D&D 5E Why is no one talking about THE BOOK OF MANY THINGS?

[R_J_K75]

I got it off Amazon, they have it for $85 which you can pay for it in 3 monthly payments of $29. I gave it a once over, looks interesting, but I haven't read it cover to cover. Probably never will, it seems like a book I can pull off the shelf and read a few pages and get ideas to make an adventure out of.

Amazon - Book of Many Things

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Book of Many things was pretty great.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I got it off Amazon, they have it for $85 which you can pay for it in 3 monthly payments of $29. I gave it a once over, looks interesting, but I haven't read it cover to cover. Probably never will, it seems like a book I can pull off the shelf and read a few pages and get ideas to make an adventure out of.

Amazon - Book of Many Things

I think the fantasy zodiac chapter seems like an easy thing to reach for any time the stars come up in a 5E game, with enough there to do more with it if the players seem interested.

 

[R_J_K75]

I think the fantasy zodiac chapter seems like an easy thing to reach for any time the stars come up in a 5E game, with enough there to do more with it if the players seem interested.

I imagine I'll pull it off the shelf sooner than later to mine it for ideas. I'll check that chapter out

 

[Micah Sweet]

On a lark I recently bought myself the Book of Many Things. It's weird, wonderful, and utterly unlike any other book in 5E. Does anyone else here have it? What do you think of it?

The Book of Many Things is the last book from WotC I have ever bought (possibly ever), and I got it only because I love the magic item and have five different physical versions of it. The book itself is pretty interesting too.

 

[Yaarel]

I am less familiar with the Book of Many Things. What are some ways that a DM would use the book for an adventure? (Besides the obvious, it is a magic item that the DM can introduce.)

 

[Yaarel]

I think the fantasy zodiac chapter seems like an easy thing to reach for any time the stars come up in a 5E game, with enough there to do more with it if the players seem interested.

Elaborate?

 

[Parmandur]

I am less familiar with the Book of Many Things. What are some ways that a DM would use the book for an adventure? (Besides the obvious, it is a magic item that the DM can introduce.)

So, the Book of Many Things is the standard 5E hardcover supplement that comes bundled with the Deck of Many Things product: it has Feats, Backgrounds, Monster stat blocks, random tables, magic items (actually one of the largest sets of magic items of any 5E supplement) maps, mini adventures, factions, NPCs, plot hooks...a little bit of everything.

 

[el-remmen]

This thread is making me realize that I need to give this book more of a chance. I think just the disappointment of not finding what I expected and finding it hard to navigate made me too easily dismiss some of the cool ideas within.

 

[Parmandur]

This thread is making me realize that I need to give this book more of a chance. I think just the disappointment of not finding what I expected and finding it hard to navigate made me too easily dismiss some of the cool ideas within.

Part of the real strength of the book, IMO, is how small moat of the ideas are: very easy to go looking, find a little bit to use, and drop it in somewhere.