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Reviews
Sept 5, 2022 11:52:42 GMT -5
Post by mao on Sept 5, 2022 11:52:42 GMT -5
Black Panther Ok in full discloser, I am a HUGE BP fanboy, I have around 100+ BP comics
the movie actually appealed to my fanboy side WAY more than the movie fan in me. The movie was just a tad slow and a little long, but was filled with awesome BP . It was filled with AFRICAN politics NOT American, I found it quite refreshing. Little tid bits were scattered for fanboys like me. he hardcore BP fan in me gives it an A+ , the movie goer in me gives it a B+
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Post by mao on Sept 5, 2022 12:10:43 GMT -5
OK ,do you like OSR Rules? Conan? Lovecraft? Are you prepared for a game without Clerics? Still with me? Then boy Oh boy do I have the game for You! From D101 Games, written by Newt Newport PDF is $13 from Drive through/Hard copies available directly from D101 Games Powered by Swords and Wizardry (OD&D Clone)
You've got your standard 6 stats, with the addition of sanity and Luck
Sanity is very simple and elegant , covered by the wisdom stat
Luck is used for pretty much everything from spell saves to doing maximum damage in combat, again simple and elegant
The Game uses 4 core character classes, Barbarian, fighter,thief and sorcerers, The balance between Barbarian, Fighter and Thief is a little iffy and I think most Keepers are going to want to fiddle w/ this, but only minor fix is necessary. Prob as simple as giving the fighter a few more "specializations" (Feats) but the thief is a little tougher fixer upper.You see EVERYBODY gets backstab (A part of the basic flavor of the game) and should not be changed. I think the fighters could have used a bit more spec's to pick from but this is an INCREDIBLY easy fix. The sorcerer can cast white, grey or black magic. White and Black have different drawbacks , grey has none but is the weakest of the three, any sorcerer carrying his share of the adventuring load is going to want White(Cure spells, cleric y) and Black(fireballs n such) Very Very Very Nice!
A further bunch of character classes are closely tied to the setting provided Beast Hybrid(Lycanthropy) Disciple(monk like with white, black and grey subtypes) Elementalist ( a more standard sort of caster than the sorcerer with it's own spell kist) Lizard People Serpent Noble( classic REH Serpent man)
Character creation is rounded out with many life events charts that help with RPING but are COMPLETELY tied to core setting
A brief version of the setting is provided for players with an expanded section for Keepers
Large sections on Others(the demons of the setting and Serpent men and cool NPCs are followed by a very cool bestiary including many cool new creatures and some old favorites
The book has many many extras including a bunch of adventures(don't use canned adventures so didn't read them) The art is nice and very flavorful, didn't notice ANY typo's or grammatical mistakes
I can sum it all up with the following sentence: 50%Conan/50% HPL , all OSR D&D, Tough to use without their world(which is pretty good) Despite my problems here and there 5 out of 5 stars
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Post by mao on Sept 5, 2022 13:05:16 GMT -5
Veroniconium
Going to do a second review of this when I find the darn book and can spell title correctly and remember the authors name! I did something with this book that I only do on rare occasion, I stopped reading 90% throu it because I only can read it once. Now I can't find book!
It is a dying earth genre w/ some short stories and 2 novelas mostly concerning the last city on earth. One of the novellas is about the strangest alien invasion story ever. PAUSE WHILE I CONSIDER SPOILER?.? Ok no I'm gonna stick w/ strangest as whole description. Some action but over all more "Fantasy disguised as Sci Fi high adventure." Can be a diff read at times but very intriguing. One of the short stories won a major sci fi award. will eventually break down and wiki correct title(will add comment) . Oh and WORST wiki review I ever read, totally FAILS to capture what book is about.Would make great material for gaming.
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Reviews
Sept 7, 2022 8:38:59 GMT -5
Post by mao on Sept 7, 2022 8:38:59 GMT -5
Songs of the Dying Earth This is a fantastic and HUGE collection of short stories celebrating(and imitating) the Dying Earth series by Jack Vance(poss known to gamer's as the source of the memorization spell system of D&D) The variess big name authors of the stories do a fantastic job of imitating Vance's very unusual style. Except of course for Neil Giaman's close to the book which very arrogantly makes no attempt at channeling Vance. If you love Vance ,this is a must have. NOTE: Vance's style is a VERY peculiar take on wizarding and I would recommend getting a sample before you buy.
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Sept 9, 2022 9:34:04 GMT -5
Post by mao on Sept 9, 2022 9:34:04 GMT -5
This time were mixing a little Sci Fi w our B horror . American actor Barry Sullivan stars in this Italian import. One of a pair of exploration star ships goes missing and Sullivan explores the mysterious planet looking for answers. Very very good costuming, decent fx, and a cool story featuring NO vampires. Sets are cool straight out of the 60s. They really did an awful lot w no money on this. This is poss of huge influence on Alien, or a very strange coincidence.
Planet Of The Vampires
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Sept 9, 2022 9:35:27 GMT -5
Post by mao on Sept 9, 2022 9:35:27 GMT -5
The Curse of the Demon
Dana Andrews plays an unbelieving parapsychologist investigating the mysterious death of a colleague in England , poss at the hands of a powerful cult leader. This B/W classic was re-shot by the studio to actually show the demon. The director wanted it to be in doubt as to whether or not it was real. Really needs a directors cut. This one is the total package in horror.
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Sept 9, 2022 9:36:46 GMT -5
Post by mao on Sept 9, 2022 9:36:46 GMT -5
The Curse of the Demon
Dana Andrews plays an unbelieving parapsychologist investigating the mysterious death of a colleague in England , poss at the hands of a powerful cult leader. This B/W classic was re-shot by the studio to actually show the demon. The director wanted it to be in doubt as to whether or not it was real. Really needs a directors cut. This one is the total package in horror.
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