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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 6768337" data-attributes="member: 6796661">4 out of 5 rating for Sword Coast Adventurer's GuideI paid an early-buyer tax. $40 was a bit too much for the book and it already sells for $26 on Amazon. At around $25, this book would be well worth the cost. Even at the $40, however, it is not a rip off.  Like the core rule books for 5e, the quality of the printing and the writing are top notch. I run a home-brew campaign and have no intention of running or playing in a FR campaign, but I really enjoyed reading through the book. I appreciate the section at the end that provides suggestions for adopting some of the character classes and races to other campaign settings, including home-brew settings. I don't understand reviewers complaining about the amount of "fluff."  I would expect that a campaign-setting book would be primarily flavor. That's what I was hoping for and that's what I got, and I enjoyed it. I do agree with reviewers complaining about the map. At the $40 I spent on the book, I would have felt that money was better spent if it came with a fold out map or a poster map. Having the left-side of the map get lost in the fold is thoughtless. It is annoying not being able to see certain areas referred to in the text because part of the map is lost to the crack. The city maps are also not so useful, but I see this is the high-level stuff. One would hope that future adventure modules or perhaps some city-specific guides will be released that give more detail to the cities. I read the recent Chris Perkins interview about them looking into other campaign settings. I would rather they focus their efforts for the first couple years on fleshing out FR in more detail. Publish some atlas style books, city guides, and adventurer guides for other parts of the world.  Even thought I'm not playing FR, more detailed maps could be repurposed for my custom campaign. I'm more likely to buy such materials than the adventure paths they've been putting out.In short, now that you can buy this book new for around $25, it is well worth adding to your collection.</blockquote>

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