Re: [DL] The Collegium

[The Baron Samedi <baron11@netmcr.com>]

The Collegium was not bad.

The Info on The Collegium itself was just a bit sparcer then I'd have 
liked, but I found it to be a good read.  I was disappointed that Finias 
Von Landingham was not in the book itself, but was quite happy with his 
role and portrayal in Rain o' Terror (another story).  Overall, I thought 
the collegium info was good, but the system for getting renown within the 
Collegium (the stat eludes me) was not very good.  Otherwise, I liked 
it.  I felt there was enough to portray the Collegium-barely.

The Devices were good, and helpful to me as a GM who is not very good at 
coming up with my own unique devices.  I felt that they did not detract 
from the book, and did a good job of playing up just how out there the 
Collegium is, if by nothing more then their categorization.

The section on Scrappers was a winner.  I was happy to see a more Hell On 
Earth type of system for The Parts.  The variety and logic was good, and I 
felt they were _slightly_ better explained then in City o' Gloom.  Overall, 
this was a winner.  if I had any gripe, it would be the lack of the more 
"Biological" parts in CoG.


-Insert Marshal Paragraph Here-

Overall, this was a pretty good book.  Mad Scientists are not my thing. 
Never were.  But the Collegium has my attention in ways Smith & Robards and 
Hellstromme Industries never did.  The progression of the story of the 
Cyber-Docs was cool.  And the Marshal Section gave me a good hard reminder 
of who wrote the book that left me grinnin' like a maniac.

Overall, a good buy, if that is your thing.

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OK, what you did with X-19 was genius.  The whole sordid affair with Dr. 
Gash and Dr. Periwinkle was well done.  When I got the full logic of what 
was going on, it was...to say the least...interesting.  It all reminds me 
of why, despite my hatred of Grimme and dislike of Stone, Hellstromme is an 
excellent antagonist and a good shot better then either.  Oh, and the back 
story of his...contact to the Collegium truly showed the Devilish cunning 
Mr. Goff has been dazzling us with book after book.