The savage titans have escaped their eternal prison to wage war with the gods once more, and their battles in the heavens have spilled over into our world. Armed with birthright weapons and possessed of mighty boons granted by their divine parents, the Scions—the offspring of both god and man—stand as humanity's only defense against the dread titans' spawn.
Utilizing a modified version of the popular Exalted system, play a ready-made Scion of Thor, Horus, Aphrodite, Baron Samedi, Tezcatlipoca, or Susano-o, or the child of one of 50+ gods from across six different pantheons!
Let's be up front, the game can be very crunchy. Comparisons to an Exalted modern aren't unfair. The systems possess a great deal of overlap though they're hardly identical. The basics of character generation and combat overlap a great deal, however supernatural abilities and attributes are handled quite differently. There are some bits of crunch that probably work best houseruled, which leads me to take it down a star. However the game itself is solid and setup to explore really fun character concepts. After all if you were the child of a god, who would you be?
Original Concept & Full of Action... but Complicated
The name of this review says it all. The concept of this game is something that I have personally never seen done before and it provides a very interesting basis for an RPG: you play the offspring of a god. You have various godlike powers at your disposal. The system is designed for high action, awarding bonuses for stunts and feats of amazing prowess. However, as a character performs more amazing feats, he must contend with Fate, which seeks to pit him against greater opposition and challenges worthy of his legend.
The mechanics of this game are loosely based on the old Exalted system. It still relies on d10s like any other White Wolf game and there are numerous superpowers for the characters to draw on (though not nearly as many as Exalted had, nor are they based on Abilities anymore). The combat system and the activation of superpowers seems to be a little complicated to me, however. Perhaps after spending some time familiarizing myself with the system, it will become clear but, initially, it's quite daunting.
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