Samurai
Adventurer
I've seen a lot of talk about Libris Mortis, but no mention yet of Shining South. Was I the only one to pick up this book? 
I think the PrCs are very flavorful and interesting, with strong motivations and adventure hooks with them. The Magehound is tasked with policing rogue mages and magic, for instance, and that could be a very interesting theme for a camapign. The Jordain Vizier is the Forgotten Realms version of Sherlock Holmes, with the ability to notice tiny details and make deductions from them. The Marchwarden is a specialist at protecting a given area of land, creating a more static campaign where the PCs protect a town, a druid grove, etc, and trouble comes to them.
If I have 1 complaint about the book, it's the bulging random encounter charts. Though not as bad as Frostburn's 25 pages, Shining South does devote 11-12 pages to them, twice as much as Unapproachable East and 3x as much as Underdark did. PLEASE, if WotC writers read this, keep random encounter charts to a minimum (4-5 pages max). I know of very few DMs who use them (I don't), making them a waste of space to many of us that could be better filled with more creatures, added locale descriptions, heck, even some evocative artwork that stirs the imagination would be preferable, IMO.
Overall, a very nice book that maintains the quality established in previous FR books. Quite a few fun and interesting ideas within these pages!
I think the PrCs are very flavorful and interesting, with strong motivations and adventure hooks with them. The Magehound is tasked with policing rogue mages and magic, for instance, and that could be a very interesting theme for a camapign. The Jordain Vizier is the Forgotten Realms version of Sherlock Holmes, with the ability to notice tiny details and make deductions from them. The Marchwarden is a specialist at protecting a given area of land, creating a more static campaign where the PCs protect a town, a druid grove, etc, and trouble comes to them.
If I have 1 complaint about the book, it's the bulging random encounter charts. Though not as bad as Frostburn's 25 pages, Shining South does devote 11-12 pages to them, twice as much as Unapproachable East and 3x as much as Underdark did. PLEASE, if WotC writers read this, keep random encounter charts to a minimum (4-5 pages max). I know of very few DMs who use them (I don't), making them a waste of space to many of us that could be better filled with more creatures, added locale descriptions, heck, even some evocative artwork that stirs the imagination would be preferable, IMO.
Overall, a very nice book that maintains the quality established in previous FR books. Quite a few fun and interesting ideas within these pages!
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