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We're getting very Babylon Berlin SPOILERY here:

On 7/17/2019 at 1:18 PM, Der Rote Baron said:

And the main female actor, part-time secretary, part-time prostitute from the lowest rung of the working-class who finally becomes the first feamle police detective in the homicide department is ... let's say  the whole thing is not very believable (na dhas almost nothing to do with the character from the books).

I found the "bit" with the car and the lake far more unbelievable than what you say above.

However, despite its shortcomings, I still really enjoyed it.

Another suggestion: what the "crime scene" of a monster appearance might look like. i.e. what physical evidence is left behind after a monster has made an appearance - what a victim might look like or the sights and smells of physical remnants of traces of it having manifested.

Not a fan of random tables. They tend to focus on physical aspects - appearance, attacks, damage etc. which anyone with half a brain should be able to come up with themselves.

I think guidance on a monster's motivations would be useful. Or lists of weirdo, gonzo, creepy powers.

Finally, I really love the internal appearance of the Malleus Monstrorum with its mixture of fake and real historical illustrations implying the Mythos has influenced art, science and research far back into history. It's probably too late to ask but can this approach be kept with the new volume ? It is very unique.

It's great that Greg got to see all Chaosium's best lines of product return to the company and start to win awards again before his passing.

I think the point is humans can not, by definition, think of the very thing we find so incomprehensible that it "breaks" the human psyche.

So no human author ( Lovecraft ) or person in an internet forum ( us ) is going to be able to originate and describe said concepts.

We approximate this by offering ideas that seem either isolating or frightening or sick or deranged; but perhaps the thing that causes "Mythos madness" is something that is just too beautiful or serene or truthful that it makes our mind snap.

There isn't a QuickStart rules for 13th Age non-Glorantha, let alone 13G.

On the 13th Age resource page http://site.pelgranepress.com/index.php/free-13th-age-downloads-and-resources/ there is a 2-hour demo to download ( but it's not Glorantha set ).

Formatting error:

Investigator Handbook - Page 176 - Table title "Period Cars and Trucks" should be in Cthulhu-Cristoforo font not "normal" Cristoforo font to match the rest of the book.

The Asylum and Other Tales has many good 1-off adventures ( apart from 1 terrible one ) and Terror From The Stars has good adventures as well.

I'd say amalgamate them and 7th ed them and put it out as a new collection of short adventures.

Maybe throw in the adventures remaining from the version 1-6 rulebooks that haven't been put into the new Starter Set as well.

It would make for an eclectic mix of short adventures for a newbie to run after using up Doors to Darkness.

Not every release should be a campaign.

1 hour ago, TheHistorian said:

Can you expand on that, Rick? Are there two versions of some 7E books, or are you talking about books updated to 7E from earlier editions?

I think Rick means the 7th Ed Quick-Start rules - it had a fairly rudimentary layout initially.

4 hours ago, David Scott said:

Yes and no 🙂 These are based on exactly the same scans, but are being tidied where possible, bookmarked, missing pages added and where possible maps replaced with stitched ones. These will eventually replace those on drivethru.

Ok - it's good news that you are updating the DriveThru files as well. Thanks.

Are the pre version 5 PDFs "remastered" or same as the ones from DRiveThru ?

Does this latest reprint include corrections that were discovered after the first printing went to press ?

Thank you for the time you took to research and post this very illuminating <ouch> info.

I use https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor but it isn't free, however it is quite quick to render pages in MoN 7e.

You could try their discontinued free app https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer but I don't remember if it does layers.

Just want to second the problem for those with RED/GREEN colour blindness - RED/BLUE is always a better combo.

Probably too late to make the change now though but please, Chaosium, work this into your procedures somehow for the future.

I'm no RQ expert, but isn't the movement rune on Orlanth's shoulder ( if it is the movement rune ) spinning the wrong way around ?

Otherwise, fantastic cover and new logo ( but I think the logo needs something to make it pop off the cover art a bit - maybe a small dropshadow, or very thin black outline ? )

I also think it would be useful to give date stamps to the PDF files somewhere ( either in the filename or in the PDF itself on the credits page ) so users know which version they have and whether an update is available.

Posted in error - please ignore

On 30/11/2017 at 8:33 PM, Jakob said:

 and that there was a totally random, in no way mythos-related werewolf adventure somewhere in there.

If I was in charge I'd actually cut out the werewolf adventure from the new edition - it is totally out of context and not even near the main England setting geographically. It is a real needle scratch off the record moment when it drops. Plus, as stated, totally non-Mythos.

Having just been an investigator and finished Masks I think it still stands the test of time but it really does need guidance for the Keeper on ramping up or down the danger/pulp so the investigators don't end up with TPKs every other session.

The second cover is excellent - two books does sound strange though. What is the split ? Is one handouts ? Or is a single volume too thick for ease of use ?

Big round of applause for Dave and André for their hard work.

I don't think you'll find many for a single player.

"In Media Res" by Pagan Publishing in their collection The Resurrected Vol III - Out of the Vault (originally in The Unspeakable Oath #10) is for multiple players.

The cover to Pendragon 1st Edition is the best it has ever had.

Page 7 - American Indians call-out box 7th line:

"The authors wish to [be] culturally sensitive..."

Missing the "be"

Sadly I must agree with several of the posters that the new logo is not to my taste - the design is a real throwback to noughties tropes and looks like it came from sometime then.

I'm a supporter of the RQ3 logo too. Or go to the quickstart logo and have a go at jujzing it up a bit.