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<blockquote data-quote="Kristian Serrano" data-source="post: 3099960" data-attributes="member: 13046"><p>(Note: Please do not construe this as a jab at Ptolus, Monte Cook, or Malhavoc Press. This is an honest and genuine inquiry attempting to assess the practical value of Ptolus: Monte Cook's City by the Spire.)</p><p></p><p>When Ptolus was still under preorder, I was preparing to start a new campaign with my players after a relatively lengthy Greyhawk campaign (Greyhawk was an easier setting for those who were new to 3e D&D since they could get away with just having to learn the rules in the Player's Handbook that govern their characters).</p><p></p><p>The two settings under consideration were Ptolus, which was not yet released, and Eberron, of which I had almost every book released so far and with which I was already somewhat familiar. I read through the Ptolus Player's Guide and encouraged my players to do the same to consider it as a potential candidate for our campaign "reboot." They found the Ptolus Player's Guide interesting, especially since it assumed the core rules in all aspects and because all they would need to play is the free Player's Guide, which they obviously already had.</p><p></p><p>In the end, I decided to not order Ptolus and instead chose to use my current collection of Eberron books for the following reasons:</p><p></p><p>1. I didn't know what to expect of Ptolus just yet, and $120 was a lot of money to spend on good faith.</p><p></p><p>2. I already had an investment of time and money in Eberron, and I didn't want that to be a wasted.</p><p></p><p>3. I liked Eberron a lot and had been anticipating running it or playing in it since it came out. (In fact, it was the setting I first wanted to use when I first started DMing, but I chose Greyhawk for reasons state above.)</p><p></p><p>4. I felt like I was being coerced to preorder a product I knew very little about just so that I could access additional content that's being given away for free anyway (Delver's Guild Web site and other pre-order goodies). However I understand the reasons from a marketing and promotional standpoint. (Perhaps Monte should consider a paid subscription service to the Delver's Guild web site for those who didn't preorder?)</p><p></p><p>So why am I writing this post? Ptolus intrigues me still. In the end, I don't regret my decision, but I'm considering getting the PDFs (searchable, portable, and economical) for future use. I'd like to know if after everyone has had time to read the massive book and actually use the setting, does the setting (not the book itself) live up to its hype in terms of the playing/game mastering experience of a Ptolus campaign?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kristian Serrano, post: 3099960, member: 13046"] (Note: Please do not construe this as a jab at Ptolus, Monte Cook, or Malhavoc Press. This is an honest and genuine inquiry attempting to assess the practical value of Ptolus: Monte Cook's City by the Spire.) When Ptolus was still under preorder, I was preparing to start a new campaign with my players after a relatively lengthy Greyhawk campaign (Greyhawk was an easier setting for those who were new to 3e D&D since they could get away with just having to learn the rules in the Player's Handbook that govern their characters). The two settings under consideration were Ptolus, which was not yet released, and Eberron, of which I had almost every book released so far and with which I was already somewhat familiar. I read through the Ptolus Player's Guide and encouraged my players to do the same to consider it as a potential candidate for our campaign "reboot." They found the Ptolus Player's Guide interesting, especially since it assumed the core rules in all aspects and because all they would need to play is the free Player's Guide, which they obviously already had. In the end, I decided to not order Ptolus and instead chose to use my current collection of Eberron books for the following reasons: 1. I didn't know what to expect of Ptolus just yet, and $120 was a lot of money to spend on good faith. 2. I already had an investment of time and money in Eberron, and I didn't want that to be a wasted. 3. I liked Eberron a lot and had been anticipating running it or playing in it since it came out. (In fact, it was the setting I first wanted to use when I first started DMing, but I chose Greyhawk for reasons state above.) 4. I felt like I was being coerced to preorder a product I knew very little about just so that I could access additional content that's being given away for free anyway (Delver's Guild Web site and other pre-order goodies). However I understand the reasons from a marketing and promotional standpoint. (Perhaps Monte should consider a paid subscription service to the Delver's Guild web site for those who didn't preorder?) So why am I writing this post? Ptolus intrigues me still. In the end, I don't regret my decision, but I'm considering getting the PDFs (searchable, portable, and economical) for future use. I'd like to know if after everyone has had time to read the massive book and actually use the setting, does the setting (not the book itself) live up to its hype in terms of the playing/game mastering experience of a Ptolus campaign? [/QUOTE]
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