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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Drammattex" data-source="post: 6116704" data-attributes="member: 55363">A couple comments while I'm procrastinating. You can sample entries from Monster Vault Threats to the Nentir Vale <a href="https://www.wizards.com/dnd/product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndacc/283640000" target="_blank">on this page</a> in the related articles section. The Wandering Tower, Boggle, Penanggalan, Hound of Ill Omen, and Mages of Saruun entries were a few of mine, which you can DOWNLOAD, read, and decide whether you're interested in the book. The thing about Heroes of the Feywild that I don't think a lot of people see is that it kind of is a boxed set. Only instead of being inside a box, it's between 2 covers. I feel like what a lot of people want from a boxed set is DM material that describes the various locations in the world, gives you a rundown on the setting. People expect this to be in a box because that's the way settings are usually done. Or in a book or 2 books (one player-focused and the other DM-focused). This information is included in chapter 1 of Heroes of the Feywild, in which each of the "known" settings in the Feywild is described, along with some of the strange customs or superstitions of the region, the various conflicts at play, and so forth. As I recall, those sections are written from a second person perspective, placing you there. These are the same entries I'd have written for a Feywild boxed set. Maybe the style would have even been the same. The other thing you tend to find in boxed sets are maps, and Rodney and I discussed the map thing back and forth before deciding to include ONE map showing the "known" locations. I'm putting scare quotes around "known" because I wasn't sure that the Feywild should have a map. As the land of Faerie, I don't want it defined in precise terms or broken down in precise terms--the material needs to be strong enough to suggest directions for your imagination to invent, but not so specific or deconstructive that it saps the magic from the place. Moving along, you have a section on special objects, fey blessings, and a build your history section at the back. Plus, a wealth of brand new fairy tales written for the book (in a boxed set, they may have had their own book). I don't know what more I'd want from a boxed set of the Feywild. This would be my ideal Feywild boxed set:- Stardust, by Neil Gaiman- The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke- The Book of Invasions- Selected fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and Lord Dunsany- Steeleye Span's recording of Thomas the Rhymer, Fairport Convention's recording of Tam Lin, Stan Rogers's recording of The Witch of the WestmorelandI should stop procrastinating. Hope that helps!</blockquote>

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