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There is another review of the book here: http://www.dmshaven.freeservers.com/kenzer.html

Actually that isn't quite correct. It would take a total of 40 skill points, but you forgot to take into consideration the x4 multipler for first level. so a non human fighter without an Int bonus could have all of the requirements at 17th level. I know that this seems excessive but as I...

Assuming that you are going to stay with 3E you have numerous choices. Do you want a game that gives lots of power to your players, can this happen without destroying the balance of power in the game. here are a few of the setting that you may wish to consider Forgotten Realms: Third edition...

Kenzer Kingdoms of Kalamar setting is by far the best.

I wrote this section which was not meant to insult you or other experienced DMs, but to offer a little bit of basic advice to new DMs. And since this book is meant for DMs (although there is a lot of material for players) we had to cover the basics but decided to do so in a minimal way. As for...

Epic level support!

I think that if you are to proceed with this you should tread very carefully as you will most likely insult a great many people. To acomplish this you would have to take many things into consideration but please try to stick as close as possible to historical facts and biblical truths. That...

I can't really say, that decision was made by Kenzer. However I do beleive that part of the reason is that the Anti-Feats can be made to work (albeit with a bit of work), and they can be cleaned up with an errata, hopefully one that included the Fatal Flaws. Another reason is that there was a...

The true core of the VDH are the first five chapters which give advice on designing a villain, they are: Chapter 1: Stereotypes and Beyond This secion covers the mere basics that help a DM focus on what they want for a villain, the concepts do range form the obvious to the sublime because we...

I can't really comment on the Fatal Flaws, but they were major flaws that a villain would have to take to have access to the Anti-Feats. These flaws were disadvantages that were particularly potent but covered a narrow specrum. If the PCs discovered this flaw most would be easily exploited and...

First I will admitt that I am biased in my opinion as I am one of the authors of the book in question. I find that you have spent much time focusing on what you didn't like about the book, but you seemed to just gloss over the areas that you did like. I'm not sure why you did this. I'm not...

SurfMonkey01 I live in Canada also, and my local retailer said that it will arrive here (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) on Friday. Apparently most game stores already have theirs. Andy

Also, does it suggest villains of every class? I'd like to see good examples of Druid, Bard,and Paladin 'villains'. They're in the book. Andy

I will have to look at the book before I decide. For the record I was the lead writter on Kenzer's Villain Design Handbook, which should be in stores this week, so I have strong opinions ooon what I would expect from BoVD and it would take a lot to impress me. But if I am impressed I may pick...

Frilf Have you read the entry on the Darkling Snacher? If so what did you think of it? Andy

The one thing that really entices people to start writting game material is that books, dice and miniatures become a buisness expense. Please check with your countries tax department to make sure of this but in canada and the US :)

There sure is a long story about that. A long time ago in one of my gaming groups their was a character who was particularly tough. So tough in fact that it was said that he could like an orc and live. The nickname stuck and I've adopted it as a handle. Ofcourse no one is quite sure what...

I am the primary writter on Kenzer's Villain Design Handbook (which should be appearing in stores any day now), I have a credit in the Kalamar Player's Guide and I have other works in progress. As a side note Necromancer Games had picked up one of my adventures for their Treasure Maps and Lairs...

I allow the NPC ones from the DMG and the classes from the Kalamar Player's Guide. That's it that's all.

Frilf Did any particular part jump out as being good, or was it the tone of the entire book? What did you think of the AntiFeats section (that one we heard so much about before)? Thanks Orclicker