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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Angelsboi" data-source="post: 2009030" data-attributes="member: 1219">I was given this book to review for Free.  It did not influence me.  The cover looks REALLY good and would look even better if it wasnt so dark.  The artwork would be PHENOMANAL.  I flipped past that and I read the dedication and thought 'How sweet.  Unless Chad or Jeremy is a girl, they are gay.  We need that.'  Especially since im writing a book.  So it boosted my hopes there.Treachery, deceit, an ancient prophecy of a Dark God coming, world in peril, heros band forth to stop the day.  Thats the plot in this epic adventure that spans three adventures.  The adventure follows the party as it escorts a power holy magic sword that holds important significance to the plans of many- for both good and evil. As they travel, they will encounter seven different powerful organizations in the land; many having their own agenda concerning the party and the item they possess. They need to stop the Beast of Akasish from coming forth to end all creation.  Bummer.The DownsidesFirst off, i dont know much about the Diomin setting.  So that didnt help right there.  I was confused by all the races as they werent explained.  He did say that race A could be substituted for Players Handbook Race A and so forth but through out the adventure, they were refered to as their Diomin Race names.  Very confusing.  He did explain what happened in the first 2 adventures but still, not enough information for me.  And what i read from the adventure summary?  It is a story in which the author seems to have already decided how he wanted it told.  Maybe not completely, but in many parts.  Just reading the adventure sets the tone of how it is to be run. The adventure is divided into Acts and Scenes. It is rather like a play outline, just without the dialog. When he talks about adapting for use in your game, there isnt much info and the DM has a LOT of work cut out for him.The UpsidesLet me say that for an 80 page book at 15.95, its VERY well  put together and its filled with all sorts of yummy goodness!Theres a new, cool PrC called the Ebony Teeth.  While it may look overpowered, it may be a little underpowered.  With the Deities and Demigods book released, their is a template called the Chosen that may VERY well come in handy if you want your players to reach divine proportions.  Several neat monsters, some cool spells, some nice maps and awesome character art.The mecheidolon idea is REALLY cool.  COuld be fleshed out some more but if there was a suppliment on it, id buy it!!There is tons of notes and detail.  GREAT for those who know Diomin or have played or read the first two adventures.  My advice is to STAY away from this product if you dont know Diomin but deffinately get this AND the first 2 adventures if you know it.  I rated it average because i got lost and confused.  The prophecy is hard (unless you know Diomin), the races, the groups and cults.  Lots of stuff is being missed out on because i didnt know about the campaign setting.  3 *** if you dont know about it, 4 **** if you do!</blockquote>

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