Schph Gochi
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"traveling through hyperspace ain't like dustin' crops boy"
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Post by Schph Gochi on Mar 11, 2003 6:58:27 GMT -5
I have heard that too the the RPG books have an amazing amount of information....those books are on my list of books to buy.....hopefully....used....
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Post by Jauhzmynn Enz on Mar 12, 2003 17:14:23 GMT -5
I have the "Power of the jedi "Spurce book. I don't get the points system, but some stuff is interesting, The clothing the Jeid are wearing have given me even MORE ideas on some Jedi garb.
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Schph Gochi
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Post by Schph Gochi on Mar 13, 2003 5:15:05 GMT -5
I know what you mean about the points systems in Roleplay...the local Fan Force was getting a Star Wars Roleplay group together...I talked to one of the guys who was putting it together....he started to explain the whole concept....after about 20 minutes...I am sure my head was spinning and eyes glazed over. I would like to see them in action now that the group is up and running, but I have not been able to squeeze it into my schedule.
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Post by Jauhzmynn Enz on Mar 13, 2003 20:15:35 GMT -5
I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt that way.
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Post by Johann Shinobi on Mar 13, 2003 20:47:13 GMT -5
If you didn't already know the D20 system is based off of the old D&D system, i'm not to thrilled with it either, but like you said there are alot of cool ideas in the game for costumes
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Post by Ryss Fal-Orran on Mar 29, 2003 13:40:11 GMT -5
Just finished reading The Approaching Storm...and here's my review. Overall, it was an "okay" book. Some parts of the plot could have been more polished and realistic--for example, I think the author is making his characters jump through all sorts of unnecessary (plot-wise) hoops, to make the story more adventurous and exciting. Like how they have to travel on animals thorugh the hazards of Ansion's plains just to get to one clan. The author tried to justify this, but even so I think that was obvious he just stuck all that in the book to give it some body. It was also obvious that the author didn't feel comfortable or know how to write some parts. Such as the diplomatic meetings involving the Jedi, when it would have been a geat oppurtunity to stick in some excellent negotiating dialogue and show the cleverness of the Jedi. Instead, the author simply states that the Jedi negotiated and everything came out with everyone agreeing...I thought that was unrealistic. There are only two or three instances where the Jedi actually meet with the people they need to negotiate with - the Unity Council, and the Borokii clan. When they finally got to actually talk to them, everyone agreed pretty quickly. The only real conflicts or difficulties the Jedi had were not the dimplomatic stuff, as I think it should be, but physical danger. And some of the things the Jedi had to do to "prove themselves" I thought was unrealistic in the simple fact that the clan leaders and others would give them a meaningless though difficult task. How does physical prowness and agility show to the clan leaders of the Borokii that they should consider giving up half the plains and trusting in the Jedi's foresight? Some things like that, I think could have been better. If the author truly wanted the clan leaders to present the Jedi with a test first, at least let it be one where they could judge the Jedi as needed by the situation according to the test! Note that I'm just using this encounter as an example, and there are more instances of such. Some parts of the plot I also thought were over-dramatized, such as the large fight/chase at the end and many of the encounters on the plains. I think that's about it plot-wise. As for characters, I thought that was decent. Anakin and Obi-Wan were true to their movie personalities--almost too true, considering how at times the author almost used exact lines from the movies in an attempt to let the reader know "these are the same people". Luminara and Barris's characters were excellent and welll-developed, I thought. My only other problem with this book was the style of writing. I know, I'm very picky about it. The author didn't get inside the characters' heads deep enough, didn't make the reader really feel what the characters were feeling. In that sense it's more like the reader is observing everything than being a part of it. I prefer a different style, where I'm actually immersed in the book and really feeling what the characters feel. Also, the amount of detail given was, I think, not enough. I could hardly picture things due to the author only describing action. He only described the characters in blatantly obvoius paragraphs in the beginning--like, "here is how they look, I'm telling you and not showing you, now remember this through the rest of the book because I'm not telling you again". It was something to read--but overall I think only worth my time for the little backstory and info about how the Seperatist movement started. *shrugs* Remember that this is all just my opinion, and I'm -very- picky about books. Read it if you wish, you may enjoy it more than I did.
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Schph Gochi
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Post by Schph Gochi on Mar 29, 2003 17:12:43 GMT -5
I am still laboring through the Wraith part of the X-Wing series......
after I am done...then it will be on to "The Approaching Storm" ...I am only in book #6 of the X-Wing Series and have three more of those to go....still not getting into the Wraiths.....but will plug on....
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