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Enchanted Trinkets Complete--a hardcover book containing over 500 magic items for your D&D games!

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bonehoard Taffer" data-source="post: 464013" data-attributes="member: 535">Well, I finally got a copy for my birthday.  It has some pretty interresting stuff in it, and I think it has some pretty goofy stuff as well.  Certainly, it seems tamer than some thought.  Having said that though, I think there is some things that others will find distastful.By far the art work has to be the worse part of the book, IMHO.  Not in a vile sort of way, more of a schlocky sort of way.  None of it turned my stomach.  All the blood reminded me of some B splatter movie that I grew out of when I was 12.   Here's my tip to the artists, if they ever happen to work on this sort of product again.  Blood does not equal scary, gross, or vile.  For me the overuse of blood, more times than not, ended up making the pictures look silly, rather than evil in any way.  Actually, that lovely picture of the halfling over a dead ogre or giant some issues past in Dragon was worse than anything in the BoVD.  Then did you notice that Belial's trunks appear to be made out of a face?  If a devil lord ever appeared to me sporting trunks with a face  on them, whether he could rip me to shreds or not, I would bust a gut laughing and tell him to come back when he has some real clothes.My other complaint is that durned "intended for mature audiences" sticker.  The glue that they used to hold that on, now that was vile.   It took me two hours to get that off.  The guy who decided they should use those stickers, he should be locked in a dungeon someplace.All in all, I am glad I got the book.  It could prove a useful tool.  After seeing the book, I think some of the hype was a bit much, and it is refreshing to see that Wizards did not slip into utter depravity.  I am glad I stayed out of the discussions about the book before I looked at it, however, I do think that those few who spoke out against the book showed alot of character and conviction.  I also think that many of those who criticized those against such a book did quite a job of hopping on the proverbial bandwagon.  Finally, I think WOTC needs a kick in the butt for releasing the book the way they did.  They had to know that for various reasons many would not buy the book, yet they also put info in that many would want.  For them to publish a book with information that many would find useful, and lace it with info that some would find distasteful is a slap in the face of any loyal customer who has ever purchased their products.</blockquote>

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