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The Drow of the Underdark (Advanced Dungeons and Dragons : Forgotten Realms Accessory)

Ed Greenwood

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Total reviews: 13 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

A must for all players and DMs of the Underdark 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

A detailed journey through the drow world. The Drow of the Underdark is perhaps the only book which will give you precise details and also a lot of aid in creating a drow PC or NPC. Going through everything from drow history to magical items, the Drow of the Underdark is a must for all players. It's adaptability is unmatched yet, and is useable by all players.

Better yet, it has a cover unlike many of the other Forgotten Realms expansions. A black paperback cover inlaid with gold.

excellent 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 5 people found this review helpful.

AN EXCELLENT BOOK THAT GIVES SOMEONE THAT IS NEW A VERY GOOD UNDERSTANDING AND BACK GROUND OF THE DROW UNDERWORLD

Great book even if you don't play Underdark 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This is the best D&D rules supplement I have ever purchased. It contains so much information about the drow (dark) elves. It talks about their religion, their language, and a sect of drow that are good aligned. If you have any interest in ever including drow in your campaign this is the book for you. I use the drow- english dictionary in it all the time. It makes interesting puzzles for my PCs. Even when I am not playing D&D I use this book; it has some cool drow names that I like to use as names for some of my MUD characters. Without a doubt this is the most useful D&D book I own short of the Monsters Manual.

Secrets of Sarlona (Dungeons & Dragons d20 3.5 Fantasy Roleplaying, Eberron Supplement)

Keith Baker, Scott Fitzgerald Gray, Glenn McDonald, Chris Sims

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Good resource for Eberron Players and DMs 4 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

For anyone interested in psionics canon in Eberron, I'd highly recommend this book. There are a lot of NPCs and political information as well as some weapons and feats that may prove useful. It seems a little bit of a throw-back to forgotten realms style regional modules.

Downsides for me was that the material was very vague or limited, geographically, but fairly detailed politically. For example, they'll spend a tiny paragraph for a whole region that is leaking chaos into Eberron in Adar and has a lot of fantasy potential, then spend 5 pages talking about a political group that really, after reading it, isn't very interesting or have clear goals or themes.

For crunch, the PrCs and quori-related stuff seems a little tame...a lot more flavor than bang. Enough of the artwork is mediocre to remove it from the list of strengths.

I think I would have liked the book to be...bigger. There is a lot of material to cover and a lot of it gets short treatment or no treatment at all, but still a good book especially if you are interested in non-Khorvaire Eberron, as I am.

Book of Erotic Fantasy

Gwendolyn F. M. Kestrel, Duncan Scott

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Total reviews: 12 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

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Love and battle are both intimate acts, both done in heat and sweat with the soun dof cries echoing in your ears, and really - who is to say which is the more dangerous? -- The Paladin Valeria

For decades in the gaming world, the subject of this product has been the source of much debate and speculation. Now you hold in your hands a 192 page, full color book that will finally address the issues of sex, love, seduction, marriage and pregnancy for the OGL system.

This book contains over 20 new feats, 3 new classes and 12 new prestige classes, 6 new domains, over 75 new spells, 6 new gods, 12 new monsters, many usable as player character races, and variant rules. This material is intended to add a new dimension to your game - courtly intrigue and manipulation, marriages of power and prophesized births, dangerous seducers and sex magic. All of this and more await you inside the Book of Erotic Fantasy.

To hear you talk we are facing an apocalypse - the world ending as we know it, the stars falling from the skies, the gods walking upon the earth and condemning us all for our transgressions. Look, I know I'm good - but darling, it's only sex! -- Cheval to Valeria after their first night

This product is for mature audiences only. This product is compliant with the Open Gaming License and is compatible with the world's best selling Fantasy Roleplaying Game

Special Edition Player's Handbook (Core Rulebook I) (Dungeons & Dragons d20 3.5 Fantasy Roleplaying)

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Total reviews: 17 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

SWEET 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book is so worth the bragging rights that come with it. It also always has this really cool crackle when you turn the pages.

Gaming Necessity with a Good Looking Cover 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 2 people found this review helpful.

You can judge this book by it's cover. All the updates for the Player's Handbook is gathered in one place.

if you don't own it BUY IT 5 out of 5 stars.
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what can i say...everything about this book is great...only complaint i have is now that i have it i need to find some people to play with. BUY IT! !!

D&D 4 out of 5 stars.
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The players hand book is the most widely bought book in the dungeons and dragons gamers book set. i love that they have brought it out in the lovely leather bound book and updated some of the rules. i love haveing it in my colection plus it makes the other players in the game a little jeoules seeing it on the table. i have the whole set now of the d&d specail edtion and i love the set.

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A deluxe, leatherbound version of the essential tool every D&D© player needs.
Since 2004 is the 30th anniversary of the Dungeons & Dragons game, Wizards of the Coast, Inc. is commemorating this milestone with a beautiful, special edition of the Player's Handbook. Created with the collector in mind, this special release now sports an embossed, leatherbound cover and premium, gilt-edged paper, along with beautifully designed endpapers.

Encyclopedia Magica, Vol. 4: S-Z & Index Access

Inc. TSR

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Total reviews: 14 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Encyclopedia Magica is a MUST! 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

Encyclopedia Magica vols 1-4 has to be one of the BEST Dungeons and Dragons accessories ever made and a definite must-have for every DM!
Within its 1664 pages, one finds magical item after magical item from various different worlds; from Oerth, Krynn, Toril and many others. It is a vast compilation of items and artifacts that have been published over the years in modules, adventures, accessories, magazines etc and are now presented in compact form for the convenience of us, the players. Presented alphabetically, with very good descriptions- including stating the origin- and with very nice art, Encyclopedia Magica is a great addition to anyone's collection. Myself, I proudly display my copies on my shelves for all to see and for me to admire.
In short, if you don't have the four Encyclopedia Magica volumes, GET THEM! It might take a bit of searching to locate the copies, but it's well worth it!

The hardcover is not a hardcover 4 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

Amazon misleadingly lists the first printing of this book as a hardcover. This series was NEVER printed in hardcover form. The book listed as a hardcover is actually the original "bible" or "fancy" edition of the book. It comes with a faux-leather vinyl cover, fancy bible-quality paper, and two ribbon bookmarks that are sewn into the binding.

Later printings (published after TSR was bought by Wizards of The Coast) have an embossed heavy-paper cover, lower-quality paper for the pages, and no bookmarks. These printings are billed as "softcover" by Amazon.

There are no other versions than these two.

Psionics Handbook (Dungeons & Dragons d20 3.0 Fantasy Roleplaying)

Bruce R. Cordell

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Total reviews: 55 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

A sick joke 2 out of 5 stars.
8 of 13 people found this review helpful.

I was a big fan of 2nd Edition psionics. My favorite class to play was psionicist. But with 3rd Edition, psionicists have become nothing more than wimpy mages.

Now, I like the idea of a psychic warrior. That is the one thing the book did right.

However, WotC foolishly claims that psionics is magic, when it is inherently not. They then give the "psion" all the weakness of a sorceror, but with none of the raw power. Psionics is now nothing special. They claim it was for balance, but I think the problem lies on those who do not wish for psionics to have a chance on stepping on wizards' toes.

Instead, if you want psionics, I must recommend using "Forbidden Kingdoms" instead. Their psionics systems use the skill d20 mechanic instead of the magic mehcanic, and works much better and truer to psionics than this...book.

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Masters of the Mind

Adventurers speak of a rare breed of heroes who can bend the laws of nature to their bidding through sheer force of will. This mental manipulation is not magical, nor is it the suff of superstitious gossip. It is the art of psionics.

This supplement for the D&D game provides psionic character classes, psionic skills and feats, a psionic combat system, and a piethora of psionic powers, items, and monsters--everything you need to include psionics in your campaign.

To use this supplement, a Dungeon Master also needs the Player's Handbook, the Dungeion Master's Guide and the Monster Manual. A player needs only the Player's Handbook.

Races of Eberron (Dungeons & Dragons d20 3.5 Fantasy Roleplaying Supplement)

Jesse Decker, Matthew Sernett, Keith Baker, Gwendolyn F. M. Kestrel

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Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

A product for both those who own Eberron and those who don't fails to please everyone. 3 out of 5 stars.
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This product details the four new races introduced in the Eberron Campaign Setting (hereinafter "ECS"): the Kalashtar, the Changeling, the Warforged, and the Shifter. While it clearly has a strong Eberron focus, the stats for these races along with their feats from the ECS are reproduced here for any DM who wants new races without having to purchase the ECS. Discussion on inserting these races into more traditional fantasy worlds is presented as well.

The book falls flat in a variety of ways, however. The racial write ups are the height of bland, saying very little that a person of average intelligence would not naturally realize. While there are occasional gems in the race write ups, such as the discussion of different philosophies among the changelings, even those interesting bits of insight are repeatedly used until the reader is tired of them. The racial setting material adds extremely little to the Eberron setting, though it may be of more use to a reader who is completely unfamiliar with Eberron.

New feats, spells, prestige classes, substitution levels, and other mechanical additions are presented. They're a mixed bag. Many of the feats and prestige classes do a good job of expanding on the potential conceptual focus of the existing races. The racial substitution levels are likely the best part for many gamers, though some of them do very little to change the base class.

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A new D&D sourcebook detailing the major races of the Eberron™ world.

Races of Eberron provides Dungeons & Dragons® players and Dungeon Masters with an in-depth look at the new races of the Eberron™ Campaign Setting, including changelings, the kalashtar, shifters, and the warforged. The book includes extensive information on each race, plus new race-related feats, prestige classes, spells, and equipment. In addition, this book highlights the other major races of the Eberron world, including elves, dwarves, halflings, gnomes, half-elves, half-orcs, and drow.

The Complete Thief's Handbook (AD&D 2nd Ed Rules Supplement, PHBR2)

Douglas Niles

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Total reviews: 22 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Best All-Around Class Handbook 5 out of 5 stars.
14 of 14 people found this review helpful.

This is by far my favorite "Complete _____'s Handbook." Nearly everything in here is essential if you want to have a real thief, and not just a bunch of stats. The kits are some of the best I've seen. Other Handbooks have outlandish or just downright worthless kits (for instance, take that Ranger kit that turns you into a tree!). In this one, however, every kit is unique, and yet believable and fun to play. For a long time, this handbook was the only information available on Thieves' Guilds. If that's what you're after, however, I'd recommend Den of Theieves, which fleshes it out even more and provides all sorts of adventure possibilities. Round this book out with new equipment and magic items, and you have a classic.

The Complete Thief's Handbook/Player's Handbook Rules Supple 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.

If you are a big D&D player who is sick of always being a fighter and wants a chalange. This is the book for you, The thief is a very fun character to play as. I mean who wouldnt want to pick pockets, and loot giant mansions full of treasure and guards without even being touched. keep in mind all of what you have in your supplies and you can loot a house without anybody noticing.

if you have any questions on how to loot a house and sneak around email me at magictg00@hotmail.com

Wizard's Spell Compendium, Vol. 4 (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons)

Jon Pickens, Mark Middleton

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Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Pretty Cool 4 out of 5 stars.
12 of 12 people found this review helpful.

A good compilation of spells. I like the tables in the front of this (the first) book. I understand this is not meant to be a rule book, but some help on where to find rules on chronomancers would be nice, since there are a fair number of spells for them in here. Recommend getting 1st and 4th books before obtaining rest so that you get the tables and index.

Useful but unbalanced 4 out of 5 stars.
6 of 9 people found this review helpful.

The breakdown of the spells into various groups helps players check spells fast.

But beware, play balance of the spells are poorly done for nearly all spells cast by Elminster, Khelbun, Seven sisters and the major characters in FR.

The rest are alright execpt for some balantly munchkin ones (unidirectional wall of force??). Discretion required.

Great 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 10 people found this review helpful.

This book has it all. It is a must have for any wizard. With the other 3 books you will have thousands of spells that are easy to find and understand.

The cream of the crop. 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

Anyone who thinks that this book is redundant, or just repeats spells, is insane. Thousands of spells were collected from every adventure, and magazine to make this the most complete listing of spells avalible. Many have also been updated to work with AD&D rules.

Player's Option: Spells & Magic (AD&D Fantasy Roleplaying)

Richard Baker

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Total reviews: 12 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Unique in the good way 5 out of 5 stars.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful.

Unlike "Skills and Powers" and "Combat and Tactics", "Spells and Magic" does not introduce a wholly new set of rules that the other two books in the series are infamous for. "Spells and Magic" so rarely deviates from the original rules and presents so much expanded materials ( rather than totally new), you will soon be immersed into the originality of the effort. While this is basically a second take on The Complete Wizard's Handbook, it accomplished its goals so much better and quicker that it has plenty of leftover space to introduce several new subdivisions of the magic-user class and many other useful innovations. My advise as for Spells and Magic? Opt for this rules expansion - steer clear of its comrades.

Very good book for all types of Spellcasters 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

This book is a great source of information for any type AD&D game, this book includes detailed info about all types of Spellcasters and includes too the system of Character Point's already seen in the Player Option's:Skills&Powers but expanded and woth more option's this time for all Spellcaster. There is a system that you can create your own spellcaster type and almost create a new class, by choosing it advantages, disadvantages special powers and special traits. The books also include a system and a table of critical hit caused by magic. The book is very interisting and very good it worth the price you pay. Get it if you can.