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<blockquote data-quote="JThursby" data-source="post: 8479510" data-attributes="member: 7025596">I have to agree, scoring these books is probably not worth the effort.&nbsp; Given the huge size of the 5e player base there are lots of buyers out there looking for incredibly different things in a book: as a DM, Curse of Strahd has been my best purchase, closely followed by Volo's.&nbsp; I imagine non-DMs prefer Xanathars and the like.&nbsp; I'd also rather not have more fuel for unproductive arguments about relative quality of 5e stuff on this forum.As for the book itself, I find it doesn't sell me on the setting, which I wasn't so eager for in the first place.&nbsp; It isn't doing anything particularly different from other magical school stories to make it memorable or interesting to me.&nbsp; It's an issue with the tone, both in the lore and the art, which is that for a school of mages in constant conflict it comes across as too light, low stakes and petty.&nbsp; If the schools were more distinct, if the conflict was more dire and the stakes of being enrolled in the school were higher I would be more interested.&nbsp; As it is it seems to be more concerned with presenting Strixhaven as a functional college with happy, sane and marketably diverse students rather than as a location that engenders a need for adventurers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JThursby, post: 8479510, member: 7025596"] I have to agree, scoring these books is probably not worth the effort. Given the huge size of the 5e player base there are lots of buyers out there looking for incredibly different things in a book: as a DM, Curse of Strahd has been my best purchase, closely followed by Volo's. I imagine non-DMs prefer Xanathars and the like. I'd also rather not have more fuel for unproductive arguments about relative quality of 5e stuff on this forum. As for the book itself, I find it doesn't sell me on the setting, which I wasn't so eager for in the first place. It isn't doing anything particularly different from other magical school stories to make it memorable or interesting to me. It's an issue with the tone, both in the lore and the art, which is that for a school of mages in constant conflict it comes across as too light, low stakes and petty. If the schools were more distinct, if the conflict was more dire and the stakes of being enrolled in the school were higher I would be more interested. As it is it seems to be more concerned with presenting Strixhaven as a functional college with happy, sane and marketably diverse students rather than as a location that engenders a need for adventurers. [/QUOTE]

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