Plaag wrote:I bought mine from that Ebay seller, and iirc it was signed.
FormCritic wrote:This is the first Legend of the Five Rings product I've acquired. I am not clear on which publications were for Alderac's LOFR role-playing game and which ones were for the d20 system. Like most everything Alderac does, this is an impressive book. I haven't picked up anything from LOFR before because I associate the name with collectible card games...which all must die.
. wrote:Signed by the Randy Richards or the person who actually wrote the material?
Mars wrote:Its a bit strange because on the Dreadmire message board they are happy to announce that the second printing of Dreadmire was sold out in May 2008.
Grug Greyskin wrote:So I read through about half the Necro Games thread on this guy - he gets dumped by them for plagurism, etc., but eventually gets his book published (or self published, or whatever) - is the released version also full of IP violations?
Badmike wrote:Pretty much, but I don't think anyone was miffed enough to sue him (what kind of money would they get anyway?). The author is well known in certain circles for taking others contributions and passing them off as his own. Years ago, on the Greytalk mailing list, often fans would post new monsters, character classes, etc. Later they would often find their creations appearing in works of the author without attritbution, while he claimed they were his creations. This happened so many times it became a huge joke on the list (as big a joke as the author). Sad thing is the guy seems creative and imaginative enough to get by with not "borrowing" others creations.Mike B.
Mars wrote:As an aside, I noticed that Serleran has over 7000 posts over on the NG boards - wholly crap that seems like a lot.
JasonZavoda wrote:I pretty much lived on the greytalk boards around then. This isn't as clear cut as it is coming out. There was a real struggle between fans back then and some of these people posting now on necro and enworld were part of one clique which formed in the old aol days that ended up on top, while RR didn't. There are people who are going to review dreadmire and say it sucks just because they hate the author. They will also make claims of plagerism that don't actually exist. It is a great way to smear someone and put them on the defensive.I haven't read the book. But I'd say formcritics review of dreadmire is unbiased, which I don't think is true of the other reviewers.
Gnat the Beggar wrote:So, is the book any good or not?Never mind where the so-called author got the info.Is the book worth chasing down or not?