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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Terraism" data-source="post: 1539448" data-attributes="member: 278">Good.  'Cause I'll have more for you, just as soon as I have time to do more reading.  But first I need to work my way through The Seige of Ebonring Keep.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  You know what's funny - it's been years since I last read the Wheel of Time books - Winter's Heart had just been released.  It fairly well disillusioned me with Jordan - much as I love the world, I'm sick and tired of book after book with no end in sight.  I bought the d20 book when it came out, though, because, as I said, I loved the setting.  Loved the book, never got to use it.  This year, it finally came up.  I didn't have time during the year, but I'm planning on rereading the books this summer.  Plus the two that've came out since then.  Anyway - the point of this is that I'd forgotten all about the breaking of a shield.  So I was doubly happy to see rules for it - reminded me of another keystone.  Yeah, unnamed bonuses can be sketchy.  And it's a hefty sized book, so it's easy to miss a few.  It's got less errors than most WotC products, anyway.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  As far as the template being in there, I understand.  I've worked on netbooks before, and I'm well aware of the amount of differing opinions you get from having dozens of people work on it.  The first thing that jumps out on me is the column layout - while columns are certainly good things, you've got a problem because, with a number of prestige classes, the abilities table bisects the page.  A reader expects to read to the bottom of the page in a column before moving on to the next - breaking over halfway, so that the order is upper left, upper right, lower left, lower right, as opposed to left-right, is distracting.  Even after one realizes it, it's the kind of thing that'll subconsciously interfere with reading and material absorbtion.  As a sidenote - if you'd like to contact me, I'm on AIM as Terraism, as well.</blockquote>

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