Blood Throne: Blight Elves - True20

Reality Deviants Publishing announced the release of a new supplement for their True20 setting, Blood Throne. Their current run of supplements, which this book kicks off, is a series dedicated to the villians of the setting. I've always been a little bit of a sucker for villians, and this book delivers some really nasty ones.

In many, if not most, settings the good guys are winning the battle against evil... that's part of what sets Blood Throne aside. When the evil-doers are winning the war, you get some really interesting and complex baddies. Here's a bit from the introduction:

Blight Elves: Architects of Despair offers Narrators and players a definitive look at the cruelest race to walk the lands of Simarra. Worshipping a goddess who has taken suicide as her own personal portfolio, the blight elves seek not to conquer the world, or even wantonly destroy it, but rather to drive every mortal soul to choose death over life. They consider the spread of misery for misery's sake their paramount mission, and regard torture, both physical and psychological, as the highest of all art forms.

One of the nice things about 4e coming out is that it has given me a chance to take a look at some alternative gaming systems, and I really like True20. But for me, the setting is more important than the system, since I can always convert a setting that I like. This setting... well, the villains make it for me. I can't wait to see how the other villain books turn out!

Oh, and by the way, in case you were wondering what happened to all those Paizo RPG Superstars, this book was written by Hal Maclean, who made it to the top 16.