Post originally by Attila at 2004-02-02 23:52:44
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<i>Josh Harrison wrote:
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The trouble you're looking at with this story in particular is that each game group (assuming they've been through <i>Prelude to War</i>) will have different connections, backgrounds, and relationships with the various NPCs and powers involved. There is no possible way you can cover every possible angle, so the approach is as generic as possible.</i>
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The problem is, that BaW doesn't cover the generic elements that well. Basically we have some big events - some of them doesn't really involves the players -, some scattered infos and some adventure drafts.

More setting detail, more important npc's with their own plans in the big scheme would have been more usable IMO.

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<i>The story is there, and since you're going to have to do a bunch of work anyway, modifying a few other details to suit your individual campaign doesn't seem too much of a hardship. </i>
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Make it "you were given some events related to Barsaive, so make up everything you want to use, because the book itself medicore at best and lacks detail" and you are closer to the truth IMNSHO.

I'm fully aware that the folks at LRG were beginners when they released this book. That is why I continue to buy their stuff, since they are able to improve the quality of their work. But professional or amateur work, a crappy book is a crappy book.