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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dark Psion" data-source="post: 1922923" data-attributes="member: 959">I got my copy today and it is both good and bad.On the good side is the descriptions of Humans, Half Elves & Half Orcs. The Other Races section is very nice, adding Dopplegangers, Half Ogre, Mongrelfolk, Sea Kin, Sharakim, Skulks and Underfolk to Aasimar & Tieflings.Spells are very good and there are 4 psionic powers. Prestige classes are done differently in this book. Much more detail is given to how they exist. They each get 3 to 5 pages and there are only six total. Also there are Racial Substitution levels for Half Elves and Half Orcs for certain classes.There are some very noticeable errors here too, Tieflings do not have their Energy Resistance listed in their Racial Traits. The Chameleon PrC requires Spellcraft skill but does not include it as a class skill.The one big problem with this book is the Illumians.Like them, hate them or just indifferent, of this 192 page book, over 50 pages are just for them. Two Prestige classes (10 pages) and 9 feats are exclusively theirs and 40 pages are for their race and culture. But those "Ilumian sigils" that are over at WotC's web site? They are not in the book??Humans get about 28 pages, Half Elves & Half Orcs about 18 between them and the Other races above just 20 pages all together.For a race that is just lame to me, this is too much. Especially when you consider what other "Human-kin" races could have been included.Jann as Half Genies, Gensai (elemental, paramental, and quasimental), Tallfellow Halflings as those with Human blood, as well as a Half Dwarf or Half Gnome, the Vampyres from Ravenloft as predatory humans and even the Vistani, Quevari and Aber Nomads could have been used. Also, the races included could have had better detail. In Races of Faerun, Aasimar & Tieflings got a much better description.There is also a lot of wasted space in this book where NPCs are stated and they give the full definition of every class ability, full stats of every familiar and repeat the exact information for a Prestige class ability that is on the previous page.This book is kind of like the Miniature Handbook, Half of it is great and half of it is not. Since I enjoy playing the half-races, I bought this book as soon as it was available. I will not do that with any future "Race" books.</blockquote>

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