review: Iron Kingdoms

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

Give, .... I'm an apprentice Id be taking my masters jack out to do small tasks

anyhow its only 16,000

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

It doesnt explicitly say, or at least I cant find it in the text. Do humans still get their bonus feat, or is it negated by the fact that they have racial bonuses. I would tend to say they do because most of the racial bonuses to attributes cancel out.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

The new classes are fun... they really fit the setting and play into folks who want to much about with Mechanika.

I really like Mechanika btw, its a nice way to handle tech without getting too Steampunk. Full metal fantasy indeed. I give this setting high marks on originality.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

Ahhh here it is The Arcane Mechanik starts with 5 level 0 spells, and an additional spell for every point of intelligence bonus.

[Mr_Pleasington]

Something has never sat well with me about gunmages.  I don't know...I just think they're a little cheesy

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

their writeup is actually kind of cool, and the flavor text explains that they make a lot of people very nervous...

[Mr_Pleasington]

I've read the excerpt somehwhere and that's what turned me off.  It's just strikes me as being really goofy and kind of broke the verisimilitude for me.

It probably shouldn't have, but it did.  Don't know why.

[Entsuropi]

4 entries found for verisimilitude.
ver·i·si·mil·i·tude    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (vr-s-ml-td, -tyd)
n.
The quality of appearing to be true or real. See Synonyms at truth.
Something that has the appearance of being true or real.

Learn something new everyday.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

I dont know it kind of reinforces the realism for me. After all guns are alchemical and magical, not just technological. There are magical mechanics, so it stands to reason that there are magical gunners, able to get different and varied effects from firearms.

I will admit, a lot of players might think Wild West gunslinger though,...

Just make em watch Plunkett and Mcclean and give em a great backstory.

[Spriggan]

It's not from the firearms, it's through the firearms.  The guns are basicaly their spell focus, and as you cast spells the guns detoriate because of the force being shot through them.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

and thats why I think it works.