D&D General My Review of the Forgotten Realms Ultimate Bundle (major spoiler alert)

[Marandahir]

Winter Walker is a tie in to Icewind Dale, not to the Dalelands.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

A gift with no charge won’t be taxed.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

Maybe all I know is there was surprise $30 on top of what I payed to WotC, just for one of the books to be slightly damaged. Not bad enough to return, but still pissed about it.

Never physical books from these guys again.

Honestly I deserve it for buying American in the first place.

tldr; Your extra $30 was not charged by WotC or Canadian border security and is not a US tariff; it was an admin fee charged by Purolator/UPS/whoever delivered your package. Any damage your package incurred is also 100% the responsibility of the courier.

Which courier was used if you don't mind me asking? Frankly, if your book was damaged during delivery, that would be on them, not WotC. If this had happened to me, I'd be taking it up with the courier.

Brokerage fees aren't always charged; it's a bit of a lottery. Typically, the courier only dings you this administrative fee if the CBSA (Canadian border security for any non-Canadians who might be reading this) deems your package worthy of their attention. This fee is applied by the courier, not the CBSA. Basically, if the courier has to do any extra paperwork for the CBSA, the courier charges you an admin fee. In the case of a book, which doesn't incur any sort of tariff or duty, your package would have been randomly selected for further inspection as part of the CBSA's security procedures, and the courier would have had to file additional paperwork with the CBSA as a result.

Edit: Unless the CBSA favours American shipments in its algorithm for selecting packages for further inspection (which is possible, who knows...), remember that any delivery from any country can trigger this inspection. That inspection in turn triggers the courier to charge you the corresponding administration fee. Just pointing that out as I noticed you partially blamed the fee on 'buying American'. I admire the patriotism though!

 

[pukunui]

Reserved for Atlas of Faerun

Was the atlas an ultimate bundle exclusive? I can't see it anywhere on DDB.

 

[mamba]

Was the atlas an ultimate bundle exclusive? I can't see it anywhere on DDB.

from my understanding that is the map that comes with either book

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Its weird in the sense of Tomb Raiding being traditionally punishable by death in Mulhorand, but I think there are ways to go about it where its more restoration of cultural heritage and knowledge as opposed to pillaging innocent peoples tombs.

It was in ancient Egypt too, extremely painfully. As well societal and religious taboos. But most tombs where still robbed within a generation of them being used.

If people didn’t commit the crime you wouldn’t need laws and punishments.

 

[pukunui]

from my understanding that is the map that comes with either book

Oh OK. I thought it was going to be something separate. Oh well.

 

[Azzy]

Its weird in the sense of Tomb Raiding being traditionally punishable by death in Mulhorand, but I think there are ways to go about it where its more restoration of cultural heritage and knowledge as opposed to pillaging innocent peoples tombs.

Rarely are the tombs worth raiding those of innocent people.

I'm sure ancient Egypt had laws against tomb looting that had similarly harsh punishments, but few are the tombs that weren't looted within a generation of construction.

Edit, I was ninja'd by over an hour. Teach me to read the full thread before replying.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Rarely are the tombs worth raiding those of innocent people

Yeah, only the rich and powerful got tombs. It’s not surprising that some of the many poor people decided some wealth redistribution was in order.

 

[Sulicius]

Thanks for the writeup! In-depth reviews are always lacking in a scene where getting your review out of the door ASAP is what drives the clicks.

I think this could do with some formatting and headers. It's kinda hard to read.