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I know exactly what each book tries to accomplish, and how they both succeed or fail. Book of Fiends (beyond being a great deal more than "a monster book") is a success, in my "book." Book of Hell is not. That's the impression of a full-time game designer, and the impression of those with...

Allright, then. My impression of it is that you don't need it, especially with Green Ronin's Book of Fiends out there. Better? -- CAS

For my money, you really can't do better than Green Ronin's Book of Fiends . Between that and WotC's existing material, you should be good to go. -- CAS

Actually, it's not. In point of fact, it's not a straw man argument at all. Actually, it wasn't WW who paid him for all those gigs, and speaking of straw man arguments, that has no bearing on the fact that he's not a professional game designer. He's a freelancer, just like me (and many...

Sure can. And, remember, just because Sword & Sorcery might not do a d20 Rome book doesn't mean that nobody else will. Hell, maybe even WotC will do one. Now, wouldn't that just be the bees knees? :D -- CAS

An excellent point. Just be prepared for the old rebuttal about how he's not a "professional game designer" (as well as the usual glossing over of the fact that Bruce Baugh isn't, either). -- CAS

Drat. And this was shaping up to be such a fine thread, too. ;) -- CAS

*shrug* The fact of the matter is that the product is for d20, and not for anything else. It's Dungeons & Dragons, my friend - the quintessential Dungeons & Dragons, some might say. And Dungeons & Dragons is d20. You can buy BlackMoor or not, run it d20 or not, but the fact is that the...

It feels just fine, actually. I definitely recommend it. -- CAS

\ Yes, because neither is correct. "Fluff" generally describes narrative, or descriptive text (ie, material largely absent of mechanics). Crunch is material containing heavy mechanics. Neither are "bad." Indeed, both are necessary for any good RPG. -- CAS

Wow. I think someone should pay you to write reviews, man. Honest. -- CAS

Well, remember, the whole point of the appendix is to give you, as ST, enough to work with. If you've chosen to focus your creative efforts elsewhere (in this case, London), that's cool, but then it was your choice. There's more than enough in the appendix to tide you over until CotD:NO...

Well, given the scope of the project, it was a lot more collaborative than some of the work I've done (for supplements and the like). At the end of the day, I guess I ended up writing my fair third, but it'd be difficult to parse out, at this point. Here's some stuff I do remember and can...

Seems pretty obvious which product he'll be choosing. :-D -- CAS

Awesome. See, I love hearing feedback of this sort. ;) Seriously, I'm glad you're digging it. We all worked pretty hard on it. -- CAS

This is a most excellent post. -- CAS

Jesus, man, ease up on the hot sauce, why don't ya. You may not like the book, and it may indeed be "useless" for you in your game, but the fact remains that A) a lot of people (myself included) have found at least *some* use for the product - enough use, in fact, to justify the cost, and B) a...

Well, let's not be hasty, now... ;) I also wanted to thank all the folks who participated in the Hamunaptra demos we ran this past weekend. I think I had as much fun as anyone! -- CAS

It's not, actually. This, however, is true. :) -- CAS

Actually, $50 for a box set would be standard (or even a bit cheap) these days. As it stands, $39.95 is a very fair price for the set, IMHO. -- CAS