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Dungeon Master Guide, Revised (2e)
by jacob k. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 11/29/2023 04:35:35

Excellent copy, print is nice, binding is excellent and way more durable then my DM guide I bought when 2e first came out (its falling apart from so much use).. I hope this never goes off the print list and hope the hard back version comes as I'd love a hard back copy as well.



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S5 The Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga (2e)
by jacob k. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 11/29/2023 04:31:54

A classic module I was happy to be able to get in print form. A pdf is nice but print is king!



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Monstrous Manual (2e)
by Geoffrey [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 11/28/2023 00:57:55

Got my copy today, only 2 weeks from the UK to AUS, very happy to have this tome in my hands again.



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GAZ1 The Grand Duchy of Karameikos (Basic)
by Chris [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 11/26/2023 13:13:57

A fantastic example of a proper reproduction. Very nicely printed, great quality, with no obvious scanning flaws. The original A1 map is incorporated into the book itself here, which is fine but of course not the same as having the proper pullout map.

The content of GAZ1 itself are about as good as it gets, as a DM resource. Karameikos serves as the centre-of-the-world for most BECMI Mystara campaigns, and is a highly versatile setting. A must-have resource.



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Player's Handbook, Revised (2e)
by Nicolas [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 11/19/2023 21:02:24

I purchased the 3 book set (PBH + DMG + MM) in softcover and think these are of solid quality. They are of the later printing from the mid 90s, which in my opinion is not the best, but they do work well together as a cohesive set. I bought these to use as reference as my original books are getting too old and worn to handle the beer and cheese dip from years of play. For the price I'm happy. Since the hardback versions are now worth their weight in gold, these ones are perfect for reference without too much worry you may damage them.

My biggest gripe is that the packaging for the shipment was lackluster to say the least... Luckily it didn't rain before I was able to get home, as one entire side of the package was exposed to the elements. There was also some adhesive from the box on the pages of the DMG, I was able to carefully clean it off but it was not ideal for a near $90 purchase. I also recommend grabbing the PDFs with them, as nowadays I find myself using a tablet/laptop to read them just as much (if not more) than the paper version.

Books them selves are 5/5 for me, but the packaging and shipping was disappointing.



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Chains of Asmodeus
by Travis G. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 11/19/2023 17:58:25

Itneedserrata to orrectdetailsFor example, I can't find anything in it that discusses down time for my players. You never go back to civilization or "normal" areas, so typical down time doesn't apply. The players are just constantly at risk the entire time, which is fine, but I'd like options on how to deal with it. The developers have a mechanism to facilitate a small amount of buying and selling of loot with the party's patron visiting, but i get the impression that's not the intent behind their creation. I can figure out additional options on my own, but it'd be nice to have ideas that fit with the story. I can just add options from the Avernus campaign, but it feels like an oversight to not even discuss it in the book. Also,

there are small errors that need looked at. For example, in the monsters section, there are stats for a Hellcat. It has a trait called Shadow Dweller, which you'd assume means it gets advantages in shadows. The copy I have says attacks against it in dim or bright light are made at a disadvantage. If that's the case, why would it ever leave the light? Aside

from these issues, I do think it's great content. The art is wonderful and the premise is quite good. It just feels like there wasn't much play testing done to catch these small issues. I wish I could've gotten a hard copy.



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DDAL05-02 The Black Road (5e)
by Kyle M. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 11/18/2023 18:03:25

This is a great T1 adventure! Had a table of more seasoned adventurers and they loved it! It's a bit shorter, and I was able to run it in almost exactly 2 hours. Good mix of RP, combat, and environmental challenges. However, you could run it for longer if you adjust it a bit to include "optional" combats, assuming your players want more of a challenge.

My players were enthusiastic when I told them I could beef up the encounters for them. The added challenge kept them on their toes, but wasn't too difficult.

Overall, this is a great adventure to run at a local game store like I did!



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In the Cage: A Guide to Sigil (2e)
by Richard G. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 11/15/2023 20:08:01

POD is a little dark in some places but overall very nice and worth the purchase. maps are included and reduced in size to fit on pages. Still references well. Section on Fortunes Wheel is useful for use with fifth edition Planescape adventure book.



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S5 The Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga (2e)
by Richard G. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 11/15/2023 12:20:03

Print is very clear and clean. Very happy with this POD purchase.



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FRC1 Ruins of Adventure (1e)
by michael b. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 11/14/2023 10:44:44

Really good but one issue I had was its missing a map I had to go and find it online.



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Chains of Asmodeus
by Alyssa N. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 11/13/2023 01:45:43

Okay, so overall I think that this is a very good supplement for anyone wanting to do some campaigns involving the Nine Hells. I like a lot of the lore provided for the locations as well as the maps (though a minor nitpick I have is that the River Styx is colored blue instead of red), and if you want to even go further and use this book in conjuction with D&D 3.5e's Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells, you will have a ton of information to work with! I also think a lot of the art is really good! The environmental art is very cool, and the character art looks absolutely wonderful. I also really like the inclusion of devils and other monsters from previous editions and giving them 5e statblocks, very cool!

Alright, now that I have the positives out of the way, I'm gonna get into the things I don't really like.

  • Not a fan of the Triad in the Nessus part. I think they're a bit odd both narratively and design-wise. In a narrative sense, I find it kind of strange that they are the ones who pen and enforce contracts; because that, in part, overlaps with the roles of some other devils. All contracts, from the lowest imp to the highest pit fiend, are enforced by Asmodeus. The interpretation of contracts and exploiting loopholes is also something that any devil is capable of doing, and Glasya in particular is known for sifting through the legalese of contracts to find things she can exploit. So I think having a set of characters who specifically oversee this for all devils takes away from the other devils as well as their agency to write and enforce their own contracts. Personally, if you wanted to expand on devils who oversee certain tasks and/or bueraucracy of the Nine Hells, I think the Dark Eight would have been an interesting bit of lore to expand upon. And design-wise, not a fan of the look. They look very similar to nupperibos, which I think is an odd choice given that they're archdevils and nupperibos are considered the lowest of the lowest in the devil pecking order.
  • Continuing on the subject of design, not a fan of the art for the archdevils. I myself am an artist so not a huge deal to me as I have my own designs for them, but the issue I have with them is that I think that they don't really convey the personality and characteristics of those archdevils as seen in some of the official artwork of them. To me, they all kind of look like 'generic evil demon guy'. For a clearer idea of what I mean, let's think about the artwork of Asmodeus from 3.5e (or a favorite of mine, the Waterdeep: Dragon Heist concept art of him), I feel that that art in comparison to the depiction of him here conveys a sense of charm, regalness, and human-ness that the work here does not; I feel like the art here for the archdevils in this book conveys a more 'monster-y' and visually offputting/evil look, which I am personally not a big fan of. The other devils included in the book like Abigor, Adramalech, and Morax also look ill-suited for devils as well. Stylistically, they don't look like devils at all; if I didn't know they were supposed to be devils, I would think they're aliens from a sci-fi horror game or some manner of undead creatures.
  • Also with the archdevils, I find some information in their statblocks to be weird. For one, I think every archdevil should have "All, telepathy" in their statblocks instead of only a few. Every official archdevil (except Bel, might be because of his origin as a pit fiend) in 5e knows every language. I know that the reason for many of them only having Common, Draconic, Infernal, and Celestial in here is something from previous editions, but frankly it just doesn't make sense for beings of near god-like power. Also I think their condition immunities should include frightened and exhaustion as well. Once again, every official archdevil statblock in 5e is immune to "charmed, exhaustion, frightened, and poisoned" (again, except Bel for some odd reason, but he should too). Another thing I think they should have as archdevils of their status is "truesight 120ft" (though it's very inconsistent which archdevils have truesight and which don't in the official 5e statblocks), or at least Asmodeus definitely should, by virtue of being a god; and I think it would be very fitting for Dispater especially, as well as Mephistopheles and maybe Baalzebul and Glasya. And I'm curious why Glasya is resistance to necrotic and radiant damage and has blindsight. I couldn't find any reason within the text to suggest why she would have those.
  • The Horsemen of the Apocalypse characters seem a bit odd to me. This is a minor thing I don't like, considering they're only mentioned in one section, but I think they have the potential to be cool. For one, I think it's weird that they're devils, as, if they are supposed to embody and be heralds of death, war, famine, and pestilence, I think it would be more fitting for them to be yugoloths (neutral evil) or even a group of strangely affable demons (chaotic evil). Also, a minor nitpick I have is that I don't like that they have dinosaurs as steeds (sorry, I'm a dinosaur hater), I think it would be cooler if they had infernal war machines, either Devil's Rides (motorcycles basically) or some unique ones; to me, dinosaurs gives Jurrassic Park vibes and it makes it feel rather silly. Narratively, I also find them a bit strange. I don't really see where the title given to them comes in to play, as none of them have anything to do with/relation to the themes of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse story. To me, they read more like some Arthurian tale of riddles and bickering knights.

Going back to the top, the things I dislike are minor, nothing really egregious, and would be easy to fix on your own as well. As a big fan of devils and the Nine Hells' lore, I think this is a really good addition of content to try playing through or incorporating into your own games. I myself definitely am planning to use some of the information in this book for my own campaign I'm working on.

TL;DR: Overall, very good buy with a lot of information and maps/visuals to work with. There are some small things I dislike (which is subjective to my own taste), but nothing that wouldn't be easy to rework. 4/5!



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In the Cage: A Guide to Sigil (2e)
by Jason W. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 11/11/2023 07:20:24

Even though this is 2e book, it is almost completey informational. No book, including the newest 5e book is as a more complete run down as this book. Every bit as current, and great information. I highly recommend this, in addition to the Faces of Sigil book that has some great hooks to complete the 5e campaign setting on the City of Doors.



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C1 The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan (1e)
by Per [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 11/10/2023 03:20:40

One of my first ever bought modules back in the day (with the brown full-colour EO cover), and I still love the crazyness of it! But the pages are not super clear, and the maps that are provided with the pdf are really sub-par, and thus I dread the POD-copy I also ordered... :/

EDIT: Yeah, the maps with the POD were really bad!



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N1 Against the Cult of the Reptile God (1e)
by Ryder B. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 11/08/2023 14:44:09

A very high-quality print. My only problem with it is that the map of Orlane is divided on the two bookends, meaning that I can't view the whole map at once. Otherwise, it is a very high-quality book.



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Chains of Asmodeus
by A customer [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 11/08/2023 04:42:11

I am a huge fan of Arcanum Worlds, and Chains of Asmodeus looks like it could be the most epic of all the 5e adventures I have seen. I has great hooks and background information to really get players invested in the story. The lore and details for the Arch Dukes and their domains is top notch and could be a great DM resource even if you don't run the adventure. The only thing I found to be lacking is there just aren't very many maps, which would have made it 5 stars . I can only recall one battlemap throughout the entire adventure, and the layer/ area maps aren't included for VTT. Still very excited to get a group going for this adventure.



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