[mrswing]

I agree 100 %. This is a beautiful book, rules are clear and well laid out, the gazetteer is inspiring (though a bit too vague about many potentially interesting countries), but the campaign material is weak. Too many adventures consist of showing up at a place, meeting one or more NPCs who give the necessary background to the piece, and then slaying the monster(s) which haunt the area. If these stories had been more pulp-cthulhu (or swashbuckle-cthulhu) in nature, with good plots, recurring opponents, and real investigation to precede the rapier-slinging, this would have been one of the best RPG releases ever. Now it's 'merely' very good.