![]() No one is surprised to see Gary Gygax on the list, nor fellow White Wolf alumni Bill Bridges and Phil Brucato. On the same page is a Special Thanks section, which is long and includes some very peculiar mentions. Aside from that, I suspect he should have saved the legal tender (money) he probably spent on sacred herb (weed) and hired a redactor (editor). They might as well credit their stationer, ewer, and vending machine guy! I'll give Stephen Brown credit for remaining Stephen Brown instead of renaming himself something like Ravyn Darkchylde. include a Limner Administer (art director), Limners (artists), heralds (graphic designers), Illumination Administers (layout designers), an Illuminator (layout designer), Wise and Noble Oracles (business consultants), Sages of the Secret World (concept credit), and Errantry and Wisdom (all the playtesters). Other people responsible for this book-sorry, He himself is credited as the "Inventor and Artisan" and "Scribe," meaning he's the creator and author. Everlasting's credit page goes a few steps beyond the White Wolf convention of in-jokey credits pages that thank people for staying up all night whacked-out on Red Bull to get a book finished.įirst, Brown lists the designers with arcane titles, then puts their real job in parentheses at the end of each section. Though we still haven't reached the table of contents, I don't want to go further without singling out the credits page for special attention. I make fun of the author and probably his mother.Ĭredits posted by Halloween Jack Original SA post If you're a schizophrenic hanging out in a New Age bookstore, I'd bet my Vertigo Tarot deck that this is the perfect game for you. You know what? I haven't even reached the table of contents, and I'm totally convinced. Enter the magical world you have always wanted to visit Your journey into the realms of modern-day fantasy, horror, and mystery begins now. Each participant chooses from playing card, tarot card, dice, and freeform options the system personally preferred. Legendmaking takes you beyond roleplaying and storytelling to a new level of intensity. It features many new concepts: communal protagonists, customizable rules, gamemasterless options, tips on achieving epiphanies, tips on rewarding guides, dream control methods, opening and closing ceremonies, and Personal Mythology. The introduction page also gives an Important Warning that this is all make-believe, and describes the game as "A Series of Legendmaking Experiences." That will be important later because, oh fuck it, I'm just going to type up the blurb on the back cover: This book covers ghuls (ghouls), vampires (Draculas), reanimates (Frankensteins), revenants (Crows), and dead souls (Boo Berries).Ĭovers angels, demons, daevas (pagan demigods), grail knights (one, two, five), and Wer (werewolves).Ĭovers gargoyles (sin-eating spirits), manitou (shapeshifting totems), the possessed (spiritual warriors possessing expendable bodies), astral spirits, dream spirits, somnomancers (dream wizards), and leviathans (demon dragons).Ĭovers dragons (go fuck yourself), dwarves (go fuck yourself), elves (go fuck yourself), goblins (go fuck yourself), and orcs (go fuck yourself). Is just the first book in a series covering the "Secret World," that is, just like the modern world but with supernatural creatures in human form hiding behind every perpetually rain-slicked street, improbably gargoyle-bedecked building, and impossibly successful goth nightclub. That's a higher PDF price than anything from White Wolf, or by Greg Stolze, apropos of nothing.Īs the Introduction page gladly tells you, In this review I'll be looking at both the 1995 edition, which I bought for $2, and the revised 2005 PDF, which costs $26.80. That lady, though, she's either taking this way too seriously, or deadpanning like a champ until the other three dancers step out from behind her. Look at those fucking skeletons! They're having a great time. Continuing the trend of games with one foot in the grave and their head firmly up their ass, I present: , unearthed an artifact of pompous 90s "modern fantasy" design. Mormon Star Wars started a review of this one which he had to abandon, and I don't blame him. It's been too long since I trashed someone else's creative output. I shave my beard so my zombie makeup will stick, and I actually start missing not only this thread, but old White Wolf heartbreakers. It's Halloween, motherfuckers! Strange things happen on All Hallow's Eve. Introduction posted by Halloween Jack Original SA post ![]()
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