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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henadic Theologian" data-source="post: 9495270" data-attributes="member: 7030526">Yeah sorry, things came up and my review got truncated. Very minor spoilers on the book NO MAPS, very upset about this. This is a glories MtG style Art Book for settings that are far too broad for that to well. Alot nice, and some really old not great art. Bare Marilirith boobs, but the old piece of art is too basic sketch for it to fun. For Prime Material it mentions FR, DL, GH, Mystara (although the Immortals try and hide Mystara from mortals and Gods with limited success), Eberron is said to be in a separate universe that Mordy accessed via dreams with Kalastar help, I think the plane of dreams is the point of connection. Don't know if the D&D team will stick with that, it seems to contradict other lore. For other planes Feywild (the best one), Sigil, Hell and Abyss get good sections, the rest get 1 line each, one of which is funny.  FR's section is disappointing it most just covers know cities on the Swordcoast, in the Waterdeep section Mordy mentions the FR magic Bright, Sharp, Swift. Thay is made out to be the big bad, might have a hint at future major story line so I won't spoil it. Oh and Mordy traded on book on Faerun to a library on Mystara for a tome of Mystaran magic which he gave as gift to Candlekeep I think Mystaran Immortals might become for future multiversal threat, kind of teases the possibly, also makes it clear their gain alot of power from mortals, but still have the perspective of mortals, not the big picture transcendent view of regular Gods, a dangerous combo. Honestly Feywild and Mystara sections were the best by far, but this medium really does not work as well for D&D settings as it does the more shallow, art focused MtG settings. The breadth of D&D settings make it just so unsatisfying, especially since art pieces take up such a giant part of the book, the short stories 2 pages each, unless you want a book that is like an MtG type for D&D art book divided by a host of settings I  would NOT recommend.  Oh and Mordy rambling on about the balance is annoying after awhile. Oh and Feywild, Shadowfell, Hell, Abyss, Sigil, Spelljammer (almost forget that gets covered too), and to a much lesser extent the Far Realms get treated almost like their own settings (I mean SJ already is, but it kinds of breaks up Planescape into separate settings), the rest of the outer planes are an after though in the Far Realms section. I have some buyers remorse now.</blockquote>

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