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The Jilted Quill
Dungeon Masters Guild Reviews
By Malkinban the Torn (DM Howard)
The study is littered with papers, tomes, chapbooks, and maps of every description with thin paths that wind through the organized chaos being the only safe way to navigate throughout the room. All of the walkways appear to end at a small desk, or what could be a desk, underneath a broad window that spilled brilliant light across its surface. A man sits perched in a large, overstuffed chair with spectacles that he is constantly pushed back onto the bridge of his nose. He doesn't seem to notice you for quite some time, but suddenly he looks straight up at you as if he knew you were there the entire time. "Ah, you're here," the scholarly man says, in a voice that seems unaccustomed to speaking loudly, "I have just the book for you over here. . .or was it over there?" He rummages about his study, muttering about different places he thought he left your book, oftentimes answering himself like he was having his own private conversation. You sigh inwardly as the sun starts its slow descent through the window, glinting off the brightly polished silver of a pin in the shape of a harp.
Dungeon Masters Guild Reviews
By Malkinban the Torn (DM Howard)
The study is littered with papers, tomes, chapbooks, and maps of every description with thin paths that wind through the organized chaos being the only safe way to navigate throughout the room. All of the walkways appear to end at a small desk, or what could be a desk, underneath a broad window that spilled brilliant light across its surface. A man sits perched in a large, overstuffed chair with spectacles that he is constantly pushed back onto the bridge of his nose. He doesn't seem to notice you for quite some time, but suddenly he looks straight up at you as if he knew you were there the entire time. "Ah, you're here," the scholarly man says, in a voice that seems unaccustomed to speaking loudly, "I have just the book for you over here. . .or was it over there?" He rummages about his study, muttering about different places he thought he left your book, oftentimes answering himself like he was having his own private conversation. You sigh inwardly as the sun starts its slow descent through the window, glinting off the brightly polished silver of a pin in the shape of a harp.
Next Reviews: February 4, 2019
I have decided to create this thread where I will be reviewing Dungeon Master's Guild content that is brought to my attention by their creators. This thread will be updated every Monday no later than 10 PM CST. I will feature up to five reviews per week, and will review products in the order that they are received according to the e-mail time stamp.
[SBLOCK]The content that I review must have the following attributes:
- The content must already be published on http://www.dmsguild.com/
- I must be provided a copy to review through http://www.dmsguild.com/ by way of my e-mail address, howardjekings at hotmail dot com. Please PM me as well as things can get lost in my junk folder.
- I would also request that anyone who has one of their products reviewed here place the following standardized text (suggested by Giant2005, aka Gerard Shore) to help drive traffic to these reviews. A win-win for everyone involved.
- For those looking to add the same banner to the listings of their products, just edit the page and go to the "Product Page Text" section. From there, click the HTML button and paste the following code at the beginning of the text in the windows that pops up:
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<h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Featured product of the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?483356-The-Jilted-Quill-DMs-Guild-Reviews-Updated-on-Mondays">Jilted Quill</a> - a fair Dungeon Master's Guild review subsection of <a href="http://www.enworld.org/">ENWorld</a>, with new reviews coming weekly.</strong></h2>
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- For those looking to add the same banner to the listings of their products, just edit the page and go to the "Product Page Text" section. From there, click the HTML button and paste the following code at the beginning of the text in the windows that pops up:
- Quality - Presentation and readability of the product. (Possible Points: 20/20)*
- Utility - How easy the product can be used for other settings or mined for ideas. (Possible Points: 10/10)
- Innovation - How original is the content? (Possible Points: 10/10)
- Price - The overall value to price ratio according to me. (Possible Points: 10/10)
These categories will contribute to an overall score from 1 to 5 stars. Additionally, each product will get a general overview before I launch into each category along with a closing statement and conclusion. Each review will be posted here as well as on its respective product page on http://www.dmsguild.com/ with a link back to this thread (and vice versa).
*Any product that I can successfully read through without getting a headache and/or wishing a mindlflayer would suck out my delicious brains automatically gets 10 points in this category. You will KNOW if you don't get the automatic 10 points.
If you have any questions feel free to PM or e-mail me with "The Jilted Quill" in the subject line.
Bravesteel (Last Updated 1/23/2019) [/SBLOCK]
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I would suggest reducing the size of the cover image art though, it makes for a very long thread.
