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If there were a bit more character options, I'd be in heaven. I get new mechanics to play in a new part of the world.

#Tides of numenera characters full

It's full of crunch, fluff, and is well made. Summary- I was asked to review this book, but give the direct warning that 'this is not a strategy guide.' that is absolutely true, but what this book is amazing.

Few pages have too much text, but there is enough art, either hand drawn or game images, to balance out the reading. MORE COMPANIES NEED TO DO THIS! As for the layout, its great. Describe the use of a little used rule in the text, and a sidebar lists where the rule is in the core book. You describe a fearsome adversary in the text, and the stats are less than a tweet in a sidebar. 5/5Įxecution-Cypher system has the best use of space of any RPG i've read. I kickstarted the video game, but my wife and I are more excited to get this to the table with our Cypher group. That.is the proper amount of information for me to run an RPG. As a players, there might be almost too much as it could spoil the game or even the video game. Here is the rub-as a GM for the game, you will have all the information you need. The small piece of the world that the game covers get's a massive world building. A Glaive, Jack, and Nano Numenera Character Creation Following the segment where you try to make sense of why you are falling from a moon to the planet below, Tides Of Numenera has you actually play through character creation, moving through a world of shifting living metal while recalling past lives of the Changing God. Theme or Fluff-There might be more in this book about one small section of the world than there was in the core book. The system doesn't need a book of feats as much as it needs flavor. My one complaint is there isn't more blanking blank who blanks options. It's a small thing as it doesn't need to be added, but it's something GMs can make as big or as small as they like. Jernaugh and his explorer friends excavated the ancient chiurgical center and figured. Then he smiles and nods at you, his features mobile once more. His eyes widen briefly as he notices you and his face and neck hardens into actual obsidian for a moment.

#Tides of numenera characters skin

This old man's skin is covered in make-up painstakingly drawn to resemble dark stone. There are the expected things to help build out the blanking blank who blanks as well as cyphers and artifacts, but there is also a whole new social interaction system built on how the characters act. Jernaugh is a character in Torment: Tides of Numenera. Mechanics or Crunch-This might be the weakest part of the book, but that's like finding a single spelling error in a classic book. It's DEFINITELY NOT a strategy guide, but it does have new mechanics and world building so you can play the compute game at your table. 97%īasics- Are you excited about Torment, the computer game? Do you want to run your Torment Numenera tabletop game? Torment:Tides of Numenera-The Explorer's Guide would best be described as the 'companion' book based on the video game for the Numenera tabletop RPG. Price- $40.00 here TL DR-What I want in a video game tie in book. Product- Torment: Tides of Numenera-The Explorer's Guide Originally posted at Throat Punch Games, a new idea everyday! Ring Side Report- RPG Review of Torment: Tides of Numenera-The Explorer's Guide