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<blockquote data-quote="Treebore" data-source="post: 2841015" data-attributes="member: 10177"><p>I don't have the book, but I believe it is Ed Bourelle.</p><p></p><p>Is Ptolus worth $120.00? Considering the page count, the full color treatment, the maps, etc... It probably is worth a $120.00. Could someone like WOTC do it cheaper? Probably, simply because they would do a larger print run and get a larger price break because of it.</p><p></p><p>All I can say is between the product itself and all the posts on Monte's boards a DM could run a campaign in and around Ptolus for years. There is a ton of fan contributions and other downloads and such, created over the last several years. Ptolus is probably going to have the deepest and richest history of any city product ever done before.</p><p></p><p>If something like that appeals to you, you'll get it if you can afford it. Me? I'm in no big hurry to get it, so if I find it somewhere at a substantial discount I'll buy it. Otherwise I'll just live with the regrets. Why am I in no big hurry to get it? Because the detailed histories of the Forgotten Realms turned me off to such detail.</p><p></p><p>Which is why I like the Wilderlands, Bards Gate, City State of the Invincible Overlord, Lost City of Barakus, etc... Material with broad brush strokes with some detail, but plenty left "open" for me to add the details I want.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure that even with all the detail I could run stuff in Ptolus that is largely "my own". Which is why I will buy it if I ever find it at a reduced price, but I am not going to rush out and pre-order or buy it immediately after it is released.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Treebore, post: 2841015, member: 10177"] I don't have the book, but I believe it is Ed Bourelle. Is Ptolus worth $120.00? Considering the page count, the full color treatment, the maps, etc... It probably is worth a $120.00. Could someone like WOTC do it cheaper? Probably, simply because they would do a larger print run and get a larger price break because of it. All I can say is between the product itself and all the posts on Monte's boards a DM could run a campaign in and around Ptolus for years. There is a ton of fan contributions and other downloads and such, created over the last several years. Ptolus is probably going to have the deepest and richest history of any city product ever done before. If something like that appeals to you, you'll get it if you can afford it. Me? I'm in no big hurry to get it, so if I find it somewhere at a substantial discount I'll buy it. Otherwise I'll just live with the regrets. Why am I in no big hurry to get it? Because the detailed histories of the Forgotten Realms turned me off to such detail. Which is why I like the Wilderlands, Bards Gate, City State of the Invincible Overlord, Lost City of Barakus, etc... Material with broad brush strokes with some detail, but plenty left "open" for me to add the details I want. I'm sure that even with all the detail I could run stuff in Ptolus that is largely "my own". Which is why I will buy it if I ever find it at a reduced price, but I am not going to rush out and pre-order or buy it immediately after it is released. [/QUOTE]
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