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Torg Eternity - Pan-Pacifica Sourcebook
Verlag: Ulisses Spiele
von Andre B. [Verifizierter Käufer]
Hinzugefügt am: 05/28/2023 15:49:27

I was conflicted over whether to give this a 4 or 5 rating and the only reason for the "4" rating is somewhat unfair.. the torg eternity writers raised the bar so high with the outstanding Orrosh and Living Land sourcebooks (which you should absolutely purchase and read if you haven't already) that I feel like I'd be saying Pan Pacifica is as good as the two aforementioned titles if I gave it a "5" rating... but if it wasn't for that this would get a "5"... maybe I should say a 4.5 rating?

Which isn't to say this is a "bad" book by any means, as I've mentioned in my other reviews of the torg eternity cosm sourcebooks they are absolutely required reading in order to enjoy the torg eternity campaign to it's fullest.. old school Torg players in my opinion will find this to be a wonderful improvement to the original "nippon tech" sourcebook of the 1990's , superior in every way, although you don't have to be familiar with the 1990's Torg books to enjoy this by any means. I found this book a pleasure to read, even more so than the Cyberpapacy, Aysle, Tharkold or Nile Empire sourcebooks making it my "next favorite" cosm book after Ororsh and the Living Land.

And yes there's a good reason the edeinos board member is on the front cover of the book and he has in my opinion a great write up later on in the book (I talk about him more in my review below).

I will say I was disappointed that the sourcebook focuses on the status of Pan Pacifica one year after the initial invasion of Earth and that the contagion virus engineered by Kanawa is now assumed to be "dealt with" and removed as a danger (minus poor Taiwan, more on that below)... while I understand that Kanawa needs to present itself as an effective solution to the problems posed to Asia by said contagion I would have loved to see more attention paid to the period of time (roughly 5 or 6 months after the start of the invasion) when the contagion was a problem ... "zombified" citizens on the attack make for an exciting campaign in pan pacifica. It is possible that the the delphi council pan pacifica adventures might go into this in more detail

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/400618/Torg-Eternity--Delphi-Missions-PanPacifica?src=hottest_filtered

and it seems that the "Pan-Pacifica - Dr. Y and the Jiangshi & Kanawa Operations" book definitely goes into more detail on this

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/405318/Torg-Eternity--PanPacifica--Dr-Y-and-the-Jiangshi--Kanawa-Operations?src=also_purchased

(total speculation on my part since I have yet to purchase and read these titles - budget constraints :) )

but I would still love to see a section of the pan pacifica sourcebook dedicated specifically to the first 5 to 6 months of the possibility wars where the contagion and it's "zombies" were a real problem.

The beginning chapter does a superb job of outlining how Kanawa's "benevolence" has allowed them to subvert and control practically all the countries in Asia with the exception of the Orgoth controlled India and neighboring countries taken by the Gaunt Man.. a frightening "big brother" level of control disguised in a way that makes it palatable to the masses. It reads like a fascinating precursor that sets one up to the grim "cyberpunk reality" (not the Cyberpapacy , more so the cyberpunk novels and movies and TV shows we've all probably seen sooner or later).. reading it you can see how the scenario the Pan Pacifica writers present to the reader is the definite "opening stage" to this sort of grim and dark unfolding of events.

Chapter two gives plenty of new character options as far as perks/in game benefits. Of course this being Kanawa's (that is Marketplace's) reality even if you spend perk slots to pick up the gene modification perks, there are scanners dotted throughout Pan Pacifica that can pick up on the "intellectual property theft" genes player characters and allied NPC's have "stolen" from Kanawa (though the perk when purchased does at least come with a superficial "facade" that presumably would hold up to "light" scanning so the PC isn't immediately detected). I thoroughly enjoyed reading that, it's absolutely in the spirit of Kanawa Corporation's subtle yet evil grasp over the areas of Earth it's "stealth-conquered".

Chapter four deals entirely with power (armored) suits whether it be the electric samurai option detailed in the torg eternity core rules (but also expanded upon to some degree) or other power suit models with some nifty upgrades available if you spend perk slots.

Chapter five is devoted to martial arts and has more than enough info to let interested players (or GM's) write up appropriate martial artists based after various cultural icons. I found the "gun fu" martial art (gives various bonuses to attacks with guns) to be a particularly unique write up and combined with the "trenchcoat" perk in chapter two (basically a homage to action movies where the protagonist seems to be practically overflowing with a supply of guns available to said protagonist) it would absolutely let a player model their PC after the appropriate type of action hero found in Hollywood.

Also intriguing was the meshing of psionics with martial arts such that a practitioner of both can use one to enforce and strengthen the other (for power gamers out there take note that torg eternity does try to maintain some sort of game balance so not as overpowered as it sounds but still, neat).

Despite my best attempts to actually write a short review for once I'm sure I've once again exceeded the word count allowed on drivethrurpg's reviews, for the rest of the review if you'd like to read it please see

https://andrerpgreviews.blogspot.com/2023/05/pan-pacifica-sourcebook-extended-review.html



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