FlooWAP Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Hi, will I also get the coupon for the print version, when purchasing via drivethrurpg or only, when buying the pdf at the chaosium shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Travern said: Quick question, @Jason D: The ORC License draft is marked "FEEDBACK REQUESTED", but there doesn't seem to be a method of submitting this (e-mail, webform, etc.). How do people send in their comments/critiques/questions? Many thanks, That's an ORC thing. I am not sure where that feedback goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftwingpenguin Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Really excited about this new edition of BRP, and about the system now being released under the ORC license. Hoping this will result in a new outpouring of material for the system, which has always been one of my favorites. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Nakana said: First, fantastic job on a phenomenal product! I was afraid certain things might be stripped out, but it all looks to be there! 👏👏👏 Second, as to your quote and regarding adding stuff... might BRP Platinum (that's what I'm now calling this) get a secondary volume that BRP Gold teased about? Thanks! The follow-up stuff was a relic of another time. When I first wrote BRP, the powers-that-were at Chaosium were very enthusiastic about doing a lot of support on the line. Life happened, and none of that stuff came about, and only a few items were published in support of BRP. I'm not even sure what the original plan for support was. They asked me what I wanted to write and I said Interplanetary, a sword-and-planet adventure book. I got to work on that but life happened and it was never completed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Mark Mohrfield said: One minor complaint; I do wish that the Healing ability from Elfquest had been added to Psychic Abilities given Player Characters penchant for getting themselves harmed. Here you go! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 (edited) The Big Gold Book will always have a special spot in my heart. I didn't play RPGs for years but came back to the hobby just after it was released. There was the newness for me of the one-book toolbox format plus the nostalgia of the familiar rules I had played and loved. I would even go as far as to say that it is my favorite RPG book of all time (and I own hundreds). Having said that, the new version is a very nice addition to the library, and, of course, subtracts nothing from owning the previous masterpiece. I immediately notice cleaner writing; a nicer layout; and beautiful, colorful, evocative artwork. I see there are a few new bits and bobs as well. @Jason D - I did like the the "Effects" section in the BGB's skills descriptions. Any thoughts to offer as to why that was taken out? Kudos to all at Chaosium. You continue to turn out great products. Edited April 7, 2023 by Greg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiltron Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Great work! I've only been able to glance at it in-between work stuff, but I an loving what I am seeing. The art is fantastic and the text reads more clearly than I recall the original book being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam E. Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 I haven't gone through thoroughly yet, but it looks like it has retained errata from the BGB (and per the nearby sticky thread). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Brooke Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 41 minutes ago, FlooWAP said: Hi, will I also get the coupon for the print version, when purchasing via drivethrurpg or only, when buying the pdf at the chaosium shop? You only ever get a coupon when you buy the PDF direct from Chaosium’s website store. You never get a coupon when you buy the PDF from DriveThruRPG. 1 Quote Community Ambassador - Jonstown Compendium, Chaosium, Inc. Email: nick.brooke@chaosium.com for community content queries Jonstown Compendium ⧖ Facebook Ф Twitter † old website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Absentia Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 5 minutes ago, TheophilusCarter said: I haven't gone through thoroughly yet, but it looks like it has retained errata from the BGB (and per the nearby sticky thread). Retained errors? Or incorporated errata? !i! Quote ...developer of White Rabbit Green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travern Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 47 minutes ago, Jason D said: That's an ORC thing. I am not sure where that feedback goes. No worries - Paizo's blog just posted the official links to the draft ORC license and FAQ, along with an invite to the official ORC Discord for discussion of them: https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6si9y?First-Draft-of-the-ORC-License-Ready-for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard S. Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Sorry if this has been asked before and I just missed it, but is there going to be a new BRP SRD as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam E. Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 46 minutes ago, Ian Absentia said: Retained errors? Or incorporated errata? !i! Ugh, sorry: not typing well today ... Retained errors / not incorporated errata. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Greg said: @Jason D - I did like the the "Effects" section in the BGB's skills descriptions. Any thoughts to offer as to why that was taken out? To me, they always seemed unduly crunchy. One of the things I love about BRP as a system is that it's easy to intuit answers or results, so having to look up specific modifiers and exact numbers of people or square footage affected per skill quality result worked against that. Those numbers also felt relatively arbitrary and didn't add a lot to gameplay, so they were an easy thing to trim. I'm a big fan of high-level guidelines rather than very specific exceptions. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albesias Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Ohhhh, Such a beautiful book!! I'm in love!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Meints Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, FlooWAP said: Hi, will I also get the coupon for the print version, when purchasing via drivethrurpg or only, when buying the pdf at the chaosium shop? You have to buy the PDF on Chaosium.com to get a discount coupon for buying the printed book on Chaosium.com. The number one reason is because we have no access to DTRPG sales data for individual customers. Edited April 7, 2023 by Rick Meints Quote Hope that Helps,Rick Meints - Chaosium, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Meints Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 53 minutes ago, Richard S. said: Sorry if this has been asked before and I just missed it, but is there going to be a new BRP SRD as well? No, we are no longer updating the BRP SRD. It is what it is. The new BRP book uses the ORC license. Use whichever you prefer. No need to tell us which you prefer/love/hate. Both are available. 2 Quote Hope that Helps,Rick Meints - Chaosium, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiltron Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Is there a good place to report errors? I noticed some lingering inconsistencies between CHA and APP in the text, especially in the character creation walk-through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Meints Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 1 minute ago, jamiltron said: Is there a good place to report errors? I noticed some lingering inconsistencies between CHA and APP in the text, especially in the character creation walk-through. Jason Durall will let it be known how he wants to capture such feedback and suggestions. 1 Quote Hope that Helps,Rick Meints - Chaosium, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted April 7, 2023 Author Share Posted April 7, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, Richard S. said: Sorry if this has been asked before and I just missed it, but is there going to be a new BRP SRD as well? The way the ORC license works, there is no need for an SRD. The entire text is in effect the SRD, so you can use the whole book - minus the product identity elements (all artwork, illustrations, and graphic design/trade dress, and all trademarks.) Edited April 8, 2023 by MOB 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teo twawki Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 4 hours ago, Jason D said: That's an ORC thing. I am not sure where that feedback goes. Into the internet pneumatic tubes to the office of someone named Buttle. Or maybe Tuttle. 1 Quote plus lucis quam solis plus obscurior quam nocte plus laqueum quam libido Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Jason D said: To me, they always seemed unduly crunchy. One of the things I love about BRP as a system is that it's easy to intuit answers or results, so having to look up specific modifiers and exact numbers of people or square footage affected per skill quality result worked against that. Those numbers also felt relatively arbitrary and didn't add a lot to gameplay, so they were an easy thing to trim. I'm a big fan of high-level guidelines rather than very specific exceptions. They do indeed add crunch. I use the “Effects” for helpful guidelines. I would offer that, if you are using five levels of fumble/failure/success/special/critical, you are already committed to crunch. 😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 3 hours ago, Rick Meints said: Jason Durall will let it be known how he wants to capture such feedback and suggestions. Please note any typos or errors here, quoting page number, the error, and the suggested correction. We will update the PDF. The book has not gone to print yet: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pansophy Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, Stan Shinn said: Is it just me (I'm reading the PDF on a Mac), or is the font in the tables nearly unreadable? This is an example of what it looks like for me, zoomed to 100%. Fonts that microscopic should use a sans serif font I would think. If this doesn't get addresses, not sure I'd buy a hard copy since I couldn't read it without a magnifying glass and would need to zoom 200% on my iPad. 😕 I can confirm, after printing out the 'System' section as a test at 100%, the text in tables is rather unpleasant to read at the table. It is a tad too tiny and too condensed and opting for a different one would greatly improve the value of the product. So far, the table text issue stopped me from printing further sections of the PDF as they would be unusable in real-life situations anyway (and I would need to break out a digital copy anyway). But since this is a known issue and it seems to be rectified in a future update of the PDF, I do not stress too much about it. 😉 Anyway, this is excellent work - thanks to all the people who are involved! Edited April 8, 2023 by pansophy clarification Quote My Uploads - BRP and new: Revolution D100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovyclam Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 12 hours ago, pansophy said: the text in tables is rather unpleasant to read at the table. It is a tad too tiny and too condensed and opting for a different one would greatly improve the value of the product. I second the criticism of the font used in tables - it's too condensed. Probably a hell of a lot of work to fix now though. The rest of the book design looks nice though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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