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Fireborn Gamemaster's Handbook
Apr. 29th, 2011 04:46 pmFireborn is an rpg system that starts with a pretty cool concept: You are an ancient dragon reborn into the modern world as a human, but with most of your magical potential intact. In practice, there are a bunch of nice selling points and a bunch of issues, as well.
( A mixed bag, as gamebooks go. )
Bottom line: I like the book (especially given I paid $4 for it at I-Con), and the settting details are good stuff, but I see no reason to hunt down the other books so I can use the system as written. More likely, I’d use the setting, have the scions be mechanically a World of Darkness race (possibly demons, possibly mages) and change a few of the hokier names, and let the players build their flashback dragon forms using the Bygone Bestiary.
( A mixed bag, as gamebooks go. )
Bottom line: I like the book (especially given I paid $4 for it at I-Con), and the settting details are good stuff, but I see no reason to hunt down the other books so I can use the system as written. More likely, I’d use the setting, have the scions be mechanically a World of Darkness race (possibly demons, possibly mages) and change a few of the hokier names, and let the players build their flashback dragon forms using the Bygone Bestiary.
