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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Odhanan" data-source="post: 2936713" data-attributes="member: 12324">I just finished a game that was set in my homebrew setting which incorporated some Ptolus game material quite some time before it was to become "the Big Book". You can read about the End Game of this campaign <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=165872" target="_blank">on this thread</a> (pictures included). So, you are wondering, "is the actual product worth the pricetag?"My opinion: yes, it is. Check out the <a href="http://www.montecook.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi?ptolus" target="_blank">Ptolus Official Website</a> and more particularly <a href="http://www.montecook.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi?mpress_Ptolus_FAQ" target="_blank">its Frequently Asked Questions</a> to know more about the Ptolus package. There, you can find that the Ptolus package includes: 1. A 672-page hardcover, full-color book that includes:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A textured, embossed cover by Chesley-Award-winning artist Todd Lockwood. Three bound-in fabric bookmarks and four perforated cardstock bookmarks to facilitate use in play. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">An entire city described in loving detail, including descriptions of the dungeons beneath the city and within and atop the Spire. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Extensive advice about running an urban fantasy campaign. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">More than enough adventure material to run an entire campaign. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">More than 50 pages of maps by cartographer Ed Bourelle. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">More than 350 illustrations by artists like Jason Engle, The Forge Studios (Maciej Zagórski and Pawel Dobosz), Michael Komarck, Eric Lofgren, Howard Lyon, and Michael Phillippi.</li> </ul>2. A double sided, full-color poster map of the city and the Spire by Ed Bourelle.3. A package of 16 black-and-white and 8 full-color loose sheets to be used as player aids, DM aids, and adventure handouts.4. A CD-ROM inserted in a glued-in envelope at the back of the book along with the poster and handouts. The CD includes the following:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Complete PDF editions of both The Banewarrens and Chaositech, two Ptolus-based Malhavoc Press products. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A PDF edition of the entirely new Ptolus adventure, The Night of Dissolution. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A 32-page Player's Guide to Ptolus, designed to be used by players in the setting rather than the DM, and written from their perspective. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A detailed conversion guide for fans of Monte Cook's Arcana Evolved. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Overall, an additional 400 or more pages of adventure and source material. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Still more surprises!</li> </ul>Plus, those who preorder the book from our White Wolf online catalog page enjoy extra benefits, including the following:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Each preordered Ptolus comes signed and numbered. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Five copies of the print version of the 32-page Player's Guide to Ptolus, which allows each player to have his own. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A print edition of the 96-page adventure, The Night of Dissolution. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Each person who preorders gains access to the special "Delver's Guild" website, which will be updated each week starting in September 2005 with additional, exclusive Ptolus content (more characters, more locations, DMing advice, and so on) created by Monte.</li> </ul>So. Is it worth the money? Yes. It is, in my opinion. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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