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Adventurer's Vault: A Guide to Weapons, Equipment, and Treasure for Your Character (D&d Supplement) (Dungeons & Dragons) (Dungeons & Dragons)

by: Wizards RPG Team

September 25, 2008

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Forgotten Realms Player's Guide (Forgotten Realms Supplement) (Dungeons & Dragons) (Dungeons & Dragons)

by: Wizards RPG Team

September 25, 2008

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Player's Handbook: A 4th Edition Core Rulebook: 1 (D&d Core Rulebook): 1 (Dungeons & Dragons)

by: Wizards RPG Team

June 06, 2008
I for one do not like this incarnation of the Dungeons and Dragons system. In a way a radical change is good (like we saw it when Star Wars moved to the new Saga Edition Rules, which I absolutely love), but they've quite simply taken it too far.

Reading the books felt to me like I was reading through the instructions of an MMORPG, everything has cooldowns (At will (or per round), encounter or daily) and you're now severely limited in the things that you can do. Basically a Fighter can hit stuff HARD (but there's only so many ways of doing it), a Mage Blows stuff up (Again, limited ways of doing it) and it's all depending directly on your character level.

I must prefer the old days of tons of feats for the fighter, ... Read More:

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Dungeon Master's Screen (Dungeons & Dragons)

by: Wizards RPG Team

August 19, 2008
This is a well made item. A heavy-duty, well laminated, single screen with four panels containing lots of useful information. I've not played D&D since 1st edition, and I still have my old 1E DM's screen. This one is better made, and has more tables on the DM's side. It's wider and less high than the old two-piece 1E screen, but I don't think that's a problem. One table is wrong, and WoTC have published a correction that needs to be glued over it. This is a minor niggle for something with otherwise high production values that can be bought for little more than a fiver.

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Martial Power: A 4th Edition D&d Supplement (D&d Rules Expansion) (Dungeons & Dragons) (Dungeons & Dragons) (Dungeons & Dragons)

by: Wizards RPG Team

November 18, 2008
This is a well made item. A heavy-duty, well laminated, single screen with four panels containing lots of useful information. I've not played D&D since 1st edition, and I still have my old 1E DM's screen. This one is better made, and has more tables on the DM's side. It's wider and less high than the old two-piece 1E screen, but I don't think that's a problem. One table is wrong, and WoTC have published a correction that needs to be glued over it. This is a minor niggle for something with otherwise high production values that can be bought for little more than a fiver.

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Monster Manual: A 4th Edition Core Rulebook (D&d Core Rulebook) (Dungeons & Dragons)

by: Wizards RPG Team

June 06, 2008
A very useful monster manual that has the data displayed in a concise and easy to use manner. Monsters listed from A to Z makes for finding monsters fast and easy and the statistics block lists their relevant stats from their role in combat to their actual characteristic statistics (want to know what a kobolds' dexterity and wisdom is?). What the monsters powers are and what are the effects are listed in it's stat block and what players would know upon passing a lore check is presented in bite sized chunks of information. This shifts the emphasis from giving the DM a wonderful back story that they may or not enjoy to actually helping defining and letting a player in on the fun by having a mechanic to show just what their character would know in game about the monsters. ... Read More:

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Dungeon Master's Guide: A 4th Edition Core Rulebook (D&d Core Rulebook) (Dungeons & Dragons)

by: Wizards RPG Team

June 06, 2008
The DMG consists of 11 chapters, 2 an introduction to the game, DMing and running a session. 8 on the rules proper, and 1 on an adventure setting.

The highlight of the book is Fallcrest. It`s actually a good setting. The litmus test, that of inspiring ideas, was passed easily. A dozen or more ideas came to mind just skimming that chapter.

Now for the rest.

Every chapter is a well written, clear, introduction to the subject covered and provides a fair number of samples to illustrate the rules, such as they are. I'll even go as far as to call these a pleasure to read. I certainly enjoyed the precision writing. Each chapter served as a very good introduction to the rules.

And that's because each chapter is exactly that, just ... Read More:

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D&D: King of the Trollhaunt Warrens: Adventure P1 (Adventure) (Dungeons & Dragons)

by: Wizards RPG Team, Logan Bonner, Richard Baker

October 21, 2008
The DMG consists of 11 chapters, 2 an introduction to the game, DMing and running a session. 8 on the rules proper, and 1 on an adventure setting.

The highlight of the book is Fallcrest. It`s actually a good setting. The litmus test, that of inspiring ideas, was passed easily. A dozen or more ideas came to mind just skimming that chapter.

Now for the rest.

Every chapter is a well written, clear, introduction to the subject covered and provides a fair number of samples to illustrate the rules, such as they are. I'll even go as far as to call these a pleasure to read. I certainly enjoyed the precision writing. Each chapter served as a very good introduction to the rules.

And that's because each chapter is exactly that, just ... Read More:

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Draconomicon I: Chromatic Dragons (D&d Rules Expansion) (Chromatic Dragons)

by: Wizards RPG Team, Ari Marmell, Robert J. Schwalb

November 18, 2008
The DMG consists of 11 chapters, 2 an introduction to the game, DMing and running a session. 8 on the rules proper, and 1 on an adventure setting.

The highlight of the book is Fallcrest. It`s actually a good setting. The litmus test, that of inspiring ideas, was passed easily. A dozen or more ideas came to mind just skimming that chapter.

Now for the rest.

Every chapter is a well written, clear, introduction to the subject covered and provides a fair number of samples to illustrate the rules, such as they are. I'll even go as far as to call these a pleasure to read. I certainly enjoyed the precision writing. Each chapter served as a very good introduction to the rules.

And that's because each chapter is exactly that, just ... Read More:

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Player's Handbook 2: A 4th Edition D&d Supplement (D&d Core Rulebook D&d Core Rulebook) (D&d Core Rulebook D&d Core Rulebook)

by: Wizards RPG Team

March 17, 2009
The DMG consists of 11 chapters, 2 an introduction to the game, DMing and running a session. 8 on the rules proper, and 1 on an adventure setting.

The highlight of the book is Fallcrest. It`s actually a good setting. The litmus test, that of inspiring ideas, was passed easily. A dozen or more ideas came to mind just skimming that chapter.

Now for the rest.

Every chapter is a well written, clear, introduction to the subject covered and provides a fair number of samples to illustrate the rules, such as they are. I'll even go as far as to call these a pleasure to read. I certainly enjoyed the precision writing. Each chapter served as a very good introduction to the rules.

And that's because each chapter is exactly that, just ... Read More: