
SilvercatMoonpaw |
It will be worth it,I believe. I'm still going through it, but it definitely adds a whole other level of game play. Think of the A-Team when Face is in charge. Another example would be when Deadpool leaves a target dumbfounded in the middle of combat. These rules capitalize on that.
I certainly like what I've seen from the playtest; it's a part of the d20 fantasy system that simply hasn't gotten as much attention as magic or combat.

doc chaos |

Have you checked out the Skills Challenge Handbook? There could be some overlap with SOG, or at least in the same wheelhouse. I particularly like how sports can be run using the Pathfinder rules.
I too would like to see DDS make a npc book. Actually I like a iconic for every class there is! Akashic Mysteries, Path of War,and all of Spheres.

SilvercatMoonpaw |
What can be done with the Genius Guide to the Talented Bestiary?
It turns building monsters into a generic class-based understructure with things like Type and special abilities bought with points. (It is not the same thing as Savage Species from D&D3e.)
The primary use of this is to make monster stats that are easily progressable or regressable without the need for character or NPC classes or templates. They even give 242 pages of examples.
It also talks about using this system to make player options such as new summons, companions.....or races and monster classes (it's just not the book's main focus).
How are you using it?
Unfortunately, I haven't had a chance to use it, as I am forever stretching myself thin between different RPG focuses.