Midnight: Against the Shadow

Rating:
Summary: Great DM Resource
Review: The Fantasy Flight Games campaign setting of Midnight is excellent, and the "Against the Shadow" Players Companion adds a lot of new details to the setting as well as expanding on items covered in the core books.

However my first and only real issue with this book is that it is defined as "A Players Companion" , cripes!!! Don't give it to your players at all, for any DM wanting to allow his/her players a chance to really learn about the world they are in, the players should start off with as little detail as possible, this book blows away that opportunity.

The books contents deal with


1. Race and Class Backgrounds, why do Dorns' think what they think, what do they know that others don't, good stuff for getting players to build pre game backgrounds

2. New prestige classes.

3. Legendry Classes, which are very cool, and take prestige classes to the next level, something that I believe is explored in other FFG books too.

4. New Heroic Paths, some interesting ones, especially the Tactician.

5. More Nexus info

6. New spells and a new spell 'type' using spells as Engraved Runes, these rules are excellent and add another way to use magic while not giving players access to items too swiftly

7. More convent items

8. New weapons and equipment , a focus on concealed weapons and other items that can more easily be carried by the players.

9. Herbs, this section is my favourite part of book, detailing the different herbs, how they are used, different uses, how to prepare, store, and more. Already my players consider Herbalism and Healing to be right next to Tumble as a "must have skill"

All that's missing is a detailed map of where the herbs are located across the world, that would have been a nice addition.

All in all a great book, but keep it to yourself DMs, the info is way to valuable to be given out to the players in one go.