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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Shaman" data-source="post: 2732304" data-attributes="member: 26473">I fine-tooth-comb anything for d20 Modern, with the exception of d20 Cyberscape - the genre holds no appeal for me, so while I'll give it a cover-to-cover read-thru somewhere down the line, I have no opinion on its strengths and weaknesses at present.As far as Dungeons and Dragons, I look at most of the new books when they are released - one of the reasons I gave MoI a close look is that I'm very interested in alternate magic systems.I'll pick up the books I'm interested in at my LGS and read through the index, pick out a couple of topics that catch my eye as well as a couple of topics that don't really appeal, so I can compare them. This happens several times - it took me seven or eight months of this to finally decide to buy Libris Mortis, and I never did warm up to Draconomicon even after a couple of years.I'll look for other books on the similar topics, if they're available, to see how they compare in terms of mechanics.I read reviews, then look at the book again in light of those reviews, to weigh the reviewers take.And I read the threads here, at WotC, and occasionally at RPG.net to see how others are actually using the content, and gauge their opinions as well.I pulled up WotC's list of D&D products (since very few people on this forum care about Modern stuff) for 2005, and in addition to MoI I've looked at DMG II, Heroes of Battle, Heroes of Horror, Lords of Madness, Races of the Wild, and Weapons of Legacy this way.(And in looking over the list, I realized I bought two WotC books this year - I forgot that Sandstorm was a 2005 release. My bad.)I won't spend money on books sight-unseen any longer, so I tend to be a careful and prudent shopper - I'm rarely the first one on my block to have the latest and greatest.Does that answer your question adequately?</blockquote>

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