[RPG]: The Book of Distinctions & Drawbacks, reviewed by Kuma (5/5)

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9057.phtml

Kuma's Summary:

A fast, easy, balanced and best of all CHEAP drop-in merit/flaw system for d20.

Go to the full review for more information.

Post originally by S. Ben Melhuish at 2003-03-06 09:58:59
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Kuma wrote:

> Sprinkled throughout are other rule bits,
> such as a system for ‘seasoning’ a character
> through a sort of lifepath model prior to
> becoming first level.

You didn't talk about this in the review, presumably since it was a small part of the book. Did you play around with this at all? Did it seem to work? Did the resulting characters seem similar to a standard 1st-level character, or were they a little more or less powerful?

Post originally by Yamo at 2003-03-06 12:02:32
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Yeah, only, like, not...

Post originally by Timothy Moerke at 2003-03-06 13:46:52
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The term works here. It sounds better than .pdf or file or whatever.

Plus, if it were printed, we'd be calling it a book.

Timothy

Post originally by Scott Lynch at 2003-03-06 14:09:01
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"Autonomous Multi-Platform Pixellated Data Collective" just didn't have the same ring to it.

Cheers!

SL

Post originally by David at 2003-03-06 14:47:20
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Maybe I just missed it, but where can we download this game?

Post originally by Neko Ewen at 2003-03-06 15:54:45
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[does search for "the book of distinctions and drawbacks d20" on Google]

Here ya go:

http://www.allforart.com/cryptosnarkgames/d20/

Post originally by Scott Lynch at 2003-03-06 18:46:39
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Whoops. My bad for not mentioning this earlier. Thanks, Neko. You can get it from lil' ol' me:

http://www.allforart.com/cryptosnarkgames/d20/catalog.html

And you can also get it at RPGnow.com.

Cheers,

SL

Post originally by RJ Grady at 2003-03-07 05:18:17
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It occurs to me, if a GM did "burn up" an Advantage, that in this system it would have a measurable point value that could be cashed in for XP.

Post originally by Issak the Pale at 2003-03-07 09:20:19
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Thanks for the review. Because of this review I am heading over to my local RPGNow.com shop and picking up this book (and although it is in PDF format it is still a book - an eBook is what they've been called lately).
When it comes to these smaller personal companies publishing in PDF it is reviews that make or break them. This review is one that causes me to purchase. Not your overall review but the key points that you clearly state that are included in the product. It is these types of things that the publishing companies need to post with their products at RPGNow.com - the purchaser likes to know more than what the writer is really offering.

Thanks for the review, I know I appreciated it.