Rating: 
Summary: Okay, but not top-notch.
Review: This manual is quite slim for its price, and contains a lot of filler besides. Some of the feats are good, while others contradict the Player's Handbook rules completely. Most of the prestige classes are oriental type ones -- the red avenger, the weapon master, the master samurai, the order of the bow initiate, and so forth all have a definite 'martial arts movie' flavor which makes them useless for a strongly European-flavored campaign (like mine :)). The update of the Cavalier as a prestige class made this book worthwhile for me, since this is one of my favorite classes; it is, in fact, the main reason I bought the book. However, this is overall a rather weak effort (and the 'new weapons' are contrived trash, not worth a second look.)
Rating:
Summary: Okay, but not top-notch.
Review: This manual is quite slim for its price, and contains a lot of filler besides. Some of the feats are good, while others contradict the Player's Handbook rules completely. Most of the prestige classes are oriental type ones -- the red avenger, the weapon master, the master samurai, the order of the bow initiate, and so forth all have a definite 'martial arts movie' flavor which makes them useless for a strongly European-flavored campaign (like mine :)). The update of the Cavalier as a prestige class made this book worthwhile for me, since this is one of my favorite classes; it is, in fact, the main reason I bought the book. However, this is overall a rather weak effort (and the 'new weapons' are contrived trash, not worth a second look.)
Rating: 
Summary: Junky
Review: This was one of the worst laid out hunks of junk ever put out for D&D. To demonstrate how poorly done this is, one only has to realize that the 2nd edition Complete Psionicist Handbook was better and anybody who had the mosfortune of owning that horrible thing knows this one has to be bad.Save you money! It's garbage!
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Summary: Monk/Cleric
Review: Well i just ordered this book with my parents permission, i am a memebr of a DnD club at school a friend and i are how should i put this "The avid players" We go over to his house WHENEVER WE CAN. I have a monk/cleric. I have this because i orginaly wanted to be a monk and then later a were-tiger monk but the groud desperately needed a healer so i vulenteered. and strangely enough the generator will let me continue to be a monk/cleric where as the books say i can only be monk. i fell from reading the sample pages of this book that both my friedn and i will become even more powerful and posably outgrow toe school group we are alvl 5 and they are lvl 1 and 3.
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Summary: A good addition to the 3ed setting
Review: With the rush to get more and more data out for the newest d20 setting, Hasbro has done remarkably well with interesting and useful information. Sword and Fist is a supplemental book that gives new role players a better understanding on the diversity and capability of the Dungeons and Dragons Realms. While many of the feats are no brainers for advanced Dungeon Master (or Game Masters if you prefer), Hasbro is not leaving anything uncovered and wants to ensure that everyone gets a chance to have the best game possible. The new Prestige classes are an excellent combination of serious, mystical, and comedic figures that can be incorporated into almost any game to add life and keep the players on their toes. New weapons and explanations on fighting techniques and rulings on certain events in battle help to add precision and conformity to the game while increasing the level of tactics one can apply to their game. While I did not like the fact that this supplement is a paperback, I have to acknowledge that most of the information was new and helpful to incorporate in my games and also gives me a better direction on how powerful the d20 system can be with its flexibility and yet strickness on rules.
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