Zarrock God of Evil
First Post
I'm surprised by the lack of fuss surrounding these books as well. I love Lords of Darkness - I think the format it uses to describe organisations is THE BEST format yet and hope they'll carry the style over into other books.
As for Magic of Faerûn - I think it's the best magical supplement I own (and I own T&B, R&R, BoEM, BoEMII, EAI: Demonology, EAII: Necromancy and Spells and Spellcraft as well). I don't see how it's unbalanced compared to other magical supplements. Anything that adds more options to a class will of course make them more attractive and - as I've mentioned earlier - would love to see a "Swords of Faerûn" book focusing on all the fighting classes there, strategies, mercenary companies, guilds, arms trade etc. But I don't think the book is unbalanced in itself...
If I have to summarise what I like about MaoF in short:
- Very interesting prestige classes - lots with very generic uses (Incantatrix, Mage-Killer, Gnome Artificer, Master Alchemist etc.).
- Wonderful, wonderful artwork
- Truly great spell list - lots of spells for bards, paladins, rangers and druids as well - always a plus.
- Places of Power describes practically all the classical magical site in the necessary details - great for any campaign.
- Mageduel - finally a simple system for this. Love the concept.
- Spellfire: Always loved the concept and it seems they finally managed to do it in a way that doesn't unnecessarily upset balance. The entire Weave/Shadow Weave nature of Faerûnian magic makes it much more interesting than the traditional style IMO.
-Zarrock
As for Magic of Faerûn - I think it's the best magical supplement I own (and I own T&B, R&R, BoEM, BoEMII, EAI: Demonology, EAII: Necromancy and Spells and Spellcraft as well). I don't see how it's unbalanced compared to other magical supplements. Anything that adds more options to a class will of course make them more attractive and - as I've mentioned earlier - would love to see a "Swords of Faerûn" book focusing on all the fighting classes there, strategies, mercenary companies, guilds, arms trade etc. But I don't think the book is unbalanced in itself...
If I have to summarise what I like about MaoF in short:
- Very interesting prestige classes - lots with very generic uses (Incantatrix, Mage-Killer, Gnome Artificer, Master Alchemist etc.).
- Wonderful, wonderful artwork
- Truly great spell list - lots of spells for bards, paladins, rangers and druids as well - always a plus.
- Places of Power describes practically all the classical magical site in the necessary details - great for any campaign.
- Mageduel - finally a simple system for this. Love the concept.
- Spellfire: Always loved the concept and it seems they finally managed to do it in a way that doesn't unnecessarily upset balance. The entire Weave/Shadow Weave nature of Faerûnian magic makes it much more interesting than the traditional style IMO.
-Zarrock