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Beware! This review contains major spoilers. This is not a playtest review. Librum Equitis Vol 2 (LEV2) is Ambient Inc's second foray into the realm of prestige-class-only .pdf releases (though this volume contains other rules information related to the prestige classes). The first received a...

Archer Thanks for your comment. I hadn't come across the "each doubling of monster numbers is +1 EL" rule before. The chart on page 100 of the DMG shows 12 CR 1/2 orcs being EL 5-7. I'm interested to know where you got this rule from. Also, only 75 of the orcs were CR 1/2. 20 more were CR 2...

This is not a playtest review. Pocket Grimoire Arcane is the first in the Pocket Grimoire series from Green Ronin Publishing, a collection of spells from various d20 publishers, publishable under the OGL agreement. Pocket Grimoire Arcane comes in at $14.95 for 256 half-size (A5) pages. This...

This is not a playtest review. Pocket Grimoire Divine is the second in the Pocket Grimoire series from Green Ronin Publishing, a collection of spells from various d20 publishers, publishable under the OGL agreement. This one deals with divine spells, where the Pocket Grimoire Arcane (PGA) dealt...

Beware! This review contains major spoilers. For a change, this is actually a playtest review. Which is nice. Thievery 101: Joining The Watchers is an adventure designed for one GM and one player, who should play a 1st-level Rogue. It was a fairly early release before the glut of d20 products...

Arnwyn Just to point out that I did not say I _don't_ keep track of time in a game, just that I don't _like_ keeping track of time in a game. I did not like the necessity of keeping such close track of time in this adventure. I prefer running adventures where time is not the focus. However, I...

Kordeth Thanks for reviewing my review! :-) Regarding your points: 1. Fair point. Reading through them again, there are four hooks for a stand-alone version. I particularly liked the hook where the PCs were already looking for the monastery. My apologies for having missed these first time...

This is not a playtest review. Common Ground 1: Churches, Inns and Merchants, is Bard's Productions first in a series of quick generation toolkits for various locations. At $11.95 for a 32-page booklet, this is possibly the most expensive d20 release so far in terms of content volume -...

Beware! This review contains major spoilers. This is not a playtest review. Seven Cities joins Seven Strongholds in Atlas Games' 'Seven' series. Seven Cities does not, in fact, describe seven cities, but seven communities ranging from a thorp to a large city. At $21.95 for 144 pages, this is...

Beware! This review contains major spoilers. This is not a playtest review. Wilderness & Wasteland is an accessory for Sword & Sorcery's Scarred Lands setting. Though it includes some short encounters designed for levels 5-10, it is really a tollkit for designing encounters in challenging...

Beware! This review contains major spoilers. This is not a playtest review. The Hall Of The Rainbow Mage is a Necromancer Games adventure designed for 4 to 6 characters of 7th to 9th level or higher. At $15.95 for 96 pages, this is a fairly standard price for a book of this type and size. 4...

This is not a playtest review. Scarred Lands Campaign Setting: Ghelspad, is the sourcebook for the continent of Ghelspad in Sword & Sorcery's Scarred Lands campaign setting. At $24.95 for 256 pages, this represents excellent value for money in terms of content amount, and little space is lost...

Beware! This review contains major spoilers. This is not a playtest review. This review of Librum Equitis Volume 1 is for the print version of Ambient Inc's original .pdf release of prestige classes, put into print by Mystic Eye Games. At $12.95 for 64 pages, this compares favourably with...

Good point. I was trying to find a comparable page count with another publication. Perhaps a fairer comparison would have been with 0One's own Legend of the Steel General which came in at $8.95 for 116 pages - more for less. Having said that, TTSOTE is still a better product overall than LOTSG.

Beware! This review contains major spoilers. This is not a playtest review. The Twenty Sides Of The Evil (TTSOTE) is a sequel to 0one Games' "Legend of the Steel General" (LOTSG) adventure, and is designed for characters of level 4. Both adventures are heavily influenced by David Gemmell's...

Beware! This review contains major spoilers. This is not a playtest review. Treasure Quests is a book of linked adventures ranging from low to high level. At $26.99 for 160 pages, this is a fairly average priced book compared to others of similar size. The book uses ring-binding to effect a...

Beware! This review contains major spoilers. This is not a playtest review. Wondrous Items Of Power is the third in Fast Forward's three-volume tomes on items 'of power'. This one, strangely enough, details some wondrous items. Wondrous Items of Power comes in at $26.99 for a 160-page...

This is not a playtest review. Beware! This review contains major spoilers. Dungeon World presents an unusual campaign setting set in a plane of endless caves. At $29.99 for a 192-page hardcover book, this is slightly above average in price for a hardcover book. 10 of those pages are not...

This is not a playtest review. Spells & Magic is one of a series of rules-orientated accessories by Bastion Press. This one offers some optional spellcasting methods, and new spells and items in Bastion's usual world-neutral format. Spells & Magic comes in at Bastion's standard pricing of...

This is not a playtest review. Spells & Spellcraft is another in FFG's Legends & Lairs series, concentrating on extending and extrapolating on the rules presented in the Core Rulebooks. S&S is a 176-page hardcover accessory. Coming in at $24.95 this is fairly good pricing for its size and...