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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="MerricB" data-source="post: 2050297" data-attributes="member: 3586">The Miniatures Handbook is a grab-bag of a lot of different bits of information. Is it a good book? Absolutely. It has some of the most interesting designs of the range. However, they tend to push at the limits of game balance - if only because we've never seen anything like them before.Here's a brief run-down of the D&D material (68 pages)* Four new base classes: Favoured Soul, Marshal, Healer, Warmage* Seven new prestige classes: Bonded Summoner, Dragon Samurai, Havoc Mage, Skullclan Hunter, Tactical Soldier, War Hulk, Warchief* 22 new general feats* 10 new metamagic feats* The Swift action type (Immediate was added in the XPH)* About 70 new spells* New Magic Items* About 30 new monstersHere's a brief run-down of the Miniatures material* Explanation of stat-cards and converting D&D stats to D&D Mini stats - 10 pages* Full skirmish rules, including scenarios, campaign rules, and terrain rules - 44 pages. (Although the actual skirmish rules have been superceded, the scenarios, campaign and terrain rules have not been reprinted, so half the chapter is still useful).* Mass battle rules - uses a 1:1 scale - 36 pages* Random dungeon rules (basically a way of using the miniatures to play a board game) - 11 pages###The RPG game elements that I have found most useful:* The Favoured Soul: although reprinted in Complete Divine, this spontaneous-casting alternative to the cleric fills a great niche.* Sudden Metamagic feats: reprinted in Complete Arcane, but provide metamagic usable by standard wizards, esp. at lower levels.* Revivify spell - a raise dead that doesn't cost a level to the recipient, provided the cleric can get there within one round of death. Not reprinted, and absolutely excellent.* Aspects - weaker avatars (about CR 10), provide actual manisfestations of the gods and greater demons that you can use! Not reprinted.Cheers!</blockquote>

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