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Message: <blockquote data-quote="neobolts" data-source="post: 6759157" data-attributes="member: 65244">3 out of 5 rating for Sword Coast Adventurer's GuideSCAG is a attractive and well laid out introduction to the Sword Coast region of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. There's a gentle primer for the rich-but-comfortable lore of FR: the various faiths, points of interest, and factions that seem familiar to fans of fantasy settings. It would be ideal for introducing first time players to the setting. Also, I've really enjoyed the additional class options and backgrounds added in SCAG. Arcana domain, City Watch, and Far Traveler are all standouts.While SCAG could certainly stand tall as a setting primer alongside the gazetteers of previous editions, it's hardcover release with a $40 MSRP is bound to create comparisons to previous setting megabooks, such as the full setting books of 3rd and 4th edition D&D. As such, it's important to understand that you are getting something equivalent to 3.x's Eberron Explorer's Handbook (a similar width hardcover) rather than the Eberron Campaign Setting book, and enjoy it for what it is.</blockquote>