Arsenal (d20 System Weapons Guide and Sourebook)

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Summary: Ya get what ya pay for...
Review: I guess I should have read the description a bit better... After receiving the book and rereading the description listed here, the light bulb went on. I realized that when it says 'magic', it means that ALL of the items are magic and that this is intended for a world in which magic is still very real. Granted, this could be D&D or a Shadowrun-type setting or anywhere in between, but NOT D20 Modern, with which it is being sold as a bundle.

Don't get me wrong - there is some neat stuff in here (Elven snipers do seem like a fun character to play), but for the most part, any GM worth his/her salt should be able to create some of what came in this supplement.

If you are looking for REAL weapons for use with D20 Modern, go for "Ultramodern Firearms".

Rating:
Summary: Wild and Wacky Stuff
Review: The officially way the NRA would like you to play Third Edition Dungeons and Dragons/D20 or Peace through superior firepower. Monty Python fans rejoice! Your Holy Handgrenade has arrived! But, seriously, this is a truly wonderful book to wrap your brain around. This book gives you some tools to help create a truly unique science fantasy campaign setting as it partially explores many genres of sci-fi and gives suggestions on how to run them using this book. It also gives each of the main core classes an overview in wake of such powerful new weapons. Many new spells and feats and while they couldn't resist the temptation to add new prestige classes(are we up to a thousand of these things yet?)to the myriad of prestige classes from various sources, the number is kept blissfully short at two and two only with the Sniper for those of us who like the idea of taking out enemies from afar with one shot and the Gunman for your more contemporary action hero. New armor is also presented as well as the borrowed concept of armor as damage reduction. Overall when you're done prancing around in the Dark Ages and want to come back to some semblence of reality or beyond to the future that thankfully never will be or might come after we've all breathed our last then this book is for you. DragonStar fans take note, a lot of this is better than the guns presented as is so you'll have to be careful about what to allow and what to disallow for your own campaigns.