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⌈ Secret Post #3035 ⌋

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[fscom]

04. http://i.imgur.com/4jkk5zw.gif

Transcript by OP

[fscom]

picture of the sourcebooks for Deadlands, Castle Falkenstein, and Everway
Text: I read tabletop RPG sourcebooks for fun. Sometimes I use them for setting and character ideas for my original fiction. I have no intention of ever playing most of them.

[(Anonymous)]

Sure sure.

Although from what I've read about Deadlands, it seems like it'd be a pretty frustrating one to use (frustrating because the initial premise is awesome, but it sounds like the details are... less so).

[(Anonymous)]

Reading it as just a story, it's not a problem. I wouldn't want to play it, though. I tend to go for magic-users, and I have absolutely no clue how to play poker.

[(Anonymous)]

I've been playing Deadlands on and off since it came out. It's awesome. Just takes a little more brainpower than D&D4/WoW. If you want a frustrating system, look up Earthdawn. Nothing like rolling 2d20, 2d12, 2d10, 2d10, 2d8, 1d6 and 1d4 on one roll...

CSB: Got my Deadlands book signed by Bruce Campbell.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, the problems I've heard about with Deadlands are less to do with the system and more to do with setting + arc plot.

[(Anonymous)]

I can see that, if you want to stick with the canon story arc. No matter what your posse does, they will ultimately fail because the Reckoners will send Stone (the undead guy on the cover) back in time to kill them as kids or something.

Deadlands: Hell on Earth (Mad Max with horror magic) is fun, but a little harder to work with, I think. Never tried the third setting on the alien planet.

I recently picked up Deadlands Noir (1930s New Orleans) for the Savage World system (which grew out of and is essentially a simplified Deadlands). Will be running that when I conclude either my current Shadowrun or Legend of the Five Rings campaigns.

[(Anonymous)]

Right there with you OP though I've not done it in a long time.

[(Anonymous)]

I did this with the Demigods & Deities D&D book, way back. I don't think I used a single character from it in my dungeons or campaigns but I had fun reading that expansion book over and over.

[(Anonymous)]

Fair enough, OP!

[(Anonymous)]

Ought to give them a try, OP. RPGs are some of the most fun I've had in a group setting with my clothes on.

[lb_lee]

I'm just startled that I recognize the cover of Deadlands as a fiction book written by Brom. Was one inspired by the other or what?

--Rogan

[(Anonymous)]

There were some tie-in novels. It's possible you're thinking of one of those. I can't find a list of author names for the novels, so I can't be sure, though.

[lb_lee]

Nah, this was definitely an independent book. The Devil's Rose, to be specific.

(Man, I wish more people made illustrated books for adults.)

--Rogan

[(Anonymous)]

Interesting. Deadlands far pre-dates it, though. By 10 years or so. I think I picked it up in the summer of '97.

[lb_lee]

Ah, gotcha! That's really interesting. Maybe Brom enjoyed drawing the cover character so much, he decided to make a book about him? Who knows! The book was pretty enjoyable though.

--Rogan