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

["Nick Zachariasen" <zacharin@pluto.dsu.edu>]

> > 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?
>
> BotD has a lot more detail in it. I think it has more powers in it and
> also more details about things like coming back undead and such. But for
> general use I can't see you really needing BotD if you have Cyborgs (other
> than for a few more powers and some background info).

I think it has more than "a few" more powers in it.  It heavily revamped the
way Harrowed work from the original edition of Deadlands.  I'd say that if
you have any intention of having Harrowed in your campaign, Cyborg or not,
it's necessary.

Nick Zachariasen
Editor Emeritus
Trojan Times