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<blockquote data-quote="MadLordOfMilk" data-source="post: 5057921" data-attributes="member: 77691"><p>Sticking purely to 4e-specific stuff, because you want crunch:</p><p></p><p>My Wizard player recently picked up <strong>Mongoose Publishing</strong>'s <a href="http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/rpg/detail.php?qsID=1624&qsSeries=54" target="_blank">The Quintessential Wizard</a>. After flipping through it (not combing it for every possible minor imbalance), I allowed it. It seems to offer a ton of really cool options that all seem pretty in balanced <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> It actually gives more cantrips for free, but they were designed well enough where I allowed it without batting an eyelash. There are also some cool rituals in there. Not sure about their other products.</p><p></p><p>Though I have yet to hit actual play with most of it, <strong>Goodman Games</strong>' 4e products seem very nice. Though I didn't buy it, I flipped through <a href="http://www.goodman-games.com/5224preview.html" target="_blank">Blackdirge's Dungeon Denizens</a>, which had a lot of cool options. If I had the cash I'd consider it. The flavor in <a href="http://www.goodman-games.com/4401preview.html" target="_blank">Forgotten Heroes: Scythe and Shroud</a> is <em>excellent</em>, and the classes seem pretty balanced, though I haven't seen them in play so I can't say for sure. <a href="http://www.goodman-games.com/5052preview.html" target="_blank">Sellswords of Punjar</a> is a pretty cool adventure, IMO, but if the flavor isn't your type, they have plenty of other options... unfortunately I haven't run it, so I can't say for sure how well-designed it is when it comes to actual play.</p><p></p><p>One of my players plans on picking up <a href="http://www.goodman-games.com/4450preview.html" target="_blank">Azagar's Book of Rituals</a>, which sounds awesome, but it's hard to judge having not seen it. I'll possibly maybe post an update if/when he ever gets a copy. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MadLordOfMilk, post: 5057921, member: 77691"] Sticking purely to 4e-specific stuff, because you want crunch: My Wizard player recently picked up [B]Mongoose Publishing[/B]'s [URL="http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/rpg/detail.php?qsID=1624&qsSeries=54"]The Quintessential Wizard[/URL]. After flipping through it (not combing it for every possible minor imbalance), I allowed it. It seems to offer a ton of really cool options that all seem pretty in balanced :D It actually gives more cantrips for free, but they were designed well enough where I allowed it without batting an eyelash. There are also some cool rituals in there. Not sure about their other products. Though I have yet to hit actual play with most of it, [B]Goodman Games[/B]' 4e products seem very nice. Though I didn't buy it, I flipped through [URL="http://www.goodman-games.com/5224preview.html"]Blackdirge's Dungeon Denizens[/URL], which had a lot of cool options. If I had the cash I'd consider it. The flavor in [URL="http://www.goodman-games.com/4401preview.html"]Forgotten Heroes: Scythe and Shroud[/URL] is [I]excellent[/I], and the classes seem pretty balanced, though I haven't seen them in play so I can't say for sure. [URL="http://www.goodman-games.com/5052preview.html"]Sellswords of Punjar[/URL] is a pretty cool adventure, IMO, but if the flavor isn't your type, they have plenty of other options... unfortunately I haven't run it, so I can't say for sure how well-designed it is when it comes to actual play. One of my players plans on picking up [URL="http://www.goodman-games.com/4450preview.html"]Azagar's Book of Rituals[/URL], which sounds awesome, but it's hard to judge having not seen it. I'll possibly maybe post an update if/when he ever gets a copy. ;) [/QUOTE]
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