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Summary: This book is awesome!
Review: While I was perusing through the "d20" section of my local Border's store, I stumbled across this book. I pulled it out of the shelf, thinking, "Okay, the art seems cool; does it have the content to back it up?" I quickly found that it did. First of all, I must say that Monte Cook is a pure genius! He really knows how to make a fantasy campaign setting (if only he had also worked on Forgotten Realms - that's already sweet, and he would have made it even better...).
After being a player and a DM a million times in the standard 3rd (or 3.5) edition settings, looking through this book really got me excited. Everything in it is so new, so fresh, so creative, while still retaining the original "D&D spirit", that it makes the game so much better. The races are extraordinarily awesome, especially because it takes you away from the standard elves, dwarves, halflings, and so on. The classes have the same effect; they're much more in-depth and personalized, and again are a digression from the standard classes (fighter, rogue, wizard, etc.). I could go on and on (the magic system, the new feats, truenames, etc.), but that would take too much time.
Now, I'm not saying I don't like the 3rd edition or 3.5 set of rules from Wizards of the Coast. I still love that too - I just really like Monte Cook's version as well. I highly recommend this item if you are already familiar with 3rd edition and are willing to try out something new - it's really sweet!
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