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If Thoughts Could Kill

Started by Tetsubo, August 31, 2010, 05:31:20 PM

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Tetsubo

August 31, 2010, 05:31:20 PM
I review the psionic adventure and tool kit, If Thoughts Could Kill by Malhavoc Press, written by Bruce F. Cordell.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMmuEvUoaMI

ColonelHardisson

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August 31, 2010, 06:39:48 PM Last Edit: August 31, 2010, 06:44:30 PM by ColonelHardisson
I enjoyed this review. I think I owned this book at one time, but I don't recall anything about it. It's cool to see someone going back and reviewing older material that may have passed some by.

Were the Ravers portrayed like real-world ravers, or is it just that Cordell used the term divested of that context? I think it's an evocative term, and most of the people I'd game with wouldn't be distracted by its real world connotation.

Have you seen Of Sound Mind, which is a psionic adventure from Fiery Dragon? I recall thinking it was well-done. It was written by Keven Kulp, who is the mod known as Piratecat at EN World. It appeared at roughly the same time as If Thoughts Could Kill, maybe a little beforehand.

Fiery Dragon also produced the Psionics Toolkit, written by none other than Mike Mearls in 2001, years before he worked for WotC. I've always had a neutral attitude about psionics, but this book really made me think of psionics in a positive way. It packed a wide variety of material into 55 pages.
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Tetsubo

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August 31, 2010, 06:43:05 PM
Quote from: ColonelHardisson;402229I enjoyed this review. I think I owned this book at one time, but I don't recall anything about it. It's cool to see someone going back and reviewing older material that may have passed some by.

Were the Ravers portrayed like real-world ravers, or is it just that Cordell used the term divested of that context? I think it's an evocative term, and most of the people I'd game with wouldn't be distracted by it's real world connotation.

Have you seen Of Sound Mind, which is a psionic adventure from Fiery Dragon? I recall thinking it was well-done. It was written by Keven Kulp, who is the mod known as Piratecat at EN World. It appeared at roughly the same time as If Thoughts Could Kill, maybe a little beforehand.

Fiery Dragon also produced the Psionics Toolkit, written by none other than Mike Mearls in 2001, years before he worked for WotC. I've always had a neutral attitude about psionics, but this book really made me think of psionics in a positive way. It packed a wide variety of material into 55 pages.

Thank you.

The term 'raver' was used to describe essentially  a hit team. For me, the chosen term is too distracting.

I haven't seen this products. I will have to hunt them down.
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