Has the wave crested? (Bo9S)

[pawsplay]

I'm beginning to see copies of B09S show up at Half Price books. Who's jumped ship and why?

Personally, I'm not a big fan of its approach to D&D, so it's heartening to see the love fest isn't going to run continuously.

 

[CarlZog]

B09s?

 

[Piratecat]

Book of Nine Sword: the Tome of Battle.

I wanted to hate it, and ended up loving it.

 

[Sejs]

I'm in a similar boat to PC.

I was very trepidatious at first, thought it was going to be a really bad example of power inflation, etc. In the end, I love it. It lets melee characters do a lot more now than just swing.. hit.. damage, etc. It used to be if you wanted to pull off cool special effects you had to be a spellcaster. Bo9S reshifts that balance some.

 

[Grymar]

I scanned it briefly but didn't buy it.

I like the concept of giving advanced moves to melee characters to keep them balanced against high level casters, but the fact that so many of the effects were mostly spells-but-we-won't-call-them-that drove me away.

I'd like more mundane options for non-casters rather than just making non-casters more caster like (if that makes any sense).

 

[wakedown]

Hasn't the book always been about half price at Amazon (~$18 when list is almost $30)? This isn't really any different than the PHB (~$19 when list is almost $30)...

I'd think it's just books going through their normal course in life...

 

[Voadam]

I scanned it briefly but didn't buy it.

I like the concept of giving advanced moves to melee characters to keep them balanced against high level casters, but the fact that so many of the effects were mostly spells-but-we-won't-call-them-that drove me away.

I'd like more mundane options for non-casters rather than just making non-casters more caster like (if that makes any sense).

Then I'd suggest checking out Iron Heroes or Book of Iron Might

 

[Edheldur]

Then I'd suggest checking out Iron Heroes or Book of Iron Might

Seconded.

 

[Nyarlathotep]

I'm in the same boat as PC. I bought it took a quick look and went "huh.... nothing interesting here". Couple of months later I pulled it out and made a few characters with it and now I'm a fan. There are a few manuevers that I dislike and I wish there were more manuevers and stances available, but aside from that I'm really liking it.

 

[Nyaricus]

I really wish we had Half-Priced Books in Canada. While I was in Texas earlier this year on a trip, I stopped into one and bought DLCS for 13 bucks - an absolute steal!

--N