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<blockquote data-quote="Jupp" data-source="post: 1783633" data-attributes="member: 20804"><p>Dunno, when I read through the Planar Handbook I almost fell asleep from it. Tables over tables over tables. One dry character description with endless stat blocks after the other. Nothing exciting to read at all from the first to the last page :/ I think for those folks that have crunchonoia it will be a perfect read but for someone that is used to the cool writing style like you had them in the old PS source books this thing is an absolute failure. Some weeks ago I read a bit through Serpent Kingdoms and that one was quite a bit more entertaining to read through. While it still had its big share of endless crunch it also features some nice stories and ideas. I just hope WotC is slowly coming back to bring us Accessories that have a good balance between hard facts/rules and interesting stories/inspirational text.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jupp, post: 1783633, member: 20804"] Dunno, when I read through the Planar Handbook I almost fell asleep from it. Tables over tables over tables. One dry character description with endless stat blocks after the other. Nothing exciting to read at all from the first to the last page :/ I think for those folks that have crunchonoia it will be a perfect read but for someone that is used to the cool writing style like you had them in the old PS source books this thing is an absolute failure. Some weeks ago I read a bit through Serpent Kingdoms and that one was quite a bit more entertaining to read through. While it still had its big share of endless crunch it also features some nice stories and ideas. I just hope WotC is slowly coming back to bring us Accessories that have a good balance between hard facts/rules and interesting stories/inspirational text. [/QUOTE]
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