What a fascinating brilliant book, My favorite sections are the ones written with playable content in mind

edit: here's more stuff about what i liked

The idea of mythical cycles is brilliant,more new ideas in scion please! more talk about mantles! more descriptions of the setting made by characters in the setting!

Love the advice on historical settings, the increased focus on mantles, and the new knacks.

The relics are a little wonkily priced and the Knight could use a bit of clarifying and maybe a slight retooling, but I’m hoping those will be fixed in errata. Otherwise, I’m a big fan of this book

An excellent supplement to Scion 2e, this book brings Arthurian Legend/the Matter of Britain and the Mabinogion to the World, and does so with an excellent blend of lore and mechanics. The new Plant Dôn Welsh Pantheon is great, and the new Knight of the Round Table Calling/Path is amazing too. We also finally get new Knacks for the eleven base Callings in Origin/Hero, mounted combat rules, and rules for taking up a fallen Mantle as a Demigod.

Once and Future is a worthwhile addition to one’s Scion Second Edition collection, and I recommend it in the highest possible terms,

Possibly the best Scion 2e book outside of the core hardbacks. Faithful to its topic and mechanically innovative at the same time.

The dots for the Relics are a bit wonky and hopefully it gets fixed in errata but this is a good product for anyone that wants to play an Arthurian Scion and the Knight calling and some of the rules for kingdoms can be used for any settings. Also props for admitting that some parts of a mythology are speculative or fabricated. It's good to admit it upfront as these things are very difficult to find records of if even complete records but it's also important not to spread fiction as historical fact or beliefs.

Very good. Looking forward to Scion: God.

Echoing what others have said, it's easily one of the best supplements so far. Amazing lore writing, cool knacks, great bestiary, the Knight path/calling, and a fascinating new pantheon.

Probably one of the best Scion supplements of this edition. Full of great worldbuilding, lots of plot ideas, a fantastic Welsh pantheon, a great bestiary, fantastic Knacks and Denizen options for the game. Definitely worth a buy.

A great antagonist focused book with updates to Scelesti, Tremere and a variety of other enemies of the Pentacle that updates them to second edition. Only reason this isn’t 5 stars is because Shunned by the Moon is just that much more amazing as another antagonist book within the Chronicles of Darkness lines.

Wonderful addition to the Mage the Awakening setting with a lot of information about the pentacle, the world within the Chronicles of Darkness and how it relates to Mages and a large New York setting.

I've jokingly referred to this book as "the GM chapters of the 3E core" among friends, and I genuinely can't think of a better summary. The section on appropriate safety tools and best practices is worth it on its own, but Crucible also includes comprehensive advice on running different styles of game, playing social scenes, and more. The chapter on optional rules is a welcome addition on top.

Overall, I'd recommend this supplement to anyone planning to run a game. It's certainly served me well in that regard!

Crucible of Legend is a Storyteller (for those unfamiliar with Exalted or the system it runs on, "Storyteller" is equivalent to Gamemaster or Dungeon Master) Guidebook for Exalted 3rd Edition. It accomplishes its goals quite well, providing advice on numerous facets of the game that weren't covered quite that well in the Core Rulebook, such as how to handle the Realm, adjudicating difficulty levels higher than 5, and numerous alternate rulesets such as simplified crafting (my personal favorite) and handling long treks.

Crucible of Legend also covers Safety Rules and the handling of sensitive content and themes, something much appreciated for a game like Exalted, which can cover a wide variety of topics, some of which might be uncomfortable or even traumatic for players, such as the horrors of war, torture, and other things not fit for polite company.

As I mentioned before, Crucible of Legend also covers alternate rulesets and "rules hacks" within. For example, the Crafting rules can be heavily simplified; don't like how you have to buy multiple crafting abilities, or find it to be too much to handle? There are rules for simply having a generic Craft ability with specialties to handle areas of particular interest to your character. There are rules for simpler stunts, alternative initiative methods, and more. Chances are good that at least one thing that bothered you in the 3rd Edition Core book is addressed here in Crucible of Legend. It even has Flat XP, which I am led to believe is something quite popular amongst the Exalted Community.

All-in-all, a good "Storyteller's Guide" for Exalted. I heartily recommend it. It does what it sets out to do, and it does so well.

Nice supplement. I didn't really like the new species, but the information about Acid Sea and everything connected with it was very interesting and useful.

I always like compilations of NPCs. These all have some decent backgrounds. None seem overly powerful and can provide some nice ideas for your own NPC. These examples give ideas how to use the system to make unique characters

Wonderful, but there's some serious problems with many of the bloodlines in that they don't travel well. Lhiannan, the various African bloodlines, etc. A very tiny bit woke, as apparently male to female transexuals can be Ahrimanes, for example. Such concepts didn't exist back then, and it's a horror setting so nobody is accepted, nobody goes home happy, plus the population is too low, survival is paramount. And, lots of clans don't work well with others. Assamites pretty much hate all other vampires (and increasingly are Muslim so they hate Jews and want to forcibly convert Christians according to real world history) , Baali are Lovecraftian cultists.... Dice mechanics are easily the best out of all of the versions of this game, I've played them all. Beats the heck out of V5 and Requiem any day.

This book isn't bad - it's certainly useful for anyone wanting to play E3. It's just that I cannot help find it a bit boring - there isn't much new here, just more of what we've already seen.

Evocations? Sure - but Earthdawn did it better, back in the nineties.