An unhinged review of Baptism of Fire
For quick reference: when it comes to setting material I would set Oriental adventures at a 5 and most modern shlock as 1. [1] BoF comes in at a 3 for setting material Is this an attack on the author? No. A ridiculous idea to any sane man, I know, but this will be important later. In point of fact, I happen to like it. The overall quality I would put at a 5, with the layout being a 4. In Specific When I read through setting material, I like to find those pieces which scream flavor. The introduction could have been half the length and gotten across the same information, this is due in part to the introduction being repeated, it appears in the first page of the actual book, and again in the introduction section, a minor annoyance. In Character Creation 3d6 standard is respectable, but a piece of real interest, in the form of social class presents itself immediately afterward. Though I like the system provided, I still found it lacking, at l...