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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Iron_Chef" data-source="post: 880536" data-attributes="member: 4530">Just saw Fast Forward's Encyclopedia of Prestige Classes (HC, $24.99), and laughed til I cried when I saw all the blatant, ridiculous rules errors that are so typical of everything Fast Forward does.Now, I don't have the book in front of me (because I wasn't stupid enough to buy it) but here are a couple doozies to consider before buying this book:A devilish PrC whose name escapes lists an alignment requirement of chaotic evil, then under "special" states that entry to the PrC "requires a pact with a lawful evil outsider." Hmm, this is such a glaring error it hurts my head just thinking about it. How hard is this to spot? Well, granted, it's easy enough to fix, but sheesh! Any editor should have caught this like a case of SARS. <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=":)" />Next is something really unique among PrCs that seems "perfect" for those pesky adventuring groups we've all been forced to join from time to time (well, just about always, LOL). "The Triad" PrC requires PCs of three different classes each take levels in it, and each member grants some class-related bonuses to the other members of the group, plus everybody in the Triad gets a +15 bump to their earned XP. Sounds cool, right? Until you realize that there is no mention of whether spellcasting classes gain spelcaster levels in their existing class while taking levels of Triad. If they don't, they get royally screwed, while non-spellcasters gain cool stuff like crazy! Also, what if you have more than three members in your group who want to join? No can do, and you can't have more than one character from each class in the Triad, to prevent multiple bonus stacking, I guess. What a waste. This one got my juices flowing only to let me down in the end.Anyway, the book is needlessly hardcover as is typical of FFE just so they can jack up the price and jack you out of your hard-earned dough with another sloppily put together book of half-baked ideas.Ooh! Another laugh riot error is in FFE's Encyclopedia of Demons & Devils 2, which has a "demon prince" with 2 pages of in-depth coverage and a whopping 4 HD to its credit. That demon prince ain't gonna last too long in the Abyss, seeing as how it's only got slightly more HP than your average dretch, LOL! When will Jim Ward get his act together and stop putting out rules error riddled crap? He has some talented, creative writers working for him, but nobody seems to have a solid grasp of how 3e works, which is of paramount importance if the books are going to be useful to gamers. IMO, Jim's hysterical, delusional bad attitude doesn't help much, either. I'm certainly not buying any of FFE's books until they start putting out rules-solid products. Personally, I don't care about Jim's rotten attitude; I'd buy quaity stuff from the biggest jerk in the world as long as it was cool stuff. It's not like I have to hang out with him to use his products, LOL. Anyway, that's my rant for the day.PS: This is about Fast Forward (FFE), not Fantasy Flight Games (FFG). FFG kicks ass and puts out some of the very best 3e books, period. <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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