I'm not a huge fan of this content. I'm lazy so I was hoping someone created a system of races which I could just plug into a Fantasy Cypher system and use. Instead, this book reinvents the wheel and that's just way too much customization for me.
The very 1st 2 sentences of the book are:
When using this supplement, players choose a Racial Type (from this document) for their characters. in place
of a Type (from the Cypher System Rulebook). They still choose their Descriptor and Focus normally.
I wish I had known this ahead of time. So no Type (classes) at all, Forget speakers, Adepts etc, you're leveling as a Dwarf or Elf or etc gaining abilities at each tier as a Race. It's essentially D&D 1st edition in Cypher. Don't get me wrong, some people might like this but for me it's just crazy backwards. I have not bothered to check if it's balanced because I know I will never use this system.
On top of that, Magic is revamped. Since all the Types (Classes) were taken out, any ability that looks like a spell is now a spell. Actually I do like the concept of literal spells instead of abilities, and I do see that he created some of his own spells as well to flesh the system out, but it was a lazy interpretation. Every single spell caster divine or arcane has access to the same spell list. Oh and every race has access to the same spells. So how do you make a pure caster using this system? Whenever you choose an ability, just pick the Sorcery ability which allows you to learn 2 more spells of your tier or lower. I think this is very very broken. Just about every single character I build using this system would pick Far Step and Force bolt at tier 1. Some spell are too good not to take. As I said initially.... lazy.
I am not a fan of this content. I appreciate the effort and work that went into it but a warning that you're completely revamping the Cypher system (At least for Types) would have been nice. Ah well it's not a total loss, the Gear and Equipment section is an improvement over the Cypher Core books so I can at least use that.
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