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<blockquote data-quote="Technik4" data-source="post: 1046999" data-attributes="member: 7211"><p><strong>Impressions</strong></p><p></p><p>This isnt a full-blown review, per se, merely my impressions after seeing the book in the store (for like 2 minutes). I agree that the binding has me a little worried, and even more importantly I think the difference between black and white art and full color art is massive. I heard A&EG wasn't in color so I haven't bought it, even though its probably a decent book. Some of the books I do own (some of the FR) wouldn't have been purchased without full color (Lords of Darkness springs to mind). I don't know why, but its always a big turn-off to see b&w photos in d20 material. Of course I put up with it enough to get ALL the splatbooks, so maybe I'm making a big deal out of nothing.</p><p></p><p>I think the spryte mechanics are tight, I spent most of my time reading about it. Its a cool concept, there are 2 base "faen" races and by giving up a feat anytime after 3rd level they can create a cocoon and pop out as a (tiny) spryte. Its cool that all their equipment changes to match them (if they bring it in the cocoon). Giants I had already seen the preview for, and I like those a lot as well. The others I didn't really look at.</p><p></p><p>The classes (at a glance) seemed interesting but very cluttered. I suppose you can't really reinvent the classes like rogue and fighter, but I really like their simplicity, AU classes all reminded me of the monk, or the 3.5 ranger. Cool stuff, just a lot of stuff going on, almost like every base class gets prestigious stuff at high levels (nothing wrong with this, btw).</p><p></p><p>Overall I think its a good book, but I didn't buy it for a few reasons:</p><p></p><p>1. Lack of full color art</p><p>2. Lack of AU setting (this will be remedied when the Diamond Throne comes out).</p><p>3. Lack of 29.95 <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Anyway, I think I'll keep my wait and see attitude and see how the rest of the books turn out, I'm also considering getting one of the .pdfs (though I almost never buy .pdf).</p><p></p><p>Technik</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Technik4, post: 1046999, member: 7211"] [b]Impressions[/b] This isnt a full-blown review, per se, merely my impressions after seeing the book in the store (for like 2 minutes). I agree that the binding has me a little worried, and even more importantly I think the difference between black and white art and full color art is massive. I heard A&EG wasn't in color so I haven't bought it, even though its probably a decent book. Some of the books I do own (some of the FR) wouldn't have been purchased without full color (Lords of Darkness springs to mind). I don't know why, but its always a big turn-off to see b&w photos in d20 material. Of course I put up with it enough to get ALL the splatbooks, so maybe I'm making a big deal out of nothing. I think the spryte mechanics are tight, I spent most of my time reading about it. Its a cool concept, there are 2 base "faen" races and by giving up a feat anytime after 3rd level they can create a cocoon and pop out as a (tiny) spryte. Its cool that all their equipment changes to match them (if they bring it in the cocoon). Giants I had already seen the preview for, and I like those a lot as well. The others I didn't really look at. The classes (at a glance) seemed interesting but very cluttered. I suppose you can't really reinvent the classes like rogue and fighter, but I really like their simplicity, AU classes all reminded me of the monk, or the 3.5 ranger. Cool stuff, just a lot of stuff going on, almost like every base class gets prestigious stuff at high levels (nothing wrong with this, btw). Overall I think its a good book, but I didn't buy it for a few reasons: 1. Lack of full color art 2. Lack of AU setting (this will be remedied when the Diamond Throne comes out). 3. Lack of 29.95 :) Anyway, I think I'll keep my wait and see attitude and see how the rest of the books turn out, I'm also considering getting one of the .pdfs (though I almost never buy .pdf). Technik [/QUOTE]
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