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Summary: Fantastic dragon resource for D&D
Review: Apparently the author of the review "What the crap? What IS this?!" didn't notice the "Dungeons and Dragons" text on the cover. This book is a roleplaying game resource, and a fantastic one. It is not intended as a historical reference (particularly since dragons in mediaeval times were fictitious and mythical creatures). It is difficult to have a factual book on an animal that did not exist.This book is a wonderful resource for use with the Dungeons and Dragons RPG system. The drawings and detail are done very well and present the information in a manner that is easy to read. Any DM who wishes to use dragons in their D&D campaigns should definitely pick up this book.
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Summary: Great Big Book of Cheese
Review: Certainly every player can remember the time their character walked up and easily slew an elder dragon with only the Monster Manual rules in play. Wait, you can't? Neither can I... This book takes the most powerful creatures in D&D and raises the bar to, at times, laughable levels. Full of special "Dragon Only" feats, skills, prestige classes, and new dragons altogether, this book is a handy resource for any GM that wants to smash their party into dust with little or no creative effort. Imagine if you will, a dragon that can warp time so just when you think you killed it, surprise! You actually didn't... All this and more awaits you within these pages.
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Summary: All you want to know about dragons.
Review: Great book is all I have to say.
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Summary: Draconomicon = Inspiring, Empowering, Epic
Review: I bought the Draconomicon the day it came out. I read it and immediately started a new campaign, themed around building uber-powerful dragons. Then, once we built these very powerful and terrifying monsters, we built an adventuring party to go slay the beasts. It's an awesome book, plain and simple. I don't even have words to describe how much the book rocks. I know that there are those who have said that certain beings listed aren't powerful enough to be what they were in 2nd Edition, but that is fine by me. I enjoyed the book just as it is and the rest if for other readers to decide.
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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: I don't use dragons much and the price tag scared me off for quite a while but I finally bought this book and am glad I did. Even if you only use dragons sparingly like I do I find the book worth it simply because when I do use dragons I want the encounter to be important and challenging. Dragons straight out of the monster manual may be tough but I always find that my players prepare for the battle ahead of time and always make themselves immune to the breath weapon, the dragon's most powerful ability. Well this book has plenty of spells and metabreath feats to shock and dismay your PCs like spells to change the breath weapon energy type or feats to maximize the breath weapon. Also there are dragon prestige classes and dragon magical items.
For players their are dragon based prestige classes such as a dragonhunter and a slew of magic items that can be crafted from a slain dragon's corpse. Also their are more spells for players either to combat dragons or to give the player dragon-like abilities such as a breath weapon.
Lets not forget they also listed sample treasure hoards for every EL so you don't have to roll them all out. Also there are sample dragons of every major type and age if you don't want to go through the trouble of making up a dragon yourself. They also have sample dragon lairs for each type of dragon.
A very good book.
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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: I don't use dragons much and the price tag scared me off for quite a while but I finally bought this book and am glad I did. Even if you only use dragons sparingly like I do I find the book worth it simply because when I do use dragons I want the encounter to be important and challenging. Dragons straight out of the monster manual may be tough but I always find that my players prepare for the battle ahead of time and always make themselves immune to the breath weapon, the dragon's most powerful ability. Well this book has plenty of spells and metabreath feats to shock and dismay your PCs like spells to change the breath weapon energy type or feats to maximize the breath weapon. Also there are dragon prestige classes and dragon magical items.
For players their are dragon based prestige classes such as a dragonhunter and a slew of magic items that can be crafted from a slain dragon's corpse. Also their are more spells for players either to combat dragons or to give the player dragon-like abilities such as a breath weapon.
Lets not forget they also listed sample treasure hoards for every EL so you don't have to roll them all out. Also there are sample dragons of every major type and age if you don't want to go through the trouble of making up a dragon yourself. They also have sample dragon lairs for each type of dragon.
A very good book.
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Summary: D&D Dragons get the book they deserve.
Review: I had this item on my wishlist for several months, but couldn't get past the relatively bad reviews, and didn't order it because I thought it was too pricey compared to the reviews it was getting here. Amazon put the book on a 60% discount, and I overcame my apprehensions and snapped it up. I am very glad I did so. The book is divided into five chapters and two appendices, listed below for your edification: 1. All about dragons
2. A DM's Guide
3. The Player's Perspective
4. New Monsters
5. Sample Dragons App 1: The Dragon's Hoard
App 2: Index of Dragons The book clocks in at 288 pages. The cover is front and back and portrays what can only be defined as a moment of domestic bliss in the life of red dragons. The content is generally very good. Sometimes it delves into the absurd, such as the rules for non-dragons incubating dragon eggs. Example: Silver dragon eggs must be kept at zero degrees or encased in ice. Wyrmlings which are hatched prematurely can be assisted by placing them in a situation reminiscent of their incubation needs. I just had a hard time thinking of a little hatchling silver dragon encased in a block of ice or a baby green dragon dropped in some 1d4/rnd dmg acid to help them stay alive. This is a minor quibble, and can be easily filed under the "Dragons aren't real, and if they were, they ain't chickens" line of thinking. Otherwise the writing is good quality, and the volume as a whole provides an in-depth look at the physiology, culture, nature and the life and times of D&D's eponymous monster. I'm sorry I hesitated to buy it at the regular Amazon price, so if the discount is gone and you think you might still be interested, I'd recommend getting it anyway. It misses a star only because it doesn't quite measure up to what I consider 5 star WoTC books like the 3rd edition Forgotten Realms campaign setting or the Silver Marches supplement, but it certainly accomplishes what it sets out to do.
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Summary: Superb!
Review: I understand that Wizards of the Coast originally planned the Draconomicon as a tabletop book of art. The Draconomicon does indeed contain excellent artwork, but Wizards transformed the book into Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Dragons, But Were Wisely Afraid to Ask Them.
The Draconomicon has something for everyone--everyone, that is, who loves dragons. It contains creative, unique dragon prestige classes, spells and feats, including a whole new class of feats called metabreath feats. Some of the feats surely drew their inspiration from the scene in J.R.R. Tolkein's The Hobbit where Smaug the dragon single-handedly (or -tailedly) lays waste to the whole of Esgaroth in a few moments. Those feats will likewise turn some of your dragons into veritable engines of destruction--as they should be. It's not for naught that Gary Gygax named the game Dungeons and Dragons.
While the Draconomicon focuses a great deal on our old friends the metallic dragons and our old enemies the chromatic dragons, it contains plenty of new dragons, good, evil and neutral. The new dragons, which include several undead, extra-planar, and even golem dragons, span the gamut from the fast and maneuverable elemental air drake at CR 6 to the colossal, thunderous landwyrm at CR 22.
Lest you think that the Draconomicon offers material only for the DM and the dragon art connoisseur, let me assure you that it contains a dragon's hoard of material for players too. It contains PC prestige classes, feats, and spells. Now your PC can have a dragon familiar, a dragon cohort, or even a dragon mount. Special rules, modeled on the monster PC rules in Savage Species, even allow you to play a dragon PC, starting at 1st level!
The Draconomicon stands out as one of the best birthday gifts I've gotten in the past four decades, and if one of the players in the campaign I run hadn't given it to me, I would have happily purchased it for myself. The Draconomicon is nothing sort of superb.
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Summary: For passionate D&D enthusiasts
Review: If you are really into Dragons (as any true Dungeons and Dragons player must be), then the dragons section in the monster manual just isn't good enough. There are no creatures in the entire role-playing world as versitile and interesting and add as much flair to a story as Dragons. Dragons as allies, dragons as enemies, dragons as background stories or even dragons as characters make D&D what it is. This is the book about Dragons, going more in depth into everything from physiology and psychology to ancestry and culture. Every question that you have ever had about a dragon (and an incredible number of answers to questions you haven't even thought of) arre what this book is all about. A couple of notes: This book is not for somebody creating their first adventure or someone who likes to read Pern stories. This book is a fairly advanced technical manual designed for a seasoned D&D DM who wants to take their adventure to the next challenging level. Using this book doesn't make working with dragons easy, but if you are willing to put the work into it, this book will put the knowledge you need at your fingertips. My suggestion for this book is the same with many of the higher level, more specific manuals in the D&D series: Find a friend who has it or find a copy in a bookstore to browse through to make sure this book is right for you before you put down the money for it, because it will not be for everyone! For those DMs who this book is well suited for however, you and your players will have such adventures to come that you'll never forget!
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Summary: For passionate D&D enthusiasts
Review: If you are really into Dragons (as any true Dungeons and Dragons player must be), then the dragons section in the monster manual just isn't good enough. There are no creatures in the entire role-playing world as versitile and interesting and add as much flair to a story as Dragons. Dragons as allies, dragons as enemies, dragons as background stories or even dragons as characters make D&D what it is. This is the book about Dragons, going more in depth into everything from physiology and psychology to ancestry and culture. Every question that you have ever had about a dragon (and an incredible number of answers to questions you haven't even thought of) arre what this book is all about. A couple of notes: This book is not for somebody creating their first adventure or someone who likes to read Pern stories. This book is a fairly advanced technical manual designed for a seasoned D&D DM who wants to take their adventure to the next challenging level. Using this book doesn't make working with dragons easy, but if you are willing to put the work into it, this book will put the knowledge you need at your fingertips. My suggestion for this book is the same with many of the higher level, more specific manuals in the D&D series: Find a friend who has it or find a copy in a bookstore to browse through to make sure this book is right for you before you put down the money for it, because it will not be for everyone! For those DMs who this book is well suited for however, you and your players will have such adventures to come that you'll never forget!
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