Guild of Shadows Campaign Guide

Pity this hasn't been updated to SWADE

I missed the Kickstarter pdf link and cannot contact the publisher via their Kickstarter of fb page. Is there a way to get a link for me?

The kickstarter video mentioned a player's guide. Has that been incorporated into this Campaign guide? If not, why can't I find the players guide?

Should the PDF have a cover page? The downloaded PDF goes straight to the credits page and there is no cover. Its not significant to the content but would be nice to have.

Daniel H. wrote an excellent and detailed review which I can't reply to directly, because I'm not the publisher. However as I wrote a lot of the crunch (and edited the rest), I'd like to respond to some of his points about the mechanics:

The complaint about the perspective jumping around between Edges is a reasonable one, but I'd like to point out that the Edges in the Savage Worlds core rule book do exactly the same thing. Perhaps it didn't work out so well, but the intent at least was to try and capture the same sort of style/vibe as Pinnacle.

Edge complexity is obviously a matter of personal preference, and Mobile Defense is certainly more complex than most Edges, but I'd argue its complexity is about the same as Florentine (from the core rules), while Berserk (also from the core rules) is even more complex. The Edge itself was designed to fit a thematic niche (evasive defense), and I didn't want to use generic bonuses (such as +2 Soak); I've seen several complaints about other settings...See more reusing old Edges, and that's something I specifically wanted to avoid.

It was pointed out that Document Forger doesn't give a bonus, which is correct. Instead it gives an *ability* - a character with Document Forger is "capable of producing false documents". Although some Professional Edges do provide a +2 bonus to certain skill checks, others (such as Holy Warrior, Gadgeteer, McGyver, etc) instead grant a new ability that most people don't have. That's why forgery doesn't have its own rule section (like disguise and poison). I felt it was the sort of ability that required special training, but that it was perhaps a bit too niche to require investment in a separate Knowledge skill.

As far as being "unfamiliar with the type of document" or "only glancing at it" is concerned, this would obviously fall under GM discretion, but most people would only be familiar with documents they deal with regularly, and unless they're suspicious they will often take the document at face value. Consider the classic trope of the protagonist flashing a fake government ID (often for some obscure branch of the government) at someone they wish to question. How often does that person take the time to carefully study the ID? How often are they familiar enough with such ID to recognise a tiny mistake?

The Forgettable Face bonus to "rolls related to disguise or being recognized" was intended to be a reference to the disguise rules, where the first roll allows someone to "realize you're not who you appear to be", and the second roll allows them to "penetrate your disguise and identify you". These rolls are both opposed, and the character with Forgettable Face would add a +2 bonus to their own rolls.

Hope that helps, and thanks for the feedback!