tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post8528643423453943527..comments2024-03-28T08:50:57.015+01:00Comments on Beyond Fomalhaut: [REVIEW] The Palace of Unquiet ReposeMelanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-24334791654209989432021-02-22T19:42:26.241+01:002021-02-22T19:42:26.241+01:00Haha, I wish I was that fast.Haha, I wish I was that fast.Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-49216341440516646552021-02-22T19:40:23.833+01:002021-02-22T19:40:23.833+01:00And another, just for good measure... And another, just for good measure... Venger Satanishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04447932700800930510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-88020239342176211602021-02-10T21:39:48.969+01:002021-02-10T21:39:48.969+01:00Eagerly awaiting The Vampire Palace of Neon Genesi...Eagerly awaiting <b>The Vampire Palace of Neon Genesis Utena: Ultimate Rose Power Revolution</b>!Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-4820741081532065562021-02-10T21:35:19.483+01:002021-02-10T21:35:19.483+01:00PM is correct, one other major component is C.A. S...PM is correct, one other major component is C.A. Smith's Zothique cycle and the influences stretch out and become more diffuse from thereon out. There will, inevitably, be some animu involved at some point.PrinceofNothinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11733680486570025367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-2006592234892200012021-02-10T20:15:06.755+01:002021-02-10T20:15:06.755+01:00Just in case you needed a reminder, here it is. If...Just in case you needed a reminder, here it is. If your Cha'alt review is posted by February 28th, please mention my Saving Cha'alt kickstarter (happening now). Thanks! Venger Satanishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04447932700800930510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-77940892137015681542021-02-09T07:42:13.764+01:002021-02-09T07:42:13.764+01:00The influence of Bakker's The Second Apocalyps...The influence of Bakker's The Second Apocalypse series is very, very strong in PoUR, not surprising considering the author's nom de plume.PMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06294944268720440205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-69572675534550770162021-02-08T09:58:17.832+01:002021-02-08T09:58:17.832+01:00No need to defend Silent Titans, it is one of the ...No need to defend Silent Titans, it is one of the truly great works of the NuOSR in that it does something very peculiar very good. And it is playable. The stating of opponents just makes it much harder to enjoy, I need to do work that we all know Patrick is very good at: creating crazy D&D monster abilites and stats. Settembrinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06984331488913431858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-37452492570771945202021-02-08T09:55:55.381+01:002021-02-08T09:55:55.381+01:00Interesting take. To me, into the ODD is like a ho...Interesting take. To me, into the ODD is like a host who makes a great deal out of serving tap water to his guests, talking five minutes about how environment friendly, healthy and tasty that water is and how he went to special efforts to have it served at the right temperature ("Soo important!") to his beloved guests. What do you see in ItO? Settembrinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06984331488913431858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-88693681851415987602021-02-08T09:04:58.436+01:002021-02-08T09:04:58.436+01:00Fomalhaut even has a desert of glass to its west, ...Fomalhaut even has a desert of glass to its west, so the parallels are there. My influences were more close to Vance and Brackett, and (for the City of Vultures) Lang's paranoid movies.Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-7475162676365482982021-02-08T01:08:12.207+01:002021-02-08T01:08:12.207+01:00PoUR would pair well with the desert cities of Ech...PoUR would pair well with the desert cities of Echoes From Fomalhaut. They both have a similar post-apocalyptic S&S vibe, although Melan's work doesn't have Prince's dark metal sensibilities.PMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06294944268720440205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-74960744183039166592021-02-06T22:53:23.863+01:002021-02-06T22:53:23.863+01:00Settembrini: I agree in the general, although in S...Settembrini: I agree in the general, although in <b>Silent Titans'</b> defence, it uses <b>Into the ODD</b>, one of the few alt systems which justify their existence (both as a base game and as a basis for mods - <b>Into the Jungle</b> has been reviewed here, and another variant is on the table. I am not sure about ItO's new editions, which - without having read it - seems like fixing something that didn't need to be fixed.Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-789669605928940102021-02-06T22:36:16.774+01:002021-02-06T22:36:16.774+01:00With more than a dozen Mörk Borg session DM-ed, I ...With more than a dozen Mörk Borg session DM-ed, I must agree: although it works as beautiful as a 10th century Byzantine kataphraktoi wedge on the battlefield, once the dust is settled the shock it once delivered is gone. It is quite hard to maintain the specific atmosphere and it simply gets boring after a while.<br />iudexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09404362793066376849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-33637618415586051042021-02-06T09:46:01.036+01:002021-02-06T09:46:01.036+01:00I really must say I cannot take all these new rule...I really must say I cannot take all these new rules-sets seriously. That is like selling bespoke loudspeaker for specific brands of music. Now, some occasions might warrant subwoofers for your car to make a very specific impression. But for home-use at the dinner table? Get outta here. In that vein, LotFP is a regular Loudspeaker with a band-logo sprayed on. The actual music plays on gramps old speakers just fine, be it avant-garde or classic country. I have yet to forgive Patrick for making Silent Titans non-D&D. Quite honestly, form a pragmatic and actual DMing perspective, these system-desing Orchids serve no practical purpose. I only see unbridled narcissism.Settembrinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06984331488913431858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-21442453525117094492021-02-03T21:48:22.236+01:002021-02-03T21:48:22.236+01:00Perhaps stylistically there is a minor overlap, bu...Perhaps stylistically there is a minor overlap, but notice the critical use of the word "borderline." Mörk Börg is too light for my tastes, its selling point is more of an attitude or atmosphere, not enough crunch or depth. That's fine if you like that sort of thing, but its not this. It's to Lamentations of the Flame Princess what Tunnels & Trolls is to D&D. <br /><br />PrinceofNothinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11733680486570025367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-67378637354333482012021-01-31T02:32:40.586+01:002021-01-31T02:32:40.586+01:00I follow it...One day I plan to catch it. Challeng...I follow it...One day I plan to catch it. Challenge accepted.<br /><br />Thanks for your time to review Melan!The Merciless Merchantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00534303434100077759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-74010577996324026662021-01-29T11:21:06.649+01:002021-01-29T11:21:06.649+01:00Saci, I guess that was exactly their intention. To...Saci, I guess that was exactly their intention. To burn it in your soul.<br /><br />Melan, I was talking about the points you made about the feel and tone of the adventure and not about mechanics:<br />- "one maniacal and meticulously perfected note played very loudly"<br />- "Everything here is dead, dangerous, insane, or cursed (sometimes all four)"<br />- "Here is a grand grimdark dungeon-palace “dotted with all manner of hideous gargoyles”, and haunted by tattooed, cannibalistic, insane, deformed, gem-studded things. That eat souls. The writhing souls of the eternally damned."<br />- "Grimdark easily becomes its own parody, and The Palace of Unquiet Repose is on the borderline, because it has no “normal” to fall back on"<br /><br />To me, that is pure MB-ish vibe, perhaps with the sole exception of saying nothing about the characters (who are in MB are somewhat monsters themselves).<br />An important point is that MB, just like the whole black metal scene on which it is based, can be seen as a parody of itself.iudexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09404362793066376849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-31301787898311503182021-01-29T08:19:03.843+01:002021-01-29T08:19:03.843+01:00In the distance, the Prestigious Monocled Bird of ...In the distance, the Prestigious Monocled Bird of Excellence beckons. Do you dare follow?Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-63191108530906103242021-01-28T22:32:31.234+01:002021-01-28T22:32:31.234+01:00Only a 5/5? You will rue this day Hungarian!Only a 5/5? You will rue this day Hungarian!PrinceofNothinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11733680486570025367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-43863530563463164752021-01-28T22:00:34.244+01:002021-01-28T22:00:34.244+01:00I could try Mork Borg if their equipment list was...I could try Mork Borg if their equipment list wasn’t impossible to read. That pink background burn into my soul. Sacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11382707484272049988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-58155922435704158402021-01-28T17:43:37.596+01:002021-01-28T17:43:37.596+01:00Most core books have a bit more substance than str...Most core books have a bit more substance than stripped down OD&D tables, pretty art and black metal gore generators. (Basically I like the idea, just find the price tag a little exorbitant.)Voljahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826776454392269862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-19539056064651128062021-01-28T16:46:34.346+01:002021-01-28T16:46:34.346+01:00That said, this module is firmly within the D&...That said, this module is firmly within the D&D rules paradigm, and makes sense within those rules. Mörk Borg is a bunch of steps removed from it; the power curve is different, PC capabilities and monsters are different, and so on.Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-45711417522690475112021-01-28T16:44:10.962+01:002021-01-28T16:44:10.962+01:00The first page of the weapons chart is very expens...The first page of the weapons chart is very expensive.Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-73304538792197099772021-01-28T16:22:04.185+01:002021-01-28T16:22:04.185+01:00Well, fine things cost money, and Mörk Borg is bas...Well, fine things cost money, and Mörk Borg is basically an fine art book fused with rpg. It can be played of course, but just flipping through the pages justifies its existance and price. Whooping - I would not say, frankly I think it is rather modest (28€) if you compare it to any other core book.iudexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09404362793066376849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-29659698010604194002021-01-28T13:24:57.319+01:002021-01-28T13:24:57.319+01:00Is there anything in Mörk Borg that justifies the ...Is there anything in Mörk Borg that justifies the whopping price?Voljahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826776454392269862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-64925921617210316832021-01-28T13:18:33.848+01:002021-01-28T13:18:33.848+01:00No prob. You need anything, let me know. Thanks!
No prob. You need anything, let me know. Thanks!<br />Venger Satanishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04447932700800930510noreply@blogger.com