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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nebulous" data-source="post: 4524369" data-attributes="member: 31465">I disliked the layout of the books, mostly because they adhered so strongly to the core books, and i didn't like that stark white layout either.  Too clinical, like reading a textbook.The art in the FRCS 4e is very, very hit or miss...mostly miss.  The art in the FRPG was much, much better, as if they hired a whole new team of artists. By going with the normal font size they failed to pack in as much information as the 3e FRCS, and that was a major misstep i think.  Since there is not going to be additional setting material coming out (aside from DDI, which might be why they chose this route) i would have thought they would pack as much material in as possible, especially considering that they did it before and created one of the best campaign books ever. AND......probably the biggest thing that bothered me was the poor maps, and the lack of a geographical overlook.  Someone unfamiliar with the Realms would have no idea where these little countries are in relation to the others.  Yes, you can pull out the big poster map and pore over that, but it needed a two page spread in the book itself, outlining (in color preferably, or color-coded somehow) each kingdom.</blockquote>