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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Messageboard Golem" data-source="post: 2010918" data-attributes="member: 18387">"Warriors" by Skirmisher Publishing takes a deeper look into the military and combat capabilities for martial characters. There are 16 prestige classes, 31 military subtypes, and 9 non-military subtypes. The introduction of subtypes is the innovation of this product. Each subtype can be taken as a feat and plugged into an existing character class. The subtypes give greater specialization to your class by allowing substitutions or special bonuses in addition to a key benefit. For example, the beast rider subtype grants the benefit of reduced penalty while mounted on the back of a rapdily moving beast, the substitution of the feat Shield Proficiency for the feat Weapon Focus instead, and the special bonus of a +1 elevation bonus on melee attacks against unmounted creatures two sizes smaller than their mounts. It is a subtype designed for characters riding large mounts like elephants and dinosaurs. I really enjoyed reading about each subtype. They offer another avenue besides the generic fighter or warrior for your campaign. The descriptions are brief, but to the point. "Warriors" also includes new skills, feats, equipment, magic items, and monsters. Most seem balanced and quite useful. There are sample characters and a couple of articles on two different kinds of warfare that are interesting: chariot warfare and elephant warfare. At the very end, a short treatise on heraldry can be found. The cover image is pretty nice depicting a female warrior blowing a horn on top of a dragon or other reptile-type flying beast. It seems that she is calling for help after the creature has been slain by a knight with a sword. The interior art is primarily public art and well-selected. However, the commissioned art pieces are really awful. This is probably the worst d20 art that I have seen in a long time. While the combat engineer on page 17 is marginally acceptable, the executioner on page 21 and the forester on page 23 are terrible. There is even more bad art to follow. Art: FOverall: B+</blockquote>

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