suggest you do so. Wildwood was just released recently and print copies will be at Gen Con. Torn Asunder won a Silver ENnie award last year for Best d20 Rules Supplement. Arms & Armor v3.5 has been given some very high (5-star) reviews here on EN World. This is not your father's Bastion Press and it shows by the number of people are picking up Bastion's books and using them in their games.</blockquote>

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