5 replies on “Nerding Day: The Book of Vile Darkness”
Ah, I vividly remember the vacation I got this book on, excitedly leafing through all the edgelord supervillainy and extremely boring Monte Cook attempting to be philosophical.
Shout-out to Greg Stolze for doing this kind of book, but actually well. Strong recommendation for A Dirty World, Better Angels, and Unknown Armies!
I mean he looks an awful lot like Skeletor from the end of the Gary Goddard film, but I can see why you wouldn’t go there.
I got a lot more entertainment out of Book of Exalted Deeds when I was a teen, getting into D&D for the first time. It’s full of useless, broken garbage. I distinctly remember that it turned “being poor” into a superpower, flying in the face of anything that might be considered “game balance”.
The Vow of Poverty on a monk was game-shatteringly powerful.
I loved this article, super fun! I laughed out loud at “You sober up halfway through the orphanage”. It also brought back memories of days spent at the specialized rpg shop just peaking at obscure complement books too expensive to justify it’s weirdness but fascinating nonetheless
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5 replies on “Nerding Day: The Book of Vile Darkness”
Ah, I vividly remember the vacation I got this book on, excitedly leafing through all the edgelord supervillainy and extremely boring Monte Cook attempting to be philosophical.
Shout-out to Greg Stolze for doing this kind of book, but actually well. Strong recommendation for A Dirty World, Better Angels, and Unknown Armies!
I mean he looks an awful lot like Skeletor from the end of the Gary Goddard film, but I can see why you wouldn’t go there.
I got a lot more entertainment out of Book of Exalted Deeds when I was a teen, getting into D&D for the first time. It’s full of useless, broken garbage. I distinctly remember that it turned “being poor” into a superpower, flying in the face of anything that might be considered “game balance”.
The Vow of Poverty on a monk was game-shatteringly powerful.
I loved this article, super fun! I laughed out loud at “You sober up halfway through the orphanage”. It also brought back memories of days spent at the specialized rpg shop just peaking at obscure complement books too expensive to justify it’s weirdness but fascinating nonetheless