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RT: Edge of the Abyss

Started by Ghost Whistler, May 17, 2011, 07:47:13 AM

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Ghost Whistler

May 17, 2011, 07:47:13 AM
This any good?

It's got some interesting looking fluff (I do rather like the FFG fluff) and some stuff on chaos that i'm keen on.
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RPGPundit

#1
May 17, 2011, 02:32:36 PM
Um.. what is it?

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#2
May 17, 2011, 02:40:40 PM
It has the sorcery rules for RT, which differ from the DH ones, and some details on antagonists, including enemy ships. I'd skip it though, since it's heavily padded out.
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Ghost Whistler

#3
May 17, 2011, 02:56:06 PM
Different sorcery rules? That's the third iteration iv'e seen (radical book and DotDG). Why would they need to be different?
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Pseudoephedrine

#4
May 17, 2011, 03:17:38 PM
RH and DotDG are the same rules, with different spells, and RH contains a little more about performing Chaos rituals IIRC.

The main reason would probably be that RT uses a different set of rules for psykers than DH does (DW uses a third set yet).
Running
The Pernicious Light, or The Wreckers of Sword Island;
A Goblin\'s Progress, or Of Cannons and Canons;
An Oration on the Dignity of Tash, or On the Elves and Their Lies
All for S&W Complete
Playing: Dark Heresy, WFRP 2e

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Ghost Whistler

#5
May 17, 2011, 04:36:11 PM
What do you mean the rules are different? Different powers? Or entirely different resolution process?
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Windjammer

#6
May 17, 2011, 04:40:17 PM
One's first port of call pertaining to anything 40K RPG related should be the "Dark Reign" webpages. It regularly features superb reviews of new supplements - detailed, to the point, and brutally honest, to the extent it makes me skip other review sites.

For Edge of the Abyss, I found these two:

http://www.darkreign40k.com/drjoomla/index.php/news/1-latest-news/1264-edge-of-the-abyss-review-by-adam-france

http://www.darkreign40k.com/drjoomla/index.php/news/1-latest-news/1263-places-to-go-things-to-kill-the-baron-reviews-edge-of-the-abyss
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Ghost Whistler

#7
May 17, 2011, 05:21:27 PM
Thanks. I posted a question about Edge a few days ago haveing joined a couple of weeks before, but no response. I read the review and it seemed, overall, fairly ambivalent. NOt great, not terrible.
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Ramrod

#8
May 18, 2011, 03:52:03 AM
Quote from: Ghost Whistler;458755What do you mean the rules are different? Different powers? Or entirely different resolution process?

RT has a completely new set of rules for handling and using Psychics, and vastly better ones at that IMO. While the DH psychic rules were just  a complete copy of the 2nd edition fantasy magic rules, the RT rules give Psykers better control of their abilities.
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Ghost Whistler

#9
May 18, 2011, 06:36:31 AM
and they chose to change them again for DW?

FFG really do make things awkward.
"Ghost Whistler" is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). Parental death, alien battles and annihilated worlds.
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