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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Seravin" data-source="post: 5062363" data-attributes="member: 6783">I just picked it up and am going to start reading it tonight.My first impression is that it's lighter than the previous Underdark books and I'm not expecting the kind of detail that I've seen in the others.  Overall topics seem to take up less than a page (I'm sure there are exceptions), but it looks like less info per topic than what we got in the prior Underdark books (which depending on whether you like dense text or light text text can be good or bad).A quick flip through it brings up a few surprising and interesting things.  Congrats to Mr. Kulp for the additional design credit. The books take on the aboleth is interesting.  It departs from prior canon but looking at it as dispassionately as I can, it's not a bad interpretation (just different).  Essentially they're described as a creature from the far realms, looking part slug and part fish with tentacles.  The text posits that the aboleth may not truly be intelligent as we know it, but working on some fantastically complex set of instincts to spread the corruption of the Far Realms.Overall it looks like some useful small set pieces that can be dropped into an existing campaign.  To me it feels like other 4e books, so if you like Planes of Chaos, you'll probably like this.</blockquote>