I liked the "Problematic" section. Some measure of slavery, incest, hard drugs, prostitution, race/sex/ethnicity based prejudice and general debauchery are, in my opinion, necessary for a healthy fantasy campaign. Light and heroism cannot shine without degeneracy and depravity.
We did an update to this book last month. New cover, new layout, some new content as well. I should have waited a few weeks more and now I would rework those generators... Anyway, we're never finished, so one day I'll come back to Bastards.
The newer cover is much worse, if it's the Tanaka one. The tits on the girl on the left on the original cover alone make it a potential purchase for me. Loved Clyde Caldwell back in the day ❤
@@Norvik_-ug3ge Yes, Tanaka's the new one. Well, they are both available. But the one with the new cover has some additional content and a different layout. If you buy the old one in print let me know so I can send you both in pdf.
I really enjoyed this review, and generally I like the Red Room's stuff. Been travelling around so haven't been able to take a closer look these books, but thanks for covering this!
Been eyeballing this for some time. I think I'll pick it up for the Sword and Sorc world I am building using Mythras, the tables in this will be great, much like the Pundit Files.
Nah, is that damn humidity, we are getting morning of 5-7 °C and 19 °C in the middle of the day. And 2016 was a colder winter, we where getting nevadas in late april.
@@WarplaneStudio I use Lion and Dragon for laws and prices, while I use 5E and some third party content for monsters. I have a green post apocalyptic world. Oh, and I use Lion and Dragon and Baptism of Fire for character progression.
@@derrabbit7289 Thank you. I had an idea for creating 0 level characters in 5e using Lion and Dragon. 1. Pick one race from allowed races in your setting 2. Pick one class from allowed classes in your setting (just in name only) 3. Determine background (roll 1d12) 1. Acolyte 2. Charlatan 3. Criminal 4. Entertainer 5. Guild Artisan 6. Hermit 7. Noble 8. Outlander 9. Sage 10. Sailor 11. Soldier 12. Urchin The rest like determine ability scores, choosing alignment, etc. should be pretty self explanatory.
I'd love to hear your thought on AI art in OSR indy products. I am writing a book, and scratching my head when it comes to AI illustration and the whole debate around it. Care to share what you think is going on with AI in today 2024s landscape? PEACE.
The Pundit did talk about it when he released Baptism of Fire (which uses some AI illustrations). I would link the video, but I have no idea in which one he discussed that...
20 seconds into the video and the book sold me with the title and the cover art. The only purpose for the remaining 26 minutes of this video is to potentially talk me out of buying the book.
Lol, browsing on Red Room's site. This is my favorite discovery in rpgs in years. Gonna be broke ordering different genre books. Big thanks for covering it.
@@RPGPundit well there’s a chapter titled character origins and the subsections mention mundane occupations such as artisan, farmer, merchant, noble… I don’t remember this being in any other edition but please correct me if I’m wrong. I don’t know if those are randomly rolled, the lazy dm has a video out on character creation in the new phb but I can’t be bothered to watch it.
@@RPGPundit I just went back and scrolled through to see when he reaches the origin section. The different origins give you bonuses like extra spells. He starts talking about it at minute 21. I just don’t want to spend more time listening to that shill when I have tree fiddy to burn and better ways to spend my time.
I had a look at a 5e pdf and saw they also had backgrounds, my bad, never played 5e! Was it the first edition to have that? I don’t have access to 3-4e
Not remotely as cringe as the woke politically correct shite put out by the legacy RPG publishers. If you want a game for maiden aunts, prissy people, and puritans you are spoilt for choice. Kindly keep your faux outrage to yourself.
@@Norvik_-ug3ge lol I’m not a fan of WOTC or mainstream content in general. Why do you think I’m here? That said, this is cringe and that’s not outrage speaking that’s an adult who realizes puerile content is childish drivel.
I liked the "Problematic" section.
Some measure of slavery, incest, hard drugs, prostitution, race/sex/ethnicity based prejudice and general debauchery are, in my opinion, necessary for a healthy fantasy campaign. Light and heroism cannot shine without degeneracy and depravity.
We did an update to this book last month. New cover, new layout, some new content as well. I should have waited a few weeks more and now I would rework those generators... Anyway, we're never finished, so one day I'll come back to Bastards.
My apologies for having taken so long to get to this one; and I still have two more to go.
@@RPGPundit We're never finished with these books. Eventualy we will address these issues, perhaps in a 3rd edition.
There's always 3rd edition
The newer cover is much worse, if it's the Tanaka one. The tits on the girl on the left on the original cover alone make it a potential purchase for me. Loved Clyde Caldwell back in the day ❤
@@Norvik_-ug3ge Yes, Tanaka's the new one. Well, they are both available. But the one with the new cover has some additional content and a different layout. If you buy the old one in print let me know so I can send you both in pdf.
A STD table and a drugs table 😂 If i ever have a all bard party in my d&d game! 😂🎉
Spread the word, share the video!
Aww hell yeah, I would love to see a Pundit add-on for this with roll-tables for exotic harlots who are succubuses hiding as princesses
Spread the word, share the video!
Congratulations on hitting 8,000 subscribers.
Thank you!
I really enjoyed this review, and generally I like the Red Room's stuff. Been travelling around so haven't been able to take a closer look these books, but thanks for covering this!
Spread the word, share the video!
@@sirellyn We have a sale going on until the end of the month, 35% off with code august35 (pdf only).
Been eyeballing this for some time. I think I'll pick it up for the Sword and Sorc world I am building using Mythras, the tables in this will be great, much like the Pundit Files.
Spread the word, share the video!
It sounds like this book is worth the price for the harlot section alone. 🙂
Spread the word, share the video!
Nah, is that damn humidity, we are getting morning of 5-7 °C and 19 °C in the middle of the day.
And 2016 was a colder winter, we where getting nevadas in late april.
There have been some other cold winters, but none I remember as cold as this
Has the Wretched verse added a Far East Japan/China book yet?
Book! Another book to help my homebrew 5E/Lion and Dragon rules.
5e Lion and Dragon sounds interesting. What did you do for that?
I think they might have, but it's not one they've sent my way yet
@@WarplaneStudio I use Lion and Dragon for laws and prices, while I use 5E and some third party content for monsters. I have a green post apocalyptic world. Oh, and I use Lion and Dragon and Baptism of Fire for character progression.
@@derrabbit7289 Thank you. I had an idea for creating 0 level characters in 5e using Lion and Dragon.
1. Pick one race from allowed races in your setting
2. Pick one class from allowed classes in your setting (just in name only)
3. Determine background (roll 1d12)
1. Acolyte
2. Charlatan
3. Criminal
4. Entertainer
5. Guild Artisan
6. Hermit
7. Noble
8. Outlander
9. Sage
10. Sailor
11. Soldier
12. Urchin
The rest like determine ability scores, choosing alignment, etc. should be pretty self explanatory.
@@derrabbit7289 There's Wretched Chanbara! Heavily inspired by classic Japanese movies.
So basically this the game to make Deathstalker in! 😝
@@Kill2Hard101 Yes. Or The Barbarians.
Spread the word, share the video!
Sorceress (1982) ❤
I'd love to hear your thought on AI art in OSR indy products. I am writing a book, and scratching my head when it comes to AI illustration and the whole debate around it. Care to share what you think is going on with AI in today 2024s landscape? PEACE.
The Pundit did talk about it when he released Baptism of Fire (which uses some AI illustrations). I would link the video, but I have no idea in which one he discussed that...
I think it was in the first video I did on Baptism of Fire after getting the books at long last.
I am glad you are feeling better. Coldest winter in 20 years? How could that happen? The planet is getting warmer.
It is a cyclical weather phenomenon phenomenon known as "la Niña"
20 seconds into the video and the book sold me with the title and the cover art. The only purpose for the remaining 26 minutes of this video is to potentially talk me out of buying the book.
LOL, well when you know what you like...!
Lol, browsing on Red Room's site. This is my favorite discovery in rpgs in years. Gonna be broke ordering different genre books. Big thanks for covering it.
@@doctorogre1777 Glad you liked. I hope you liked the new cover too!
CONAN is the best. :)
Well, this is like, Euro-Conan.
I saw the phb preview and it looks like they’ve actually taken a cue from OSR with the layout in the table of contents and the backgrounds.
How so?
@@RPGPundit well there’s a chapter titled character origins and the subsections mention mundane occupations such as artisan, farmer, merchant, noble… I don’t remember this being in any other edition but please correct me if I’m wrong. I don’t know if those are randomly rolled, the lazy dm has a video out on character creation in the new phb but I can’t be bothered to watch it.
@@RPGPundit I just went back and scrolled through to see when he reaches the origin section. The different origins give you bonuses like extra spells. He starts talking about it at minute 21. I just don’t want to spend more time listening to that shill when I have tree fiddy to burn and better ways to spend my time.
I had a look at a 5e pdf and saw they also had backgrounds, my bad, never played 5e! Was it the first edition to have that? I don’t have access to 3-4e
@@destroso yes
hey, I work for that guy.
+1
This product and all the wretched material screams all the fake edginess of a 12 year old middle schooler. It’s cringe!
Not remotely as cringe as the woke politically correct shite put out by the legacy RPG publishers. If you want a game for maiden aunts, prissy people, and puritans you are spoilt for choice. Kindly keep your faux outrage to yourself.
@@Norvik_-ug3ge lol I’m not a fan of WOTC or mainstream content in general. Why do you think I’m here? That said, this is cringe and that’s not outrage speaking that’s an adult who realizes puerile content is childish drivel.
@@xavierp7658 Well, you are very wrong about that. There's nothing fake or childish about it. We do what we enjoy playing. We are European, you know?