Would you buy a Book of Exalted Deeds?

[Dragongirl]

If it appeared to have enough new ideas for me, not just because someone was writing it. Personally I am looking forward to seeing the Vile one, only after I see it will I decide if it is worth it or not.

 

[JeffB]

Just because I think it would be more useful to me as a DM, I'd prefer the BoED.

BovD I'll look at, but if the content in you know what issue of you know what magazine is indicative of the BoVD's contents, It's a no brainer for me to pass on....(not because it's vile, but because it was just ..well..really poor material to put it nicely)...

 

[Deedlit]

I'd buy it. True Good is as interesting as True Evil. I would also by a book on Chaos, but never one on Law, as that would be too boring.

 

[MeepoTheMighty]

Still, the point I was trying to make is that contemporary evil is very similar to simply drag and drop into a D&D game. That's much harder to do with contemporary heroism. That is partially because we do not live in a society that ordinarily honors heroism. It is also partially because the character of modern heroism is tied more closely to the circumstances of modern life than is modern villainy. Consequently, it's more difficult to execute the "drag and drop" that can be done with villains.

I see your point, and agree with you to some extent, but I don't like shallow villians any more than I like shallow heros. I'm likely to purchase anything that can help me define and understand any aspect of my game, which is why I'll definitely buy BoVD, and I'd definitely buy BoED, were it to exist.

 

[Arcane Runes Press]

Agreed. Making up campaign worlds, organizations, rules for stuff like drugs and whatnot, prestige classes, and spells is part of the fun of the hobby. A "good" book is just as useless as an "evil" book.

The huge response to the setting search proved that there are many thousands of creative gamers out there. So why do these same supposedly creative gamers buy fluff books like the BoVD?

Because a lot of people either don't have time, don't have the skill, or don't have the inclination to write "fluff"?

"Fluff" vs "Crunch" has got to be the most pointless semantics argument this side of the eternal "What is a Munchkin?" question.

For some (including me), much of what gets praised as "Crunch" IS the fluff. Meanwhile, I embrace much of what people deride as "Fluff", not because I can't make it all up myself, but rather because I enjoy taking trips on other people's flights of imagination.

I mean, I make my living (such as it is) writing rpg books and articles, and I still buy new "fluff" stuff all the time, just for the pleasure of discovering hidden nuggets of inspiration and fancy. In fact, I spend more time on the "fluff" of books I buy than on the mechanics stuff.

As an example- Changeling: the Dreaming and Legend of the Five Rings (original editions) do nothing for me mechanically speaking, but both game's core themes and the style in which both are presented really get my mind going. As such, I've got literally dozens of books for the two lines, though I've never used either of the systems the books were originally written for. It's the cool NPC personalities, inventions, weird bits of rhyme, quotes and exotic locations that gets me going- I give squat about the rest.

Patrick Y.

PS: as to the original question. Yes, I would, so long as the book had lots of neat, imaginative bits.

 

[radferth]

What a fortunate coincidence. My party just found a Book of Exalted deeds they are looking to sell. What am I bid?

To answer the RL question, I would be very interested in the Book of Exalted Prestige Classes, provided they are balanced and less generic than most of those in Defenders of the Faith.

 

[William Ronald]

If such a book had an interesting take on the nature of good, and heroism, it might be interesting. Also, some good aligned creatures and prestige classes for good characters might be interesting. It really depends on what is in the book.

 

[Nightfall]

Because a lot of people either don't have time, don't have the skill, or don't have the inclination to write "fluff"?

And also some us enjoy campaign worlds that are premade. But thanks for being the nice guy here Patrick.

 

[Lela]

Most definitally, yes.

Good is such a hard concept to play. I always want to do the same thing. I wouldn't mind a little help. Especally if they showed real reasons why good characters (or deities) would hate each other.

 

[cptg1481]

Sucker?

Yep, I'd probably buy it just like I do everything else wizards puts out. On one level I feel ashamed to be so gullable, but on another I don't; I mean it's my hobby, I like it I spend money on it.

I consider it like anything the more material you have read on a topic, on all sides of the issue of course, the better informed you'll be. In this cas I think the more books the more source mateial for gameing.

So are you getting this wizards, I'm a sucker....print what you will, I'll buy it.