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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Turjan" data-source="post: 2084182" data-attributes="member: 3477">Arcana Unearthed managed to deal with quite a lot of things I did not like very much in standard D&D. The main points here are alignment and the arcane/divine divide, which have both been dropped in AU. When I read AU the first time, I was not impressed very much, because I'm not a big fan of Monte's somewhat dry writing style. However, on a second approach, I really appreciated those wonderful concepts within the book, and nowadays it's my preferred flavour of D&D. Even if you don't like those animal races or the Diamond Throne setting, like myself, the concepts behind the races are simply great. The classes and the streamlined and flexible magic system are the main attractions of the book for me <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=":)" />.Regarding other books, 'Diamond Throne' was not a big winner for me, and 'Legacy of the Dragons' had just a few monsters I really liked, but I'm really picky with monsters and usually prefer humanoid foes in my games. I have Arcana Evolved and really like it; it's simply a beautiful book <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=":)" />.</blockquote>

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