OK, the circle is now complete. What can I say but how can you play this game without the stats for the major baddies?

A fantastic sourcebook for the major baddies in Exalted. The mechanics are darker mirror-images of the Solars & the "fluff" is the typical goodness (or if you prefer wickedness) that WW is famous for. As of this date (06-20-04) though, the pdf is an incomplete product. It's missing the last 20 or so pages of the print book (which covers the Storytelling chapter & part of the Arts of the Dead section). White Wolf has informed us that they'll be patching it soon but I would wait till they did so before buying it. I'll post a follow-up review as soon as I receive mine. For now, I'm posting a Bad rating till then (which I'm certain will change it to Good as it's only adding to the product).

[ Administrator's note: The missing pages have been added in, and complimentary copies have been sent to all fans who have purchased this product. Thanks for the heads up! ]

I was very disappointed in this as a d20 product. It should be a flyer for all it's worth. Basicly it seems they took a couple of old supplements and stripped them down to the bare bones, then threw in about a page of d20 stats that aren't even in a chart-format for easy reference (i.e.

"LASER WEAPONS Pistol: TL: x Cost Cr x Weight xg Range xm Damage xdx (Laser) Size: x"

is all one entry and is in no means blocked off). There are 3 pages of this and the remainder (42 pages) is filler (manufacturer descriptions and the ubiquitous weapon descriptions). The CT Traveler stats are interwoven throughout the book and it's hard to quickly reference something for T20 stats (much easier if you're looking for the CT stats though). The OGL material in it is the usual ol' "how many ways can you use a firearm" which we see in all the new modern supplements i.e. Auto-fire, suppression fire and panic-fire rules. If you need a CT sourcebook - I have no idea of it's value but it seems like that's what the main material is for. If you need a sci-fi weapons source, I'd suggest converting Star Wars d2o weapons or picking up Dragonstar from FFG.

OK, I know all of you have read Dominick Covey's review so all I will say is I agree with him. The reason I'm posting this is because all of you are wondering if one review is enough and in fact I originally wasn't going to buy it based on the one review but my curisosity finally got the best of me.

Yes, if you want a d20 super-hero game, this works quite well (again, see previous review).

No, if you intend to use these rules to supplement another d20 game (my actual intention), it doesn't work. I planned on seeing how he handled mutations so that I could supplement the Horror/Post-apoc game I running now (I'm using Darwin's World rules and a mix of Cthulhu d20 and Ravenloft - Mutants and Zombies, oh my!)... The game is not even remotely designed to be used in conjunction with and to supplement other d20 games. It does not balance rules against others. It does however balance against itself (again, see previous review). The opposite is not-so however and you could certainly throw Cthulhu or the Tarrasque against the super-team your players create.

I really hope this is helpful and informative enough so you can make your decision to buy it or not. Any more inquiries, write me at ridd8191@chartertn.net and I'll be happy to provide answers to specific questions...