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<blockquote data-quote="Messageboard Golem" data-source="post: 2011484" data-attributes="member: 18387"><p><em>Faiths & Pantheons</em> would be a waste of money for most people. Almost all of the important information about human deities has been extensively presented in the Second Edition softcover perfect-bound books, <em>Powers & Pantheons</em> and <em>Faiths & Avatars,</em> with information on non-human deities available in the Second Edition <em>Deities & Demigods</em> (a.k.a. <em>Legends and Lore</em>). Adapting the abilities of the deities to Dungeons & Dragons 3.$ edition stats is fine for those people who run games in which the player characters interact with divine avatars on a regular basis, but for those who leave the gods in their heavens (or home planes), that information is of only incidental importance.</p><p></p><p>The Second Edition books may all be purchased on Amazon or eBay for a COMBINED price less than the $33 pricetag of this book.</p><p></p><p>Something which every potential purchaser should be warned of is that the book CLAIMS that it and another previously published book list ALL of the deities of Abeir-Toril (the world of the D & D Forgotten Realms campaign setting). That's a bold-faced lie. The publishers, Wizards of the Coast, have just come out with a new book listing a bunch of new non-human deities, and they are in the process of re-engineering the Forgotten Realms to drastically alter Lolth, the famous spider-queen demon/goddess. This $33 book is ALREADY obsolete in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.</p><p></p><p>There are a few new magical spells and gew-gaws in here and some new prestige classes (which are easy to write and take up lots of space as filler material), but there's not enough of that to justify the exhorbitant price. There are some divine feats and abilities listed, too, but much of the "original" material there is already available in the D & D 3.$ book, <em>Deities and Demigods.</em></p><p></p><p>Unless someone is running a Forgotten Realms D &D campaign in which the gods or their avatars are very active participants, a book-buyer's money would be much better spent buying the three second edition books I mentioned and just doing a few mental calculations to adjust the deities for Third Edition. Those three together cost less than this book alone, and provide twice as much information, nearly all of it still relevant to the Forgotten Realms.</p><p></p><p>The book has almost no use to non-Forgotten Realms D & D campaigns except as a sourcebook from which to derive divine characters for other campaigns.</p><p></p><p>The art of the book is nice. The overall "look" is nice." The lay-out is comprehensible. Nevertheless, the total of all its virtues is worth far less than its listed price. As a fifteen dollar perfect-bound softcover <em>Faiths & Pantheons</em> would be a good deal. As a $33 hardback it is for die-hards only.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Messageboard Golem, post: 2011484, member: 18387"] [i]Faiths & Pantheons[/i] would be a waste of money for most people. Almost all of the important information about human deities has been extensively presented in the Second Edition softcover perfect-bound books, [i]Powers & Pantheons[/i] and [i]Faiths & Avatars,[/i] with information on non-human deities available in the Second Edition [i]Deities & Demigods[/i] (a.k.a. [i]Legends and Lore[/i]). Adapting the abilities of the deities to Dungeons & Dragons 3.$ edition stats is fine for those people who run games in which the player characters interact with divine avatars on a regular basis, but for those who leave the gods in their heavens (or home planes), that information is of only incidental importance. The Second Edition books may all be purchased on Amazon or eBay for a COMBINED price less than the $33 pricetag of this book. Something which every potential purchaser should be warned of is that the book CLAIMS that it and another previously published book list ALL of the deities of Abeir-Toril (the world of the D & D Forgotten Realms campaign setting). That's a bold-faced lie. The publishers, Wizards of the Coast, have just come out with a new book listing a bunch of new non-human deities, and they are in the process of re-engineering the Forgotten Realms to drastically alter Lolth, the famous spider-queen demon/goddess. This $33 book is ALREADY obsolete in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. There are a few new magical spells and gew-gaws in here and some new prestige classes (which are easy to write and take up lots of space as filler material), but there's not enough of that to justify the exhorbitant price. There are some divine feats and abilities listed, too, but much of the "original" material there is already available in the D & D 3.$ book, [i]Deities and Demigods.[/i] Unless someone is running a Forgotten Realms D &D campaign in which the gods or their avatars are very active participants, a book-buyer's money would be much better spent buying the three second edition books I mentioned and just doing a few mental calculations to adjust the deities for Third Edition. Those three together cost less than this book alone, and provide twice as much information, nearly all of it still relevant to the Forgotten Realms. The book has almost no use to non-Forgotten Realms D & D campaigns except as a sourcebook from which to derive divine characters for other campaigns. The art of the book is nice. The overall "look" is nice." The lay-out is comprehensible. Nevertheless, the total of all its virtues is worth far less than its listed price. As a fifteen dollar perfect-bound softcover [i]Faiths & Pantheons[/i] would be a good deal. As a $33 hardback it is for die-hards only. [/QUOTE]
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