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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merlin" data-source="post: 2008077" data-attributes="member: 10154">I had been patiently waiting for DragonLords for about 6 weeks, only to find that my local hobby store had sold my copy with a self righteous smirk as if to say "What do you expect? It's very popular". A 70 mile dash to another city provided gratification, if not quite immediate.ColonelH has provided a good overview of the sections, which cleverly captures true essence of chaos that drives the novels; i.e. the contents could have been structured better.There is a lot of material in the book, but in general you better know the world in which the rules take place. This has always been an assumption by the developers of the game, when it was Stormbringer, but for this d20 printing it is even more needed than before. However, with Elric back in reprint (have the novels really ever been out of print) a lazy weekend can have you in the feel without too much effort.MagicThe demon magic has always  set Elric/Stormbringer apart from other game mechanics. Dragonlords has not failed to continue that heritage. The summoning of demons is a great mechanic for any D+D setting. No longer is a talking door a mere magic mouth. In addition, demon weapons and demon armor capture a true feel for weapons manufactured from captured spirits. Damage resistance armor may cause some concerns for DMs, but with a major wound resulting from any attack doing more damage than CON, limbs will be a flying.The mechanics are well designed to fit into the 3e spell system, each demon permanently consuming a spell slot while it is bound, though I fear many players will baulk at the xp cost.The "Demons, Monsters, folk and heroes" has many examples of characters, both generic and specific characters from the novels, but quote a often used - incorrectly - word, they are *uber*. The monsters and demons are outstanding, and "different" feel to many of the existing d20 monsters.My favorite in the whole system is alignment - allegiance - simply because it is not static. All characters have a rating in each of  Balance, Law, Chaos that changes on the characters actions: calling demons, slaying demons, rescuing a distressed lord or damsel, brings points that changes these scores. The players actions truly dictate the characters alignment.Finally, there is actually an index, a rarity for non WotC d20 products.Rating: I'd buy it <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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