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<blockquote data-quote="grimslade" data-source="post: 8849769" data-attributes="member: 6061"><p>To start, I love Spelljammer. I love the 2E box Set. I even loved the 3E Spider Moon write-up in Dragon. There is a lot of good in the 5E set, but there are some negatives.</p><p>SJ5E has fewer pages than comparable products. Spelljammer has 192. Von Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, Ravnica, and Theros all have 256. Wildemount has 304. Eberron tops out at 320. So it has the fewest page count but also has the highest price of $69.99. </p><p>For that premium price point, there must be value added, right? The slipcase format is a mixed bag. Besides the 3 booklets, we have a nice double-sided map of the Rock of Bral, another DMs screen, and a 3 sided box to hold it. The added value is limited. Personally, I like the format of having the book split into three booklets. Less page flipping. Less of players snooping on my <strong><em>DM Eyes Only</em></strong> stuff. So the setting feels light and I haven't even cracked the spine.</p><p>What do we get when we crack it open? Beautiful art. Stunning really. And lots of it. Big expansive full-page spreads of space whales and so much color. I like art in a setting book. Picture >1000 words, but we already have a lower page count than other settings and now a lot of big art pieces. This skews the perception of there being even less information in the books. </p><p>Then there is the content. The adventure is ok. The monsters and player options are great. No mechanics for ship-to-ship battles. No procedural system generation. The lore is bare bones.</p><p>The other part of the content is the giant errata and the whole Hadozee insanity. I won't rehash it. The product seemed to have been rushed to meet production constraints and editing and critical oversight were sacrificed. This cast a pall over the product that stained it.</p><p>Again, I love Spelljammer. I am getting enjoyment out of the product. I can run a ton of campaigns, but I find myself going to a lot of different disparate places to get material to compensate for the spartan substance of the slipcase. It could have been so much more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grimslade, post: 8849769, member: 6061"] To start, I love Spelljammer. I love the 2E box Set. I even loved the 3E Spider Moon write-up in Dragon. There is a lot of good in the 5E set, but there are some negatives. SJ5E has fewer pages than comparable products. Spelljammer has 192. Von Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, Ravnica, and Theros all have 256. Wildemount has 304. Eberron tops out at 320. So it has the fewest page count but also has the highest price of $69.99. For that premium price point, there must be value added, right? The slipcase format is a mixed bag. Besides the 3 booklets, we have a nice double-sided map of the Rock of Bral, another DMs screen, and a 3 sided box to hold it. The added value is limited. Personally, I like the format of having the book split into three booklets. Less page flipping. Less of players snooping on my [B][I]DM Eyes Only[/I][/B] stuff. So the setting feels light and I haven't even cracked the spine. What do we get when we crack it open? Beautiful art. Stunning really. And lots of it. Big expansive full-page spreads of space whales and so much color. I like art in a setting book. Picture >1000 words, but we already have a lower page count than other settings and now a lot of big art pieces. This skews the perception of there being even less information in the books. Then there is the content. The adventure is ok. The monsters and player options are great. No mechanics for ship-to-ship battles. No procedural system generation. The lore is bare bones. The other part of the content is the giant errata and the whole Hadozee insanity. I won't rehash it. The product seemed to have been rushed to meet production constraints and editing and critical oversight were sacrificed. This cast a pall over the product that stained it. Again, I love Spelljammer. I am getting enjoyment out of the product. I can run a ton of campaigns, but I find myself going to a lot of different disparate places to get material to compensate for the spartan substance of the slipcase. It could have been so much more. [/QUOTE]
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