[Torg] Back After a Long Absence + Essential Purchases

[Kansas Jim]

James Knevitt wrote:

> If you look back to about the year 2000, I used to post on this list 
> with some regularity (torg was, and still is, one of my all time 
> favorite games). Then, of course, life intervened. Now, with the WEG 
> saga unfolding, I have been drawn back to Torg, and found everything 
> just where I left it. It's good to be back.

Welcome back!

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> Next on the list are likely Land Below and Space Gods. What else for 
> pure essentials? I'm specifically thinking of things like Pixaud, which 
> I recall was very useful for any Ayslish caster.

Space Gods is useful for the psionics rules, that appears to be the
only core sourcebook that you're missing. Land Below isn't really
essential but it does have its charms. The Ravagons supplement is
useful in making ravagons more useful servants of the High Lords
than their base writeup in the rulebook and Orrorsh SB indicates.

Pixaud's and the Clerics' Sourcebook are handy because of all the spells
and miracles cataloged in them. Pixaud's also has some helpful
clarifications on the spell design process if you're so inclined.

The Terra sourcebook is not essential but does have a slightly revised
version of the weird science gadgetry rules that some people find
helpful.

The Creatures books (Aysle, Orrorsh, Tharkold) are good if you're
going to be using those realms a lot.

For adventures, the original trilogy is good as Phil mentioned though
they do need a fair bit of updating to account for material that came
along in later sourcebooks (like Manwaring's changes under the
Orrorsh sourcebook material). Plus you get a GMs screen with the first
one!

-- 
Kansas Jim, Torg guru (ksjim (at) sdc (dot) org)
Torg website: http://www.sdc.org/~ksjim/index.html