As the Gods Demand is a nice little package with a simple yet very smooth system combined with some bizarre gods that don't fall into the traditional mode - and that's a good thing! Regarding the system: it is indeed easily integrated into pretty much any other system, and would fit well with the suggested ones as well as at least three others that I can think of without much effort. The Favor accumulation system allows for the assurance that you'll be able to engage in at least one miracle a day, yet challenges roleplaying and decision making to accumulate additional Favor for more robust performance. That said, these are by and large not combat oriented, which is again a good thing. Miracles reflect the personalities and ambitions of the gods, not the PCs, and therefore are oriented on fulfilling the mandates of a creed rather than the expediency of murderhobos. The intiations and sacrifices necessary to acquire the miracles of the gods make this clear, and the default pantheon - while odd - is evokative and entertaining. The limitation of this product is in what is left out. It does not have any guidelines on designing new miracles, which hurts it especially since most of the odd gods in this zine do not parallel existing gods in published or (many I would wager) homebrew settings. They could be added, but it woudl have been nice to see the methodlogy used to determine the miracles and rites in order to better facilitate creating miracles for other campaigns and for existing gods in myriad settings. And yes, I can just reverse engineer things and develp my own, but it would have been convenient. Overall, it is still worth the price, even if just for the bizarre pantheon included and as fuel for my own homebrew. It is hurt by lacking any guidelines on miracle creation, so 4/5 stars. Go ahead and get it!

Loved this concept as a sort of minigame overlay on top of what I already play (Black Hack/Lavendar Hack).

Useful list of traits for monster hunters.

Very cool NPC generators tied to the monster hunt minigame through the wants characteristic.

I like the whole hunting/investigating angle where there is always a twist to the plot.

I feel like it would be very easy to exoand the monsters presnented here with other "boss" variations of basically any other monster from your game of choice.

I'm going to combine this with my normal hexcrawling gameplay where encountering strong monsters nearby towns will trigger a quest. Also psyched to combine this with the Monster Menu-all by Skerples which gives rules for weird effects from eating monsters you kill as well.

Anyway, maybe not what the author intended, but as a DM and solo player, I found a lot to love here. Very usable and inspirational and nothing to get in the way of getting down to playing with it.

Charles Avery's "Into the Wyrd and Wyld" is a fantastic book with excellent writing, evocative artwork, and ideas galore for a game master who wishes to run unsettling, frightening encounters in the deep wilderness. In terms of its feel and its tone, the book puts me in mind of films such as the "Blair Witch Project" or "The Ritual" among others. I think it is safe to say that what Patrick Stuart and Scrap Princess did for deep subterranean/cave adventuring in "Veins of the Earth," Charles Avery has done for woods, forests and swamps in "Into the Wyrd and Wild."

I am already incorporating parts of this book, most especially the monsters, into my ongoing wilderness campaign.

So if you want gritty wilderness survival rules to challenge your players with, this book has it.

If you want strange, eldritch creatures with odd and horrific powers to throw at your players that they have never seen the likes of in prior monster manuals or adventures, this book has it.

If you want magical spells, items artifacts for your players to discover (and who doesn't?) this book certainly has that too, and so much more.

Hard-bitten survival rules, insanity, creepy monsters, creepier factions, diseases, poisons, curses, unholy spells and artifacts...what's not to love? What is more, this pdf comes with several pre-made monster tokens that you can quickly use in online gaming. My only complaint (and one that does not dim my review in the slightest) is that I am not yet able to find an in-print copy. Hopefully a print-on-demand version will be available for my gaming shelf in the future.

I loved it! Once I received this book, it inspired me to create a new campaign using the Shadow of the Demon Lord rules and setting. I adaptate the travel rules, monsters, items, and treasurer as my players traveled through the Lands of Fae. The stats are system neutral but can be adapted easily to d20 based systems. The art is fantastic in portraying a darker and ominous setting. The highly recommend this book!

A great supplement for making the wilderness more than just a pass through! Extremely well put together and unique.