Re: [HOE] Book o' the Dead v.s. Cyborgs

["Kai Tave" <kaitave@harborside.com>]

    I've been meaning too get the "Book o' the Dead" for some time now but
my local game shop doesn't have it in right now. Last Sunday I bought the
HoE Cyborgs book and noticed it had a lot of the Harrowed powers that were
said, in adventures and such that I've seen, to be in BoD. I was just
wondering if it is still worth while to buy BoD?


    The Book O' The Dead has quite a few more harrowed abilities in it, but
a lot of them are thematically more appropriate for The Weird West than the
Wasted West.  It's not a bad buy if you play the original Deadlands, but if
you're strictly a Hell on Earth player, Cyborgs should work just fine.

    However, I DO feel compelled to mention that The Book O' The Dead gives
a rather good explanation of what it's like being harrowed, the nightmare
process, and stuff like that.  Good stuff, if a touch angsty in places.  The
nightmare scenario they present is also quite good.  The usefulness of all
that depends on how many harrowed you plan on running, and how in-depth you
want to explore the psyche of them.

    --Kai Tave