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Message: <blockquote data-quote="yeebarr" data-source="post: 322315" data-attributes="member: 6846">Okay! I know I'm coming in late in this thread (please bear with me - I just logged in; my first message board chat - EVER!)I'm glad that the tone this thread has settled down; this is too intersting a thread to get shut down (I think it’s like going to a bar and chatting about what sucks…only to find the guy who designed it is sitting right behind you – oops!)I only have a couple of books I've been disappointed with.I guess the products that are consided the "worst" are probably modules/books out there that you thought were going to be great and just didn’t live up to the expectations. I’m not trying to say the module sucked or anything (the guys that write this stuff can probably pick boogers which have more talent than what’s in my brain)…there just books that you sat down to read thinking “wow! These is gonna be cool!” and ended up putting down going “man! I don’t think this was for me…”My books of "denied" expectations are:HERO BUILDERS HANDBOOK After years in the “wilderness” I really thought that this book would be a great way to introduce myself back into the D&D world (having only played basic D&D and that was some 15+ years ago). What was I expecting? I guess I don’t really know. Maybe I was hoping that it’d explain more about feats, skills, prestige classes (and some nice examples), equipment and roleplaying in the world of D&D in general (not asking for much am I?) In the end it felt like they were giving snippets of general information but it was so vague and bland that I felt annoyed that I paid good money (my first purchase after the PHB) for information I could have got from simply chatting with you fine folks on the D&D message boards.SONG AND SILENCEI’m playing a rouge halfling (why? Well I wanted to play a halfling…and the PHB said the rogue was the favoured class – sounded like good advice to me!) and yet nothing in the book really jumped out at me as something useful to add to my character. My rogue is a rogue only in the “rascal” sense (he isn’t a thief and he ain’t gonna join any thieves guilds anytime soon!) but all the classes didn’t seem to suit either my combination of halfling and non-thief type character. I know that no book can cover for everybody…but I was disappointed nonetheless.(On a side note: I’m very interested to see if Bad Axe games - with their “favoured class-multiclass” prestige class characters - will come up with something I may be able to use. Go you BadAxe!)BOOK OF ELDRITCH MIGHT (I AND II)Ok before I get flamed on this one I’m sort of just joking about these books! (Just seeing if anyone is still paying attention to me. No? Okay then…) My only problem is I haven’t yet learnt the rules for spell casting (hey! The PBH is a big freakin’ book people!) and I bought these books simply because I kept hearing what a fantastic rules-master Monte Cook is (yes – I am easily peer persuaded – so shush)! So I guess my only disappointment with these books are the fact that I don’t understand a lot of what they’re saying! Phew - long rant (common problem I suppose for a first time chatter)! Thanks for those that bothered to read this!</blockquote>

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