Post originally by David Stallard at 2004-06-21 11:53:04
Converted from Phorums BB System

I'm not sure what "problem" you refer to here. The intention was to present the book in two halves - the player's half (background, character rules, and ready-made PCs) and the GM's half (GM suggestions and rules, NPC antagonists, and story ideas). In my experience, players who don't want to read the whole book will usually stop reading at the point they see "GM's chapter". :-)

Your explanation does makes sense, but I think really the core element of the setting is the Brotherhood of Death...the Dark Brigade is really just a response to the Brotherhood. So I would've liked to have seen more setup of the dangers of the Brotherhood, their nefarious goals, etc., before launching into humanity's response. But I can also see how a GM might want the Brotherhood to be a complete unknown for him to unveil as the campaign progresses. Still, I think more info would probably benefit the players so they better understand the motives of their Dark Brigade characters while designing them.

I understand most of your other points, which is why I still rated the book as high as I did. Good stuff!