Yes, I must give credit where it is due, RPGpundit.    5e rocks the house party and it kind of changed everything... even though it all looks like a slow, natural evolution that couldn't have gone any other way.

QuoteMy copy arrived tonight. On first glance...it has buttcheeks on the cover. I read some of the entries about the Isles and its good stuff. Looking forward to reading it cover to cover in the next few weeks and doing a review.

I think I just had a mini-revelation regarding the cover of Purple.  I'm such a colossal pervert that I don't even see "butt cheeks on cover!"  To me, it's just a normal view of the world because if I'm standing behind a woman... I'm absolutely checking out her ass - and imagining it as close to naked as my imagination will permit.  That's just life.  So, because that's my everyday perspective, I'm also able to look past it and see what's going on in the background - because if all I could focus on were females every second of the day, I'd probably fall into a manhole or get snatched by a tentacle.

VS

Well, after being disappointed with production issues re Revelry in Torth (big column of missing printer ink on every right-hand page)  this review inspired me to get Liberation of the Demon Slayer, which I thought would fit more easily into my Wilderlands campaign than Isles. Running it and it's been great so far! Doesn't in any way resemble anything I've seen of actual Satanism (which is a very good thing in my book) - it's basically gonzo '70s/early '80s pre-Political Correctness exploitation cinema type stuff, like much of the early Wilderlands material.

Quote from: S'mon;831846Well, after being disappointed with production issues re Revelry in Torth (big column of missing printer ink on every right-hand page)  this review inspired me to get Liberation of the Demon Slayer, which I thought would fit more easily into my Wilderlands campaign than Isles. Running it and it's been great so far! Doesn't in any way resemble anything I've seen of actual Satanism (which is a very good thing in my book) - it's basically gonzo '70s/early '80s pre-Political Correctness exploitation cinema type stuff, like much of the early Wilderlands material.

I assume you got the DriveThru print-on-demand version of Revelry in Torth?  The Kort'thalis shadow/silhouette only appears on the left-hand pages, I believe.  Long story short: that's how the people at DriveThru fixed the interior file.  The first proof I received was pitch black on every page, making the words underneath the symbol unreadable.  I don't remember there being any kind of problem with the PDF.

Since a few people have complained over the last couple years about seeing the shadow/silhouette (that it existed and interfered with their reading because of distraction or some crazy reason), I considered it a compromise.  To be honest, I'm not sure what "big column of missing printer ink" means.  

But I'm glad you liked Liberation of the Demon Slayer.  Depicting "actual Satanism" would be like depicting "actual Christianity"... depends on the individual, denomination, level of involvement, etc.  It's got demons, magic, and women.  That's all I care about.

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Been reading more and I'm very happy with the purchase. Thank you Venger!  What I like so far about the Islands is how you can pick a couple and port them over to your campaign.

Considering the weirdness of the Purple Putrescence, it would even make sense for these isles to wander about dimensions and worlds showing up for only a short time in a particular game world before wandering again.

My own OD&D campaign has the Dragon Archipelago where isles are known to vanish and reappear, and I've already noted two Purple Islands would be good fits for my campaign.  

I'm a big Carcosa fan, but Isles is much more fleshed out (and its got booty!). If I were to run a Weird S&S campaign (which would be great fun), I'd blend ideas from both.

Quote from: Spinachcat;831934Been reading more and I'm very happy with the purchase. Thank you Venger!  What I like so far about the Islands is how you can pick a couple and port them over to your campaign.

Considering the weirdness of the Purple Putrescence, it would even make sense for these isles to wander about dimensions and worlds showing up for only a short time in a particular game world before wandering again.

My own OD&D campaign has the Dragon Archipelago where isles are known to vanish and reappear, and I've already noted two Purple Islands would be good fits for my campaign.  

I'm a big Carcosa fan, but Isles is much more fleshed out (and its got booty!). If I were to run a Weird S&S campaign (which would be great fun), I'd blend ideas from both.

Awesome!  Yeah, they can absolutely be used in that fashion.  Take a couple at a time and place them in a different locale.  Combine them and see what happens or introduce one into a potentially hostile environment.  Wandering encounters based on dimensional anomalies or something else...

I look forward to reading your review at some point.  

VS

Quote from: VengerSatanis;831921I assume you got the DriveThru print-on-demand version of Revelry in Torth?  The Kort'thalis shadow/silhouette only appears on the left-hand pages, I believe.  Long story short: that's how the people at DriveThru fixed the interior file.  The first proof I received was pitch black on every page, making the words underneath the symbol unreadable.  I don't remember there being any kind of problem with the PDF.

Since a few people have complained over the last couple years about seeing the shadow/silhouette (that it existed and interfered with their reading because of distraction or some crazy reason), I considered it a compromise.  To be honest, I'm not sure what "big column of missing printer ink" means.

I got both Revelry & Liberation off amazon. Liberation is fine, Revelry has a band of missing text on every right hand page.







Edit: Could you maybe send me a pdf so I can at least read the missing text? You won't make any extra sale right away though since I'm going to go order Islands of Purple Haunted Putrescence off amazon right now anyway...

Quote from: Spinachcat;831934Been reading more and I'm very happy with the purchase. Thank you Venger!  What I like so far about the Islands is how you can pick a couple and port them over to your campaign.

Great news, that will make Isles a lot more useable in my Wilderlands game - I can make some of the current islands into Isles of Purple-Haunted Putrescence...

Quote from: S'mon;831984I got both Revelry & Liberation off amazon. Liberation is fine, Revelry has a band of missing text on every right hand page.







Edit: Could you maybe send me a pdf so I can at least read the missing text? You won't make any extra sale right away though since I'm going to go order Islands of Purple Haunted Putrescence off amazon right now anyway...

Whoa, that's fucked up!  You should really contact Amazon for a re-do.  Their printer messed that up.  Yours is the first complaint like that I've gotten, so it's definitely a printing error and nothing to do with how the files were originally set up.

Yes, of course I can send you a PDF in the meantime.  Email me:  Venger.Satanis@yahoo.com

Thanks for letting me know.

VS

Quote from: VengerSatanis;832017Whoa, that's fucked up!  You should really contact Amazon for a re-do.  Their printer messed that up.  Yours is the first complaint like that I've gotten, so it's definitely a printing error and nothing to do with how the files were originally set up.

Yes, of course I can send you a PDF in the meantime.  Email me:  Venger.Satanis@yahoo.com

Thanks for letting me know.

VS

Thanks, I've emailed you. IME with amazon* they'd want me to post the book back to them, which isn't really worth my time so I'll just suck it up and hope for no problems with Purple Putrescence.

*Third Party retailers on amazon give great service and would likely give a full or partial refund or send out a new copy, but amazon themselves don't have to worry about being down-rated on the review feedback...

Quote from: S'mon;832025Thanks, I've emailed you. IME with amazon* they'd want me to post the book back to them, which isn't really worth my time so I'll just suck it up and hope for no problems with Purple Putrescence.

*Third Party retailers on amazon give great service and would likely give a full or partial refund or send out a new copy, but amazon themselves don't have to worry about being down-rated on the review feedback...

That's weird and hasn't been my experience with amazon in the last few years.  Let me see what I can do...

VS

Quote from: S'mon;832025Thanks, I've emailed you. IME with amazon* they'd want me to post the book back to them, which isn't really worth my time so I'll just suck it up and hope for no problems with Purple Putrescence.

*Third Party retailers on amazon give great service and would likely give a full or partial refund or send out a new copy, but amazon themselves don't have to worry about being down-rated on the review feedback...

Great news!  I had a little talk with a rep from CreateSpace and he's going to personally handle it as a special favor to me, sending you a replacement book.  All he needs is your full name and mailing address.  You can email me that stuff.  He's going to call me back in 24 hours for that information.

VS

Quote from: VengerSatanis;832505Great news!  I had a little talk with a rep from CreateSpace and he's going to personally handle it as a special favor to me, sending you a replacement book.  All he needs is your full name and mailing address.  You can email me that stuff.  He's going to call me back in 24 hours for that information.

VS

Thanks Venger, great Satanic service. >

Back on topic - got Purple yesterday, I like it but it's extremely sci-fi, more sci-fi than fantasy really. Kinda makes me want to run it with a non-D&D system.

Quote from: S'mon;832535Thanks Venger, great Satanic service. >

Back on topic - got Purple yesterday, I like it but it's extremely sci-fi, more sci-fi than fantasy really. Kinda makes me want to run it with a non-D&D system.

Glad I could be of service!

Yeah, it's very scifi.  Way more than Liberation of Revelry.  Let me try to quantify Purple...

31% scifi
23% fantasy
20% post-apocalypse
11% "modern" (20th and 21st century)
9% utterly gonzo WTFery
6% horror

BTW, I calculated those percentages with science... pure science.  And boobs.

Could almost all of it be fantasy-ized?  Probably, but that's a lot of deep thinking conversion.  I think Mutant Future or some other OSR scifi system would be easy to do.  Dungeon Crawl Classics fits the bill with it's science-fantasy gonzo aesthetic.  Also, I just came out with Crimson Dragon Slayer.  To make up for Amazon UK's bullshit, I'll send you a free PDF.

VS

Quote from: VengerSatanis;832539Glad I could be of service!

Yeah, it's very scifi.  Way more than Liberation of Revelry.  Let me try to quantify Purple...

31% scifi
23% fantasy
20% post-apocalypse
11% "modern" (20th and 21st century)
9% utterly gonzo WTFery
6% horror

BTW, I calculated those percentages with science... pure science.  And boobs.

Could almost all of it be fantasy-ized?  Probably, but that's a lot of deep thinking conversion.  I think Mutant Future or some other OSR scifi system would be easy to do.  Dungeon Crawl Classics fits the bill with it's science-fantasy gonzo aesthetic.  Also, I just came out with Crimson Dragon Slayer.  To make up for Amazon UK's bullshit, I'll send you a free PDF.

VS

Thanks - Mutant Future with a dimension-shift theme was what came to mind; the ruleset being free is a big plus and I've enjoyed GMing it in the past. Looking at CDS (thx!) now...

Would this island work in a Planescape setting?