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Message: <blockquote data-quote="trancejeremy" data-source="post: 2008646" data-attributes="member: 924">I've been meaning to pick this up, and finally did, after reading the various good reviews on it. Unfortunately, I was rather disappointed in the actual product. While they are perhaps the best Demonology rules for d20 (others appear in Evil, Dragon Lords of Melnibone & the Encyclopedia of Devils & Demons), they're not that great. And the rules are quite sparse - most of the book is fluff. It's a 64 page book, decently priced at $14 (Not cheap, not expesive, about average, if not a bit more). The outside margins are gigantic, 1 1/2 inches by my measurement. But at least they put a graphic in the margin, it's not just white space. And the covers are used for illustrations, which is a nice touch.As I said, the rules are fairly sparse. They can be summed on one page (and fact are, at the end). Besides that, you get 3 demonology related prestige classes - The Demonologist, The Binder, and The Possessed. The Demonologist summons demons, the Binder binds them into items, and the Possessed deliberately lets the demon possess himself to take advantage of their magical powers. (Demonology BTW means dealing with any evil outsider, or at least Devils and Demons, not just d20 defined Demons).There's a page of feats, nothing exciting. Then a few magic items. Then it ends with some fluff for DMs - including a recap of all the demons from the MM.So, it this a bad product? Not exactly. It's just not very good. I would have liked to have seem better rules, ones that reflect demonology in the real world and in fiction. The rules in the book aren't terrible, but much like the ones in Evil, there is very little reason to ever summon demons. In this book, the summoner can basically give a demon one 9 word order. Big deal! Is someone going to risk life and limb for that, basically what could be done with a Summon Monster spell. Hrrmph.I would have also liked some more demons, and rules for new demons. Instead we just get a recap of the MM. Again, hrrmph. Nice drawings, though. (I love the Imp - he's got the most evil look on his face I've ever seen)To sum up, while visually a nice product, and the text is well written, this book seems almost useless. Admittedly, I do have several other d20 books on the subject, so this might appeal to people who have nothing, and I am interested in demonology, so I might be really picky. But I still think this is a pretty weak product.</blockquote>

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