Let me just say that I personally found them both believable and promising.

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What makes these races special is that they are not modelled after the "classical" fantasy races found in most fantasy RPGs (Elves, Dwarves, etc.). It was the stated goal of Umbragia's designers to avoid such cliches and create something original. IMO they have succeeded.

For those of you interested in running a campaign set in Umbragia, the "Nations" are obviously essential to get started.

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"Nations of Umbragia" is the second volume dedicated to Jagged Edge Game's "Umbragia - Realms of Shadow" campaign setting. It presents an overview of the world inhabited by the various races introduced in their first game supplement, "People of the Realms".

These are pretty good

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I have played D&D for quite a while, and I see the need for character record sheets individualized by class. These are pretty good, having even spell planning sheets for spell casters and animal sheets for familiars/animal companions/mounts/pets.

Super Hero writing meets D&D

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Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk is another update of a classic adventure for the d20 rule set. Written by several industry veterans, Ruins has a lot of mixed history with everything ranging from serious to humorous takes on it. As one of the dungeons associated most closely with Gary Gygax,...

This d20 adventure, a companion to The Book of Eldritch Might, is designed for challenging high-level play rarely supported in other d20 products.

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Demon God's Fane Written by Monte Cook
The criteria I use to evaluate a d20 adventure includes the following:
1. Interesting and varied encounters: I look for unique encounters, allowing for a variety of role and roll playing. ...

Beware! This review contains major spoilers.

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Lean & Hungry is a 64-page mono softcover product costing $14.95. Largish spaces between paragraphs and titles, along with a few chunks of white space at the end of chapters, give the product an airy feel. Two pages of ads don't help this aspect. Art runs from good to average; the front cover...

Secrets of the Ancients presents a series of vignettes that can be used individually or together to enrich any fantasy campaign using the d20 game sys

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The book provides solid entertainment value for the dollar and even if the adventures themselves aren’t used, the GM should get some value out of the monsters, magic items, and the prestige class.

This introductory adventure takes you on a wonderful trip from the snowed in village of Kirkwood to the marvelous city of Bluffside.

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This product is for the people who play in Bluffside a valuable source of information, but as an adventure it is fairly poor. The main reason I give it an Average score that it would be a 4 for a Bluffside campaign, but a 2 or even 1 in any other situation. Also the power level in the module is...

The Pantheon and Pagan faiths is a book of divine magic and knowledge for The Hunt: Rise of Evil campaign setting.

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First things first, jumping right out of the gate I noted that Pagan Faiths takes a more earthy feel to divinity. What does that mean exactly? It means that while there are some panthionestic elements common to fantasy role-playing games, Pagan Faiths went a step beyond that and integrated these...

In the Saddle is a nice little pdf all about horses and mounts.

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Like many of Darkquest Games pdf’s In the Saddle is filled with detail to the overflowing point. The first chapter describes horses and taking care of them in great detail. No longer will horses just be a way to get from point A to point B. With this the horse can be given personality and style....

This comprehensive set of reference manuals is a must for HackMaster GM and player alike.

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Volume I of the Hacklopedia of Beasts is soft-covered and has 112 pages. The front cover is a drawing of an encounter with a Bulette; the back cover has a sample entry (the Adapter). The inside covers are advertisements for other Hackmaster and Kenzerco products. The first few pages include the...

Rules for new magic systems, including new prestige classes

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Coup de Grace
If you’re looking to augment the spellcasting methods in your d20 campaign or running a Swashbuckling Adventures game, this book may be for you.

The third volume of creature reference manuals for the HackMaster 4th Edition RPG

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The first seven pages are the typical Hackmaster disclaimer about roleplaying games, table of contents, and explanations of creature statistics. The major differences from Hacklopedias and prior monster books are that nearly every beast in Hackmaster has a twenty-hit point kicker to add to its 1d8...

"The easiest way to learn how to play the Third Edition Dungeons & Dragons game."

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This is the product's goal and it does it admirably. I used the product to introduce a group of non-roleplayers to the game and I was surprised how they were just eating it up. After each adventure they were begging for the next. I knew D&D was a great game but it was hard to explain to new...

Beware! This review contains major spoilers.

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The High Points: Travelling to the caves is a challenge in itself, the adventure providing rules for surviving the harsh conditions up in the frozen mountains. The monsters are mainly appropriate to the adventure. The setting is unusual, there is some roleplaying opportunity with the ice mephit,...

Forging Darkness is the second in Kenzer and Company's line of d20 modules.

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Really impressive job, all in all.

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Lords of Darkness is a soft cover book, 192 pages and $29.95. At first glance, that seems a bit pricey, but the book features a plastic cover, and all the pages are in color. There's quite a bit of artwork, unfortunately done in the 3e style, but competently done. As a package, the whole thing is...

The first four DL modules updated to 3.5: Dragons of Despair, Dragons of Flame, Dragons of Hope, and Dragons of Desolation.

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These modules are a bit different from standard modules and require a different type of thinking then the usual D&D game.

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Why should anyone travel the cracked cobblestones of the Old Road? The fortress that once cast its shadow across the road does so no longer -- some whisper that the earth swallowed the fortress whole in an age long past. Four brave adventurers resolved to discover the truth and set off down the Old...

This book rates merely a 'meh' on my scale.

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If you're looking for factual information on a large amount of military weapons, this book is for you. Otherwise, this is very similar to other equipment books out there.

The eighth and final volume of the creature reference manuals for the HackMaster 4th Edition RPG

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The circle is now complete.* Hacklopedia of Beasts - Volume VIII: Tiger Horse, Albino to Zygom has been released. With this volume's release, HackMaster GMs have a total of more than 3,200 ravening creatures at their disposal. Players should beat the rush and start stocking up on blank character...

High Psionics: Sequestral Feat introduces a brand new type of feat: Sequestral.

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The answer to “how do I stop running out of power points,” High Psionics: Sequestral Feats allows a manifester to continue using powers virtually all day long. (and not be reduced to “I try to hit it with my dagger” after too many encounters in a day) I cannot think of a time I’ve played a psionic...

This 50-page d20 sourcebook contains over 70+ Artifact items for all character levels.

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This is another book that I was given a review copy of. I didn't pay a dime for it, but that won't stop me from giving my honest opinion of it.

This 50-page d20 sourcebook contains over 70+ Artifact items for all character levels.

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Artifacts are an interesting conundrum in gaming. They are usually very powerful and well known, but seem difficult to use in a game. Artifacts are usually items of power that can disrupt the balance of a even a high level game. Low level games rarely get to experience the joy and mystery an...

Dragon Knights

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This pack contains 1 miniature, 1 Head, 1 Sword, 1 Pointing Guantlet, 1 Round Plastic Slotted 30mm Base, and 1 Character Card.

Another 101 Feats, written by Philip Reed, expands on the selection of feats available to both PCs and NPCs.

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Another 101 Feats shares many of the features of the first book, 101 Feats. If you enjoyed the first, you’ll enjoy the second. Another 101 Feats is designed with standard two-column format on off gray background text with darker gray for borders. Top and bottom borders being darker. Art is provided...

The time has come to call down the thunder!

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Spellbound: Volume I - The Channeler is the first in the series of “High Magic” supplements adding spellcasting character options to Spycraft 2.0. The book is written by Scott Gearin and published by Crafty Games.

The Kyngdoms - a new d20 fantasy campaign setting.

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Every now and again a publisher brings something new to the RPG world. It is not always new ideas and a new way of doing things, sometimes it is deals with how a book is released. With the world wide web being as popular it is, new ways to get ones book noticed have really sprung up. There are web...

The first release from A New Arcadia Publications, is a 109-page PDF focused on plants in d20 fantasy gaming.

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In the end, I found a lot of the ideas to be valuable as such, but the execution of them to be consistently lacking, particularly in the more rules-heavy sections at the beginning of the book. If you're looking for a bestiary of monstrous plants and a field guide to exotic herbs and roots, I think...

Vintage Sunshine Publishing

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Kael'Myn allows DMs who lack the time or desire to create a new, detailed portion of their own campaign world, the option of simply placing a dynamic, easily integrated, prefabricated region into a place previously marked "Here be Dragons."