Dark Mistress
First Post
As others have said it is a book of generic fantasy gear and magic items. They do that on purpose leaving Golarion campaign specific stuff out of their hardback books. I don't agree with their logic, I understand it but don't agree.
[MENTION=10177]Treebore[/MENTION] - As far of should you get it. For the mundane gear, I think Kenzers book of Luvens by 4 Wind Fantasy Games is better for mundane gear. But for a magic item book I thought it was one of the better ones and to date the best one for Pathfinder.
As for the layout, I am indifferent to the layout. It has good and bad parts to it. The big plus as mentioned is once you learn the colors it is easy to open the book to the right chapter from it being closed and likely be within a few pages of what your looking for. That is a huge plus.
As for the topic of no stat blocks and now possible no magic item stats in the adventures and AP's i am in favor of that. I don't have a laptop or ipad etc, but what I do is copy any relevant information into a doc and then print it. Like when i ran RotRL I made one doc for each book listing full stat blocks for each monster and any treasure they might use in the fight. Then I could make notes and mark off hp on the printed sheet. I find that handy and easier to do even when the stat blocks are in the books. I do the same thing with a full list of all the treasure and magic in a book. To make sure i don't miss anything.
[MENTION=10177]Treebore[/MENTION] - As far of should you get it. For the mundane gear, I think Kenzers book of Luvens by 4 Wind Fantasy Games is better for mundane gear. But for a magic item book I thought it was one of the better ones and to date the best one for Pathfinder.
As for the layout, I am indifferent to the layout. It has good and bad parts to it. The big plus as mentioned is once you learn the colors it is easy to open the book to the right chapter from it being closed and likely be within a few pages of what your looking for. That is a huge plus.
As for the topic of no stat blocks and now possible no magic item stats in the adventures and AP's i am in favor of that. I don't have a laptop or ipad etc, but what I do is copy any relevant information into a doc and then print it. Like when i ran RotRL I made one doc for each book listing full stat blocks for each monster and any treasure they might use in the fight. Then I could make notes and mark off hp on the printed sheet. I find that handy and easier to do even when the stat blocks are in the books. I do the same thing with a full list of all the treasure and magic in a book. To make sure i don't miss anything.