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<blockquote data-quote="Halivar" data-source="post: 4233531" data-attributes="member: 9327">Overall, I feel the $30 is for the premium of playing &quot;official&quot; 4E ahead of the core books' release. That said, it's still an excellent product. Here are some of my impressions:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wow. New trade dress is AWESOME. It comes in a folder that splats open, with logos on the books contributing to the decoration of the overall product. Looks great.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">3 flippable battle maps capture all the biggest encounters of the adventure. These are some of the best battle maps I've seen yet, and they will definitely see reuse after KotS is over.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two books: one for players, that pretty much has the basic DDXP &quot;intro to 4e&quot; info, plus 5 characters.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Half-elf remains un-multi'd. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Paper is low-quality, but heavy. The books don't seem durable at all. It's a shame they couldn't at least use cardstock for the covers. I feel this product (and its price) easily warranted higher quality glossy paper and stronger binding. I understand that it's a little slim for hardcover, but still...</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">DM section confirms most of our information about skill challenges. I would have liked a sample skill challenge, though.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">[sblock]A GNOME! Granted, he is a nameless combat encounter NPC; nevertheless, he is badass. Gnomes are teh sneeek.[/sblock]</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">[sblock]MORE kobolds. I had prayed that we could avoid kobolds for the first published adventure, but alas, it was not to be.[/sblock]</li>
</ul>All in all, I plan on enjoying KotS immensely. It's not worth $30, however.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Halivar, post: 4233531, member: 9327"] Overall, I feel the $30 is for the premium of playing "official" 4E ahead of the core books' release. That said, it's still an excellent product. Here are some of my impressions: [list] [*]Wow. New trade dress is AWESOME. It comes in a folder that splats open, with logos on the books contributing to the decoration of the overall product. Looks great. [*]3 flippable battle maps capture all the biggest encounters of the adventure. These are some of the best battle maps I've seen yet, and they will definitely see reuse after KotS is over. [*]Two books: one for players, that pretty much has the basic DDXP "intro to 4e" info, plus 5 characters. [*]Half-elf remains un-multi'd. :( [*]Paper is low-quality, but heavy. The books don't seem durable at all. It's a shame they couldn't at least use cardstock for the covers. I feel this product (and its price) easily warranted higher quality glossy paper and stronger binding. I understand that it's a little slim for hardcover, but still... [*]DM section confirms most of our information about skill challenges. I would have liked a sample skill challenge, though. [*][sblock]A GNOME! Granted, he is a nameless combat encounter NPC; nevertheless, he is badass. Gnomes are [i]teh sneeek[/i].[/sblock] [*][sblock]MORE kobolds. I had prayed that we could avoid kobolds for the first published adventure, but alas, it was not to be.[/sblock] [/list] All in all, I plan on enjoying KotS immensely. It's not worth $30, however. [/QUOTE]

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