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Party Beach Creature Feature! (A Jumpstart for They Came From Beneath the Sea!)
Publisher: Onyx Path Publishing
by Corey R. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 06/26/2022 22:08:16

From a story standpoint, this starting adventure is great! It has everything a story like this should have, and in play my group had a lot of fun with zany situations that arose.

From a game design perspective, They Came From Beneath the Sea is stellar, and much of that awesomeness is communicated here clearly and succinctly.

As a quickstart or jumpstart, though, this product leaves a bit to be desired:

  1. Its description of the combat rules have a glaring omission: weaponry. In fact, nothing is mentioned about any kind of equipment. Does my character have a gun? Does a gun give any Enhancement bonus to damage? These questions aren't answered.
  2. Trademarks and favored Stunts should have been listed on the character sheets. Their omission means that players will just not use them. Ever.
  3. Sometimes Skills and Attributes are mentioned that do not exist in the game system. Both Insight and Charisma are used in descriptions of example rolls, but I think the writer meant Integrity and Presence.

Maybe if your group also owns the core book, you could answer some of these questions, but if you are only playing from the jumpstart, you're going to have to leave some of these probably exciting game features out of your game.

As an aside, purchase on DriveThruRPG presents two different pdfs. They are identical except for the fact that the first one has "Page XX" instead of actual page numbers. This pdf should just be removed from the package. The second one has all the page numbers.



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[3 of 5 Stars!]
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Tomb of Dreams an Exalted 3rd Edition Jumpstart
Publisher: Onyx Path Publishing
by Corey R. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 02/11/2022 16:49:58

This is a really good taste of various Exalted encounters. The pre-made characters are a little lackluster, but this still does the job it was intended to do. Good stuff!



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[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Miracles of the Solar Exalted
Publisher: Onyx Path Publishing
by Corey R. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 02/11/2022 16:47:45

This is a fantastic addition to the core book, but I'm glad that future post-splat books will be more like Heirs of the Shogunate.



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[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Lunars: Fangs at the Gate
Publisher: Onyx Path Publishing
by Corey R. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 02/11/2022 16:45:51

I just finished my cover to cover read-through today. The charm set is amazing. The thematic domain of the Lunars is incredible. Simple but powerful rules for shapeshifting are much appreciated. It's definitely a great addition to the Third Edition line. There is a distracting amount of sexual deviancy in this book. And while that is to be expected in a gender-bending splat like Lunars, it really is way over the top here.



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[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Hundred Devils Night Parade (Collected Edition)
Publisher: Onyx Path Publishing
by Corey R. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 02/11/2022 16:36:15

I'm very impressed by the amount of content in this book! It really does add a lot of useful stuff to the game world. I do wish they would put the Allies or Familiar dot level on every single entry, but that's not super hard to adjudicate yourself.



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[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Heirs to the Shogunate
Publisher: Onyx Path Publishing
by Corey R. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 02/11/2022 16:33:24

This book singlehandedly restored my faith in the Third Edition line! What a fabulous idea to add all of the stretch goals into a supplemental product! I can't wait for Many-Faced Strangers now!



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[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Dragon-Blooded: What Fire Has Wrought
Publisher: Onyx Path Publishing
by Corey R. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 02/11/2022 16:31:12

Well, I just love all of the Third Edition stuff that has been released so far, and this book is no exception. I feel like they have really made the DBs a lot cooler than in earlier editions, and I love the Martial Arts styles and Artifacts presented in this book. The POD book looks cooler than its deluxe edition counterpart (and I have both)!



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[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Arms of the Chosen
Publisher: Onyx Path Publishing
by Corey R. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 02/11/2022 16:28:05

This book rocks! Evocations for artifacts is probably one of the greatest additions to the game of Exalted in the Third Edition. That kind of thing is what I liked best from Earthdawn (my first favorite RPG), and now it's here in my current favorite RPG! And the ideas here are many and varied. Fantastic work!



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Adversaries of the Righteous: Fivefold Masks and Lies
Publisher: Onyx Path Publishing
by A customer [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 07/15/2018 13:21:43

The character is actually quite a good adversary for any group. I also like the addition of the rapier as a new weapon type. The pronouns make it hard to read, but it is a positive adition to the line.



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[4 of 5 Stars!]
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Adversaries of the Righteous: The Broker and Ifraja the Librarian
Publisher: Onyx Path Publishing
by A customer [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 06/25/2018 22:05:13

I like both of these characters, and think that they are good additions to the collection, but why, oh why do we have to use the plural third person pronoun to refer to a person of indeterminate gender? Its a massacre of the English language!

I did like the new spell and shaping ritual quite a bit. Very cool thematic elements!



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Exalted: Tales From the Age of Sorrows
Publisher: Onyx Path Publishing
by A customer [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 12/01/2016 11:54:20

I am VERY excited that these fiction anthologies are being made for all the game lines, so I am going to rate this one or two stars higher than I ordinarily would for stories and writing of this caliber. I want more things like this to be done.

That being said, I sometimes feel like these authors just don't really 'get' the source material. Why are so many characters flinging around terms like, "He's a Dawn Caste Solar Exalted!"? That kind of thing is jarring, and it happens all the time here. 'Chosen of the Unconquered Sun' or 'Anathema' or something like that works a lot better. When I see "Dawn Caste Solar Exalted" it produces the same reaction in me as it would if R.A Salvatore were to introduce Drizzt by saying, "There he stood, a level 16 dark elf ranger". It's clunky, and game-term-y, and really shouldn't be used like that.

In the future, I would like to see more stories that are essentially the novelization of a short adventure that a real group of players might go on. I think that would probably be the most helpful thing for 'selling' the setting and its potential to people who haven't played it. And, as a Storyteller and player, that would probably be the most enjoyable kind of thing to read.



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Mage the Awakening 2nd Edition
Publisher: Onyx Path Publishing
by A customer [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 11/16/2016 07:31:55

The quality of the layout (I have the pdf, so I can't comment on the physical product) and the cogency of the updated rules themselves is very high. This is a great product, and a fantastic game. It suffers from the same crippling problem as most other White Wolf/Onyx Path products, though: it is unnecessarily vulgar.

I get it that this is the World of Darkness, and that things aren't sunshine and rainbows. This is gritty, beotches! But to make the game book try to reflect that by peppering in f-bombs and stories of homosexual relationships just ends up being suicidal to the commercial viablility of products like this, and (most tragically) keeps it from being readily passed on to new generations.

I just took my two oldest daughters (12 and 10) to see Dr. Strange. They loved it! They also love roleplaying games like Pathfinder. I would love to get them into a game like Mage, but I sure as (insert unnecessary cussword here) can't hand them the book! If I want them to play, I will have to just try to explain all the rules. That severely limits this game's (and all of the others') relevancy to future generations. No wonder Pathfinder is eating your lunch.

As edgy and dark as you think you want to be, there's really nothing in the contents of the backstory to the World of Darkness or in the flavor and rules of any of the Paths or Orders that would be considered inherently 'adult'. You can do necromancy in Skyrim, Scooby Doo has similar levels of violence and fear. The only things keeping this book out of a larger number of hands are a liberal use of profane words and a subtle homosexual undertone in the narrative that runs throughout the book before each chapter.

If some group wants to tell a depraved story about a necrophiliac Moros that kills and putrefies his victims just so he can copulate with their juicy rotten corpses, then they can do that whether or not the core rulebook has f-words all through it. Their stories are not silenced by a more broadly palatable book. There's just no reason to have profane language, deviant sexual behavior, and cartoon nudity in books like these (Mage may not have any cartoon nudity, but plenty other White Wolf books do).

You may think me prudish and ignorant or some such, but that's just not the case. From a business standpoint, you are hobbling your ability to reach a broader audience, and that just doesn't make good business sense. And from the perspective of an uber RPG fan, this kind of thing may mean that we won't have new versions of these awesome games in the future, and I hate that eventuality. I lament what's happened to the White Wolf brand already - the extreme marginalization of the greatest tabletop RPGs in the world. What if the only thing holding it all back are a few f-words and pencil-sketched tits?



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Pathfinder Adventure Card Guild Season of the Shackles Complete Set
Publisher: Paizo
by A customer [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 09/15/2016 18:43:24

I absolutely LOVE that this is available! These are so professional! They make the Season of the Shackles essentially a brand new game!



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[5 of 5 Stars!]
Pathfinder Adventure Card Guild Season of the Shackles Complete Set
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Paths of Storytelling: Vampire (Original Scan PDF)
Publisher: White Wolf
by Corey R. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 04/01/2011 08:54:58

Wow, big surprise from White Wolf: the very first page has some kind of error on it that won't let it be displayed. Seriously guys, splurge for at least one genuine copy of Acrobat so that we can actually properly read your files (especially on our iPads).



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Creator Reply:
It works fine on our systems here (both Mac and PC versions of Acrobat and Acrobat Reader), but we'll look into it.
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The first page has been fixed, and previous customers should be able to get the corrected file. Thanks for pointing this out to us!
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Relic of the Dawn (Exalted 2)
Publisher: White Wolf
by Corey R. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 01/06/2011 00:11:34

The cover and interior designs don't show up on my iPad.



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