I felt this compilation lacked anything substantial that couldn't be done just as effectively using the core rules and without much thought or planning. I was disapointed by the narrative combat rules. I expected 'narrative' to mean story but it's just another roll to see if you hit, roll damage system. Mythic is a great product but this compilation left me wondering if it's getting in danger of overcomplication from uneccessary side rules.

I get the feeling there's a good idea hidden in this but it's such a jumble to read through. The background images and background colours make reading it very difficult. I imagine I'll struggle on but I was very dissapointed.

Just received the hardback book and it's realy nice. I'd put off buying the individual pdfs waiting for a book and it was worth the wait. The price put me off for maybe a minute but holding it my hands I'd say don't cut corners on the next volume and I'll be jumping to get my hands on it. If there was a compilation of GME, Variations, and crafters I'd have that too.

For someone whose eyesight suffers, the print font, size, and white background are a godsend, I can read this easily in leven ow light where I really struggle with other publisher's overdesigned, overly glossy books.

So far I've only skimmed the book but i can tell the content is actually full of content and no filler. I'll be reading and rereading this for years.

And finally, there's some beautiful, atmospheric artwork in it. I'm a sucker for the lone, almost a silhouette, figure against a powerful background of the elements, great magic, huge landscape sort of thing.

I'm a bit disappointed with this. I bought it for the magic system but it's a real tough read and things like WP < (SR - AMR - IMR) ≤ 2*WP really don't sound like magic. I get the feeling it's an idea that could work but it needs a lot more work.

'Roleplaying Emotion helps you to understand the character’s emotions within the context of the story goal, their personal goals, and their motivations. When this are going well, the character will express things like affection, contentment, happiness, hope, and respect. When things go poorly, they’ll express anger, disgust, fear, sadness, and shame.'

Having read the above blurb I expected a mechanic that took in game events and helped determine the character's emotional responce however there are no rules for this at all. It's a little tough to unravel and it took a while to realised all it is is a series of extra tracked stats that define the characters emotional state but no rules for what modifies the stat values.

The descriptions of emotions, their consequences, and how characters enact them are ok and the choice of stats seem to be broad enough to work.

I'm a great fan of products which rather than offer endless tables use a simple mechanism to force something unique out of your own imagination. The Universal NPC Emulator really sits well as the first product I go to (and sometimes the only one) when I create an NPC.